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I bought this a few days ago off fb marketplace. I wanted to relive childhood memories lol. I bought an HDMI to RAC converter today, bought the batteries and went to go set it up today. But it won’t turn on nor will any buttons light up. I don’t have a game yet to insert into the cartridge.

Idk if it’s a console issue or if it’s cause I don’t have a game yet. I took a pic of the battery insert just Incase this might be the issue. (The white is baking soda, I thought it was a rust issue so I tried that first)

Anything will help!