Thanks for the advice! It is in fact an aftermarket connector. I got it after my attempts at cleaning the original one had no effect. I did keep the OEM connector, however. So I will try your method on it and see if I have better luck.

The only thing that goes harder than the soundtrack is the difficulty level. I don't think I ever made it past the second stage. I basically just played the first level over and over and never got tired of the music.

Bible Adventures was simultaneously a terrible and great game. I spent so much time wrangling animals trying to get them on the ark.

I've never gotten over the trauma of that water level tbh

The 4 controllers is a little bit of a mystery to me, haha. I think I might have somehow "inherited" 2 controllers and an extra copy of Mario/Duck Hunt from my little cousin at some point....for some reason. Good shout on the four score. I didn't even know that was a thing! That would be cool to have for hangouts.

One of my favorite is Mario paint on the SNES

That's one of my favorites on the SNES too! I still have it and the mouse. I'll have to post pics of the SNES collection next. But yes, I spent hours and hours making music in Mario Paint and playing the fly swatter game. I never played Super Mario RPG as a kid. I want to play it, but it's gonna have to be on an emulator because the game has become crazy expensive.

“This blood for real on god.”

When you put it all together with the skull emoji (which is used to indicate you died laughing) it basically means “lol I can’t believe this dude is being serious”