NES Questions

[ValiantVenality]

Hello everybody! I finally got a NES (hooray!) and I have a couple of questions.
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[Motoman]

#1 that yellowish color is there for good. I think thats the plastic reacting with the stuff in the air and all and over time it happens. Just like with some SNES's.
#2 I think your crazy

[daguuy]

1) it's probably just faded from age. painting might be the only solution
2) you're crazy

[Turbo Tax 1.0]

1)i guess you could try using a power washer like for cars and blast it and see if it works
2)crazy

[Skyone]

1) It's what happens with everything old. Me and my friends call it the beige effect.
2) Crazy go nuts.

[gannon]

1) IIRC the NES wasn't made with UV protected plastics, so that's the problem (can't fix it)
2)

[Puff0rx]

1) Mine has the same thing, except for a small square on the side where there was a sticker.
2) Cuh-razy.

[jeep]

1) I doubt you can without painting....
2) Unless you give us a size referential, I'll say your crazy

[wallydawg]

1. Someone peed on it.
2. Yes, compared to say, a Vending Machine or your house.

[ValiantVenality]

I have another Question. Can a NES get overheated? I tried to turn it on and it seems like it keeps resetting. Then when I unplug it for a second and turn it on again it stops resetting but its either just a blue screen or a red screen when i unplug it again. Please help I want my NES to live!

[akadewboy]

The NES usually doesn't overheat, even if you overclock it.

Blinking is a common problem for the NES. The 72 pin connecter was poorly designed and doesn't make good contact with the games. To fix it, you can either buy a new 72 pin connecter, or get a Game Genie (Game Genies have thicker PCB boards and make better contact with the pins).

[ValiantVenality]

actually i fixed it. the only reason why it was doing it was because apearently people from 1985 didnt like to play a game twice. It worked after I left it alone for a few minutes. before i turned it off and tried to play it again. RIGHT after i had just played it. It might be because theres not enough memory to process the same game twice in like 3 seconds. mabye nintendo didnt care about memory too much.

[bicostp]

1. The yellowing is caused by the plastic reacting to sunlight or other UV rays (IIRC), much in the same way as paint and plastic siding fade. It's there for good, but you could always spray paint the case grey. (I haven't seen this much on NES consoles, mostly the original SNES. Maybe yours is newer than mine, which is still battleship grey)

2. Crazy.

[marshallh]

1. Probably came from a smoky house. The chemicals in the smoke can aggregate color changes in the plastic.

2. Kind of looks like a pirate cart to me... It seems like it's missing something. But I could be wrong.

[ValiantVenality]

thats exactly what I thought. well it might be like that since its from 1990. they might have made carts differently in the 90s