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Bring your NES back to life

Monday 2-Nov-2009 2:26 PM Step-by-step guide tells you how
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Ever wondered what to do with your NES that's at the back of the wardrobe? If you have, here's some handy tips on cleaning the aged console, replacing the 72 connector pins and modding the controllers.

GamesRadar's put together a lengthy walkthrough that covers topics such as How to clean your NES cartridges, How to clean your NES console and replace the 72-pin connector, How to take your NES apart and How to make a USB NES game controller. They look like they know what they're doing as well.

Chances are your warranty's out of date by now, so if it's sat in a dark corner of the attic wasting away, now (or the Christmas holidays) might be the perfect time to put the sparkle back into your retro gaming.

Here's the full guide: Fun projects for your NES.

Gavin Ogdencomputerandvideogames.com
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Yay. sounds like something fun to do in an evening. there's something about the VC that just isn't as good as playing the real thing.

Wonder if it includes how to replace the battery on the original zelda carts.
WHERESMYMONKEY on 2 Nov '09
Or just switch on your Wii and launch a whole host of classic Nes titles Very Happy

I think my Wii may be broken though Sad Doh!!
dm_1782 on 2 Nov '09
go here ( www.gbatemp.net ) and tell them whats wrong. So long as its not a hardware fault wii's are pretty much indestructable.
WHERESMYMONKEY on 2 Nov '09
mine still works Smile
goomba_lover on 2 Nov '09
the USB one is cool, but if I want to play NES games I just use an emulator.
brad.storch on 2 Nov '09
Nice one. I'll have a gander at this. I currently need to wedge some card between the cartridge and the bar above it, and push the thing to one side otherwise I get the grey flash o' death.

Might even give me an incentive to finish Faxanadu again. Damn that game's hard.
mandlecreed on 2 Nov '09
That game rocked... jesus I haven't played that in YEARS.

I want to get another NES and a copy of Zelda 2... I don't know why but that was always my favourite Zelda game Sad
MPH on 3 Nov '09
Shouldn't that be, "pull out the Commodore64 or Sinclair Spectrum", for this side of the pond.
TescoPeeledPlums on 5 Nov '09
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