SNES problem :(

It's not every game but most.

I'm getting odd visual defects.

What's going on??

@klunt_bumskrint: From the sounds of it, my guess it's dirty connectors from the looks of it. This kinda happen to be a few years back when I was playing Star Fox. My advice: My fast cheap solution for dirty connectors on a SNES is to take a piece of cardboard and cut it to fit the cart slot, then insert the cardboard like a game several times. Sometimes with thin cardboard you will need to double it up. I try to make the cardboard only slighty thicker then a SNES cart. It also works for dirty toploaders.. I know it sounds crazy, but it really works. If cleaning the cartridge connector doesn't work, it could be a faulty video ram chip in the console itself. I've seen this a couple times when one of my co-worker was having major issues with his old SNES. In one instance, all the sprites on the games looked fine, but the background image would "skip" and jump oddly, and frequently contained messed up graphics. So try this and let me know if my tip help ya out.

That is a really neat idea !

Who says you can´t teach an old dog new tricks ? today I just learned something new.

For reasons like this I still keep my old cleaning kits for each of my systems, you'll be amazed at how dirty they can be.

Completely took it apart.

Can't see any blow-outs or damaged traces. Took off the cartridge slot and cleaned it thoroughly. Still doing it :(

Cheers for that. I cleaned it like you said with 99.9 iso.

@klunt_bumskrint: Another thing I forgot to mention, if the game plays just fine and doesn't crash, then it's almost definitely the video RAM chip. So, yes, I'm afraid that you probably are going to need a new system, then just repairing it. it's not really worth the round trip shipping/time/etc, seeming as though a used Super Nintendo console is so easy to find these days so that's the best way to do it. My SNES is still kicking it but it's definitely showing it's age but still, I do hope this info helps again.

How often are you cleaning your consoles? The consoles doesn't need to be cleaned very often, maybe once every few years but I clean mines every 3 years and I'm only talking about my Retro systems, not the current consoles.

Yeah it works but however, it's possible you'll could do one of those office stuff cleaning PC which also helps if you're interested trying it out.

Do do I get another snes or sell the games and move on

Any of these "rare" <----stupid word

worth selling?

They need a clean

@klunt_bumskrint: Your games may be worth more than the console, I can get a very good one here for 35-40 US while good game cartridges cost 30 or 40 and rare ones even more.

@klunt_bumskrint: These are rare. The carts are roundish and 1 of those carts says "Starwing" instead of "Starfox". The normal carts here in NA are square-ish. And if you use a retro console on a widescreen tv set it to 4:3 mode.

Not sure if serious...

Seriously, the NA cartridges are square-ish. It looks like you get a different type of cartridges in the UK. I didn't know that the UK carts are shaped like the ones in Japan. I did my best.

Never, ever do this. You could deform the cartridge receiver on your SNES by "stretching" it and making it loose. Better to buy a cleaning cartridge (it's a cartridge but instead of pins on bottom has like felt cleaners) or to use compressed air.

My SNES was doing this, it was because of poor connection to the cart. Some say that certain portions of the SNES video chip can fail, like the mode7 section (used in I think Yoshi's Island). Not sure if your games use mode7 graphics, but that could be a reason for the weird graphics.

How do the capacitors look on the SNES board?

@achilles614: All looked good. Nothing looked rusty or blown

Have you tried different power and AV cables (official ones)?

Also try plugging into different wall outlet, my speakers for some weird reason wouldn't work right on a certain power strip I had (they would click repeatedly).

Try gently pressing the cart back (towards power jack) while running the game and then try again but this time pulling it forward without removing it from the slot. Does it freeze when you do this? I really feel like your cart isn't making a good connection. Also try the games in a different SNES to rule out any variables.

Also in regards to game value. Most of your titles in OK condition go for $15-30. Not worth much imo especially after factoring in seller's fees. Sell the whole thing as a lot and state that SNES is untested if you want to sell it.

I say get a new SNES... You will miss those games one day! That is why most of us are scrambling to rebuy our old stuff back (well me atleast).....

I fixed it!!!!

By buying another Snes