doctorclu Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 So in my collecting of Zool (Alien Ninja from the Nth Dimension) I picked up a handheld game. Anyone have any idea what batteries it takes? This game also mentioned here: https://www.gremlinarchive.com/index.php/2020/09/05/zool-lcd-electronic-game-systema/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 They look to be LR44 batteries or similar, which can be found at Wal-Mart, CVS, etc. Wal-Mart has them at the battery islands; CVS / Walgreen's may have them stocked as hearing aid batteries. I can't tell for certain, but is one hiding under the conductive cover on the right-hand battery bay? If so, you may have a reference to work from. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 That is actually excellent advice about looking under the conductive cover. So next question, since I have never seen a conductive cover like that, how, if you have ever experienced one of these before, would you remove the conductive cover? Carefully pry it up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 16 minutes ago, doctorclu said: That is actually excellent advice about looking under the conductive cover. So next question, since I have never seen a conductive cover like that, how, if you have ever experienced one of these before, would you remove the conductive cover? Carefully pry it up? If it was me digging around in there, I'd take a pick / bent paperclip / other similar small implement and try to very gingerly fish it out by the small tab going down into the open battery bay. What I can't tell is how that conductive cover may attach to the PCB. Could be soldered, could be wired, could be a pressure-fit when the battery cover is in place, could be something else. Being careful while figuring this out would be advisable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 3 minutes ago, x=usr(1536) said: If it was me digging around in there, I'd take a pick / bent paperclip / other similar small implement and try to very gingerly fish it out by the small tab going down into the open battery bay. What I can't tell is how that conductive cover may attach to the PCB. Could be soldered, could be wired, could be a pressure-fit when the battery cover is in place, could be something else. Being careful while figuring this out would be advisable. Of course naturally. Appreciate the opinions and will proceed cautiously. So far I have only seen two occurances of this game. The one that Gremlin Graphics mentions as a picture from an auction, and this one. Even a systema fan site did not have this listed as one of the games. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 Yep, thanks to the advice of those above, and Mr. Atari, the battery was the LR44 or 357 button battery. And I made a quick video of the gameplay of this rare handheld... PS: Only took one battery. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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