Two DS games...DEAD.

[Kire]

So yeah, my bf's copies of Tetris DS and Meteos are completely nonfunctioning now. Why? He took them out before turning off the system. I think he did it because we're used to doing so for PSP games. I'm a little ****** and frustrated that something so little could kill an "indestructible" Nintendo product, but it's probably not something you're supposed to do...so be careful out there, kids.

[Maijo]

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Woah, I do that all the time and nothing ever happens.

[Kire]

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Hm...maybe there's something up w/ his DS then...

[John Mora]

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You people take things out of your systems before turning them off? It annoys me so much when people do that. Although, weren't there cart-swapping tricks for the Genesis?

[ErikaFuzzbottom]

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I actually did the same thing a few times with old Game Boy games and the Super Game Boy. Load up a Super Game Boy game, get to a spot where I like the color scheme, unplug the game without turning the system off, and plug in a non-SGB game. I found out how SGB games get their color schemes this way. Apparently the SGB places something like a colored film over a certain area; doing that trick, you'd have spots on part of the screen that were a different color than other spots.

Of course, doing this always deleted any save files the games might've had.


I think I took out a DS game or GBA game without powering down the system before. But it was while on the boot menu screen, so I assumed that taking a game out wouldn't hurt anything, since you can do the same thing on the boot menus on every other system. The DS froze, but I was able to power it down and there wasn't any damage as far as I could tell.

[marcus]

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The problem with the DS is that taking out the cart is as simple and applying pressure to the stop instead of sliding it out. There were two occasions where my finger unconsciously gripped the cartridge or when I bumped the DS up against my desk and slid the cartridge out.

[The Dark Jester]

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Ive heard that you arent supposed to do that for every game boy.

I always assumed it was common sense that you dont do that or you wipe the cartiridge.

[ErikaFuzzbottom]

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I was probably only 13 at the time. I'm not sure why I uplugged the games while they were turned on in the first place. It couldn't have been something I frequently did.

[Alex]

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Sometimes I'll open the Playstation, watch the screen freeze, and pop in a new game and reset.

No harm done to CDs.


But I was real protective of my NES, SNES, and 64. If someone pulled a trick like that on my Nintendo, they'd never touch it again.

[Naruto]

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You should try cleaning the games. Just gently wipe the bottom part with the little metal things sticking out with a cloth like the PSP screen cleaner. Sometime if DS games get too much dust (or drops of coca cola :P) on that part the DS won't read them. Same with GBA games.

[Gustaff 13]

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I knew an old lady who removed the cartridge with the power still on. I don't know why she removed the cartridge with the power still on...
I guess she'll die.

They warn you not to do that in every game manual, plus the system manual. It's flash memory. Would you yank out your PS2 memory card while it's saving/loading?

[marcus]

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Sometimes I'll open the Playstation, watch the screen freeze, and pop in a new game and reset.

No harm done to CDs.


But I was real protective of my NES, SNES, and 64. If someone pulled a trick like that on my Nintendo, they'd never touch it again.

Information isn't constantly burned onto a cd while playing it. Now if you did the same thing with your memory card while it was loading or saving, THEN you'd have problems.

[Alex]

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Yeah. I know.

[The Dark Jester]

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Kire bashes nintendo in every topic he can.

I find it hurtful. =(

[ErikaFuzzbottom]

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As it turns out, opening the PlayStation during FMVs is about required in order to get some weapon by reaching the end of FF9 in less than 12 hours. Open the case, close it back up, it skips the rest of the FMV.