Cartridge Batteries?

  • minimaster58
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    • 3 years 17 days ago
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    		 What is this I hear about SNES cartridges using batteries to save and that when they run out I'll lose my data? I heard there's a way to change the batteries but how can I do this without losing my saves?
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  • chrisno51
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    • 3 years 15 days ago
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    minimaster58 wrote:
    What is this I hear about SNES cartridges using batteries to save and that when they run out I'll lose my data? I heard there's a way to change the batteries but how can I do this without losing my saves?


    Yes it's true that cartridge games that have a save feature can run out, this is not only exclusive to SNES carts. There is a special tool (right now I can't recall the name of it, you'd have to look it up online, and you can most likely find them on ebay, ect) you can buy to change the batteries. You would have most likely already lost your saves from the battery running out, and that's why you need to change it. It takes a long time for them to go bad, and you have to use the cart very excessively. I've had this happen a couple times before, sadly sometimes carts can do this.
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  • Siouxsie
    • 3 years 15 days ago
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    		 Play it on the computer and you'll never lose your saves...
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  • minimaster58
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    • 3 years 11 days ago
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    Siouxsie wrote:
    Play it on the computer and you'll never lose your saves...

    I'm not a huge fan of emulation, I prefer doing it the old-fashioned way, I get too many corrupt ROMs and setting up and such with emulation.
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  • DarkXWolf12
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    • 2 years 4 months ago
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    minimaster58 wrote:
    Siouxsie wrote:
    Play it on the computer and you'll never lose your saves...

    I'm not a huge fan of emulation, I prefer doing it the old-fashioned way, I get too many corrupt ROMs and setting up and such with emulation.

    Same here actually, I do however use emulation when it's really necessary.
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