I see a lot of posts about malfunctioning games, often times attributed to dirty contacts and hardware. Often times the solution given is to clean the contacts with an alcohol based solution.

YOU SHOULD NEVER CLEAN YOUR CARTRIDGES WITH ALCOHOL

I repair and restore old computer systems, game consoles and accessories a lot. Alcohol may clean the contacts on your cartridges enough for them to work but it corrodes them. The biggest problem is that it's only a temporary fix as it doesn't even clean them that well.

I use Brasso. It's a general use metal polish that won't ruin the circuit board and polish the contacts. You have not truly seen how dirty your games are until you've swabbed them down with a proper precious metal cleaner.

Another cleaner that you can use is Tarn-X which is a pewter cleaner, but it's sulfur bases and smells terrible.

Just take a small dab of either on a q-tip and scrub. For really dirty games take apart the game and polish it with a scrap cloth from an old tee shirt. I've had games that people used to struggle to get to work, and even then barely function without rampant visual artifacts and severe glitches. Use a bit of metal polish and they work like new.

I'm currently looking for a PS1 on eBay, and want to know which one is generally considered the best model.

PAL region (Europe).

Big grays only, no slim models.

I'm new to the board, but loving it so far. I can already see a lot of you guys prefer collecting vintage hardware rather than emulation, but let's see if you like this idea.

I'm planning on buying a Raspberry Pi to use as an emulator. I have access to a fairly high end 3d printer, so instead of the usual enclosure, it's going to be a miniature reproduction of an NES machine. Each ROM will be loaded onto an SD card which will have its own case that looks like a tiny little cartridge. Of course it will also have the retro NES looking USB controllers.

Alternately, I thought about buying a broken console, taking out the guts, and mounting the Raspberry Pi inside of it with all the games on a single SD card that will stay in the system. I know of a few folks that have built entire arcade cabinets but that seems like a bit too much effort for me.

So what do you think?

I'm kind of done collecting normal retro games at the moment and I wanted to maybe start looking at homebrews and quality reproductions.

What are some reproduction and homebrew games that will work without me having to mod my systems?

i have a drink for you... its a variation of this one...

Can someone please tell me what the heck this is? Music disc 11 in minecraft is so friggin scary.

So, I was at TRU earlier, looking at their clearance aisle. I found this set of car accessories for a shitty kid's tablet, it was priced at $50 but it was on super-low clearance so I was able to get it for like $1.50 I bought it because it had a USB car charger in it, and I needed one of those, plus it had an LCD cleaning cloth, headphone splitter and some other shit.

One of the things inside was a USB power cable for the tablet it was made for. I was about to set it aside when I realized that it looked familiar. It's got the same connector as a power adapter for a Gameboy pocket. And it worked! I can power my Gameboy Pocket over USB!

Is this safe to do? I see on the back of the GB that it is rated at DC3V 0.7W, while on the cable I see printed 300V. Is it really carrying 300V, or does it mean 3.00V?

Where can I get a copy of megaman for the nes ebay and amazon have crazy prices!

Seriously, why mediocre 2D games like Rayman, Heart of Darkness and Disney's Hercules sold so well while the real 2D gems like Klonoa and Tomba didn't? That's why I say that Sonyfags have shitty taste on video games. And I'm not even trollbaiting: I have grew up with PS1 and it's one of my favourite consoles (expecially since some of my Top10 favourite games are for PS1 like Rival Schools and Grandia 1).

Once upon a time in central NY there was a gamer. A gamer, who love to game. This gamer bought a copy of Golden Sun from a local "store" for 4 baconators with of $$$. This store ripped off the gamer with a fake cart from chinka that refused to save, and then refused to take it back. Therefore, this gamer wants everyone on /vr/ to know of this place, this area of disgrace to the community, this shit stained ass-wipe of a retail outlet.I am going to call their # "(315) 677-1151" every day for the next week, and ask for the krusty krab. I can only ask that you will join me in my efforts. Fuck rip off stores with bootleg games.

Voltage video games, suck a dick in Derby.