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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Stamets@startrek.website to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
 

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[–] einfach_orangensaft@feddit.de 59 points 1 year ago (1 children)

then he was saved becauss the cardriges battery died years ago and the savegames where gone

[–] tenacious_mucus@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

AFAIK, Batteries in pokemon cartridges were only for the in-game clock, not the actual save files! So he is not safe!

Edit: i stand corrected! Ive never had or worked with pokemon carts specifically, but i have worked with & modded a lot of GB, GBA and N64 carts and not all of them have batteries, in fact most dont. I know n64 mempaks do, tho, but almost none of the carts. Info i had gathered from the various retro communities led me to believe that GB/GBA pokemon carts were a type that didnt need a battery for the save file, only the clock, but apparently that isnt always the case!

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Definitely not true for gen 2, and I imagine gen 1 was the same. I had to change those batteries with a melted pen.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 14 points 1 year ago

The old gen from gameboy/color need battery for the save file too.

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I think that depends on which Pokemon game