I never had such problems either with my Atari 2600 or my Sega Master System --both still working. I guess <ar7r1dg0rZ ( LOL ) had small capacity, but being prone to damaging wasn't surely one of the downsides you could throw at them.
(By the way Sonic pwns Mario all the way.
And if you answer me you'll get your behind banned for going off topic. :bleh: )