ubersaurus Posted January 24, 2002 Share Posted January 24, 2002 What if you have a dead M-Network game? Can't open those very easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 I had several dead games I have gotten from eBay, I throughly cleaned the connections with Alcohol, and even a pencil eraser until they shined like new. They didn't work. I have done this test, all the connections were fine on all of the games-- still they didn't work. The cases were in perfect condition and so were the PCB's and EPROM according to the DMM I tested them with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginger Posted January 25, 2002 Author Share Posted January 25, 2002 Dont throw those suspectedly "dead" game catridges away. I have seen several instances of what was presumably a dead chip when in fact the problem was rotted copper runs on the connector card to which the game chip is soldered. Do yourself a favor if you have a "dead" game. Pop the game module out of the plastic cartridge. Take an ohmmeter and ohm-out all the pins. See if there is a break by placing one lead on the TOP of the chip's pin (NOT where it meets the circuit board) and the other lead on the connector edge (where it plugs into the 2600 VCS. Test all 24 connections. Here is the pinout. chip pin# -- connector pin# 1 - 1 2 - 2 3 - 3 4 - 4 5 - 5 6 - 6 7 - 7 8 - 8 9 - 9 10 - 10 11 - 11 12 - 12, 24 (short) 13 - 13 14 - 14 15 - 15 16 - 16 17 - 17 18 - 20 19 - 19 20 - 18 21, 24 (short) - 23 22 - 21 23 - 22 You may find such a small break that you will have to micro-solder a fine wire to replace the original copper run. The best wire for this is to strip the insulation off a large guage (small wire) audio type wire. use one of the small braids. Use will find a magnifying glass is very useful. DataAge game cartidges seem to be most affected by this copper rot, from what I have seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 What??? Not dead?? I've been hitting this ET cartridge for a good half-hour with a hammer!! Its in bits!! It MUST be dead!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VidGameKing Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 when your done with that one, I have 20 more ET carts for you to have fun with!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonnenhexer Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 20 carts? I have none. But if all 20 are dead, will you test them? Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VidGameKing Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 They all work. but I'd trash 'em anyways. I could get another 20 for $1 so who cares! anyways it's like inflation. if you destroy 'em or buy thousands, they'll become rare and you can make more money off of 'em! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Asmo Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Really? I'll take some of those 5 cent Atari carts if you know where to get them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VidGameKing Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 I only know of this one place where this guy has 'em. he has hundreds maybe thousands. one package I got from him he used 'em fo the pakaging so he has so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Asmo Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Well, I'd be interested in buying a very large lot of 2600 games. If you could give me his contact info, I'd be most appreciative. KA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonnenhexer Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Well, I´m interested in these carts too. Tell me how much you charge for some of them and how much shipping and handling is. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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