Hell, I FuFu'ed just last night. Twice. And then again this morning. Quit breathing down my back, Nintendo.
Nintendo Warns Consumers Against Cartridge "FuFu"
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So blowing in the cartridge is called "fufu"? I've always called it "blowing in the cartridge". =D Always seemed to work for us with the old ColecoVision, but then again, that was Coleco industries, and not Nintendo, so maybe it's a different matter altogether. 
I saw a T-shirt the other day that made me chuckle; a picture of an NES cartridge with the caption "Blow me".
Then I realized that the asshole middle-school-aged hipster wearing it has probably never used an actual NES in his life and it made me want to kick him in the shins like a seven-year-old girl.
Then I realized that the asshole middle-school-aged hipster wearing it has probably never used an actual NES in his life and it made me want to kick him in the shins like a seven-year-old girl.
Does everyone in this thread insist on calling it this horrible, horrible name.
I don't care if it works or not, just don't call it that. Please.
I don't care if it works or not, just don't call it that. Please.
...police arrested the man after it was revealed that he had been performing FuFu on the cartridges since they were barely three, or even two years old. Nintendo of America was unavailable for comment, but the cartridges have been remanded into protective custody until such time as...
Ehm. As long as the cartridge isn't broken, you're not gonna blow it inside, you're gonna blow it out.
It's also not a myth imo. I've had a Sega (a long time ago, in agalaxy apartment far, far away 15 minutes from my current one) and blowing into dusty cartridges worked like a charm when the damn thing couldn't start up. And having lived in the centre of the city, right next to a crossroad leading to a bridge - in other words a very fucking traffic-heavy street leading to me being used to things being dusty, I had a good amount of experience on the matter!
Incidentally, I am now officially on a prowl for girls that own cartridge game consoles just so I can use the word FuFu in as inappropriate manner as possible.
It's also not a myth imo. I've had a Sega (a long time ago, in a
Incidentally, I am now officially on a prowl for girls that own cartridge game consoles just so I can use the word FuFu in as inappropriate manner as possible.
"Namely, Nintendo shows a guy performing "fufu" - as Tiny Cartridge says the act is called in certain circles - on a Super Mario Bros. Famicom cart. In other words, he's blowing into it to get it to work, an act I feel bad that the younger of us may never experience, what with their holo-discs and their "Steam" download machine."
Damn kids *shakes cane*
Fufu was the ONLY way to solve the problem. Fufu into the game, and if that didn't work, fufu into the console then BAM! Game away!
Damn kids *shakes cane*
Fufu was the ONLY way to solve the problem. Fufu into the game, and if that didn't work, fufu into the console then BAM! Game away!
Fold the shirt you're wearing and rub it against both sides of the connecetor pins, after blowing in it twice and then knock on the back three times. Worked everytime for me.omegaminus said:
Damn, I remember fufu, used to annoy the shit outta me. Looking back now, however, it really is an ingrained muscle memory; and when you finally got the games to work... Fufu just made your game playing experience all the sweeter!
That's not the point. Even if you don't spit, there is still moisture in your breath. That is why blowing into the cartridge can result in causing the connectors to rust. As others have mentioned, it's generally safer to use a cotton bud to remove the dust.Swaki said:
Personally, I am too young to have had to deal with this on a regular basis, since it was already the CD-era when I started gaming. That said, I do have a few GBA cartridges. Fortunately, I store them carefully in order to prevent dust getting into them and I have had no problems so far.
Back when we were kids, you had to load games in from paper card! And we had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us, and dance about on our graves singing 'Hallelujah.'Tom Goldman said:
But you try and tell the young people today that... and they won't believe ya'.
But seriously Japan, Fufu? I understand the onomatopoeic usage, but at first glance it looks more like Snu-Snu. And you DON'T want to try that with your cartridge.