adams_ale Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 I had a pile of about 15 games that I presumed were dead as I had cleaned them and still just static on the t.v. I had even taken a cotton swab to the cartridge slot of my 4-switcher in attempts to clean it. Eventually, I just presumed the system must be okay, because it played 95 percent of the games just fine. Today my heavy sixer arrived from retrogames-r-us and I put in one of the "dead" carts just to test it one last time before I threw the lot of them in the trash. I turned the system on and to my surprise it worked! Not only that, but 13 out of the 15 games that I thought were dead now work just fine!! The only cartridge that I can't get to work is Barnstorming(both of them). What a cool surprise. Is it known if some games don't play well on some systems or did I just not clean my old system well enough? In any case that makes for a happy atari day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 I suspect some of the contacts on the carts giving you trouble have been worn almost completely away. The heavy sixer may have a slightly deeper slot reaching farther up the worn contacts to where they are not so badly worn. So they are able to make electrical contact and work properly. Do the carts fail if you wiggle them in the slot with the power turned on? Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRetroGamer Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 I'm glad to hear that you are not only happy with your purchase, but that you salvaged a bunch of your dead cart collection! ENJOY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams_ale Posted June 3, 2004 Author Share Posted June 3, 2004 I suspect some of the contacts on the carts giving you trouble have been worn almost completely away. The heavy sixer may have a slightly deeper slot reaching farther up the worn contacts to where they are not so badly worn. So they are able to make electrical contact and work properly. Do the carts fail if you wiggle them in the slot with the power turned on? Cheers! That is interesting. If I do touch them slightly they do stop working. You may be correct as the games are still finicky. At least they are playable now so that is cool. By the way I left you positive feedback MrRetroGamer. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 I've got a few carts, mostly activision titles, that give me almost no trouble at all in my heavy sixer whereas they need a little wiggling once in a while with my 7800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRetroGamer Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 By the way I left you positive feedback MrRetroGamer. Thanks! Thanks, I always appreciate feedback from happy customers - I left some back for you too! Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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