Super nintendo I have a super nintendo that does not reconize that a game is in the box, the reset does not seem to work, only a constant verticle bar scrolling down the screen. 1) If I need to crack it open is there a way with destroying the box?

Well I personally think that if you tried cleaning the gamepacks and still no luck after that then
youe super NES console is broken and having internal issues too. But if the gamepacks work fine after you clean them out with qutips and rubbing alcohal than it was probally just the carttiages then.

Not to be rude but are you serious?
Do you have the SETUP MANUAL, it tells you how to.
If not then, follow these steps.

First, plug controllers to the front of the super nintendo.
Second, plug in ac adapter(power) to the back of the super nintendo(round hole).
Third, plug in video cable
-if it has a red, white, and yellow plug it into back of super nintendo and the front of the t.v.
-if it has a grey box with a wire coming out of it, plug it into the back of super nintendo and back of the t.v. where you will have to screw it in by twisting it to the right.

Now if its the three different colored wires, then it will be on the first video channel.
If it screws into the back of the t.v. then it will be on channel 3 or 4 depending on what the channel switch says on the grey box.

Put the game in with the picture facing you all the way in.
Now hit start and you should be good to go. If you get a black screen try taking the game out and blowing on it then putting it back in after all it is old!

And there you have it!

I never had a SNES, But I had a Super Nintendo Box.
Contact nintendo, www.nintendo.com
If you were to call Nintendo,they can't do nothing about this. It's too old.

The power button on my N64 is broken so you need a 4.5mm screw driver to open it up and see if you can fix the reset button then.

There are a couple things this could be... check:

Is the tv set to the correct channel or "input"?

Is your game clean? (use rubbing alcohol on a q-tip to wipe the gold bars on the inside of the game)

Do you have a bad AV cord? (I think you can find new ones on ebay or potentially a vintage video games store that sells super nintendo games, they usually are willing to test it in store with a new cord).

Hope this helps!

Well yes you are supposed to put the game in before you turn on the system. another thing is that super nintendo doesn't make the same noises like most modern game systems do because those game systems require more electrical components. If the light is on its most likely working. If it still doesn't work it most likely has dust. you might want to blow in the game or the game console. Hope I could help.

You probably need a new AV cord. Sometimes they can get shorts in them.

It is because you need to do the following things:
unplgg the wii consol.
Then wait 10 minutes.
Plug back up.
Then if still shows call nintendo

The FC Twin connects through an RCA connector, and can be hooked into a surround sound system. When using stereo and surround output from these systems, NES sounds and music may seem very different from their typical mono output. Using output modes that properly generate mono sound, either through a single center speaker or cloned to multiple speakers, the sound output sounds mostly identical to the original NES. The FC Twin does not produce some sounds faithfully, even with mono output; sound effects in the Super Mario Bros. series games will for example immediately seem different. Nevertheless, some later models of the console produce NES sound much more faithfully than units made closer to launch. Recent models produce sound with complete fidelity.

all this can be found here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Twin_Video_Game_System

Super Nintendo doesn't work with new TV's.