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    The NES, also known as Famicom, launched in 1983 in Japan and 1985 in North America, where the video game industry was headed downhill due to a deluge of poor games and over-saturation. Nintendo's second home console became an enormous success, establishing consoles as a mainstream market in Japan and pulling the North American industry back to its feet.

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    #1  Edited By Alphazero

    I got a cheapo NES from eBay that wasn't loading games, so I tried replacing the 72-pin connector. It worked great. The craziest part was loading up Legend of Zelda II and seeing my save games still there from 20+ years ago. 
     
    Also, I can confirm that Mega Man 2 is waaaaaaay easier than Mega Man 9. Even on difficult mode.
     

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    #2  Edited By Geno
    @Alphazero said:

    The craziest part was loading up Legend of Zelda II and seeing my save games still there from 20+ years ago. 

    Haha, took me a small while to process that sentence. Forgot for a second that games used to write saves to the medium itself and not to an external drive. Man that was ages ago. Is it still functioning? 
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    #3  Edited By JokerSmilez

    Where did you get the connector? How easy was the replacement? Maybe post a blog showing the process? I've still got my original NES from 1992 but it's very finicky. Once I can get it to load and play games I have to be very careful not to touch it again.

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    #4  Edited By Gspoon

    I believe Ebay still has the 72-pin connectors if not just google search.
     as far as replacement its as easy as sliding it off the board.
     
    here is a link for more detail

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    #5  Edited By Alphazero
    @JokerSmilez said:
    " Where did you get the connector? How easy was the replacement? Maybe post a blog showing the process? I've still got my original NES from 1992 but it's very finicky. Once I can get it to load and play games I have to be very careful not to touch it again. "
    Hey Joker,
     
    I got the connector from eBay for about $2 plus $4 shipping, you can probably find it cheaper. The replacement process was remarkably easy. If you're comfortable putting in and taking out a PC video cards you can handle it. The best part is the NES uses normal phillips head screws, so you don't need anything too funky. 
     
    I used the directions on this site. Getting the cartridge loader back on was the only tricky bit. Overall an easy fix.
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    #6  Edited By Alphazero
    @Geno said:
    " @Alphazero said:

    The craziest part was loading up Legend of Zelda II and seeing my save games still there from 20+ years ago. 

    Haha, took me a small while to process that sentence. Forgot for a second that games used to write saves to the medium itself and not to an external drive. Man that was ages ago. Is it still functioning?  "
    It totally blew me away. Two of my saves and one from my sister were sitting there, just fine. Zelda II had a battery inside the cart, which I assumed had long since died. It must have some sort of flash-like memory in there, maybe? I have no idea how the data is still there.
     
    I haven't tried saving a new game. Perhaps that's the part that requires a battery.
     
    Anyone know how the internal storage media worked for Zelda II?
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