Why Your Brain Kept Tellling You to Blow into NES Catridges

[Lord Scion]

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.

 

[puppetmaster]

Used to wedge a cartridge on top of the one I was playing, dangerous as shyt but it worked.

Blowing into it under a t-shirt also worked

 

[muzikfrk75]

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

Putting the cartridge to the edge is real shyt

 

[Schmoove]

What yall know about turning the ps1 upside down when a disc would freeze

 

[Schmoove]

I just blown into the Nintendo system

Or lick the game

 

[chemicalsword]

yeah i ain't ever lick no games b.
seen friends do it though.....

 

[jadillac]

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

I remember many times it worked

 

[Shadow]

It did work though.

Same for N64 cartridges.

 

[Mensch Fontana]

for it seems like opening the lid pushing the game down then putting another game/or something thick enough to hold the game down worked. i guess them shyts had bad springs in them

 

[Freestyle Phantom3.0]

I used to put them in the freezer too, thought I was the only one

 

[ryderldb]

It definitely worked. If it didn't, I would put rubbing alcohol on a qtip and clean it and voila always worked after that.

 

[5n0man]

The problem was the way cartridges went in, there was always a certain click it made when it was right and I think dust created bad friction or something.

What ever the case was, moisture helped imo

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

Who used to wiggle the cartridge left to right while it was in the system

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.

 

[up in here]

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.

Holy shyt, that's the exact same technique I used. The slightly out jam down bang insert shyt worked nearly everytime.

If the game was dusty I also used to wipe the chip with my shirt

 

[Box Cutta]

I personally used to do it thinking that I was blowing away dust and shyt.