When I was your age, we had to blow on the video games to make them work!! - Blu-ray Forum

jw · 02-11-2010, 11:58 AM

What was your favorite Game from the 'blow on 'em to make 'em work' era?

I would have to say my favorite game that I played the most was Sim City for the Super Nintendo...not a big fan of the newer versions of Sim City. I still to this day pop it in every now and then and give it a go. I still remember the 8bit Nintendo and how many times they messed up...those were the days

Nerdkiller likes BD · 02-11-2010, 12:05 PM

I have always loved Streets of Rage when I had my Mega Drive. That, along with Revenge of Shinobi, Columns, and Golden Axe. 2D Sonic was always awesome and I'm glad to see him finally going back to his old routes.

MaCruz · 02-11-2010, 12:18 PM

It was mainly every NES games that I had to blow on. I had my own "trick" when I inserted my game in to prevent it from freezing.

Rob71 · 02-11-2010, 12:37 PM

One of my favorites was Pro Wrestling.

ProWrestling.jpg

0020.jpg He was my favorite wrestler

0023.jpg What are you doing!?

a-winner-is-you1.jpg A winner was me.

Q? · 02-11-2010, 01:01 PM

I was too young to have any favourites, but I did like this one though it was way too hard for me.

Funny how everybody in the world knew about blowing the games so they'd work...

mikejet · 02-11-2010, 01:03 PM

DUDE, you knew that without a the cartridge whistling, it wouldn't work!

I remember all these different things people would say to do, clean with qtips, cover contacts with baby oil, clean with alcohol, the only thing that worked well was blowing them!

MaCruz · 02-11-2010, 01:09 PM

^ I think Nintendo had their own cleaning kit. LOL! It was $20.

Steve · 02-11-2010, 01:15 PM

I definitely remember it, especially since I still have an original 8 bit NES in my HT setup. My favorite games were Double Dragon, Contra, Super Contra, and Galaga. I also loved all the Super Mario Games, TMNT, and Tetris.

MaCruz · 02-11-2010, 01:23 PM

Steve,

I threw mine away several years ago

The games you listed were my favorites too! I like Double Dragon 2 also.

Since I love Galaga and don't have a NES, I just play it at Dave & Busters.

Rob71 · 02-11-2010, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve

I definitely remember it, especially since I still have an original 8 bit NES in my HT setup. My favorite games were Double Dragon, Contra, Super Contra, and Galaga. I also loved all the Super Mario Games, TMNT, and Tetris.

Did you have to replace the connector on yours, or is it still running the original? Mine finally quit working no matter how much you blew the cartridge so I bought one of these.

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Rob71 · 02-11-2010, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaCruz

Steve,

I threw mine away several years ago

The games you listed were my favorites too! I like Double Dragon 2 also.

Since I love Galaga and don't have a NES, I just play it at Dave & Busters.

Have you given MAME a try?

MaCruz · 02-11-2010, 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob71

Have you given MAME a try?

What's that?

master_8ball · 02-11-2010, 01:42 PM

My NES favs:
#1

#2

#3

Nerdkiller likes BD · 02-11-2010, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaCruz

What's that?

Its an Arcade emulator for PC. You can even build your own arcade unit for it I believe.

OrlandoEastwood · 02-11-2010, 01:54 PM

Two Words: Mortal. Kombat.

I played this on the Genesis nonstop when I was little. I have the rom for it on my laptop. I'll play it from time to time.

jadedeath · 02-11-2010, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Q!

I was too young to have any favourites, but I did like this one though it was way too hard for me.

Funny how everybody in the world knew about blowing the games so they'd work...

I have that uploaded on the Wii.

Logan

Diesel · 02-11-2010, 02:19 PM

I was talking to my cousin the other day about "you remember how you used to have to blow in your games to get them to work?!"

After the discussion we fired up Goldeneye and Mario Kart 64

My favorite from the cartridge era is Ocarina of Time, followed by Link to the Past.

jessica. · 02-11-2010, 02:27 PM

Contra for sure here. I dominated TMNT and Mortal Combat / Street Fighter games were where I was at.

Now that I look at it I come off as rather violent.

Steve · 02-11-2010, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaCruz

Steve,

I threw mine away several years ago

The games you listed were my favorites too! I like Double Dragon 2 also.

Since I love Galaga and don't have a NES, I just play it at Dave & Busters.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob71

Did you have to replace the connector on yours, or is it still running the original? Mine finally quit working no matter how much you blew the cartridge so I bought one of these.

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I should clarify better. I have an original console, but it's not my original console. Mine died years ago. The one I have now is one my sister gave me for Christmas a couple of years ago. She got it from a local store that reworks them. That same store also takes the old games on trade so this is where I also got all the games I have. The ones in the pic are my favorites that I really like to play, but I have a few more.

vonzipper3 · 02-11-2010, 02:47 PM

CONTRA! Spent hours restarting the game over & over to get to the end.

