Why was "blowing on" NES Titles a thing, but never any other cartridge Consoles?
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 12:13 PM Author: Crimson wild sweet tailpipe
Master System, Genesis, Atari, SNES, N64 - people simply never "blew" on the cartridge connectors to make it "work." Only on the NES. And even on the NES it was often pantomime flame.
But why? Why was the NES the only Console where we were supposed to do this?
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719581&forum_id=2Elisa#48898861) |
Date: May 2nd, 2025 12:25 PM Author: internet-worthy cobalt nursing home faggotry
There's a lot of scholarship on this. The front loading mechanism of the NES didn't work as well as top loading consoles (all the others).
Nintendo wanted to make their console look less like a video game system and more like a home "entertainment system" like a VCR so as not to be associated with older crappier systems. But it had the effect of making the connection looser and shittier.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719581&forum_id=2Elisa#48898890) |
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