Seems legitimate. As long as the connectors and ROM weren't seriously damaged, it should still work.

Nintendo used to sell a cleaning kit that required a small, felt stick be dampened and rubbed against connectors; so liquid really doesn't damage them. Maybe long-term exposure to water would cause corrosion, though.

The main problem with NES systems was bad connectors in the system itself. I think they were too susceptible to atmospheric damage over time. Often, people had to slightly adjust the cartridge while inserting it to align the connectors. The top-loading NES models fixed this problem.

GameBoy cartridges probably have the same level of durability, I imagine.

As I understand, it's just cheaper to produce CD mediums than cartridges. This is why N64 games were claimed to be so expensive, at least.

On the other hand, I thought PSP games had a nice design: The disc within a case ordeal. Why didn't we think of that when we made standard audio CDs? They'd never get scratched or scuffed!

Nintendo DS uses Flash cards to store its games. Not sure how expensive they are to produce, so I'm not sure if it would be cost-effective for console games, which would require a lot of memory.

At least the good thing about carts / Flash memory now is that it comes in pretty large capacities. NDS games have enough space to feature full cinematics. Back in the N64 days, this wasn't feasible because storage was more restricted then.

I think the first system to actually store games on Flash memory cards was WonderSwan. Their carts are basically like NDS games, but slightly larger.

Those PSP CDs reminds me of Zip and Jaz drives made by Iomega, those are like an actual hard drive inside a floppy disk case. If only someone used something like that for game cartridges...

Those PSP CDs reminds me of Zip and Jaz drives made by Iomega, those are like an actual hard drive inside a floppy disk case. If only someone used something like that for game cartridges...

yeah I remember Iomega zips, we used them at Cegep.

And wow I wish the Wonderswarn version of FFIII came out on the PS1. I loved FFOrigins, which was ports of the Wonderswarn versions of FF1 and 2 but it missed the 3rd

I know. FFIII really could have used a good 2D remake. The WonderSwan version was never completed, unfortunately. I can't remember why they stopped development, but I think it had something to do with hardware limitations. Ironically, they later ported Final Fantasy IV to the system.

That was a really cool vid. Nice find! =)