Features:

  • Restores games for Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, N64, Atari and more.
  • Durable cleaning cards restore games quickly and easily.
  • Easy to dispense, 99% isopropyl alcohol, 30ml
  • Super simple. Super fast.
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It is said to be a great product

You pressed me to write a review. Product received. I am out of town. I will review when I am back in town. The product was delivered with no issues. Received with no issues. I will open when I can and use when I can. Please allow us who purchase the time to be home and have time to us the product. Delivery time does not mean time used to judge a product. Best regards

Hyper Efficient Cleaning Device

I have well over seventy Nintendo 64 and Super Nintendo cartridges and some were pretty dusty and in bad shape. This cleaning utensil did an excellent job at removing a lot of grime, dirt, and dust that had accumulated over the years at a break-neck pace that regular cotton swabs couldn't. I highly recommend this for anyone who has a fairly sizeable SEGA or Nintendo cartridge collection.

Great Product!

Great idea and design! Time will tell how much use you can get out of one card, but it seems I could probably clean 50-75 games before feeling like I should start using a new card. The only critique I can give this product is maybe making the plastic card a little thicker. It is very slightly flimsy and a little extra thickness would make it perfect to hold on to.

Probably have the tools to do this at home...

Alcohol and a scotchbrite probably has the same effect, but still these are specific to the task and I can't argue with the results. Games work!

Great for cleaning pins on NES Cartridge Games.

I have used these cards on multiple NES and SNES game cartridges. Sure you could use rubbing alcohol and q-tips to clean the pins, but these cards eliminate a significant amount of time if you need to clean multiple games. Works fantastic for carts whose pins are lightly to moderately corroded. Was able to restore a few carts bought at a yard sale which were in terrible shape. A must buy if you have a retro games cartridge collection that you wish to use on the original hardware or in an aftermarket clone console.

Way better than Q-tips!

These things are great. I don't know what these pads are made out of, but they scrub really well while being gentle at the same time. I have two small complaints though. First, the cards are just too thin and flimsy. They work fine, but I wish they were just a little thicker. Second is the "solution" is just 99% isopropyl alcohol. You can get a big bottle of that stuff anywhere. So I recommend just buying the cards and a separate bottle of 99% isopropyl. Still a great product though.

Sturdy construction and seems to work well

Sturdy construction and seems to work well. Just got finished taking apart two 72 Pin NES connectors and buffing/re-bending the pins to get reliability up. This is a much less drastic alternative, and while it may not get everything off the contacts, it will definitely be great for continued preventative maintenance! Polishing all the pins in the 72 pin connector is NOT fun, so if this keeps me from having to do that again for a few years then I am more than happy!

"1UPcard" is a pretty dang accurate name for this product

I have a collection of about 20 NES games, each with varying degrees of reliability. After using just ONE of these cards and a tiny bit of solution to clean all 20 - and taking apart the NES and giving the 72 pin connector a little TLC - every game boots on the first try, with no glitches or corruptions. This product is absolutely worth the price. If you frequent garage sales or eBay for cheap games, I'd almost even say it's a must-have. On a side note, I grew up with the NES, and I have to say it's almost surreal to pop a game in and play it without taking it out and reseating it like a million times. It's kinda part of the experience of using one of these old systems, but at the same time... it's a part of the experience I can definitely live without.

If you buy an original Nintendo this is the cleaner you should use

Exactly what you need to clean an original Nintendo system the cartridge is just no fluid required and put in and pull out and the cleaning cards work well that's where you use the fluid instead of rubbing alcohol and Q tips Clean it right the first time

Works well!

It was a dark and stormy night.. Really, it was. I had bought a Nintendo, and wanted to play some Bubble Bobble. Alas, the gray screen of doom prevented my girlfriend and my fun. Frantically, I ordered this, and waited... When it came, I tore through the packaging and furiously dripped some of the alcohol on one of the cleanings pads, and ran it along those pesky game contacts. Again and again, I cleaned the Nintendo games. It was finally time to try some Bubble Bobble... After a prayer to the Nintendo masters and a quick hymn of Zelda's theme song, I inserted the game and pushed the power button. Boom! It worked! Seriously, it's a nice kit. Not something you can't do with a Q-Tip and alcohol, but it works really well.

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