> I'm not so sure that the NES blow ever did much. It was just something that caught > on. People saw their friend do it and assumed it worked. The act of removing and > reinserting probably did the real trick. I had more success with difficult games by > adjusting how far back or forward the carts were inserted / reseated. And yes NES was > the only system I recall having these issues with, though highly used MVS boards > sometimes do something similar.
I did that "far back" thing too, it's the only way I could get some games to work.
It's that godawful pin insertion system on the NES, just... gah. So goddamn stupid.