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Message started by JBishopNES on 03. Jun 2012 at 07:09

Title: Problem with Kid Icarus cart. Is this fixable?
Post by JBishopNES on 03. Jun 2012 at 07:09
Ok so I bought a few games from a guy at a flea market and all of them worked after I cleaned them. One however which is Kid Icarus, will boot up and play just as it would normally except the screen is all pixelated and the sprites are a mess. I cleaned the part of the cartridge that the nintendo reads with window cleaner and q-tips until there was no dirt left and it still does this problem. I tried it on 2 different nintendos and it does the same for both. I posted some screenshots below. I was wondering if there is an easy fix for this or am I just better off finding a new copy?

Start up screen at boot-up


Title screen


Game screenshot (Pit is the yellow cluster of dots and the enemies are the white blobs)

Title: Re: Problem with Kid Icarus cart. Is this fixable?
Post by jrerick on 19. Aug 2012 at 07:34
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_YI4UTo0II
Link to how i clean my nes games.  I have never had a game not work after using this method.  Good luck sir

Title: Re: Problem with Kid Icarus cart. Is this fixable?
Post by mercuryinoverdrive on 26. Oct 2013 at 03:50
Dead thread. BUT..Disassemble cart. If there is a capacitor inside. Replace it. Use a large rectangular eraser to rapidly rub out the gold contacts (back and forth) until heat is generated. Blow away or wipe off little bits of eraser left behind.

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