This NES Game hasn't worked in 31 years! Open Cart Surgery 

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the realization 1990 was 31 years ago was so unsettling you counted it back just to verify..... I feel ya Mr. Riggs. Great video, always enjoy an open cart video

Renegade was at one point my favorite arcade game ever and when the NES version was released, my dad and I drove around for miles to find a store that had 1 copy left so he could buy it for me. Good times

My dad was a modder back in the day and when i was a child and couldnt get NES or mastersystem games to work he would use nail polish remover. Worked a treat!!!

Great success! Feels good when you can bring a game back from the dead and give it new life.

My heart was broken until I started watching John Riggs now everyday is wonderful

One of my favorite glitches I discovered for that game was a trick to rack up on numerous lives. Basically at certain times in the game, if you kneeled on an enemy, a heart would appear. Get up to grab it for a 1-up, then quickly kneel on the same enemy. Get back up, rinse and repeat to grab multiple hearts for as many lives as you wish!

I still have this game. One of the most decent fighting games along with “Double Dragon”. I beat the entire game many times and it brings back memories. The weird thing about this game is the ending. After defeating the final boss, it jumped right into the credits, but there wasn’t any epilogue at all. The original arcade version has the ending, but the NES version doesn’t. The final stage was a maze where you go through those doors where it leads to the final boss. The final boss was hard and it was a guy holding a gun. You have to be careful if you want to fight. The gun that shoots gives you instant death. If you go to the wrong door, you should try it again.

Got this game for Christmas the year it came out on NES. Hard as hell. Loved the cover art.

I’d love to see some more open cart surgery videos. You got me into cleaning and fixing mine

I remember doing this stuff years ago. It was so much fun :) People sent me carts and controllers from all around sweden and I would fix them up. Sometimes the pads were so damaged, I had to clean the pads off real good with alcohol and coat them in a thin layer of solder to make them have a good connection again. (Which would tell me that whoever owned the game LOVED that game) ^^ Sometimes I would even solder a new thin copper pad on top of the old one to make it work because almost the whole pad was gone. Glad to see you doing this kinda stuff John! Repair business is so important.

Just found your channel, just subscribed! Headed to binge watch the playlist.

I love open cart john, its my favourite content on your channel. Big fan for years 👍

Nicely done! This might have been someone's favorite game ever, and you saved it. 😊

Nice video sir! that laser focus tho, excellent! some feel good vibes your way!

Randomly saw you in my feed. Came for the repair, stayed for the slight humor.

Great video Mr. Riggs keep up the good work saving all the old video games 👍👍

Great job man! I made the mistake of getting this game locally a couple of years ago. it straight up pissed me off with the difficulty. lol I didn't know there was an arcade version of it. I will have to check it out.

Love your videos man. Glad I stubbled across the channel a month or so ago. Feel the grime. HAHA. I have been a PC builder for years and have laptop repairs done too. But I always enjoy someone who knows how to work on retro items like this.

Thanks for spreading the word about polishers and their impact on cartridges. Reminds me of the cartridge I bought once that looked like someone caked brasso into the board slot and let it dry. Got it home and spent like an hour meticulously cleaning that crap out.

Great shout on the Brasso, got to try it on a couple of Game Boy games that don't work that still reside in my collection.

Awesome Work John!! Missed seeing these on YT.

This is why I love collecting cartridge games. I'll sometimes buy games that are listed "not working" and I've managed to get every one of them to work just from deep cleaning the pins

I love these videos. They're like Review Brah videos, but for videogames. Excuses for interesting storytimes. Good stuff.

I blows my mind that people don’t know to open up their cart and clean their games. Then again, you need the proper bit but that’s awesome that you were able to make it work again and I love that you put the post it on the inside of the game 😂

Another fun episode John! As someone who worked in a hotel with a need for brass cleaning products I absolutely learned to LOVE Brite Boy and loathe Brasso. Brasso is an inferior cleaning and polishing product by far in comparison. If using polish, that stuff is incredible.

Very happy to see another Open Cart Surgery. I hope to see more soon. Thank you.

Omg that intense closeup when you’re cleaning it. 😂

cool - I enjoy your videos - I like the new cereal in the background per episode too :)

You got me with that Bob the Builder comment.🤣🤣🤣

Just subscribed..dam I remember this game!..holy dam I haven't seen this game since I was a kid

I love the back to basics videos. It's all about fun and preservation.

Excellent work on re overing the cartridge! Lord knows how many NES Carts and game systems were "killed" by kids blowing on them!

Another great open cart, your stories as you repair the carts are great

rockin the frasier crane look hard these days, eh john? all jokes aside, love the content as always, keep it up man!!

Way to go, Righteous John Riggs! Love to see the games work again. Say, would that music be something from a movie?

Victory! Exciting restoration. Not sure if I've ever seen a renegade cart before. More familiar with the River city games. Which I think are related.

Hey John man I just watched a sweet Add on your video of diamond Dallas page helping a wonder veteran. Very cool. Always enjoy all your vids brother see you.

Best part of this video....john demonstrating the arcade kid adding fight noises to his arcade game play

You're the main reason i began attempting to repair my games. 🙏respect sir.

Back in the late 80’s and early 90’s my father was a manager for a couple of the movie rental store here. My job was to clean the games and NES units that came back not working from being rented out. His district manager asked why I was at the store one afternoon and my father explained what I had been doing, that say I was placing the sensor tags inside the games to keep them from being stolen. The district manager hired me on the spot and that was how I got my first real job. Still to this day, I love to fix old games and systems.

I loved that game, especially the arcade version.

31 years wow!!! Keep it up brotha!!

Back in the early 90s, my copy of Renegade would freeze at the exact same spot every time. It’s a 100% fatal freeze progression break. Never did get passed that part.

