How to Clean/Repair Nintendo N64 Games 

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It's probably just some Glorified Denatured Alcohol that he doesn't wanna tell us so we buy his over priced cleaning kit.

@@stoopidhaters “made to evaporate quickly” aka.. alcohol lol

Many companies do that.

Too bad man, no reply. It took two years but I'm guessing if the metal has rusted your screwed

The_tinywars use magic

If Y'hear rattling something broke.

Rattling can be the clips having broken off. When I was cleaning my games i found some had the clips fall off and stuck in side ratteling around.

The battery only affects saving your game, not playing it. You might have ruined your game with the sandpaper. We only use sandpaper on game contacts when there are spots of actual corrosion or rust on them, that the paste can't remove. Sandpaper is VERY harsh, and will easily remove the gold coating, which means poorer conductivity, and faster oxidizing. You only want to remove the blackish oxidation buildup, not the gold coating. PLEASE don't use sandpaper except as I described above, and then only use something like 600 grit emery paper, and only on the actual spot of rust. Here is a link to our game cleaning kit. www.retro-video-game-repair.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?keyword=game+cleaning+kit And, we also sell the game save batteries, if your game no longer saves. But, many N64 games do not use the battery, they use a flash memory chip or controller pak (memory card), so open up your game first to make sure it's one with a battery inside.

Alcohol and swabs worked ok to freshen games when they were just a few years old. It honestly doesn't cut 20+ years of oxidation buildup. Plus, you are working blind. You can't see where the bad spots of oxidation or corrosion are. I've seen a lot of games that people cleaned with swabs, and you can see the buildup of stuff left behind by the swab at the upper edge of the game contacts and seeping inside onto the rest of the circuit board. Our kit really does work well -- safely, easily, efficiently, and inexpensively. Your games are valuable, why risk your game and your time on a method that isn't safe for your games, or very effective? Here's a link to order the kit. www.retro-video-game-repair.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?keyword=game+cleaning+kit

The pad is peeling off usually it's impossible to fix pads but you might with a bit of research

Go to Wal-Mart, spend $2 and some change on some Brasso. Just clean it until it works.

Yep, the game cleaning paste in our kit is provided to remove oxidation and corrosion. It works really, really well at cleaning games.

Although all my other games work like brand new and start up on the first try if not the second.

Same here i cleaned my super smash but still doesnt work

dopefresh nation We can get about 99% of old N64 games working again with our game cleaning kit. Sometimes you can see water damage/corrosion on the actual circuit board, and cleaning the game contacts won't fix that. You can sometimes save one of those games by cleaning the rest of the PCB with an aerosol spray can of electronic contact cleaner and the wipes from our kit, and dab at the spots of corrosion on the PCB. Sometimes water damage does destroy a game beyond saving. And then, there are very rare cases where a game PCB looks perfect, and the contacts are clean, and it still won't come up. But those are very rare. www.retro-video-game-repair.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?keyword=game+cleaning+kit One other possibility is that the connector pins in the N64 console are dirty. That can keep some games from coming up. You can buy the 4.5mm bit from us (link below), open up your console, and try cleaning your console connector with the electronic contact cleaner I mentioned above. Nintendo also made a control deck cleaner that looked like a tall dark gray game cart, with stiff felt in place of the PCB. You insert and remove it a couple dozen times and it gently rubs the connector pins and helps remove oxidation buildup on them. When we have them in stock they fly off the shelf, but you can sometimes find one on eBay. Model # NUS-014, N64 Cleaning Kit. www.retro-video-game-repair.com/products/83-nintendo-45mm-system-security-tool/

Well I know it experienced water damage I'm just not sure how to access the damage. Going to see if I can get it repaired by a local owned game shop. Hopefully it will be fixable! Otherwise your product has worked phenomenally!

Please email us at retrovideogamerepair@gmail.com, and we'll take care of that. Sorry!

I hear if you lick the bottom they work. Weird, huh?

I fixed my jet force gemini and my mario golf that didnt turn on thanks Nintendo repair shop

Drahsid Please, don't ever lick your games! The reason it works in the short term is that water conducts electricity. But in the long run, you are ruining your game! Would you pour water in it? That's what you are doing! Water on the game contacts can cause corrosion, which can destroy the game if bad enough. And when the water in your saliva evaporates, it leaves behind dried saliva solids which prevent a good electrical connection with the connector in the N64 console. If you feel you need to blow on or lick your game to get it to work, please try our game cleaning kit, it will really make a difference. www.retro-video-game-repair.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?keyword=game+cleaning+kit

Nintendo Repair Shop Inc. When I clean the games I usually get a miniature q-tip and some rubbing alcohol and clean them with that, then a normal q-tip to dry them out.

Can i use as % i want on rubbing alcohol??

Maybe he is gay or transgender, I dont know?

At least use some IPA on the Cotten bud you cheapskate lol

It's Nintendo rubbing alcohol.

TheSlackassCrew yea fuck the kit!