02-11-2010, 02:47 PM	#20
vonzipper3 Senior Member Member since:Nov 2009 Location:Middle of The Mitten 4K collection:313 Blu-ray collection:1702 iTunes collection:6 Trading Score:31	Pixel people rule! CONTRA! Spent hours restarting the game over & over to get to the end.

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02-11-2010, 11:58 AM	#1
jw Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2007 Location:USA Trading Score:519	When I was your age, we had to blow on the video games to make them work!! What was your favorite Game from the 'blow on 'em to make 'em work' era? I would have to say my favorite game that I played the most was Sim City for the Super Nintendo...not a big fan of the newer versions of Sim City. I still to this day pop it in every now and then and give it a go. I still remember the 8bit Nintendo and how many times they messed up...those were the days

02-11-2010, 12:05 PM	#2
Nerdkiller likes BD Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Wrestling in Ireland. PSNetwork: Nerdkiller316PSN Nerds beaten up: Loads 4K collection:75 Blu-ray collection:880 Trading Score:1	I have always loved Streets of Rage when I had my Mega Drive. That, along with Revenge of Shinobi, Columns, and Golden Axe. 2D Sonic was always awesome and I'm glad to see him finally going back to his old routes.

02-11-2010, 12:18 PM	#3
MaCruz Community Gaming Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Jacksonville, FL Home Theater Gallery:160 4K collection:104 Blu-ray collection:958 DVD collection:18 MA collection:394 Digital collection:570 iTunes collection:527 Prime collection:192 Blu-ray reviews: 23 Trading Score:139	It was mainly every NES games that I had to blow on. I had my own "trick" when I inserted my game in to prevent it from freezing.

02-11-2010, 12:37 PM	#4
Rob71 Blu-ray Knight Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Florida Home Theater Gallery:13 Blu-ray collection:295 Trading Score:5	One of my favorites was Pro Wrestling. ProWrestling.jpg 0020.jpg He was my favorite wrestler 0023.jpg What are you doing!? a-winner-is-you1.jpg A winner was me.

02-11-2010, 01:01 PM	#5
Q? Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Nuuk, Greenland Blu-ray collection:168	I was too young to have any favourites, but I did like this one though it was way too hard for me. Funny how everybody in the world knew about blowing the games so they'd work...

02-11-2010, 01:03 PM	#6
mikejet Banned Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Los Angeles, CA Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:29	DUDE, you knew that without a the cartridge whistling, it wouldn't work! I remember all these different things people would say to do, clean with qtips, cover contacts with baby oil, clean with alcohol, the only thing that worked well was blowing them!

02-11-2010, 01:09 PM	#7
MaCruz Community Gaming Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Jacksonville, FL Home Theater Gallery:160 4K collection:104 Blu-ray collection:958 DVD collection:18 MA collection:394 Digital collection:570 iTunes collection:527 Prime collection:192 Blu-ray reviews: 23 Trading Score:139	^ I think Nintendo had their own cleaning kit. LOL! It was $20.

02-11-2010, 01:15 PM	#8
Steve Blu-ray Knight Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:May 2008 Location:Anna, TX 4K collection:128 Blu-ray collection:416 Trading Score:41	I definitely remember it, especially since I still have an original 8 bit NES in my HT setup. My favorite games were Double Dragon, Contra, Super Contra, and Galaga. I also loved all the Super Mario Games, TMNT, and Tetris.

02-11-2010, 01:23 PM	#9
MaCruz Community Gaming Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Jacksonville, FL Home Theater Gallery:160 4K collection:104 Blu-ray collection:958 DVD collection:18 MA collection:394 Digital collection:570 iTunes collection:527 Prime collection:192 Blu-ray reviews: 23 Trading Score:139	Steve, I threw mine away several years ago The games you listed were my favorites too! I like Double Dragon 2 also. Since I love Galaga and don't have a NES, I just play it at Dave & Busters.

02-11-2010, 01:42 PM	#13
master_8ball Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Ontario, Canada Home Theater Gallery:19 Blu-ray collection:675 Blu-ray reviews: 7 Trading Score:2	My NES favs: #1 #2 #3

02-11-2010, 01:54 PM	#15
OrlandoEastwood Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:R-Point Blu-ray reviews:86 Trading Score:24	Two Words: Mortal. Kombat. I played this on the Genesis nonstop when I was little. I have the rom for it on my laptop. I'll play it from time to time.

02-11-2010, 02:19 PM	#17
Diesel Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Jan 2009 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- Blu-ray reviews: 31 Trading Score:10	I was talking to my cousin the other day about "you remember how you used to have to blow in your games to get them to work?!" After the discussion we fired up Goldeneye and Mario Kart 64 My favorite from the cartridge era is Ocarina of Time, followed by Link to the Past.

02-11-2010, 02:27 PM	#18
jessica. Member Member since:Feb 2010 Location:Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start	Contra for sure here. I dominated TMNT and Mortal Combat / Street Fighter games were where I was at. Now that I look at it I come off as rather violent.

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