Trying to fix my Super Nintendo

[Cort23]

Hello I have a Super Nintendo from North America. I’m trying to figure out what the problem is with it. I’m getting into console repair, refurbishing, modding with time. The SNES that I have was bought on eBay. It’s a model no. SNS-001 and has a barcode UN234527809. It comes with the SCPU-A and has two PPU’s. The thing with my system is that it plays all the games perfectly the only game that it has trouble with and only lets me play for the first level and then freezes is donkey kong country 2, funny thing is that it always freezes on the exact point. No matter if I use two different cartridges of dk2. Dk2 is possibly my favorite game of all time in this system. I know it’s not the game because I’ve tried playing the same game while using a different cartridge of dk2 and it does the same thing. I tried both games on my brothers same model SNES and they play fine. Does anyone know what could be causing this issue. Do you think a game genie could have corrupted my system because I remember trying it out months ago on this game and other games. What I haven’t tried again is to give it a better clean but aside from that i don’t know what to do. I cleaned the game and the system. If someone has any knowledge about this issue I it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

[ChiefReginod]

This definitely sounds like a contacts problem. You should start by cleaning the cartridge slot. Wrap a credit card or two around a 100% cotton t-shirt, douse it in isopropyl alcohol and vigorously insert it into the cartridge slot. When it dries, do it again with a dry portion of the t-shirt.

As for the Game Genie, I don't know if it's the same with the SNES one since I never had one, but the NES Game Genie is notorious for having a thick board that pushes the pins in the cartridge slot outward and makes it harder for game carts to maintain contact. This is very common with pirate and bootleg carts as well. In the NES' case, there are ways to pry the pins back into place for a better connection, so if cleaning the slot doesn't fix it, maybe look into that next.

 

[coedu]

This definitely sounds like a contacts problem. You should start by cleaning the cartridge slot. Wrap a credit card or two around a 100% cotton t-shirt, douse it in isopropyl alcohol and vigorously insert it into the cartridge slot. When it dries, do it again with a dry portion of the t-shirt.

As for the Game Genie, I don't know if it's the same with the SNES one since I never had one, but the NES Game Genie is notorious for having a thick board that pushes the pins in the cartridge slot outward and makes it harder for game carts to maintain contact. This is very common with pirate and bootleg carts as well. In the NES' case, there are ways to pry the pins back into place for a better connection, so if cleaning the slot doesn't fix it, maybe look into that next.

Thanks I will check it out and do a more through cleaning inside, especially on the pins like you say, also I will check if they are not misaligned. I will get back.