If they’re from a hard drive then they either:
1. interact with the drive data and so will totally wipe stuff or
2. don’t interact with the drive data and therefore probably aren’t strong enough to wipe data.
Though then again I’m pretty sure cartridges are solid state drives and therefore might have a different magnet strength to actually interact with data. Or SSDs are completely immune. I don’t know.
Magnets erasing games? The only Nintendo systems I can think of that would ever be susceptible to that would be the Famicom Disk System and N64DD addons, both only released in Japan anyway. Cartridges, optical disks, and modern “cards” that are solid state storage are unaffected by magnets.
Oh for sure he does, but a harddrive magnet would need to be pretty close to cause damage, as in basically being placed on top of the disk. Computers for most of the 80s and until around mid-00s a harddrive and floppy drive basically right next to each other after all.
To anyone asking about this, it’s just to cover their butts legally because some of the memory that use specifically for game key cards used to not mix well with magnets. People have tested it, and consumer grade magnets don’t do anything to the games. You’d need a real industrial magnet.
Outdated disclaimers are the true OG memes: magnets damage electronic media, all rights reserved, wait an hour before swimming. It might actually be harder to stamp them out than to convince retailers that you don’t need a VHS-sized box to sell a thumbnail-sized cartridge.
They came up with the small-item-large-box things years ago, especially for small-but-pricey items, because soo many small items in small boxes were disappearing into “shoppers'” pockets.
If they’re from a hard drive then they either:
1. interact with the drive data and so will totally wipe stuff or
2. don’t interact with the drive data and therefore probably aren’t strong enough to wipe data.
Though then again I’m pretty sure cartridges are solid state drives and therefore might have a different magnet strength to actually interact with data. Or SSDs are completely immune. I don’t know.
Magnets erasing games? The only Nintendo systems I can think of that would ever be susceptible to that would be the Famicom Disk System and N64DD addons, both only released in Japan anyway. Cartridges, optical disks, and modern “cards” that are solid state storage are unaffected by magnets.
Do you honestly thing a collector like Kade doesn’t own at least one of these?
*think
Oh for sure he does, but a harddrive magnet would need to be pretty close to cause damage, as in basically being placed on top of the disk. Computers for most of the 80s and until around mid-00s a harddrive and floppy drive basically right next to each other after all.
Warning: Using multiple magnets may create a stronger field than expected.
OK, so Kade’s collar charm is made of steel or some other magnetic substance. I did not know that.
HDD Magnets aren’t anywhere near strong enough to lift his collar charm from that distance.
At this point, Kade is being far too optimistic LOL!
To anyone asking about this, it’s just to cover their butts legally because some of the memory that use specifically for game key cards used to not mix well with magnets. People have tested it, and consumer grade magnets don’t do anything to the games. You’d need a real industrial magnet.
Whats Kades IQ its a dumb qustion but still
Can’t say with any surety, but I’d imagine Kade has so much excitability that he ‘could forget to breathe sometimes’. Many family dogs are that way.
Outdated disclaimers are the true OG memes: magnets damage electronic media, all rights reserved, wait an hour before swimming. It might actually be harder to stamp them out than to convince retailers that you don’t need a VHS-sized box to sell a thumbnail-sized cartridge.
They came up with the small-item-large-box things years ago, especially for small-but-pricey items, because soo many small items in small boxes were disappearing into “shoppers'” pockets.