I never had to do that to my N64 cartridges. That was the meme for the NES.
And even then, blowing on it didn’t really help. It was the ejecting and reinserting of the cartridge that fixed the issue because the slot on the NES was janky.
Not for the N64. The games always booted on the first attempt.
Furthermore, the spit from your breath can corrode the contacts, which can make the problem worse. Your N64 games were having issues cause you kept blowing on them.
Way to make me feel old.
I never had to do that to my N64 cartridges. That was the meme for the NES.
And even then, blowing on it didn’t really help. It was the ejecting and reinserting of the cartridge that fixed the issue because the slot on the NES was janky.
Excuse me. Everyone knows the blowing was crucial.
Not for the N64. The games always booted on the first attempt.
Furthermore, the spit from your breath can corrode the contacts, which can make the problem worse. Your N64 games were having issues cause you kept blowing on them.
That’s why we used the cold breath! I told you there was an art to it. Also, we still have the console, games etc, everything still works :)
Edit: I was talking about NES but also have N64, same applies.
I had to if it got dusty. But then, that was… nearly 30 years ago and I was a wee lad.
SNES for me, and rather frequently.