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bikingjahuty:
--- Quote from: marvelvscapcom2 on January 13, 2026, 06:16:27 pm ---SUPER NINTENDO IS DAD
My super nintendo story!
So anyway. I was sick over the past 3 weeks so bad I was basically out of comission. I hear a loud crash. I get up to find a big bin fell off one of my shelves somehow and knocked a full cup of tea I made. The tea fell off my desk and somehow upside down into a display with my super nintendo. The entire cup went into the top cartridge port. It literally couldn't have gone more into the super nintendo. My floor was literally less wet than it should have been because the super nintendo got most of it. I was irate.
Literally so much that when I moved it you could hear the tea sloshing inside. Like holding a small bowl of water. It was pouring out of the controller ports. I couldnt even get my tools quick. It stayed like that at least 15 minutes. I opened it up. Began airing it out. Unscrewing things. I seen pools of tea in the shell. Near the board. On the board. In the pins. And then I blasted the whole board. I knew I couldnt get all that tea out by drying. So I had to wash it. So I used alcohol. 71 percent. I assumed it would be not harsh enough to peel the board. Not wesk enough to corrode or dillute the tea and spread it. Chips. Pins. Blasted with alcohol. Spray bottle all of it. Letting it just drip onto the floor. Alcohol the board. The circuits. The av port. All of it. I blew dry it. Hung it above my space heater to get deep heat dry air pushed through it for a while. Then did one more more intricate alcohol clean. Microfiber cloth on open board. Brush the tiny parts gentle with a small dust brush. Avoiding capacitors. Clean. Alcohol. Dry. Reassembled. Had no faith I actually helped matters. It was perfectly clean and pretty. Like shiny silver contacts. But I assumed it shorted or something would remain messed up or damp. The thing works first try. Every try. Like it came right out of the box. I am at a loss for words. So I honor the fabled SNES. If anything. It used to give a slightly fuzzier picture before. It looks like a new unit. Works like one too.
The super Nintendo is just unreal. They dont make em like that anymore. And I feel more bonded with the thing.
Just a random testament of the super nintendo strength.
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Reminds me of my sister in laws Macbook she used to have. That thing somehow survived being submerged in water during a flood and dropped out of a second story apartment balcony, and it still lasted her like 7 years. Some electronics just got it and others will break of you look at them the wrong way.
turf:
Anyone to come audit my collection? I really need to compare it to what I have on here system by system. It’s just a lot to do.
tripredacus:
--- Quote from: turf on January 24, 2026, 10:27:47 pm ---Anyone to come audit my collection? I really need to compare it to what I have on here system by system. It’s just a lot to do.
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I did that once just for PC games. I was missing a ton somehow.
marvelvscapcom2:
--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on January 14, 2026, 12:16:30 pm ---
--- Quote from: marvelvscapcom2 on January 13, 2026, 06:16:27 pm ---SUPER NINTENDO IS DAD
My super nintendo story!
So anyway. I was sick over the past 3 weeks so bad I was basically out of comission. I hear a loud crash. I get up to find a big bin fell off one of my shelves somehow and knocked a full cup of tea I made. The tea fell off my desk and somehow upside down into a display with my super nintendo. The entire cup went into the top cartridge port. It literally couldn't have gone more into the super nintendo. My floor was literally less wet than it should have been because the super nintendo got most of it. I was irate.
Literally so much that when I moved it you could hear the tea sloshing inside. Like holding a small bowl of water. It was pouring out of the controller ports. I couldnt even get my tools quick. It stayed like that at least 15 minutes. I opened it up. Began airing it out. Unscrewing things. I seen pools of tea in the shell. Near the board. On the board. In the pins. And then I blasted the whole board. I knew I couldnt get all that tea out by drying. So I had to wash it. So I used alcohol. 71 percent. I assumed it would be not harsh enough to peel the board. Not wesk enough to corrode or dillute the tea and spread it. Chips. Pins. Blasted with alcohol. Spray bottle all of it. Letting it just drip onto the floor. Alcohol the board. The circuits. The av port. All of it. I blew dry it. Hung it above my space heater to get deep heat dry air pushed through it for a while. Then did one more more intricate alcohol clean. Microfiber cloth on open board. Brush the tiny parts gentle with a small dust brush. Avoiding capacitors. Clean. Alcohol. Dry. Reassembled. Had no faith I actually helped matters. It was perfectly clean and pretty. Like shiny silver contacts. But I assumed it shorted or something would remain messed up or damp. The thing works first try. Every try. Like it came right out of the box. I am at a loss for words. So I honor the fabled SNES. If anything. It used to give a slightly fuzzier picture before. It looks like a new unit. Works like one too.
The super Nintendo is just unreal. They dont make em like that anymore. And I feel more bonded with the thing.
Just a random testament of the super nintendo strength.
--- End quote ---
Reminds me of my sister in laws Macbook she used to have. That thing somehow survived being submerged in water during a flood and dropped out of a second story apartment balcony, and it still lasted her like 7 years. Some electronics just got it and others will break of you look at them the wrong way.
--- End quote ---
It really is the faith of the gaming universe it seems lol. The consoles most abused last 30 years and then you have a PS2 you dust daily and only play a few hours at a time and never left it near heat and it randomly dies in 5.
One time my friend got mad and threw his N64 out of a 3rd floor window and the entire shell smashed but he'd still play it. It was basically the board on a grey plastic base lol.
But this is the final step I took in drying. I did a half ass job but it still works. Nintendo is what genesisn't (marketing ploy)
Anyone else have workhorse console stories?
marvelvscapcom2:
I was reminded of a story today. My friend from elementary school Glenn Constantino got 2 games for his birthday.
Superman 64
And
Ocarina of Time
The kid literally got some say consensus worst game ever made and best game ever made at the same time in the same day. Kind of ironic. So I pose the question.
Is Ocarina of time as good as superman 64 is bad? If you average both off. Is it net negative?
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