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Turn ‘Em On: Modern Nintendo Cartridges May Have A Limited Lifespan

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Turn ‘Em On: Modern Nintendo Cartridges May Have A Limited Lifespan

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Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month ago

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Cartridge-based consoles have often been celebrated for their robust and reliable media. You put a simple ROM chip in a tough plastic housing, make sure the contacts are fit for purpose, and you sh…

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Laughs in ROMs
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  This does emphasize why ROMs are legal in the first place: as backups.
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  You can’t make rom backups we here at Nintendo say their unnecessary.

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