"Adam D. Ruppe" <destructiona...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:udpabjwyzxlollbiz...@forum.dlang.org... > On Friday, 30 March 2012 at 11:21:02 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: >> 4. Blow in bottom of cartridge, even though the pins are clean and free >> of dust (did this actually ever do anything?) > > My hypothesis is it was actually the moisture that > made a better connection. >
Probably. Problem is, it also corrodes the connectors. So the more you do it, the worse it gets. Best thing to do is rubbing alcohol on a q-tip. Or rubbing alcohol on a soft cloth wrapped around a few old credit cards or a thin piece of wood. > > I prefer the cartridges, flaws and all, to CDs. They > are so easy to dirty up, scracth, or get outright broken > (my brother was an angry gamer!) > > And they load sooooo slowly, especially the newer games. > Totally agree on all counts. I *liked* that the N64 used carts (although some were ridiculously pricey). And right from day one, you knew that the PSP's use of discs was a colossally stupid thing to do on a *portable*.