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I've changed the battery on my copy of Pokemon Gold twice. I wonder if whoever designed those cartridges expected anyone to still be playing the game twenty yea
by richeyryan 5y ago
I've changed the battery on my copy of Pokemon Gold twice. I wonder if whoever designed those cartridges expected anyone to still be playing the game twenty years later.
- aidenn0 5y agoI've seriously considered replacing the SRAM with MRAM so as to not require battery replacement. It would need level shifters though.
- treesknees 5y agoMeanwhile my Blue version is somehow still ticking along on its original battery nearly 23 years later.
- genocidicbunny 5y agoGen II (Silver/Gold/Crystal) had a time-of-day thing going, which I expect probably required more battery power due to also needing to maintain a clock along with the save data. Gen I only needed to hold the save data. That would be my guess for the difference in battery life.
- meowster 5y agoMy red and yellow carts still have original batteries too, and the saved games still work perfectly (as of two years ago when I last checked). The only thing I might say "oh well" about losing is the official Mew I got from some Pokemon event at a mall, but I don't even have the certificate that it came with so it doesn't really matter.