My dad told me off grip it was bad to blow in the cartridge, so we used the q-tip plus rubbing alcohol method every time.
classic example of word-of-mouth
i never did that because it didn't work. what worked was putting the cartridge in right to the edge then rubbing your finger on it. holla if you hear me
I just blown into the Nintendo system
Or lick the game
We all know that blowing into an NES cartridge is a useless and potentially harmful activity. But why did we still do it, even though it never actually worked? Science has the answer.
The folks at It's Okay To Be Smart have a pretty comprehensive breakdown about the psychology behind everyone's favorite NES habit. One tiny fact they missed though: blowing into your NES cartridge is actually a badass magic spell that imbues your game with magic powers. A wizard told me, trust me.
http://kotaku.com/why-your-brain-kept-tellling-you-to-blow-into-nes-catri-1599333217
Who used to wiggle the cartridge left to right while it was in the system
Holy shyt, that's the exact same technique I used. The slightly out jam down bang insert shyt worked nearly everytime.Did this and also, would put the game about 95% into the system, but still slightly sticking out just a lil bit and would do this mash down technique that would make the cartridge slightly bang on the end of the cartridge slot before it goes all the way into the system. It worked like a charm about 75% of the time. If it didn't, do it a few more times and it usually would work.