How To Clean Your Nintendo Games

Since all of the Nintendo games I buy now whether from eBay or else are used, it's rare to get a cartridge that is in perfect condition. There are alot of websites that will give you some BS techniques in cleaning them. Below is photographic evidence of what I use, analong with the techniques I trust.

First of all, anyone who has ever put a sticker on a Nintendo label is a jackass. Removing the sticker is simply a matter of picking it off. What is hard to remove is the glue that remains. When I was in the Army we were required to polish our medals and buttons, etc. My Drill Instructor taught us that the most abrasive material in the world is your thumb print. And its true! Its gentle enough, yet tough enough to remove sticker glue by itself or with a little moisture.

Anyone who puts permanent marker on an NES game is a worst jackass then the one that puts stickers. Yet this is actually easier to remove then you think.

Take a dry-erase marker (make sure its a dry erase!) And write over the permanent marker. Wait about 10 seconds then wipe it off. You'll have to do it a few times if the permanent marker is where the cartridge is texture (as seen below)

Good as New!

And finally, the most important part of cleaning.. the circuit board. Now alot of sites are going to tell you to use rubbing alcohol, or brasso, or other garbage. DON'T! Brasso is an acid, and alcohol stinks! All you need to do to clean your Nintendo game (or any cartridge) is take it out of the case and...

And use an ordinary pencil eraser on the contacts.

Look at that shine!