I'm just here to hear the satisfying sound of inserting a game cartridge.

Best method I’ve ever seen. It’s so frustrating when you can’t get your NES game to work but these tips really help!

Why do folks say "blowing into it doesn't actually help" when it does. It's just one of life's mysteries we must accept.

I was GENUINELY under the impression my NES didnt work until RIGHT NOW. This video is legit, fantastic fucking information. Great work dude.

I actually never owned an NES (it was before my time) and for years was perplexed by where you’re supposed to insert the cartridge (I’m used to the top entry of the SNES & N64). This video is very informative

Was frustrated wondering why this video could possibly be over two minutes for what I thought was just a normal tutorial. This tip is genius, thank you sir.

I can confirm this works. I actually push it all the way in towards the contacts, then push down on the spring and finally pull it just a little bit towards me and angle it to the left. It’s much easier to use the ridges on the notch to pull it, and nudge it by pushing on the corner at the front edge, and you don’t risk peeling off the label from the top edge of the cartridge.

I wish I knew this back in the 80s

I just got my hands on my parent's old NES.. And it works! I was so confused on why my NES would blink red. I figured it out but my methods weren't as helpful as yours here!

Thanks man. This works so much better then the way I was taught

I really want to get an NES in the future. I were always fond of old video games, so if I get one I will refer back to this. Thanks for the help!

I’m actually thinking of buying myself an NES soon. I’ll bear this in mind!

I figured out this exact method when I was a kid. :) I wasn't sure why it worked, but clearly noticed that it did.

Some reason it is satisfying to put the cartridge in

Thanks for explain this some 30 years later after all of us who had an NES have already mastered j setting a cartridge

I've tried this trick with my Super Mario Bros 1 cartridge and it works! The title screen can be kind of glitchy though. When that happens, all I do is wiggle the cartridge a little in the NES, then either turn the console off and on or press reset on the console and it solves the problem. Thanks man.

Really works!! I thought my console was broken until I saw this video!

0:16 I'll quote Stan Lee:"THIS brings back memories!"

Thank you for posting this.

Why does he sounds like if kermit became an actual human and had a less goofy voice

Bro you're a wizard idk wtf you did but it workee

It works! Thank you very much!

Ha. This has been the only way my games would work. I thought my nes was broken. I even changed the pins and it made no difference. Glad to know it's not a faulty unit as I just ordered an Everdrive and wondered whether to buy a new nes. Hoping I didn't have to as I'm now broke after buying the everdrive.

That is the cleanest nes I’ve ever seen

Thank you for the video and keep up the good work

As long the console port and cartridge pins are clean this method here will work , I found out this my self b4, but great video , very clear thanks!

Thank you this really help because I'm getting a NES soon and this video helped me so I know how to put a NES game in now

Too bad the one thing they couldn't copy from a VCR was the eject.

Amazing. It worked, thanks!

Yaay!! It works!! Thank you so much!!

How weird that every kid eventually figured out all of these exact things.

Yo this helped a lot thanks!

Oh Yes its Really helps me thanks man I so Close to Cry but this little Trick Saves my life Nice vid :)

Thank you!!! It works perfectly

I can confirm this works. (2) Congratulations!

They should rename this "How to surgically insert a NES game into a NES System"

you should watch a video about cleaning an nes and disabling the lockout chip as well. I cleaned my nes and disabled the chip and now it works like brand new. I put the cart it and it works every time

Yep we use to do this didn't realize we were actually doing it the right way

You should also check to see if the contacts are clean before you insert it and if they aren’t use isopropyl alcohol and a q tip to clean it.

Who hasn't blown into a cartridge

They say you're not supposed to push it down anymore.

thank u i recentally had just got my dads like 40 year old nes and it was having trubble readin games

I'm probably going to 3d print a bit to go over the inside of the cart caddy to make it possible to push the cart all the way in without going past the contacts.

Ah thanks for confirming my suspicions. I probably insert them way to deep into the NES. also the "holding down" mechanism seems to be broken on my system. High time to open the sucker up.

This is what KZfaq would have been if it existed in 1984.

I was having problems with the coloring and lines on the screen thanks!

I bought one and it’s coming in a few days, watching this to make sure I don’t screw up the console.

Funny thing is this is what I did as a kid and it worked more often than not. Mine was a little more aggressive. I pushed it in just far enough and I couldnt push it down so I forced it down, all my title stickers got so scratched up they were illegable

Thank you mr.helpfull

NOSTALGIA HOLY FUUUUCCCKKKK

Thanks

I got an article in my news feed about modders making a new cartridge slot of the NES called, "The Ninten-drawer." I didn't know the difference between the standard NES and the mod, and after seeing this and reading some comments as well, I now agree that Nintendo has done is evil.

I do basically just like this, but pushing down until it slid forward and dropped into the locked position.

I used double carts on mine and it would work without blowing in it like a champ.

Listen this video with headphones! You will be amazed

You can't push a game in too far. If you constantly play with a game all the way in, guess where the corrosion develops on the cart's pins? By sliding the cart out, you are just sliding the contact points slightly to where it's not corroded. Clean your pins and connector free of corrosion and they should play fine. Assuming the 72-pin connector isn't suffering from bent pins.

