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Didn't Nintendo even repair NES consoles up until not too long ago?
Almost 20 years ago, they stopped in 2007.
It's still insane that they continued to service them for that long.
Pretty sure 99% of the problems that the NES had were due to the shitty cartridge connector. It's a very simple part and easy to replace. You can buy off-brand replacements now and fix it yourself. It's not that surprising that they had a ton of spare parts for that.
Yup, the 72-pin, after many years of use, would become loose and not make a full connection to the the cart. That's the most common issue. In general the NES is very easy to repair and there's extensive documentation out there for anyone with the knowhow to solder on a new part.
IIRC the replacement doesn't even require any soldering or de-soldering. Just pull the connector off the motherboard and slide the new one on.
Aren't there also companies that make replacements that improve on the design, fixing the original issues?
That was very cool. Almost like supercar manufacturers still servicing their very old car models (with a big price tag attached, but still).