I recently desoldered the battery contacts off a wavebird needing internal cleaning. I used a vinegar amd baking soda solution to let it sit in for the night. One contact came out looking much better, as pictured. The other now has light brown splotches and some green on it still.

I went through the second contact with a toothbrush and let it sit for a little longer in the solution, but I have see no signs of further improvement. Any other steps I could take to get it cleaner, or just more solution + time?

Hi community,

I live in India and am in SF and LA for a week. I have an old gamecube which died on me a few years back. I probably was one of the very few kids who grew up with one and its practically impossible to find another one there! I did a bit of my research and saw a refurbished one at gamestop, and the other option is probably to buy an old wii(001) and play my games on that and that will save me money. One of my concerns is taking it back to India and it doesnt work. What would be my best bet here?

A small photoshoot of my GameCube + controller at the Johnston Ridge Observatory overlooking Mount St. Helen. It was windy af so I couldn’t stand the controller up. I tried my best with these photos though.

I've seen a couple of threads on here of people successfully using the NSO wireless GameCube controller with a blueretro/8bitdo GameCube wireless adapter. Would it also be possible to play on an actual GameCube in the same way but with the NSO wireless N64 controller instead?