BigWigglyStyle

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Cleaning Game Boy cartridges? Best way to not cause damage while cleaning/restoring in c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
[–] BigWigglyStyle@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago

Outside should be straightforward. I’m hoping to clean down to the PCB. Give every nook and cranky a wipe down.

I guess my main concern would be aging capacitors or other vital pieces of the PCB that may have gotten damaged.

Cleaning Game Boy cartridges? Best way to not cause damage while cleaning/restoring in c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
[–] BigWigglyStyle@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice, I repair electronics semi regularly but nothing older than a few years old. I assumed deterioration could be an issue.

Sounds like it’s just an over thinking on my part. Time to break out the microfiber towel.

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Cleaning Game Boy cartridges? Best way to not cause damage while cleaning/restoring (lemmynsfw.com)
 

Hello everyone,

I have a few game boy games I’d like to revisit. I’ll admit they were not stored the best way being mostly kept in a small cardboard box.

Before I just put in a cartridge and turn it on, what step could I take to clean/restore the games? I’m sure all my Pokémon are long gone so battery swaps would probably be a thing.

Before I just go dabbing alcohol I wanted a check on what the best way to go about cleaning and getting a cartridge in playable condition.

I really don’t want to fuck up my copy of Pokémon Crystal. It was there more than my parents were.

How quickly will a lemmy instance eat up storage? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] BigWigglyStyle@lemmynsfw.com 17 points 1 year ago

At the end of the day the vast majority of what needs to be saved is text. If media content is embedded, the the server just has to save the path to the file not the file itself.