To make a long story (or article) short: Basically the plastic that Nintendo uses has a mixture of flame retardant chemicals within it that oxidize over time and this process is accelerated due to exposure to heat. You would not believe the research and detail the author of this article went into in order to bring this long time mystery to light. Due credit and general props go to vintagecomputing for answering the age old question.

Posted at 02:35PM Sep 05, 2008 by ko maruyama in Inform  |  Comments[0]