How To Clean Your Video Game Cartridges

[Satoshi_Matrix]

I don't completely agree with ziggy. Intros around 35-45 seconds are okay by me, but they HAVE to be interesting and worth the viewer's time. You do that by using your best footage from your most popular videos coupled with a kickass theme song that you'll want to listen to over and over.

Think of tv shows. If you get up to make a sandwich during the theme, the producers of the show have failed. You have to want to watch it. This is subjective of course, but just something to keep in mind.


bigsbull, what the hell? Your post was just a copy+paste of my reply, and completely non sequitur.

[brunoafh]

I don't completely agree with ziggy. Intros around 35-45 seconds are okay by me, but they HAVE to be interesting and worth the viewer's time. You do that by using your best footage from your most popular videos coupled with a kickass theme song that you'll want to listen to over and over.

Think of tv shows. If you get up to make a sandwich during the theme, the producers of the show have failed. You have to want to watch it. This is subjective of course, but just something to keep in mind.

The thing is, this is just some random guy reviewing/talking about video games. No introduction scene is necessary... The AVGN videos are different, because at this point the theme song is pretty damn well known, and he has like over 100 videos now. A lot of his videos even pass the half hour mark.

The intro doesn't need to be 1/5 of the videos, especially when I have no idea who/what the hell I'm watching.

bigsbull, what the hell? Your post was just a copy+paste of my reply, and completely non sequitur.

It's a spam bot.

[davidhass3lh0ff]

okey doky more responses to people's comments

just by posting my video's in this forum i am participate and if i dident post video then i wouldent be plus a lot of the time people just view my post's and never say anythink and im cool with that but if there is a chance to get involed i all way take the chance like im doing right now.

and with intro to be honest i like intro's and yes mine is a bit too long but when i do the next one it will be under 30 seconds.

and the reason i dont use alcohol is it is allso know to leave a small film of grease and i know window cleaner has water but so does air and there is no 100% way of preventing water geting on the contact's.

thank you all for your comment's and i have enjoy talking to you all and i just wished we could start conversation like this on some of my other video's and hope be more upbeat positive ones but even still it's been healthy to here everyone's throughts

[Ziggy]

and the reason i dont use alcohol is it is allso know to leave a small film of grease

Film of grease? This is completely untrue. Listen, I'm telling you flat out that rubbing alcohol, especially 99%, is far better to use than a window cleaner. Read my first post in this thread, I believe I explained it pretty clearly. Rubbing alcohol doesn't leave a residue and it evaporates quickly. This is why people use it to clean the top of a CPU. I don't know any one that uses window cleaner to clean the top of a CPU. If you go out and buy an electrical contact cleaner, it's mostly (if not all) rubbing alcohol. That right there says it all. Rubbing alcohol is by far the better thing to use.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windex

Windex-like products typically contain detergents, ammonia, fragrance to moderate the odor of ammonia, and some form of dye. The original modern Windex was colored a light, transparent shade of blue, but varieties are marketed today in a variety of colors (ocean fresh blue, sunshine lemon & citrus orange) and fragrances (spring bouquet, ocean mist, lavender and tea tree), touting additives such as vinegar, lemon, lime, or orange juice.

Most window cleaners are the same. In fact, most cleaners are the same. Detergents, ammonia, perfumes, vinegar, and citrus oils. You're telling me that these things are good to use on the contacts? They'll leave less of a residue than rubbing alcohol? Completely untrue.

edit: I googled the cleaner you used in the video. Astonish, right? The ingredients include isopropyl alcohol, ethanol, and anionic surfactant. So, isopropyl is just rubbing alcohol. Ethanol is, I think, a more harsh alcohol. And "anionic surfactant" I'm guessing is a detergent. Beyond that, it doesn't list any other ingredients, or the quantities, though I believe it might have some fragrant in it. It must have some color additives to it. Maybe a stabilizer of some sort. So really, you think just plain old rubbing alcohol (with out all that other junk in there) isn't the better choice?

I get the feeling that you're not reading my entire posts. I feel that I've proved my point, so if you don't get it by now, I don't know what else to say.

