Cartridge slot and pin connector replacement/enhancement for NES

[famicommander]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/113891498/blinking-light-win-resurrecting-your-nes

 

Basically, it replaces the tray and cart pin connector in your toaster NES with one that makes direct contact with the cart's pins (meaning you just slide the game right in; you don't push it down into place). This results in much, much better reliability.

[godslabrat]

Okay... But from what I've heard, the boil-and-bake method gets good results, and some repro connectors are pretty good. What's my incentive to go this route?

[Austin]

Okay... But from what I've heard, the boil-and-bake method gets good results, and some repro connectors are pretty good. What's my incentive to go this route?

 

$20 theoretically makes it so you never have to open your NES again. Any more than that and I don't think the project would be worthwhile, but at that price.. hmm, it could be worth trying.

[Andromeda Stardust]

I backed it.

 

The problem is with the design of the NES ZIF connector with the cartridge loader bending the pins down every time you depress the cart. Replacing the cart connector only is a temporary fix. The new "blinky light fix" replaces both the cart connector and the loading tray, with a strait horizontal connection comparable to every other top-loading system ever made. Thing is already 30% funded. Looking like this Kickstarter will be a blowout success...

[Cobra Commander]

I made something like this a while back out of two of the circuit board edge connector sides of the ZIF connector and soldered them together. Yes, 144 solder joints with heat shrink tubing. I put it in a Stella case for kicks. I posted a thread several years ago, but still have some cosmetic issues to fix. It sits in a box in the garage for now.