Posts Tagged Urban Legends

If gamers were great at one thing, that would be lying. Throughout the years, gamers from around the world have conjured up lies (video game urban legends) that were believed to be true by the masses. I decided to put together a list of my favorite video game lies to share with our readers. Feel free to challenge me on any of these, but I guarantee that all of the following tales are indeed untrue:

#10. Blowing into NES cartridges will fix them.

One of the biggest lies of the 1980s was the whole blowing into the NES cartridge tale. Most gamers believed that blowing into cartridges would fix them and allow you to play games that weren’t loading. By doing this, you were actually damaging the cartridges with moisture.  Using alcohol and Q-tips would be the proper way to clean and fix cartridges that don’t load.

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