Not exactly a failure, but I got out my copy of Bangai-O Spirits recently and found it wasn’t recognised by my DS. It claimed the cart slot was empty. I thought at first maybe my DS was dying, but it didn’t show in my 3DS either. I cleaned the contacts a bit and got it to show on the console’s boot screen, but when I tried to run it it would say it couldn’t access the save data and refuse to go any further. I wound up cleaning it more thoroughly using a tissue, isopropyl alcohol, and a small flathead screwdriver and the game is now running.
I haven’t had a DS game fail like that before. I got this one second hand over ten years ago, so maybe it was poorly treated by the previous owner? They’re quite tricky to clean because of the small size of the contacts and the little bits of plastic between them.
I haven’t had a DS game fail like that before. I got this one second hand over ten years ago, so maybe it was poorly treated by the previous owner? They’re quite tricky to clean because of the small size of the contacts and the little bits of plastic between them.