not long ago I came across my first dead atari cart. it was "Space Shuttle" after reading missing manual here in AA & making a crude overlay
the game would seem to start then messing with the various console switches if I just graze the cart as it's in the console , it's like I pulled the cart completely out & get a bad screen & tone (zig-zaggy horizintal lines)
that was really a first try for that cart.
immediately, after that one I tried a game I've played before went bad .... Asteroids
that cart I get the score & the space ships & music , but no rocks to shoot at.
I tried cleaning the carts with 91% alcohol , I tried cleaning my Vader unit cartridge slot (cloth wrapped around credit card)
today I got in the mail "Steeplechase" the PCB pins on it look brand new as it came "cib" all I get is a black screen on this one a few times I'll get two vertical green lines
...
did the first bad cart do something to damage both consoles ? ...
what goes wrong with them ?
the game would seem to start then messing with the various console switches if I just graze the cart as it's in the console , it's like I pulled the cart completely out & get a bad screen & tone (zig-zaggy horizintal lines)
that was really a first try for that cart.
immediately, after that one I tried a game I've played before went bad .... Asteroids
that cart I get the score & the space ships & music , but no rocks to shoot at.
I tried cleaning the carts with 91% alcohol , I tried cleaning my Vader unit cartridge slot (cloth wrapped around credit card)
today I got in the mail "Steeplechase" the PCB pins on it look brand new as it came "cib" all I get is a black screen on this one a few times I'll get two vertical green lines
...
did the first bad cart do something to damage both consoles ? ...
what goes wrong with them ?