Do These DIRTY ASS Retro Games From Secret Castle Games & Toys ACTUALLY Work?
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
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i wonder if that white residue is from where someone's used something like brasso in the past to clean the cart edge fingers (which you should never do) 😆
Ive bought tons from Secret Castle. Always been great. Clean games and worked. As well as shipped nicely
Stop slandering small game stores fishing for views. Secret castle is great store with great customer service. Completely take care of every customer. If the game works then you got your money worth. Seems to me you expect a brand new game that’s actually 40 years old.
My rule of thumb is if I would be ashamed re-selling something in the condition I received it, it's going back.
It's generally a good rule to put in practice. Sometimes, there are sellers who can't even accomplish what you may consider the bare minimum and have lower standards than you and these are the people who should be called out/left a poor review, if possible.
When you call to get a refund for duckhunt and they ask you, "did you try cleaning it"?!! Lol😂😭
I remember seeing one of those shorts where they had a nes controller with a frayed cord and they just wrapped it with tape and shoved it deeper into the controller to hide it.
I saw that one to I was like wtf 😂
I kind of get why that may be a problem but as long as the wires themselves arent damaged in my opinion that's a perfectly acceptable solution.
I’ve been buying Carts from SCT for years. Never had an issue
Exactly this guy is just a hater 😂
That white stuff reminds me of Brasso. I bought a used game, didn't clean it (my fault) and it wouldn't boot. Opened up the case and it had that tell-tale Brasso smell. They applied it but forgot to take it off! Cleaned it up with IPA and the game worked like a charm.
I was thinking it was Brasso too. It's really bad to not clean off the residue. It can break down the metal connecters.
The shape of the residue looks like they are just spraying it on the contacts but like you said didn't wipe it all away afterwards.
That white stuff is probably old brasso from people who don't know how to properly use it to clean pins
Yeah its possible, but for ever single game to have it seems weird.. so maybe the store is doing it? Brasso really shouldnt have even been considered to be used on most of these carts, and the ones that maybe it could have been used didnt seem like they did anything with it but possibly wipe it off slightly and not actually polish anything.
@@Madlittlepixel I'm just saying it's brasso because it's the only thing I've ever seen a retro store use to try and clean games with here in Maryland
They shouldn’t be selling games that dirty. In this everdrive era I only buy CIB games but if I ever got a cart in one like that I’d be livid.
Agreed, anyone selling games, especially a RETRO GAME company… it’s the bare minimum to CLEAN them. Not doing so is a disrespect to retro games, which deserve our Respect.
I don't know why I was glued to the screen watching this. So much suspense!
The white stuff is probably Brasso
YEP. I clean my pins with brasso but I at least open the cart prior and wipe down with IPA after
Should have used bright boy and then cleaned em with a one up card
WOW!! Dude!! This store is in my hometown!! I’ve actually been inside the store!! I’ve never bought anything from them! But I liked the look of the store and the choices they had!! They no doubt will hear about this!!! 😂😂😂
This store is in my hometown. I’ve actually had a lot of great interactions with the team (3 people). They all work really hard to get all the orders out. i have seen them cleaning stuff. even cleaning stuff in front of me when purchasing it or running it through the disc scratch remover. no online retro retailer will be perfect but seems like they would take care of you if you messaged them. but i see you make a silly video for clicks. sorry ur 30+ year old super common game didnt work.
Maybe scarface sneezed around your carts!?!😂
The white stuff is bright boy. It is the safest and best way to clean cartidge games. It’s close to brasso but does not contain the harsh chemicals Brasso has.
I've never had anything not work from them. For better or worse nothing has been out right disgusting that couldn't be cleaned. Their still my preferred store online.
I can see how gamers treat classic cartridges for years to pawn them to other games without cleaning them out in the first place. It's like having a real life Glitch Gremlin in your cartridges.
So this store in from my town in KY. I will say they are a very small store that I honestly didnt even know they sold outside of the local area.
I've never understood how anyone, whether it's just one person or a company, can sell dirty games and consoles.
They don't call it dirt cheap for nothing.
