Had an AES "incident" the other night...

[SakurabaStyle]

Hey:

I had my U.S. Metal Slug 3 in, I switched my AES on and there was no sound. No opening music, no nothing. I messed with my audio cables, tried again, nothing. So I put in my JPN Real Bout and it was working fine. Put MS3 back in, it was working again and has ever since. This brings up two questions:

1. Is this an omen of problems with my AES in the future?

2. Did I maybe get no sound because my AES is Japanese and my MS3 is U.S.?

-SakurabaStyle

 

[NeoGML]

nope. this happens, it's a nothing big. it's just a matter of the cart contacts being a tad loose, but they aren't unrepairable and stuff. also, reseating the cart usually fixes this.

 

[chimpmeister]

Originally posted by SakurabaStyle:
<STRONG>Hey:

I had my U.S. Metal Slug 3 in, I switched my AES on and there was no sound. No opening music, no nothing. I messed with my audio cables, tried again, nothing. So I put in my JPN Real Bout and it was working fine. Put MS3 back in, it was working again and has ever since. This brings up two questions:

1. Is this an omen of problems with my AES in the future?

2. Did I maybe get no sound because my AES is Japanese and my MS3 is U.S.?

-SakurabaStyle</STRONG>

All I can say is you BETTER have a backup home cart system!! If your main system dies on you, without a backup system you'll be screwed . . . <IMG SRC="smilies/shame.gif" border="0">

 

[GregN]

This happens to me all the time. Try cleaning your system and carts. It's inevitable this will happen when you have an old system.

 

[chohan]

Is there actually such a thing called a new Neo Geo system? I only know that telegames has new systems, there a bit over priced...

Cho

 

[NSX-T]

Originally posted by SakurabaStyle:
<STRONG>Hey:

I had my U.S. Metal Slug 3 in, I switched my AES on and there was no sound. No opening music, no nothing. I messed with my audio cables, tried again, nothing. So I put in my JPN Real Bout and it was working fine. Put MS3 back in, it was working again and has ever since. This brings up two questions:

1. Is this an omen of problems with my AES in the future?

2. Did I maybe get no sound because my AES is Japanese and my MS3 is U.S.?

-SakurabaStyle</STRONG>

It is just your cart is new. On every new cart I bought, there seems to be a new-layer coat on the contacts. The game will work fine after that layer gets worn away.

 

[RabbitTroop]

Yeah I can vouch for that. I have had over the last year a brand new MS3, Strikers 1945, and Puzzle Bobble 2. Both took about 4 - 6 attempts before everything worked fine. Seems the first few times the games are used you get no sound, or scrambled graphics... etc... These carts were mint, not a spec of dirt on them... say 5 times of pulling it out and putting it back in and they have worked great since... <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

-Nick

 

[Kiel]

Yup, happened to me too. I just cleaned the game and it has worked ever since.Can't say the same for my phantom1 though.

 

[Caris Nautilus]

Thats what happens with old cart systems, I still have my original NES I bought in 1986, still works perfect, sometimes you just gotta blow in the games and get them in just right.

Cart systems are fickle.

 

[Loopz]

Don't freak dude...had to 'break in' my MS3 cart like these other fellas. No big deal.

 

[Liquid Snake]

my AES is old model and I have no problem running new carts on my machine <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0">

 

[Endtime]

Drift King, I read in the latest issue of EGM about the myth of blowing on the carts. You're not supposed to do that! <IMG SRC="smilies/eek.gif" border="0"> Don't get me wrong, I've done it before, but since your breath has moisture, if you do it consistently, it's a good way of rusting out the contacts.
I almost forgot to mention, I bought AOF and FF2 brand new and had no problems with them when I first played them.

[ October 07, 2001: Message edited by: Endtime ]

 

[Electroman]

Yes, growing up with NES, everyone who knew better cleaned the cartridge contacts properly.

And that explains why my new Sengoku 3 cart had funky sounds at the beginning of level 2 by the "noise factory" sign.

Here's what you got to do: Go to a drugstore and look for a bottle of 90% or better isopropyl alcohol.

Moisten a q-tip with the alcohol and rub all the dirt away from the carts. Isopropyl is frequently used for cleaning of copper, and gold electrical contacts.