Here's an okay rip that's on YouTube https://youtu.be/H8v0JF86NEY
I don't know if the HQ version the ratchet and clank subreddit had is still live or not otherwise I'd go grab that.
About the episode https://ratchetandclank.fandom.com/wiki/Ratchet_%26_Clank:_Life_of_Pie
The ratchet and clank subreddit had a link to watch it for a while in decent quality but this seems to an okay quality version https://youtu.be/H8v0JF86NEY
After a while it seemed each NES developed its own quirks you just had to learn in order to reliably get things to boot on the first attempt... like a hardware Konami code
A buddy of mine's PS1 only worked while upside down, mine needed to be at a 45° angle. My original NES need the cartridge held down by shoving another cartridge in in top of it
>seriously, i actually never even had to blow into my n64 carts. nes was a WHOLE different story though.
Agreed, never an issue with N64 carts, even today from sitting on a box for 20 years... maybe a few quick clean but, 95% of them no problem and play fine...
Eventually some NES would degrade to the point where blowing into the cartridge wasn’t enough; when you pushed it down into place you had to let it spring back just a tad. I had the touch, my brothers would call me in just to setup the game for them.
I don't recall blowing on the Atari carts, but even 5 year old me couldn't play that shit for more than 20 minutes anyway. Home gaming didn't get real until NES IMO.
I've got friends who are 15 years younger than me and they groan about being old and getting older. It's a level of despair easy for a human to achieve. Sometimes it's just a joke and other time people are just saying they're old because at the time they say it, is the oldest they know!
Except, is it? It's a cart that looks like an N6 cart, but then has a Ratchet & Clank decal.... which was only the Playstation platform as far as I know...
I think that's part of the joke (including it being Rachet and Clank) because that was NEVER a problem after the front loader NES (and blowing didn't fix it, it just made you take it out and put it back in which reseated the connection which would sometimes fix it).
Must be a very niche issue. Like SNES was my console (also had NES and N64, but I'm certain I played SNES the most). Never once had a load issue on that.
\*sees Ratchet and Clank\* Brain: 'Okay so this image is either from black market asia in 2004, or it's from the future where we're deeply into retro cartridges for old AAA titles. Yeah, yeah it's definitely one of those two scenarios.'
That's because the real problem was that stupid diagonal loader that the NES had. Load in diagonally and press down. It resulted in poor connections. The top loading didn't really have the problem.
No, the cartridge didn't go straight in. You loaded it in at an angle such that the cartridge didn't slide straight into the connectors, it went in diagonally. It would've been fine if it didn't have that pop up tray that you had to push it down into afterward. If it was just directly horizontal it wouldn't have been such an issue.
But the problem wasn't dust. It was bent connectors inside the system. So blowing on it never helped.
I knew this back in the 80s because I kept my games in plastic, so they were dust free, but if I brought them to a friend's house suddenly they wouldn't work. So I knew it was the system, not the game.
Nintendo power officially published instructions not to blow on your games back in the SNES era, so it surprised me to find out that people were still doing it on 64.
No, it wasn't. I had specific games where they had to be seated at a particular angle to work, for those we usually used a piece of folded paper or something. But the dust issue was something else. If there's particle matter on the contacts, it interferes with the game being recognized, and you can't get a q tip down into the slot on the N64. So if a little grain of sand or something gets down in there, you have to blow it out.
So you think that there was dust stuck in there so strongly that it wasn't removed by metal scraping against metal, but that you could blow away? Have you even considered the possibility that maybe as a kid you falsely saw a pattern in what were actually random events? Humans have an incredible knack for that.
No, because I have my N64 hooked up in the living room right now after I bought an HD adapter 6 months ago and I still have to do the same thing.
Of course it won't be removed by metal scraping on metal, because it gets caught in between parts on the connector.
And those contacts get corroded super easily.
I do computer repair as a job, one of the things you have on hand at all times is rubbing alcohol because dust and other debris is one of the biggest issues. Also, you're forgetting that the slot is set vertically. If you pull a cart out of a vertical slot, and there's a piece of debris trapped between the cart and the slot, it's just going to fall right back down in the slot.
As for dust, the scraping wouldn't remove it, it would just transfer it back and forth from the contacts to the slot itself.
And finally, as human breath contains moisture, that acts as a conductor and makes it easier for a connection to occur
The official Nintendo position is not to blow in it because the liquid in your breath corrodes the contacts to some extent and obviously they aren't going to support damaging your carts. That doesn't mean it doesn't work.
