We're back for Old Tech Tuesday!
This week, we are covering Superstitions. One of the best things about the analog era was that wiggles and bangs used to fix things.
What's something that you used to do that you know in your heart worked, but now in retrospect realize probably didn't do much.
Apparently, Nintendo discouraged blowing into cartridges to get them to work, even everyone knows it works. 🙃
It just made me feel better that I tried to fix the cartridge =). I could never fix that darn Duck Hunt gun contraption though. No luck there =).
Holding down the flipper buttons and the game start button at the same time was supposed to increase your chance of matching for a free game (not really).
Yes, I'm this many years old.
You tried to get your quarter back with a magnet too, didn't you?
I'm still confident that blowing the dust out of my cartridges made a difference. Also needed to get it in at just the right angle and make sure no one touched it (or breathed on it).
Blowing into cartridges was absolutely the trick and wiping down cds. I stand by it til today! 😄
