Topic Archived Page 1 of 2 Last. Sign Up for free or Log In if you already have an account to be able to post messages, change how messages are displayed, and view media in posts. AwesomeOSauce 9 years ago 1. I really hope they don't!
I worked so hard on certain pokemon games for gameboy and for some SNES games but since they are on cartridges the internal battery eventually died and my save data was deleted. I really hope that in 10 years when I go back to play my favorite DS or 3DS game that there aren't any battery problems whatsoever. This is mainly the reason I like digital downloads or at least disc games because cartridges aren't reliable for the long run. SuperMario 9 years ago 2.
I am AwesomeOSauce Topic Creator 9 years ago 4. NebulaBlue posted They cut that out during the GBA era, iirc. DS and 3DS games run off flash memory. Halectic 9 years ago 5. HoennMaster 9 years ago 6. GBA games had them. So playing for a few hours and then saving would incur 1 write cycle. Saving every 5 minutes would incur 12 write cycles in an hour.
Keep in mind that your save files will not simply vanish when you reach the write cycling limit. You will still be able to load your previous game, but you won't be able to save any more. I was a developer on one of the launch-window DS titles Sprung. At least at the time, Nintendo used ordinary flash NVRAM and there was no wear-leveling in the cartridges and only a tiny amount of flash ; developers were required to only save when prompted or between levels, specifically to avoid running out of write cycles.
Later cartridges may have changed this, however. And of course 3DS just stores your save files on your system's SD card - no flash on the cartridge itself. Show 10 more comments. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name.
Email Required, but never shown. Screenshot of the Week. Submit your photo Hall of fame. Featured on Meta. New post summary designs on greatest hits now, everywhere else eventually. The Best of ! Instead of keeping the tab that's on the original battery and soldered to the board, just buy batteries with tabs already attached. They're commonly available on eBay, and are fairly inexpensive. Desolder the original tabs, and solder the new battery's tabs to the board.
Just make sure you pay attention and solder the correct tab to the correct pad. This will be far more reliable than pressing it down with tape. You don't want to lose your save game you went to all this trouble to keep just because the tape gives up the ghost.
It's a very clever idea to keep the saved game active in memory by running it on a GBA. If I still had my childhood copies of any games, I might do this to preserve my saves. If you're paranoid about the tape not holding, you could add a piece of plastic, or in my case, a non-conductive coin on top of the battery and contact so that the case fits snugly and makes sure the battery doesn't move.
Hey I have a question lol, I have seen many articles about how to replace the save battery but idk which is the safest way to do it. I read on your that soldering could melt the battery, but I also saw if you use tape it might not always stay. What do you think would be the best way to fix my Pokemon silver game. Reply 5 years ago. Apparently they actually sell pre-soldered game batteries for gameboy games.
These have the prongs and everything already soldered on to them. So all you need to do is buy a battery like this:. And then de-solder the previous prongs form the other battery, and then solder on the new battery. This may severely damage the cartridge and the battery if done improperly especially letting the solder run over onto other circuits on the board or touching the metal of the iron to the circuits while following the method of leaving the gameboy on whilst running the game.
However, that's if you feel bold enough to try that. I understand the concern for tape, but oddly enough mine is still running strong and hasn't come off, and I even used plain ol' blue painter's tape!
But then again, I've been very careful with the game just in case :. A good option is to use a kind of tape that is very sticky and not liable to come off, whilst also not interfering with the flow of power in the battery no metal tape or any tape with conductive materials in it. Electrical tape would do, but if you're feeling particularly masculine, just use duct tape!
Yeah I'm just probably going to use electrical tape lol because I don't want to mess it up and I have no idea how to solder? Thank you for the awesome instructable! I don't have the battery required for this operation, but when I get it, I hope it works. Just go into the operation with the mindset that your save may be destroyed, and make sure that you'd be able to move on in life again if it happens! It's like going into a surgery with the idea you may lose your leg. Life just wouldn't be the same!
It doesn't matter what game you use. I merely used Pokemon Crystal because it was the only one I had that had a bad battery. My Crystal has decided to kick the bucket and I have never replaced the battery before. The save file has been corrupted so do I have to do the step of placing it into my SP and turning it on?
Or since it is already corrupted, I can just go ahead and replace the batter with playing it? Thanks for the awesome tutorial! Reply 6 years ago. Thanks for the question! In regards to your predicament, I would say no, don't use the SP to replace the battery. The reason you replace the battery while in the system is to preserve the save.
But since yours is already kaput, just follow the instructions I posted or even any other tutorial but without plugging it into the SP. Also, I would recommend just getting a GB replacement battery I have a link in the Instructable if you're unsure of what to buy, and they also come with new tabs usually in case yours break off. Good luck! I managed somehow to tape the broken top prong while it "touched" the metal piece on the board and tape the battery all together at the same time and the game works!
I just have to be careful not to drop the cartridge and place it gently away.. Reply 6 years ago on Step 7. Reply 6 years ago on Introduction. Cool, I'm glad you got it working again!
About the prong though; I'm not sure if you looked, but in the third picture in Step 6 my prong accidentally broke off too there's an annotation box describing what happened. I just soldered it back on no probs. Also, in the title picture you can see I mangled it pretty bad too, but all I needed to do was just bend it back into shape.
If, however, you manage to rip or tear it because those factory prongs are pretty tough! You will have to solder these on though. I was changing the battery for my Pokemon Gold gameboy color cartridge. The top prong came off.
I cannot solder, don't have one and wouldn't know how to use it. I also mutilated it : Question. Can I tape the prong to the connector at the same time with the battery??
Or should I just throw the game away.. I'm mad at myself!! During step five you left the game running, does it have to be left running while working to keep the game saved or something?
Reply 7 years ago on Introduction. Yes, sorry if that wasn't too clear. The game system and game needs to be on the whole time you are working on the battery.
That's the reason I went into that whole spiel about the music, because it's a good indicator if you happened to loosen the cartridge while working on the game with the system on. By kenizl86 Follow. More by the author:.
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