We have compiled 5 things that young gamers no longer know. There used to be real problems in gaming!
The new medium of video games is no longer so fresh. Technology and opportunities have changed significantly over the last few decades. Today’s youth hardly know the problems and quirks of gaming that the old-timers had to deal with a decade or more ago.
We take the opportunity for a nostalgic look back and clarify so that today’s young gamers can learn something!
Blowing into the game cartridge
Anyone who has ever played on a Nintendo console, such as the N64 or SNES, will likely nod in agreement. Games often froze during play, and nothing worked anymore. Whether in “Mario Party” or “Super Smash Bros.”, after long hours of use, the screen would freeze, and with an unpleasant sound, nothing would happen anymore.
Often, restarting the console would help. But if that didn’t work, gamers would pull the game cartridge out of the Nintendo device and blow forcefully on the contacts at the bottom of the game.
As if by magic, the game seemed to work again, and you could continue demonstrating to your friends the superiority of Link’s “Down+A” attack while jumping.
In many friend circles, there were even debates about which was the best cleaning method. A quick, hard blast of air, like that of a high-pressure cleaner? Or rather a careful, gentle blow to avoid “breaking” anything?
In fact, blowing – contrary to all assumptions and rumors – did absolutely nothing. Not enough dust could accumulate in the game cartridges during normal use to make simple blowing effective. Moreover, the game cartridge couldn’t get dusty during operation because it was securely anchored in the console.
The only effect that blowing had was to promote the corrosion of the contacts if saliva deposited on them.
But let’s be honest here? If a game freezes today, we would all rip the game cartridge out of the console and blow hard on the contacts – because this reflex is something that an old gamer can never unlearn.
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