Well if you grew up in the NES era (genesis too at times but not NEARLY as bad), I'm sure you've been rediculously angry when your goddamn games dont work in your System...especially if you waited all weekend to rent megaman 2 and now that you have it, goddammit its not working!!!

After a while im sure we all have a process

1) Do this
2) if that didnt work, try this
3) if THAT didnt work, try this
4) if its STILL not working, try them all and pray!

So what was your process?? Mine was as follows

1) Blow in the cartridge, as hard as my lungs could
2) Still getting the verticle lines? stay calm, take the game out, and blow into the system, that dust must be hiding somewhere
3) the game half works but there are lines all around and its making a funny sound?? take the game out gently, blow in it gently, blow in the system, slowly put the game back in. And press the power button as slowly as possible.
4) IF it still doesnt work...walk away, calm down, smack the NES, push the game up and down as ferociously as possible, scream at it, get yelled at by your mom, close your eyes and press the button

If you're playing a savable game (DW4) you just hope you dont hear the horrible music of death when the game starts up!

Note; This happened with Atari as well...sometimes, but not nearly as often...my Nintendo often ****ed me around.

So lets hear the other processes