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I picked up a 32-in-1 NES multicart the other day, and discovered upon firing it up that it defaults not to a menu but to the title screen of Ninja Jajamarukun. Either I was duped into buying a phony multicart that is in fact just a single title, or there's some alternate method necessary to change games. Any ideas?
Perhaps the game changes when you reset the console. Master Games 1 for the SMS does that, switches between the three games each time you power on.
Unfortunately, resetting only brings up ol' Ninja Jajamarukun again. No combination of button presses has worked so far, nor have repeated attempts at resetting/powering on & off.
Thanks anyway.
Sounds like you got jacked. I've heard of it before. Businessmen overseas buy their kids a 72 in 1 thinking they'll get a kick out of it. Instead they end up with a mislabeled copy of Golden that their dad overpaid for.
I'm waiting to hear back from the retailer, but yeah, this sounds like a real possibility. This would be both total bullshit and the second time I took a chance to end up with something closer to a brick than a multicart.
Oh hey, just noticed you live in BC. Where'd you pick it up, Aberdeen Center?
Luna Video Games in San Diego. I happened to be in town on a sort of vacation, and spotted what would be a cunning gift for my brother. Tragically, this was not so.
:sweat: Ahh... well isn't this sort of ironic?
So I opened up the cart today and made a minor readjustment to the fit between the board and contacts, achieving momentary success. Powering on brought up a pair of menus, switched between with select. However, when I attempted to screw the cart back together to lock in the adjustment, the curse of Ninja Jajamarukun returned. While this totally sucked, it at least provided a glimmer of hope that this multicart may in fact be made to function with some degree of consistency.
Anyone have any experience with NES cartridge repair? The problem seems to be with the connection between the circuit board and contacts, although the guts of the cart appear in good condition.
Oh, that's really strange - but at least you figured out the problem. Is this a top loader NES or the original NES or clone? Try dosing the connector contacts of the game with rubbing alcohol and immediately inserting the game. It'll cause the cartridge to get a better connection between the contacts and the slot pins (once it receives conduction, it'll be fine until you remove the cart). It this works temporarily and you get the main menu, then it's a dirty NES problem :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Drixxel