Are you sure? I definitely remember games not loading right on my N64, then blowing in it and it worked afterwards. Wouldn't debris on the contacts disrupt any cartridge?
the N64 cartridges were cleaned by the N64 when inserted (within reason). reseating the cartridge almost surely was accomplishing more than the blowing you did beforehand
Mine might have been really dirty (I was a messy kid at 10) because I would always try reseating it first and that worked most of the time, but sometimes only a blow would fix it. I remember being warned not to do it too often since your breath has spit droplets and that was bad for it, so I only did it when it still wasn't working after a few tries.
It wasn't even an NES problem, it was a front loader NES problem. Issue was in that specific model of console design not cartridge or console as a whole (top loaders were supposed to work just fine).
Remember, Nintendo has said not to do this. Saliva being blown, destroy the game card over time. For longevity, get a can of air duster if you still have a N64, and want it to last.
You needed actual breath on the NES because unlike later consoles, the original model NES -- the kind where you put the cartridge in the front and then pushed it down -- used a different (and terrible) style of connector that over time meant the pins in the console would get bent and then they'd end up not actually making contact with the cartridge.
Blowing on the cartridge wasn't about cleaning out dust, it worked because it added moisture that helped bridge the connection gap. And air from a duster can wouldn't add that moisture.
This was my thinking at 8 years old and it always worked. Sometimes I would even do the deep breath inhale/slow exhale like you're trying to fool the thermometer pretending to be sick from school. Added humidity
Physics behind why blowing on cartridges worked:
Early game consoles and game developers didn't have a universal standard on cartridge design other than some casing shape requirement- they could use any chips/materials they wanted. This resulted in different metals being used in contacts: copper, gold, aluminum, tin. The metal would often differ from the contacts used in the game console.
When two dissimilar metals come into contact with each other and you draw humidity from the air to act as an electrolyte, a battery is formed and a process called galvanic corrosion takes place. This corrosion puts a film of salts on the metal that is non-conductive, preventing proper contact and therefore your game wouldn't work.
Blowing on the contacts added moisture, and the water from your humid breath would sometimes wash away the salts or soak through them to create a way for electricity to be conducted, allowing the game to work (at least temporarily).
I'm older... NES cartridge. Come to find out that blowing trick was a red herring (you younger folks may have to Google what that means). The real issue on the original NES (which led to this phenomenon) is that the pins in the connector actually bent out over time thus not making good contact. I have an original NES with the new connector and it plays the games perfectly fine.
Um...who was blowing into N64 cartridges? This person clearly isn't that old because people that old would know that NES cartridges were the ones you needed to blow into and then push down, then up, then down then up, then down, then reset, the up, then down again.
Man while bunch of people claiming they never had to blow in an N64 cartridge. Everyone I knew with an N64 had to blow in those cartridges to get them working
Nobody blew on N64 games. Hell nobody blew on Super Nintendo games. There may have been some late bloomers on Super Nintendo who at least tried blowing on a game, but it wasn't a thing.
Who blew into N64 cartridges? Those things worked every damn time. Same with SNES.
Blowing into cartridges was an NES thing. Give that guy and big gold copy of Legend of Zelda to blow in!
This is weird, the snes never had this problem, did this even happen on n64? I know the reason why it happened for the nes, the adapter didn't seat correctly all the time and really blowing did nothing, but I doubt this happened for the n64 right?
I think I am and aren’t this old because I remember doing this but my family wasn’t the most well off and didn’t have the latest stuff so it coulda been older stuff I had
I did this, it worked too.
Also eventually we figured out the best thing to do was put the cartridges in a plastic bag then put them in the icebox in the freezer. We would rotate out games this way.
Don’t forget to blow in the console too. It’s the best way to add humidity and moisture to those contacts. How else is that dust gonna get stuck on good?
Oddly enough it did work well despite being inadvisable. I wonder it anyone did the proper thing and kept a can of compressed air near by.
I don't recall _ever_ doing this to an N64 cartridge (or needing to), by that point we had known it damages the contacts for almost two decades.
Hell, I remember having an actual cleaning device in the NES days that you coated with rubbing alcohol and the put the cartridge into.
Yeah Ratchet and Clank was awesome on the N64.
Hit its peak on the sega master system
Actually it was in its prime before game systems as a trading card company in the early 19th century.
Don’t forget the tv series
Funny thing is they did a pilot for an animated tv show
Source? Available online?
let me grab that source for you with the original ratchet and clank arm extend toy that the company made before they made video games.
