You DEFINITELY don't want the contacts wet or moist at all times (cleaning is one thing, and rubbing alcohol evaporates or dries quick, even if you don't rub a dry end of a Q-tip where you just rubbed with alcohol on the contacts), so dryness is not a bad thing (and I'm not sure why anyone would advise against dryness). You could also probably get an SNES cleaning kit and use the sticks with the pads with alcohol, since they're wider than Q-tips, but either way, Q-tips get the job done too, and yeah, it works fine. 91% is probably good or ok too, I just use 70% because it's the only stuff I buy (I use it for more purposes than just cleaning cartridge video games), and it was recommended to me by a friend I used to have - up until that point, I would use Q-tips and water to clean the games, but he told me he uses rubbing alcohol, even went as far as opening the cartridges and cleaning the entire board or something like that (or at the least, deeper than the slot inside of the cartridge where the board/contacts stick out). and I've never had any problems with the games when I do. Much easier than trying to use q tips, paper towels, etc.I've been using the lower percentage rubbing alcohol (ah, 70%, I had to get up and go look at the bottle I keep in my gaming room) to clean my own NES, SNES, Genesis, and N64 games. This cartridge cleaner is great for maintaining my cartridges. The perfect design to quickly and effectively clean my cartridges! Posted by Russell Albert on Apr 20th 2022 Simple product but works much better than other cotton or foam swabs I have used in the past Used on NES, SNES, Sega genesis cartridges. It helps fight against the types of wear, oxidation and corrosion that occur from use, the environment and aging. Easy enough to clean up after, but it is a slight design flaw, in my opinion.Įasy, simple to use. Game Juice is a proprietary specially designed cleaning solution formulated specifically to work with the metal alloys used in video game cartridges and system connectors. I am knocking it down to 4-stars because the red label scrapes off where the cart shell edge touches it, resulting in some red flakes left behind on the first few carts I did.

A couple swipes wet side with some alcohol, and a couple swipes with the dry side to finish it, and the NES games I used it with all worked fantastic. I like the way this card cleans cartridge games.

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