# Why do my original NES games need such frequent cleaning? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [February 21, 2021, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-original-nes-games-need-such-frequent-cleaning/933377 "2021-02-21T05:06:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-original-nes-games-need-such-frequent-cleaning/933377/21 "2021-02-23T00:39:10Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > The power once blinked out for about 5 minutes while I was played Dragon Warrior III, and I lost my whole saved game. From what I recall, that particular cartridge was always prone to glitching. When I was a kid I got through Dragon Warrior I, II, and IV without any problems, but never completed III due to the game always glitching in one way or another. I eventually tried a second copy with the same bad results. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-original-nes-games-need-such-frequent-cleaning/933377/22 "2021-02-23T01:03:24Z")
My roommate was also playing it, and she was almost to the point I had been when I lost it (about 88% complete), so I copied hers, and finished from there. She finished with no problems. The power outage didn’t affect hers, but hers wasn’t open. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-original-nes-games-need-such-frequent-cleaning/933377.md?page=1)