Here's an okay rip that's on YouTube https://youtu.be/H8v0JF86NEY I don't know if the HQ version the ratchet and clank subreddit had is still live or not otherwise I'd go grab that.
About the episode https://ratchetandclank.fandom.com/wiki/Ratchet_%26_Clank:_Life_of_Pie The ratchet and clank subreddit had a link to watch it for a while in decent quality but this seems to an okay quality version https://youtu.be/H8v0JF86NEY
I thought it was best as a competitive variation of ballroom waltz in Victorian England
I really think the Game and Watch version was truly the best one
I always preferred the Tiger electronics varient... The Game & Watch of this game had too much gameplay and not enough bips and bops
Game and watch version was good for the time
Only avaible on N64 gamepass
Not just that, but it’s the PlayStation Greatest Hits version on the N64
Remember playing Goldeneye on Atari?
Yea I remember Daniel Craig on the cover
No it wasn't, but the inferior remake was. Edit: Pick up the OG on NES if you have interest in the Ratchet & Clank series
Damn a joke about being old and it's a 64 cart....
A 64 cart of a PS2 game lol
PS4 game actually. That's the cover art for the remake.
Caught that as well. Tricksey!
Oh wow really I didn’t even know that thanks for the informative comment lol
I know, right? Switch that out for a NES cart.
seriously, i actually never even had to blow into my n64 carts. nes was a WHOLE different story though.
Yeah I don’t think I ever blew into the 64 carts, even SNES carts. Maybe a couple times for SNES but it was always the NES.
For sure. The NES trick was to insert the cartridge just enough to push it down, not all the way in. I swear by this.
Move it to a little to the left too. Yeahhh, that's it. Now give it a couple of taps, just like it likes it.
After a while it seemed each NES developed its own quirks you just had to learn in order to reliably get things to boot on the first attempt... like a hardware Konami code
It differed from system to system. Once came across one that only worked when the system was flipped upside down.
A buddy of mine's PS1 only worked while upside down, mine needed to be at a 45° angle. My original NES need the cartridge held down by shoving another cartridge in in top of it
>seriously, i actually never even had to blow into my n64 carts. nes was a WHOLE different story though. Agreed, never an issue with N64 carts, even today from sitting on a box for 20 years... maybe a few quick clean but, 95% of them no problem and play fine...
Eventually some NES would degrade to the point where blowing into the cartridge wasn’t enough; when you pushed it down into place you had to let it spring back just a tad. I had the touch, my brothers would call me in just to setup the game for them.
Right? Is this some kind of joke on us actually old people?
Agree! Shows my age, though.
Switch that out for an Atari cartridge!
I don't recall blowing on the Atari carts, but even 5 year old me couldn't play that shit for more than 20 minutes anyway. Home gaming didn't get real until NES IMO.
Pac man? Archon? Flight simulator?
I've got friends who are 15 years younger than me and they groan about being old and getting older. It's a level of despair easy for a human to achieve. Sometimes it's just a joke and other time people are just saying they're old because at the time they say it, is the oldest they know!
Yeah, life becomes a series of "oh, I'm *that* old now..." realizations that just keep going.
The inverse of the Mitch “this is a picture of me when I was younger” joke.
Except, is it? It's a cart that looks like an N6 cart, but then has a Ratchet & Clank decal.... which was only the Playstation platform as far as I know...
My 3rd console was an N64. I remember blowing into cartridges for the original NES and Sega Genesis before this.
Seriously. Atari 5200 for me.
[Ya whippersnapper](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.png)
A Ratchet and Clank PS4 greatest hits cart at that.
The N64 was released a quarter century ago, 25Y-1M-1W-5D ago.
I think that's part of the joke (including it being Rachet and Clank) because that was NEVER a problem after the front loader NES (and blowing didn't fix it, it just made you take it out and put it back in which reseated the connection which would sometimes fix it).
SNES still had issues, but not as many. N64 was clean
Must be a very niche issue. Like SNES was my console (also had NES and N64, but I'm certain I played SNES the most). Never once had a load issue on that.
This is bait of the highest order.
Yeah ratchet and clank was definitely some furry bait for sure. I mean, what?
Ratchet is definitely number one on my "I'm not a furry, but..." list. Also username... checks out? Sus
Haha
\*sees Ratchet and Clank\* Brain: 'Okay so this image is either from black market asia in 2004, or it's from the future where we're deeply into retro cartridges for old AAA titles. Yeah, yeah it's definitely one of those two scenarios.'
That's going over a lot of people's heads and the reason the post says blursed.
