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Limited Run Games confirms "time bomb" issue with NES cartridges damaging consoles, blames it on new supplier
Limited Run Games has responded to a report that accused it of selling NES game cartridges that damaged consoles. In a …
Yesterday, Time Extension reported copies of Rugrats Adventures in Gameland and PioPow could damage players' consoles due to a mismatch in voltage between the cartridges and the original hardware. "Upon learning about this issue from our community, we immediately began investigating and can confirm that due to an issue with voltage regulation, there is a small chance that prolonged use of these titles could result in damage to either the cartridge or the console hardware," a Limited Run Games spokesperson said in a statement shared with Eurogamer reads. "We are extremely sorry for any inconvenience these issues have caused and moving forward, we will not be distributing any original cartridge sourced by this manufacturer," the statement concludes.
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