I met Ken Griffey jr in a place called colonial photo and hobby in Orlando back in the 2000’s and he was buying a bunch of radio control cars for his kids cause it was near Christmas time! I didn’t know who he was cause I don’t follow baseball and I was talking with Ken Griffey like we knew each other for years, he was the coolest dude and finally an employee came up to me and said “you know who that is” I’m like “no” and then he told me and I was like wow!! A Famous player👍🏻
Wish I’d known as a kid that cleaning the pins would fix most of the broken games I came across. We always tried a dozen different things to make them work, some of them based on superstition and myth.
If you're friends with any repair channels it would be cool to see someone take a crack at fixing that Duck Hunt game (if you don't end up returning it). Maybe some vias are bad and a few jumper wires down to the pins would get it going again. I have seen some repairs like that before.
It might be worth trying using a eraser on Duck Hunt. It usually does the trick on my cartridge games if cleaning is not enough and there are no clear damage to traces and such.
I did use eraser and multiple other processes on that cart, it has some bad corrosion so didn't really surprise me...
@@Madlittlepixel too bad, its dead then. Hope you can get a refund for it.
Definitely be careful about buying NES games at bottom-of-the-barrel prices. That last six out of six that I bought don't even work no matter how well they are cleaned. A good rule of thumb is to go one step up as far as what you are willing to pay because a lot of the time, used goods are being sold cheaply for a reason that is undeclared by the seller.
Have you tried a fiberglass pen on the pins? Sometimes the oxidation is quite thick on these very old games. I even had a JP copy of Kirby Super Star for SFC that took 2 or 3 passes with a fiberglass pen before it booted up, I was worried I was taking off too much material at first, but got increasingly desperate until it finally worked. Have had good luck with NES, GB/GBC and GBA as well with the fiberglass pen. Or if there's water damage, sometimes a white vinegar bath can bring it back, but it depends on the severity. Not everything can be saved, but so far I have yet to run into something in that bad of shape.
@@SoundToxinNo, I have never heard of that technique before but it sounds very interesting and shows a lot of promise. Thanks for the tip!
If you do not want to bother sending back the duck hunt cartridge. Maybe you can get in touch with Tronix fix channel and let him see if he could fix the cartridge. But just making a suggestion. He has repaired quite a few NES cartridges. Could be a good cross channel promotion. But still just a suggestion.
It's possible the duck hunt cart might have a solder joint on one of the chips that has come loose. If that's the case all it needs is resoldering. But it could just be so far gone it isn't worth it.
I guess 1 dud isn’t too bad but that’s lame to have to go through and clean everything which should have been their job
Yeah lesson learned, make sure you do research on these stores before you make a purchase. to buy games in a very filthy conditions that's definitely a red flag not to shop there😮
It's not so bad when the cartridge shells are dirty or the sticker is ripped, that can be salvaged but when the contacts are not only dirty but damaged due to some residue on it, it's a 50/50 on whether it will play or not. Duckhunt's contacts were ruined by residue and no amount of cleaning can restore it.
Im with you man, im the type of consumer that will vote with my money.
Wow that Novus 1 really works. I had never seen that stuff before until I watched your videos.
It's good to see you did a testing video on these games on my suggestion and telling us what the best items are to use for cleaning the carts. It's good to see all the carts you showed off are still playable except for the Duck Hunt. I hope that you get a refund for Duck Hunt and might tell the store owner to have someone to hire to clean these carts.
I remember threw all this stuff in the dumpster back in 2000
I've done this to all my NES games and its a part time job. I don't blame any game store for having dirty game's.
Knuckle wounds? Been in a fight recently?
That kills me that they think it’s okay to just send them out like that.
It’s like buying off Facebook marketplace.
I wonder if they are using Brasso to clean the pins? It’s very bad on the carts from what I hear.
The point of buying from a store is to not waste your time cleaning. Seems like you might as well do eBay
Use Bestine to remove stickers, will not hurt the labels or the cartridge.
That white stuff on the inside of the cartridges is probably cotton residue from using alcohol-soaked cotton swabs.
People rag on DK Oldies but stick up for Secret Castle lol. If you're going to sell something "As Is" then don't sell it at retail... I guess they started getting sloppy once their business started booming.