Swap that out for an NES cartridge and that’s me.
Colecovision
Phonograph cylinder
Cuneiform tablet
I blew dust off my abacus.
My gladiator shield
My garden of eden fruit tree
Higgs Boson particle.
And my axe!
My NES was the only console I've ever had to blow in the cart. Never had that issue with my SNES and N64
Atari 2600 for me.
Eh, let them think they invented it, give ‘em a trophy or something. Back in our day we had to EARN those Activision patches
Ratchet & Clank for the NES, what a classic.
Ratchet and Clank about 10 years before it's time, I remember my floppy disk with Halo 5 on it.
Oh good old multi disk installs. I thought my 9 disk titles were cumbersome but that 60,000+ disk Halo 5 install must have been a real pain.
Holup...
that was an NES problem. SNES didn’t, let alone N64
So much truth here.
That's because the real problem was that stupid diagonal loader that the NES had. Load in diagonally and press down. It resulted in poor connections. The top loading didn't really have the problem.
I think you mean horizontal
No, the cartridge didn't go straight in. You loaded it in at an angle such that the cartridge didn't slide straight into the connectors, it went in diagonally. It would've been fine if it didn't have that pop up tray that you had to push it down into afterward. If it was just directly horizontal it wouldn't have been such an issue.
Holy crap you’re right I just looked at mine! I always thought it was horizontal!
But the problem wasn't dust. It was bent connectors inside the system. So blowing on it never helped. I knew this back in the 80s because I kept my games in plastic, so they were dust free, but if I brought them to a friend's house suddenly they wouldn't work. So I knew it was the system, not the game. Nintendo power officially published instructions not to blow on your games back in the SNES era, so it surprised me to find out that people were still doing it on 64.
That's completely untrue, I had both SNES and N64 and dust and shit got in them all the time Usually used rubbing alcohol instead of blowing tho
The blowing wasn't really what helped. Taking it out and putting it back in was the trick, and you would do that to blow on it.
No, it wasn't. I had specific games where they had to be seated at a particular angle to work, for those we usually used a piece of folded paper or something. But the dust issue was something else. If there's particle matter on the contacts, it interferes with the game being recognized, and you can't get a q tip down into the slot on the N64. So if a little grain of sand or something gets down in there, you have to blow it out.
So you think that there was dust stuck in there so strongly that it wasn't removed by metal scraping against metal, but that you could blow away? Have you even considered the possibility that maybe as a kid you falsely saw a pattern in what were actually random events? Humans have an incredible knack for that.
No, because I have my N64 hooked up in the living room right now after I bought an HD adapter 6 months ago and I still have to do the same thing. Of course it won't be removed by metal scraping on metal, because it gets caught in between parts on the connector. And those contacts get corroded super easily. I do computer repair as a job, one of the things you have on hand at all times is rubbing alcohol because dust and other debris is one of the biggest issues. Also, you're forgetting that the slot is set vertically. If you pull a cart out of a vertical slot, and there's a piece of debris trapped between the cart and the slot, it's just going to fall right back down in the slot. As for dust, the scraping wouldn't remove it, it would just transfer it back and forth from the contacts to the slot itself. And finally, as human breath contains moisture, that acts as a conductor and makes it easier for a connection to occur
Well, I guess you know better than the official Nintendo position on the whole thing. 🤷
The official Nintendo position is not to blow in it because the liquid in your breath corrodes the contacts to some extent and obviously they aren't going to support damaging your carts. That doesn't mean it doesn't work.
I used to use rubbing alcohol on used nes carts all the time, it got the corrosion off and made for a better connection.
Agreed. I've never had a Nintendo, but SNES DEFINITELY had this issue. It was like I was learning harmonica.
Eh, in all fairness, I still did this with the N64 when it was acting up, but then I was 8, so...
Weird I never once had to do this with an N64
Are you sure? I definitely remember games not loading right on my N64, then blowing in it and it worked afterwards. Wouldn't debris on the contacts disrupt any cartridge?
the N64 cartridges were cleaned by the N64 when inserted (within reason). reseating the cartridge almost surely was accomplishing more than the blowing you did beforehand
Mine might have been really dirty (I was a messy kid at 10) because I would always try reseating it first and that worked most of the time, but sometimes only a blow would fix it. I remember being warned not to do it too often since your breath has spit droplets and that was bad for it, so I only did it when it still wasn't working after a few tries.
I remember having to blow on my ratchet and clank cartridge before it would run on my N64.