I’ve known this for over 30 year’s.

Imagine doing this EVERY TIME

I bought a modded nes off ebay The cartridges dont go in normally. It takes awhile to get the cartridge to click. Wondered if i just bought a bad system? Theres other stuff wrong with it. My duck hunt/mario brothers doesent display just black screen Did i just get a badly modded nes? Are they fixable? I was gonna see if a modding service would either fix it or re-mod it? Any thoughts?

I used to insert the cartridge without pushing it down and it works fine🤪

Blowing into the cart does nothing...millions of kids from the 80s and 90s beg to differ

After I pulled out my 72 pin connector and boiled it and fixed the pins I was good to go, like brand new. Good video though

my cartridge wont go back any further when i try to put it in further

I had this game.

The software and the main body are larger than the family computer!

If you get your nes from pixel vault in Ontario CA the owner modifies all his nes so that you don't have to push down they play just going in straight.

Yeah, nudging it to the left always worked

I think a million 80's kids would disagree with you that blowing on the game didn't help lol

Thank you. My dumbass was putting it in horizontally

I have been nudging it to the right all this time lol (it kinda works too tho)

I usually push it in all the wsy, click it down, and they back it out ever so slightly and that tends to work.

Works better if you don’t push the cartridge down at all

Is it bad that it works without pushing the cartridge down?

Never blow into a cartridge do it too many times and you’ll destroy the contact pins

I just tried this with my kong fu cart and it worked. I have been been buffing the pins and nothing has been working

Yea it works but it’s overkill

I just came across a video saying we didn't actually have to press the cartridge down. I no longer have an NES but besides telling me that's incorrect, could someone go and actually test this out please?

🙄........From the delightful smell of opening my NES the very first time & My cartatage not working on the first attempt followed by me blowing into as I Tap on the cartage repeating this method has become part of a Nintendo culture/ religion! How dare you try to teach us otherwise/The proper way of inserting a NES Cartage .....😜👍

I punched a hole in mine, and it knew better than to defy me after that.

Thumbs up for the great video brother! Always love great classic NES Videos! Hell to the Yes! I do have one piece of advice after trial and error over the past 15 years and experience...ahem. If you don't mind without sounding like an asshole or crazy NES Fanboy which I am...ahem.. first clean the 72 pin first and pin the pins back and test. next...pull the 4th pin on the chip to disable the lockout chip (videos on that to learn, next), if the cleaning does not help and there is no video or audio then desaulder the capacitors on the corner chip board which you can find online or about $10 and resaulder the 3 capacitors one big one and 2 little ones and then BAM!!!! you should be good. It's not that hard or scary but can be intimidatading. But I did it and it worked. NES repair isn't that scary.....it's just like a old 60 Chevy engine that needs just some elbow grease, a wrench, and some brute force and some love and that's it. Nuff said. Big Balls would help as well or heavy Ovaries for the woman ...lol. Hell just fucking do it! It's just a fucking a Nintendo for @$%# Sake..lol If you can't fix it just sent it to me and I'll fix it for $500.00 plus Cobra Kai tax of $35 and my $15 fee. and if you apply and ask me now I'll throw in a free sticker for $10 bucks free of charge before August 25, 2021 Unless you suscribe.

Will this work with my dads old NES from when he was a kid?

fuck, i slammed it in live a fucking marine reloading his m1 garand no wonder the things dead

So you mean I'm not supposed to insert it partially and then hit it with a hammer? Boy was I doing it wrong...

I'm sure every 7yr old on Xmas day took there time to do it like this after they rip the box open and the cellophane off with their teeth barely containing thier excitement

Fun Fact: the nes Game don’t need to be pushed Nintendo is trying to make you Guillible and Then The NES failed and was Discontinued in 1995 but in Japan the famicom was discontinued in 2007

Thank you!!!!

i held the reset button and moved it left and or right until it worked.

I just shoved it to the back and pressed down. Done.

The best way is to put it in and out 20+ times then squirt rubbing alcohol in the console, and in the end of the cartridge. It is known.

I get a q tip with aloha.

I thought this was a joke for a sec…

Wrong, wrong, WRONG! Everybody knows you have to blow into the cartridge before inserting into the system, how did that get missed?

Comments Add a public comment... JPC JPC 57 seconds ago Why would you attempt to break the 40+ years ritual of 1. blowing into the game.. 2. make sure some steam of your breath goes in while you blow 3. Get the game to barely go in and press the reset button 3 times. 4. Wiggle the cartridge a few times while holding the power button. 5. Put another cartridge on top of the one you want to play 6. Go get a Q-Tip and clean the game.. of course you have to blow after wards... dont forget the steam action 7. Alas. The game works... 8. Dad comes into the room and tells you to get the fuck out.

Nope! Wrong! Once you feel that little resistance, you force it down with the edge of the cartridge forcefully sliding off the edge of the console resulting in a BANG! Thats how you make that game work after you blow it real good!

this video only came out 20 years too late. lol

Or you can take 30 to 45 minutes out of your day to clean your pin connector amd disable you lockout chip

I wanted this to be a joke video

You don't have to push the cartridge down to play

You lied. I blowed in my game and it worked

We all loved NES. But lets be honest, they were not the best engineered.