I stopped collecting a couple years ago cause i really don't have a lot of free time to play anymore but for me , cleaning the games was part of the beauty of collecting. Unless i buy an expensive game (50dls +) i don't expect a mint condition cartridge.
Looks like to me they are using a brass polishing cleaner on them like brasso etc.
Im starting to think the store is doing it thinking they are cleaning the pins, but for there to be residue on the pins, the board and inside plastic shells it appears they are putting brasso on a qtip or oneup card and brushing it in a cart without opening it... Seems lazy and weird if thats whats happening.
3:03 I'm thinking metal polish was used to clean those pins before. Brite boy metal polish is best used as a last resort to clean video game cartridge pins. Think of it as resurfacing the pins, the same way discs get resurfaced. 🙂👍
Remember how blowing on the pins used to work? Maybe someone interpreted that as using blow on the pins, hence the white residue? 😁
For really bad corrosion, I use a fiberglass pencil to get the corrosion off. 99% of the time it works great. But yea, usually it just takes a rubber eraser and some ipa for a cleanup.
That white gunk looked nasty! Curious to see what they say about the non working game..
i have that same crt. ive read you can rgb mod it
I wish you would have shown you cleaning the Simpsons/Bart game because that one was hideous.
One game not working
That's really good considering the condition of all the games. You need to cremate🔥 Duck Hunt in a short memorial video
Those games look nasty looking. Glad you were able to clean them and make them look better.
I never plug in any used game to my clean systems without at least a quick cleaning. Never know when/where/how/if previous owners did anything.
If quick cleaning seems really dirty will open up and deep clean. That's just part of the buying process to me.
I expect the games to be cleaned especially since they charge more than sellers online. I had the same experience recently, where every single NES cartridge from a local gaming store were all filthy. And most of them didn't work, so you know they didn't even test the games. Guess, I'll stick to buying online from eBay.
Oh wow, did some idiot try using metal polish to clean those contacts?🤦♂️
That condition is inexcusable.
I watch amanda and jason daily seem like standup people i highly doubt your little girly hands were "all dirty and sticky" from opening the package. And as for the white stuff i agree with you that should not be there i would send the game back if it didnt work, but if it worked. Just wipe it off enjoy your game and move on with your life.
Thanks.
Love my TinyNES. I sort of wish Tall Dog made a right angle adapter to the cart sort of lay on its side. And yeah, I agree with the others... That looks like dried brasso to me.
Jut because a game boots doesn't mean it will work all the way through. My Gold Zelda works but will always crash, sucks. PS blow on it lol, the good old days.
At least they weren't repro carts LOL
Lift the non functioning cartridges slightly. Some dirty carts just won't boot unless you lift them. (and can be a pain to clean)
My bet for the nasty residue would be some kind of aerosol spray. Maybe a filthy q-tip?
Brasso will leave white residue like that if you don't clean it off good.
Duck Hunt needs to see John Riggs!
For what? So he can do shit I can do myself? lol Im not some rando who doesn't know anything about retro games..
Dead as a 🦆 Duck Hunt
Video idea. Can you explain how to buy the Japanese version of the Nintendo World Championships physical edition from the USA? Looking to get the JP version around the time it releases and thought you might know how to do this?
hey buddy how dirty do you every get when you were cleaning them before?
I sold a lot of about 20 games on eBay and I made sure every single one of those bad boys was cleaned and tested. I'd feel awful if I knew I had sold a dirty product that didn't work right. I just don't get the mentality behind someone who just sells it in poor condition
White stuff may be brasso. Would be good to clean that stuff up or it can do more damage to the game. People who don't know how to clean cartridges may be doing more damage to them.
I'm about to test a box of games I cleaned that were in a house fire. I'll look up that novus #1
Those games where disgusting, I understand why you are upset
They should be ashamed for selling any of those in that condition but especially Duck Hunt and Ken Griffey 64.
I've seen so much worse in years of buying from eBay... so surpised you find those very dirty
Every cart was cleaned before this video besides the one, not all the carts were crazy dirty but they were all fairly bad... with dried sauces, sticky stuff and crud on them. The previous video showed the initial unboxing. A good 3rd of these carts had weird stuff inside them dried up as well besides the dried up white stuff. They were all pretty bad..