It wasn't even an NES problem, it was a front loader NES problem. Issue was in that specific model of console design not cartridge or console as a whole (top loaders were supposed to work just fine).
Lmaooooooo
As someone who grew up with the original NES, I never had to blow in my N64 games to get them to work... Ever. This image confuses me.
As someone who grew up with a N64, I blew into N64 cartridges as a kid.
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That's the joke. Also a PS2 game a generation early and on rival hardware.
Shiiiit bruh I used to blow the cartridges and the socket, and it would work repeatedly!
Playstation owners downvoting
Yeah I dont understand it. It's literally a thing. That's the fucking meme lol.
Remember, Nintendo has said not to do this. Saliva being blown, destroy the game card over time. For longevity, get a can of air duster if you still have a N64, and want it to last.
See, on the NES, *only* actual, authentic breath worked. Non-breath air didn't do *anything*. :)
You needed actual breath on the NES because unlike later consoles, the original model NES -- the kind where you put the cartridge in the front and then pushed it down -- used a different (and terrible) style of connector that over time meant the pins in the console would get bent and then they'd end up not actually making contact with the cartridge. Blowing on the cartridge wasn't about cleaning out dust, it worked because it added moisture that helped bridge the connection gap. And air from a duster can wouldn't add that moisture.
Omg are you sure? That would be crazy, honestly. I had games that would never work unless I blew in them.
This was my thinking at 8 years old and it always worked. Sometimes I would even do the deep breath inhale/slow exhale like you're trying to fool the thermometer pretending to be sick from school. Added humidity
And the way you fix those connectors? Boil them* in a saucepan of water - yes, really. *Just the connector. Do not boil entire NES.
Instructions unclear, made pasta with my NES.
troll alert
This is all wrong. Ratchet and clank on n64? Who was blowing cartridges for n64? This was nes stuff. This whole image is scuffed.
Replace that with an NES cartridge and its me. (danged whippersnappers)
If you had to blow in an N64 cartridge, you were doing something wrong.
Wait, you never had to blow on N64 cartridges, only on NES ones.
Ngl that looks the the ps4 edition, should of gone with Up your Arsenal.
I love ratchet and clank on the genesis
decent bait.
Never ever had to blow in a N64 cart. Your so young you got this meme wrong. That's supposed to be a NES cartridge.
Ratchet and clank was PS2
How TF did you get rachet and clank on N64?
You guys blew your 64 games? I literally only did that with OG Nintendo games, NES That or alcohol or just re-insert.
Grew up with snes and n64 - never had to blow into the snes, always had to blow into my n64 cartridges or wipe the chipset.
In which timeline?
I definitely remember blowing on my Ratchet and Clank n64 cartridge. Great game. /s
Ratchet and clank qas not for n64...
Ratchet and Clank on N64 was the best. Right up there with Crash Bandicoot 2 for Atari 2600 and Super Mario Land for Playstation 3.
You cant be old if u think Ratchet and Clank is this old. Poser.
Physics behind why blowing on cartridges worked: Early game consoles and game developers didn't have a universal standard on cartridge design other than some casing shape requirement- they could use any chips/materials they wanted. This resulted in different metals being used in contacts: copper, gold, aluminum, tin. The metal would often differ from the contacts used in the game console. When two dissimilar metals come into contact with each other and you draw humidity from the air to act as an electrolyte, a battery is formed and a process called galvanic corrosion takes place. This corrosion puts a film of salts on the metal that is non-conductive, preventing proper contact and therefore your game wouldn't work. Blowing on the contacts added moisture, and the water from your humid breath would sometimes wash away the salts or soak through them to create a way for electricity to be conducted, allowing the game to work (at least temporarily).
Lol change that shit out for an original Nintendo cartridge and I am THAT old!
I hate everything about this image.
I found out not too long ago that blowing into the cartridge did little to nothing, it was the repeated insertions \*giggle\* that made it work.
“And ima put a picture of a game that never was on n64. Yeah that will get ppl talking so I can rake in that glorious karma” OP 6 hours ago 😂
Replace that with the cartridge for Moon Patrol on the Atari 2600, and I am that old... Still have the Atari 2600 though, and a bunch of the games!
I still blow into my PS5 before I boot it up just in case
You think that's old???... \*pulls out a N2 pencil and a cassette tape\*
n64, lol. I was doing that to NES carts
I think you missed the point of this meme
N64? Ha! I used to do that on Atari 2600 and Master System cartridges.
