cannedtuna@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoIf my N64 can pick up where I left off, surely a newer piece of hardware should be expected to and welllemmy.worldimagemessage-square174linkfedilinkarrow-up11.06Karrow-down17
arrow-up11.05Karrow-down1imageIf my N64 can pick up where I left off, surely a newer piece of hardware should be expected to and welllemmy.worldcannedtuna@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square174linkfedilink
minus-squareShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·3 days agoI bought my NES with my own money in 1988ish after saving up for months. If I go downstairs and power it on right now, I’m certain Tetris will fire right up.
minus-squareBlueFootedPetey@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days agoI am less certain. Cartridges dont exactly age well. I had enough trouble with them in the 90s. I dont mean to defend not owning our games, just saying cartridges were not perfect either.
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoThose carts are made to last. The bits on those ROMs will outlast DVDs burned decades later.
minus-squareShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI’ve had the batteries die in carts with save functionality but I’ve never had a cartridge itself stop working. Maybe I’ve been lucky.
I bought my NES with my own money in 1988ish after saving up for months. If I go downstairs and power it on right now, I’m certain Tetris will fire right up.
I am less certain. Cartridges dont exactly age well. I had enough trouble with them in the 90s.
I dont mean to defend not owning our games, just saying cartridges were not perfect either.
Those carts are made to last. The bits on those ROMs will outlast DVDs burned decades later.
I’ve had the batteries die in carts with save functionality but I’ve never had a cartridge itself stop working. Maybe I’ve been lucky.