/vr/ - Retro Games

>>1657753

GBA carts. My only gripe with older Nintendo cartridges is that they're too prone to discoloration and stress-based damage. Case in point, the cartridge in your pic is covered with brown shit that won't simply wipe off.

GBA carts were usually black, so even if you did leave them lying out in the sun for days, you wouldn't see any discoloration.

As for the stress-based damage, this occurs when you pack cartridges together tightly, or have NES cartridges stacked together in huge piles. It causes the plastic on the sides of the cartridges to develop permanent white streaks.