When we blew in Nintendo cartridges, we weren't cleaning dust off of them that was causing the problem; we were spitting in them just enough for worn down connectors to work a little longer. Not intentionally, obviously, but that was the end result, and why it worked.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think it is more likely that the act of taking the cartridge out and reinserting scrapes away at grime that is stuck on the pins, creating better contact with the connector in the console. Blowing into them likely did nothing.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago

I'm glad that to this day how this works is a matter of folk legend and conjecture.

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