This really took me back.. Those old days of desperation trying to get a game to work.
Sadly it wasn’t until very late in my Nintendo career that I realized a Qtip with rubbing alcohol was more effective to the blow treatment..
My best and worst memory all the same was from the year 1990.. I was playing super Mario 3 ..my co-player tree something across the floor, it’s slid and hit the power button turn the game off. This was just as we entered the final level of world 8… back when games did not have the same feature..
