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Conference rusure::nintendo

Title:Nintendo Game Systems
Notice:Please enter Super NES notes in Yuppy::Super_NES.
Moderator:RUSURE::EDP
Created:Tue Oct 20 1987
Last Modified:Mon Feb 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:847
Total number of notes:11602

762.0. "Wavy Lines and the Jitters?" by BROKE::PROTEAU (Jean-Claude Proteau) Mon Oct 26 1992 23:49

    Have any of you out there experienced a problem with game cartridges
    showing wavy lines and the jitters?
    
    We had this with a game called The Immortal, but not with any other
    game, either new or rented.  We actually bought the game twice.  The
    first one was second hand from a store.  We returned it.  They cleaned
    it.  It still did the same thing.
    
    We've since bought a control deck and cartridge cleaner.  This did not
    fix the problem.  We tried firmly seating the cartridge in the contol
    deck.  No luck.
    
    Running out of ideas.
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762.1Call'emBAGELS::RIOPELLEThu Nov 05 1992 11:084
    
    Call the Nintendo or the company that makes it and describe the
    problem they might have a bunch of bad game packs out.
    
762.2Another possibilityRAYBOK::COOPEROne-ton Tomato !Thu Dec 31 1992 13:316
    Another solution might be the game deck itself. When Silent Service was
    released, it caused similar problems on some decks. Nintendo replaced
    the decks for those people that were having these problems. Something 
    to do with firmware I think.
    
    Jim C.
762.3It's the TVPTOVAX::SNOWFri Jan 01 1993 11:3516
    You're not going to believe this, but it is your TV.
    
    I purchased the Immortal twice also.  First time was second hand.  When 
    I brought it back, the guy said that he's run into this before and that
    it's the TV. He showed me that it worked on his system/TV combination.
    
    I of course didn't believe him, and figured it was my deck or a flaky
    cartridge that happened to work at the store.  So I bought a second
    copy new.  Same problem.  I figured that it was firmware/deck problems.
    However, over Christmas I brought my deck and games over to my
    relatives to entertain the kids.  The Immortal cartridge worked on
    thier TV.
    
    Don't know why.  This is the only cartridge I have seen this with.
    
    ed