Those FEEL GOOD VIBES are contagious!

Renegade!!! This game was so tough to find in store back in the day. So rang up a $57 late fee at Blockbuster. Dad was pissed

"Has not worked since 1990, 31 years!" Thankyou for making me feel very old.... :D

Very nice job John!😀

I had to drop a sub after I saw you got the game working.

I laughed so hard at the zoom in as you found out ‘91 was 30 years ago

That's a great video 👍 Acetone is my "go to" cleaner/solvent when it counts.

A little late to the arcade scene but early 90s was spent playing the NES, metal gear, solstice, snake rattle n roll, pocket monsters, and a bunch of others, congrats from one nerd to another

I don't know about the game itself, but the cartridge label is glorious -- as is your hair as of late, John!!

That's awesome that you stuck the post it inside. I thought that was clever

I have done a few "Open Cart Surgeries" myself. Although, all I use is a toothbrush and IPA. If that doesn't work on the first try a little in and out usually gets it to work. I usually have yell at my brother not to blow in the cartridge.

Wow, you're a hero! 'Super Game Repair Man' for SNES. 😀 | Oh & my Uncle Warren owned Renegade on NES. We played it with NES Advantages. My Uncle always had the turbo nobs turned all the way up. We even played it with Slow Motion on.

never ceases to amaze me how many people underestimate the importance of a good cleaning. Alot of "broken" games and consoles have been scored for cheap though

That's great to see it work again. I fixed a Submarine Commander cartridge for the Atari 2600 by soldering 1 broken data line.

Love that game, gr8 work Riggs🙂👍🏾

My older brother had this game when we were kids, I could never get far in it, but I do remember one of his friends coming over and getting further than I ever could and was so amazed. Found it for the Switch last year and played it and it's still as difficult now.

More satisfying than popping bubble wrap, I say. Lots of fun built up on the pins over the years to clean up to get back to the real fun.

That third level maze is rough. I have thankfully beaten this game. The Kunio-kun/Double Dragon legacy lives on.

Renegade came with the 1st pack of nes games my dad bought me with the console, with Predator, Ninja Gaiden, Legend of Kage and Friday the 13th. I think it's a good brawler to this day, the mechanics were awesome, grab, knee to the nuts, throw, punching in the floor, running punch, back attack...a lot of moves more than the average brawler, and from the start. Oh, and the big girl's name is Kim

This dude always has the best cereals lol

Not sure if I've beaten this one, I know I've made it to the door maze, but then I realized it's been about 30 years since I've played Renegade. I'll look for a playthrough, RU-vid hitting me with so much nostalgia this month.

We can build this thing together…, Nothings gonna stop us now!!! That song from that mannequin movie. Lol

Another chapter on "JohnRiggs' ER Series"

when Riggs realized he is old when he said 31 years i know the feeling man

Ha, Rigg's you count the decades on your hand too. That was a fun cart back in the day, as well as P.O.W..

That felt good. Good job!

Your NES back there makes me so freaking nervous. I couldn't focus lol.

Wow! This is so good to see! Time to invest in Bright Boy!

Truly enjoyed the video, I always enjoy your open cart surgery videos. I have a question; if I use brasso to clean the cartridge pins, can I use 90% alcohol to clean off the brasso?

Real nice content this video is!

I recently had to fix an NES for a friend. The professional repair advice I got was to use a 400+ grit paper and wet sand the contacts. It worked flawlessly and didn't require any brasso or brite boy, which many argue should be avoided. Might be something for you to try in the future.

My man! John Riggs IS here.

John you looked like a villain while cleaning the game 😂

Your editor deserves an award.

Good job! I HAVE this game for the original Nintendo, & arcade too!

You can also use a white art eraser to clean the cartridge contacts. It works wonders. Ive been doing that for 20+ years

Bubble bubble 🥰 Holds a special place in my heart. ❤️

Super high grit sandpaper on the pins and then a cotton ball with rubbing alcohol for clean up. Works every time if it just needs a cleaning. Bonus, rubbing alcohol is nonconductive and can be used to clean the entire cart with zero chance to damage it.

Hey, you finally got a win! And a grand one at that!

The versions of Renegade and Target Renegade you should play are the ZX Spectrum. Simply amazing. Some of my favorite games on the ZX.

Could have put a sticky note on the back that says "IT LIVES!". Would've been great.

I havnt seen one these vids in forever,. wasnt sure if you were still doing this series anymore :O :O :O

Riggs v. NES cart. Love it.

1:17 Advanced editing techniques in an Open Cart Surgery video? Me likey....

So glad open cart surgery is back! 👏👏

Cheers John keep em coming!

Watching John Riggs because he's wholesome AF. Also loved how you dropped 'britishisms' into your trip to the UK. If you want a real sausage roll (or a quality pastry) come to the north of england or take a trip up to Scotland 😁

"31 years.... wow" 🤣 . I felt the same way.

Riggs you the man for fixing people's cartridges like that! I can dig it!

Omg you and I are the same age. Keep on keeping on brother

for over 30 over years, i have never know that this simple solution could able to run the game again... gosh... times to dig out all my nintendo cartridge again

Awesome hair John!

Ba ha ha ha ha.. John looks like he was like having a great day on the beach. And then he opened the top on his vehicle and his hairpiece flew off.

Hope that thing is better then a Retron 3. I had a Retron for NES, RetroDuo, and a Retron3. All Junk. I finally Got a decent capture card to get gameplay for finally do better videos. your videos made me get back into doing youtube again. we h ave close to the same style for the most part. for that, I HIGHLY thank you!

This was one of the few NES games I owned. It's beatable mainly because the jump kick is so over-powered. I'm still surprised I was able to figure out that last level in the era before the Internet.

love the name of the show or series open cart surgery is hilarious