--- title: Reviving Mystery Nintendo 64 Game Cartridge Found In The... description: A Nintendo 64 game cartridge found abandoned in the woods was restored by BlueBox Tinkers. Despite severe corrosion on the metal shield and visible damage to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/reviving-mystery-nintendo-64-game-cartridge-found-in-the-woods-wana1kjm9 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Reviving Mystery Nintendo 64 Game Cartridge Found In The Woods | daily.dev og:description: A Nintendo 64 game cartridge found abandoned in the woods was restored by BlueBox Tinkers. Despite severe corrosion on the metal shield and visible damage to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/reviving-mystery-nintendo-64-game-cartridge-found-in-the-woods-wana1kjm9 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/waNa1kjm9.png og:image:alt: Reviving Mystery Nintendo 64 Game Cartridge Found In The Woods og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Reviving Mystery Nintendo 64 Game Cartridge Found In The Woods **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A Nintendo 64 game cartridge found abandoned in the woods was restored by BlueBox Tinkers. Despite severe corrosion on the metal shield and visible damage to the PCB vias, the cartridge survived thanks to Nintendo's robust design. After thorough cleaning, the mystery game (Super Mario 64) was confirmed to still work, with the original save files intact. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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