Get Your Old NES Games Working Again - Tutorial - How to Clean NES Games

About this video

Most NES games that will not start only need cleaning, according to this video, which opens a cartridge and works through getting it going again.

Good to know: Isopropyl is flammable and needs ventilation.

Why watch it

RetroRepairs puts the share of NES games needing only cleaning at about nine in ten. Worth opening as a first step before assuming a board has failed, though that figure is the maker's own claim.