K3CAN to GameBoyEnglish • 11 months agoMy childhood Pokemon Blue cart - 157 hours logged.lemmy.radioimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down18
arrow-up1148arrow-down1imageMy childhood Pokemon Blue cart - 157 hours logged.lemmy.radioK3CAN to GameBoyEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•11 months agoI assume you already swapped the savegame battery?
minus-squareK3CANOPlinkfedilinkEnglish9•11 months agoI think so. I can’t actually remember, as I have had it for about 25 years. I assume I probably replaced it at some point, but batteries in the first Gen games tend to last longer than the later gens, so it might actually be the original.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoWhat would be the point? Swapping it wipes the save anyway.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•11 months agoIt’s fiddly and can go wrong but a hot swap (wiring a second power source in parallel) is possible.
I assume you already swapped the savegame battery?
I think so.
I can’t actually remember, as I have had it for about 25 years. I assume I probably replaced it at some point, but batteries in the first Gen games tend to last longer than the later gens, so it might actually be the original.
I’m surprised it works, mine died :(
What would be the point? Swapping it wipes the save anyway.
It’s fiddly and can go wrong but a hot swap (wiring a second power source in parallel) is possible.