How To Clean Your Video Game Cartridges

[davidhass3lh0ff]

Hello everyone, just leting everyone here know that my newest video is now live and it's a tutorial on how to clean your video game Cartridges.

It would be great to here everybody's throught's and opinions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs-RuBoa86o

http://www.michaels-retro-game-reviews.com

[emwearz]

This is just my honest opinion.

You intro was 50 second long, you could have condensed the entire video including explaining how to clean carts into 50 seconds, let alone a 50 second intro.

It completely and utterly turned me off watching.

[Satoshi_Matrix]

emwearz words are kind of harsh, but I agree with him. Consider the average viewer has maybe a 1 minute patience threshold before they get fed up and stop watching. Long intros can ruin the experience for viewers. If you do want to include a long intro, make it interesting - ie, change it regularly by updating clips of more recent videos.

Also I'll leave my comments here that I left on your youtube channel.

window cleaner solutions aren't particularily good for the copper contacts.

You should use 99% Isopropanol alcohol + cotton swabs for the best results. NEVER use nail remover, CLR, etc. These solutions are CORROSIVE to copper, which means they HARM your precious oldschool games!

I've found the best solution to be using using a plan ol' pink eraser.

here's my own guide to cleaning carts.

http://satoshimatrix.wordpress.com/2010 ... -contacts/

[CRTGAMER]

Never liked videos, text and pics are easier to study and dissect. Still, its great that you offer help that can resurrect a dead cart.

Here's mine with Text and Pics.

Game Cart Contact Cleaning Guide
viewtopic.php?f=52&p=501002#p501002

[Ziggy]

window cleaner solutions aren't particularily good for the copper contacts.

You should use 99% Isopropanol alcohol + cotton swabs for the best results. NEVER use nail remover, CLR, etc. These solutions are CORROSIVE to copper, which means they HARM your precious oldschool games!

Window cleaner really shouldn't be used. It might not be the worst thing to use, but I sure as hell would never use it. So much so, that I think you should take your video down and refilm it using rubbing alcohol instead.

As Satoshi said, 99% Isopropanol is probably the best thing you can use. It isn't hard to get, but even the 75% (or whatever it is) would be better to use then window cleaner. The reason is because the alcohol cleans the metal effectively while not leaving a residue of any kind (a residue that will interfere with the connection, or even be corrosive to the metal). It's probably the best thing to use. Even if you use an eraser, you'll wanna clean it with alcohol just to get all the crap off that the eraser left behind.

The alcohol also dries very quickly, so you don't have to swab it off a paper towel like you did in the video. And since it doesn't leave a residue, you don't have to wipe it off. Just soak the cotton swab in alcohol, maybe squeeze it so it doesn't drip, and go to town on the contact. After you're done scrubbing the contacts, just wave the cart in the air for a few seconds to air dry it.

This is just my honest opinion.

You intro was 50 second long, you could have condensed the entire video including explaining how to clean carts into 50 seconds, let alone a 50 second intro.

It completely and utterly turned me off watching.

I agree with this. It's very annoying when you wanna watch a 30-60 second instructional video and there's a pointless intro that way too long.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

All these comments are in line with my thoughts on it. A good (if slightly mis-guided) first effort though.

[davidhass3lh0ff]

thank you all for your comments

i will address all the issues everyone has raised

yess my intro is a bit too long and i planing to make a new one soon that will be under 30 seconds.

and this video was ment to be a basic how to clean your game carts with house hold items

and the final thing is i have use both alcohol and window cleaner and for me i find window clean does a better job and is less harsher them alcohol, i have done lots of research of this and there is no 100% correct way of cleaning game cart's and there is on one that clame what is the best way, both alcohol and window clean have there + and - and it's all about fining what works for you.

thank you all for all your comments and watching my video

[brunoafh]

You could just drop the intro all together. There's honestly no point for it.

[gtmtnbiker]

You might want to participate in the forums. Aside from the one response in this thread, all of your posts have been just to announce your videos. Seems to me that you're only interested in promoting your website.

[Ziggy]

I don't mean to be cruel, I'm just giving you some honest advice.

yess my intro is a bit too long and i planing to make a new one soon that will be under 30 seconds.

Any intro longer than 5 seconds is just BS. If you want, keep the one you got now and put it at the end.

and this video was ment to be a basic how to clean your game carts with house hold items

Rubbing alcohol is a common household item. Maybe not the 99% isopropanol, but surely every one has a bottle of rubbing alcohol in the house.

and the final thing is i have use both alcohol and window cleaner and for me i find window clean does a better job and is less harsher them alcohol, i have done lots of research of this and there is no 100% correct way of cleaning game cart's and there is on one that clame what is the best way, both alcohol and window clean have there + and - and it's all about fining what works for you.

I haven't done studies under a microscope in a lab or anything, but I'm willing to bet that window cleaner leaves behind a residue (whether it's corrosive or not). Sure, the window cleaner might clean the contacts better, but that doesn't mean it's the better choice. Acetone mixed with CLR and GooGone might clean the pins better, but for sure that doesn't mean it's better to use.

What cons are there to using alcohol?