Idk man literally every Xbox original and 360 game I haven’t had any issues. I have had way more issues with eBay
Period blood from your mom's vibe.
Wow, i had the exact same tv.
Sucks DH didnt work.
It's love juice 😊 hahaha jk bro but that's crazy they dont clean them properly
Lol 1st world problems I guess.
Period blood lmao
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You don't own a retro game store though. From your description you bought a lot of 19 games. They probably sold them as a lot as is because it wasn't worth their time and they just wanted to get rid of them and cleaning wasn't a top priority. You also said they must have used something nasty to clean the pins?? After saying they didn't clean them??? You sound a little Karen-ish. Not only that but you wouldn't have had another average video to make.
that white stuff looks like brasso
They were not happy I made these videos apparently... but they told me they use bright boy on all the games... so as I suspected and mentioned in another comment... they go through with a metal polish without opening the cart thinking its doing something... when all they are doing is leaving a bunch of residue on the board, pins and shell... and very rarely is there a reason to have to use a brass polish on cart pins... it shouldn't be the standard cleaning procedure... id rather they just wipe the shells down real quick, blast through the carts with a 1up card or qtip with alcohol and test if they boot up... bare minimum. But they have a different procedure that I simply think is wrong... and instead of being pissed at me maybe take it as a learning experience or I guess just stick to what they think is the correct way... but whatever..
@@Madlittlepixel it would seem they need to hire me then cause I would spend all day cleaning cartridges the right way. 😂
Also I sorta understand why they may be a bit upset cause they are literally a small store. Heck I one day just found them out of the blue a couple years ago when I was around the area which is kinda out of the way in town (think more towards the county). But I also agree they simply need to take your valid criticisms to heart and adjust or not.
@@UberStarFkr small or big, noone is above criticism. I placed an order with them and began filming a video fully with the intentions of showing how much better they are than DK Oldies as an example... Which was why I had the price comparisons ready.. which wound up being a somewhat pointless aspect of the original video I did as its focus turned more into how disgusting everything was.. was unfortunate and not how I had expected my experience to be.. I really went into it hoping to prop them up.. but ah well I guess.. now they are telling me they are going to pray for me 😂
@@Madlittlepixel They can pray all they want. What you do with the stuff you buy is your business, if they're sore for the videos that paint a bad picture of them then that's on them. The videos were intended to make them look better than DK but they were caught not cleaning the carts properly and are just gonna have to eat their cake now. Great video!
@@Madlittlepixel just now seeing your reply. I fully understand and again as I previously mentioned I agree that they simply need to take your valid criticisms. I've watched your videos for a few years now and know you don't BS about reviews which is why I respect ya.
you gotta blow in it to get it to play.
Maybe send Duck Hunt to JohnRiggs as a collab and he can try open cart surgery?
No thanks. Nothing he can do I cant do myself
@@Madlittlepixel cool man. Cheers.
John Riggs supports Logan Paul ffs. That’s all I need to know about that guy.
@@TVcasualty42 I didn't know that. 😢
@@TVcasualty42 sauce?
Period blood! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What a crap store that should be shut down
You should try out DKoldies now
Whined for no reason as they all work. Classic
Complete moron, no one whined, I unboxed them on video and saw how disgusting, sticky and jacked up they looked. I cleaned them properly and most of them worked, not all. You just one of those jackasses who like to talk crap without actually paying attention to anything.
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Hygiene is questionable
Yea that white residue definitely was somethin they used to clean the contacts. I'd say as long as all or most of those games were a decent amount under market value for online stores then I'd say the condition fit the price . Now I totally understand not wanting games In less than great condition but if u don't care like me and just want to play it then not bad at all .I got the games I grew up with in good condition but some games I've picked up that I didn't have I bought at a good price with some cosmetic issues simply to just get the game for the best price. I also buy some games that don't have a label at all since I can get a repro label and even with a repro label it's still worth more than what I payed for. And I know why duck hunt didn't work you didn't blow on the cartridge lol
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I'd get a refund for Duck 🦆 hunt and Ninja Gaiden. I'd let them know how dirty the carts were.
"brasso" leaves that residue.
Yeah...using metal polish on the pins 🙄