Look, even if rubbing alcohol leaves a "film of grease" (which is doesn't) you're using it in the Astonish anyway. You're using it along with other things that will most definitely leave a residue, especially any detergents and fragrances. You should seriously take down your video so you don't teach people to clean their carts with window cleaners. Astonish seemed a little light on ingredients, I'm willing to bet other window cleaners have more chemicals, or harsher chemicals, along with all the usual suspects (citrus oils, degreasers, etc).

[davidhass3lh0ff]

im not takeing my video down. plus half of all the video's about cleaning cart's i've ever watch on youtube show's people useing window cleaning so should they all take there video's down?

and i have read the comments in them video's and most people say it's fine.
i do understand what your saying and i have read you post's meany time and google what you have sead and at the end of the day there are people for it and not for useing window cleaning. and on the back of cart's it does say dont clean with alcohol.

most people who make video's or guide's about car cleaning do say to do what work's for you and this work's for me.

once again i do understand what your say and im keeping my video up.

[emwearz]

Listen to what Ziggy is saying, its not a matter of what you think is right or wrong, its more the point you are giving out information that is not the best it can be. You are not only doing it to your carts, you are advising people who look up how to clean carts on youtube, how to do it to there carts as well.

You need to learn to take peoples criticisms and feedback, if you cant I would think twice about posting things on a retro community, because we are all passionate about retro gaming, we will put in our 2c.

If you are going to disrespect our more knowledgeable users (like Ziggy), by just brushing aside the advice he is giving you, well that dog just aint gonna hunt.

[davidhass3lh0ff]

im not brushing aside his or anyone's else's advice and i do like hereing everyone advice but at the same time i still have to stick up for myself and there is all ways more then one way of doing somethink.

i dont mind talking about about our different point of view's it's healthy but at the same time if i believe in a way of doing somethink i am gonna stick up for it.

but at the same time im not telling anyone what to do or not to do and so it your perfer useing alcohol, window cleaner, or any other way to clean game cart's then all the best to you

[Ziggy]

im not takeing my video down. plus half of all the video's about cleaning cart's i've ever watch on youtube show's people useing window cleaning so should they all take there video's down?

If half the video's about cleaning carts jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge, would you? Yes, they should all take their videos down. Stop spreading false information.

and i have read the comments in them video's and most people say it's fine.

Doesn't mean a thing. I can go on YouTube and post false information all day long, that doesn't make it true.

i do understand what your saying and i have read you post's meany time and google what you have sead and at the end of the day there are people for it and not for useing window cleaning. and on the back of cart's it does say dont clean with alcohol.

Clearly you don't understand. There's alcohol in your window cleaner anyway, so if you wanna follow what the label says then you shouldn't be using window cleaner in the first place. The people that are for using window cleaner don't know what they're talking about.

most people who make video's or guide's about car cleaning do say to do what work's for you and this work's for me.

Apples and oranges. Since the methods to clean cars apparently applies to cleaning cart contacts as well, then I guess it's safe to use Armor All and throttle body cleaner. Might as well mix the two together with some window cleaner, just to be safe.

According to you, YouTube is full of 100% irrefutable fact. So there is no arguing with you. I feel that I've sufficiently proved to you that rubbing alcohol is infinity better to use than any window cleaner. If you wont listen to reason, I really don't care. Do what you please, more power to you.

Listen to what Ziggy is saying, its not a matter of what you think is right or wrong, its more the point you are giving out information that is not the best it can be. You are not only doing it to your carts, you are advising people who look up how to clean carts on youtube, how to do it to there carts as well.

You need to learn to take peoples criticisms and feedback, if you cant I would think twice about posting things on a retro community, because we are all passionate about retro gaming, we will put in our 2c.

If you are going to disrespect our more knowledgeable users (like Ziggy), by just brushing aside the advice he is giving you, well that dog just aint gonna hunt.

Thanks, emwearz. Good looking out.

[davidhass3lh0ff]

if i have upset you Ziggy587 then i am sorry.

hopefully one day we can talk again about somethink else more postive

the thing i find about the internet is there is all ways someone else who can see a different way of doing somethink and i could take this video down and change my way's but were wood it end if i started on that road.

thank you all for you comment's and i hope to chat to you all again

[RetroScott]

Weiman Glass Cook Top - Cleaner & Polish.......I've tried alcohol and this works really well. Better than alcohol. Give it a shot.