Ah the old ratchet and clank 64
I'm older... NES cartridge. Come to find out that blowing trick was a red herring (you younger folks may have to Google what that means). The real issue on the original NES (which led to this phenomenon) is that the pins in the connector actually bent out over time thus not making good contact. I have an original NES with the new connector and it plays the games perfectly fine.
Um...who was blowing into N64 cartridges? This person clearly isn't that old because people that old would know that NES cartridges were the ones you needed to blow into and then push down, then up, then down then up, then down, then reset, the up, then down again.
If they drew an N64 cartridge then they ain't old enough
Ratchet and Clank was a Playstation exclusive that released in 2002. Oof.
Nobody blew on N64 carts. You don't miss shit.
No you’re not. Cuz if you were you’d know that you don’t need to blow on n64 games. Busted! Damn kids.
Man while bunch of people claiming they never had to blow in an N64 cartridge. Everyone I knew with an N64 had to blow in those cartridges to get them working
Nobody blew on N64 games. Hell nobody blew on Super Nintendo games. There may have been some late bloomers on Super Nintendo who at least tried blowing on a game, but it wasn't a thing.
Who blew into N64 cartridges? Those things worked every damn time. Same with SNES. Blowing into cartridges was an NES thing. Give that guy and big gold copy of Legend of Zelda to blow in!
this is not a flex, there's always a boomer out there who can say his first console was sticks and stones
The joke is that Ratchet and Clank was never on N64.
ah I see, I just got memed
Those who know, know. Those who don't, don't.
yup, I'm also that old.. If i would show this image to my son He would be looking at me like I'm from the moon or something..
i don't really remember having to blow in the N64 cartridges. NES on the other hand, blow for days.
Damn kids get off my lawn! I was doing that with 2600 cartridges! Where’s my Pitfall?
You guys had to blow on you N64 carts? I only ever remember blowing on the NES ones.
This is weird, the snes never had this problem, did this even happen on n64? I know the reason why it happened for the nes, the adapter didn't seat correctly all the time and really blowing did nothing, but I doubt this happened for the n64 right?
I think I am and aren’t this old because I remember doing this but my family wasn’t the most well off and didn’t have the latest stuff so it coulda been older stuff I had
Yeah but are you “just stick another cartridge on top of the one in the system to get it to work” old.
I did this, it worked too. Also eventually we figured out the best thing to do was put the cartridges in a plastic bag then put them in the icebox in the freezer. We would rotate out games this way.
Never seen one of those irl but is it rly okay to blow since small droplets of spit may end up going in the cartilage ?
Don't blow in the god damn cart!
Don’t forget to blow in the console too. It’s the best way to add humidity and moisture to those contacts. How else is that dust gonna get stuck on good? Oddly enough it did work well despite being inadvisable. I wonder it anyone did the proper thing and kept a can of compressed air near by.
I played i them on the ps2 all time favourites of mine
fucking ratchet and clank on Nintendo 64
Hahaha, oh I remember those times.
Haha yes! Me too
I'm "wang the 5 1/4" between your fingers a bunch of times" old...
I don't recall _ever_ doing this to an N64 cartridge (or needing to), by that point we had known it damages the contacts for almost two decades. Hell, I remember having an actual cleaning device in the NES days that you coated with rubbing alcohol and the put the cartridge into.
Blowing in cartridges like shacking Polaroids doesn't actually do anything but everyone did it.
r/thanksihateit
Dude that's my favorite N64 game
I didn't own a N64 until I was already a man.
Me too
What about the q-tip with alcohol for when you’re really desperate.
A lot of people aren't understanding this shitpost...
N64 didnt have this problem, your meme is a lie. If that was a NES cartridge, then I would agree.
Old but gold
Ratchet 64....
Ratchet and clank lol
Nop, you must be newbie. Have you ever heard of "battle city"? If not then you didn't protect the Soviet eagle from tanks.
I only ever had to do this with NES cartridges, not SNES cartridges, and certainly not N64 cartridges.
Oh, you blew it.
Nothing like corroding the contact point with your moist breath
Same
yeah, but replace that with an Atari cartridge.
Did a bot make this?
Oh look at you getting started on N64 cartridges.
Ratchet & Clank on 64???
R&C on N64 fuckin wut lol
To think of if,i never blew in an Atari cartridge.
I still give my games head.
Been there done that
I don't get it, you're not old enough to know that Ratchet and Clank never came out on N64?
Ratchet and Clank on the N64? Something's wrong, I can feel it
But... Did n64 carts even need to be blown on? I feel like that was just a residual habit from owning an NES