Will This NES Console Work?

[sb]

The NES failed to authorize the cartridge via the lockout chip. The lockout chip is used to tell the NES what games are licensed or unlicensed, and was made in response to the video game crash. I just saw MattKC’s video on the issue (5:10) and he says it’s best to remove the lockout chip from it (or clean the slot). It is nowhere present in model 2 since it’s removed from the board and to stop the blinking light. (Some games know how to bypass the chip like Game Genie)

[tdve]

Napoleon: “Let's use the Eliminator”

[Kief_]

Clean the carts really well. I used compound on mine. Boiled the 72 pin and used more compound on the motherboard as it was insanely caked with dirt. Works like a charm now

[ptimusLime]

That TMNT game caused me more frustration as a kid than anything else I ever experienced. Well, that and this old Silver Surfer game.

[mbnsw]

The trick that’s I’ve not seen anyone use:

Put the game in, turn on, if blinking or grey screen you wriggle the cartridge into different positions, constantly resetting until the screen pops up

[Fatmayusuf]

Bros NES is as dirty as the school bathrooms💀💀💀

[ManVsCliff]

You probably just need to clean it, if there is dirt/dust on the connector it might not be able to read the game correctly (I don’t really know about the NES though)

[christiansalas]

That's a refurbished item from dkoldies bro. That would be 300

[edcola]

That NES is an absolute trooper. Despite _everything_ it seems to have gone through, after refusing to load almost all its games, it still powers up and runs near flawlessly. Pretty good for a nearly 40 yr old device.

[manbehindthemask]

I would honestly love to refurbish that NES just so it can work like it did 40 years ago. I wouldn’t ask for any money but do it from the kindness of my heart and how much your vids got me into gaming more now

[amir]

The light is the copyright chip. If it blinks, it resets the Nintendo.

[jaceclegg]

The 10-NES chip is broken. It’s a region determining feature on the original NES that kept PAL and other foreign games from running on it. When that happens, it will constantly restart and give the blinking light. This can be circumvented by jostling the cartridge in the system and pressing the Reset button.

[crackajack]

It's the pin connector inside. Replacements are cheap online. Easy to do

[Max_Toons]

Remember that short you made about the Eliminator. Try using that on the NES if you still have it.

[theodoregaus]

I have an NES that still works perfectly and it looks new still

[iwavrQwpXuBnilBlQ]

dk oldies and stu be like: 500 bucks take it or leave it

[Sir_Savage]

DKoldies “refurbished consoles” be like

[Drkz-]

When the light is blinking, that means the game is not properly put in

[dingusaurous]

This is what happened to my childhood NES

[oki.k]

You could modify the lockout chip though it would require a soldering iron