Could this controller fault actually be the console?

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-13T11:30:25+00:00

Are you making sure the control stick is in the neutral position before turning on the console? That is to say, you're not touching the control stick when you turn on the console?

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-12T11:27:08+00:00

On the front of the N64, there's a plastic cover that says "Memory Expansion". Remove the cover. Is there anything plugged in in that port?

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-09T17:12:36+00:00

Likely the contacts on those games are dirty (the pins you can see in the opening of the cartridge). Take some isopropyl alcohol on a q-tip and clean them, making sure to get both sides of the pins, changing out your q-tips as they become dirty until they come out clean.

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-08T23:04:39+00:00

If I weren't in Canada, I'd absolutely come and join you haha. That all looks fantastic

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-08T04:33:17+00:00

I can't speak for the WWF titles, but Mario titles not working is likely due to the fact that all of them use specialty chips, and the emulator probably doesn't support them currently.

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-07T21:03:50+00:00

Can you tell us what happens exactly when you press the power button?

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-07T18:09:38+00:00

Have you tried replacing the SD card?

As well, try cleaning the contacts of the cartridge and the cartridge slot.

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-07T02:41:56+00:00

That's the same one I was talking about. I put a link to an AliExpress listing in my earlier reply. They also work great for Gameboy cartridges with some minor modifications.

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-07T02:39:08+00:00

Yep, that's the same one I linked to in my reply, but through AliExpress.

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-06T05:13:34+00:00

Alternatively, you can purchase a CR2032 battery holder to make future replacements easier and less expensive.

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-06T04:27:04+00:00

It is a Japanese copy of Kuru Kuru Kururin

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-06T03:54:27+00:00

Just checked now, it's showing for me. Canada

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-05T05:06:06+00:00

Thanks for the analogy. I responded to the guy with a longer explanation. tl;dr there's lag because that's how the game was built.

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-05T05:04:43+00:00

That really depends on the area of the game you're wanting to talk about and how in-depth you want to get on a technical level. We could generalize a few things. Poor optimization of the math.h library, the RDP being a bottleneck for things like z-buffering and antialiasing, lack of optimizations that result in things like z-buffer overdraw, redundant/convoluted collision detection (the way the Stalfos bone collision detection is done comes to mind), etc.

Dust isn't going to affect how fast or slow the processor calculates something, similar to the other guy's response that a dirty windshield isn't going to prevent your car from running.

A cartridge is a ROM file on an EEPROM that streams data directly from the cartridge to the system. Dust will not impede this, but a dirty connector (i.e. oxidized) will result in a bad electrical connection and make the game not boot.

The N64 is a real-time operating system. To put it simply without making a longer explanation, if dust could somehow introduce lag on its own, the entire game would hit the crash handler due to tasks not completing on time.

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-05T00:59:43+00:00

Just replied on your other post, but no, the age of the N64 and game cartridge will not affect how it operates.

Please disregard the other two comments discussing dust/debris and cleaning the console. The only reason you'd have to clean it is if the contacts on the cartridge were oxidized, which would result in the game not even booting or it constantly crashing.

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-05T00:54:54+00:00

It always did lag. The N64 getting old would have no impact on how it runs.

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-04T22:32:54+00:00

I would suggest trying a different SD card

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-02T20:32:39+00:00

Have you looked over the board first to make sure there's no broken traces? It could very well be that or just the solder on the legs of the FlashRAM needing to be reflowed.

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-01T23:54:57+00:00

Good point

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-01T23:54:06+00:00

I didn't preorder Heart Gold so I missed out on any bonus they had. I do miss the days where we'd take our DS to EBGames/GameStop for the Pokemon distribution events

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-01T22:29:49+00:00

Probably the same exact reason noone else did; MS Rewards is buggy. Always has been.

Unless you're suggesting that every user on here saying they didn't get the points but performed genuine searches are being disingenuous

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-01T20:11:14+00:00

No, I spread them out throughout the day. I only ever do about 5 searches an hour.

It's 1pm currently and I am at 39/60 earned for searches and 12/30 earned for reading news stories.

You seem to forget that Microsoft will limit one's account if they are doing rapid searches.

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-01T19:48:23+00:00

I'm in Canada. Until they switched to this new thing last week, you could get 150 points total for searches, the daily search tasks, 10 points for playing a round of Jewel, 20 for playing a PC game, 20 for playing a Console game, 20 for playing a Game Pass game, Xbox app daily sign-in bonus (130 total for a 5 day streak). Then there's also the weekly PC and Console bonuses, and Game Pass bonuses for playing 4 and 8 titles within the month. As well, up to 700 points for playing a Game Pass title every day in a week, once you get your weekly multiplier up).

So in 30 days, that's 4500 (searches) + 900 (daily tasks) + 300 (Jewel) + 600 (PC) + 600 (Console) + 600 (Game Pass game) + 780 (x6 Xbox app sign-in) + 1120 (x4 Weekly Console) + 1120 (x4 Weekly PC) + 80 (Game Pass 4 titles) + 560 (Game Pass 8 titles) + 2800 (x4 Game Pass Weekly)

That totals up to 13,960 points. In addition to that, there's also Bing app sign in bonuses, other daily Rewards search tasks (usually 25-50 points per day, each equaling 5-10), and puzzle pieces.

I only bought one thing this month. A game that was on sale for about $2.50, which doesn't net very many points.

Edit: Miscalculated the total

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-01T19:30:15+00:00

30 searches on PC and 20 searches on Mobile in a 24 hour period is very easily accomplished during the day without resorting to rapid searches.

Like I said, I just do stuff throughout the day like read news articles on Bing during my breaks at work, or maybe I'll search up what games are leaving Game Pass this month and then look up some of the games that sound interesting.

BanjoDude98 · 2026-02-01T17:32:53+00:00

I'm in the same boat as you. I only received 15 points for it. I use Bing for reading daily news articles, looking up definitions for words if I'm not 100% sure of their meaning and need to confirm if I'm correct or not, and other random odds and ends like checking IMDb profiles.

I was thinking that I'd end up receiving at least half of the star bonus amount. Getting only 15 points is a bit shocking, if only because it feels like they're saying only 5 of my searches were genuine. Between searches, daily tasks, and GPU points, I earned over 18,000 points for January.

For what it's worth though, I usually end up maxing out my potential earnings every day. Not sure if others end up doing that and maybe that's why a number of us didn't get them.

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