Batterys dieng out on carts?

[atarimastermarty]

I hear alot about batterys on carts. I also here when they die the memory gets erased. Is this just the saved game gets erased or the whole thing. I would be really dissapointed if the whole thing died out. Is there any way the to replace the batteys? Please reply as soon a possible. This may end my trips to funcoland!

[ubersaurus]

Just the save data dies. It's usually just a standard watch battery, which can be replaced by opening the cart up.

[Opa Opa]

Batteries die on carts? I hope that dosent happen!

[Ze_ro]

I keep hearing about this, but I have yet to actually have a battery die on me in a cartridge. My 17 year old copy of Legend Of Zelda is still fine.

 

As a side note, Jaguar carts apparently work differently in that they use flash memory, which doesn't use a battery. However, as it says in the manual, it's limited to some 100,000 write before it could become unstable. I'm sure that's a pessimistic estimate though.

 

--Zero

[Albert]

quote:

---

Originally posted by Ze_ro:

As a side note, Jaguar carts apparently work differently in that they use flash memory, which doesn't use a battery. However, as it says in the manual, it's limited to some 100,000 write before it could become unstable. I'm sure that's a pessimistic estimate though.

---

 

I don't think anyone ever has to worry about using up 100,000 writes on a Jaguar cart. Even if you played the same Jaguar game 24 hours a day, saving every five minutes, you'd have to play for 347 days straight before racking up 100,000 writes. And that's assuming no bathroom breaks.

 

..Al

[Atarinvader]

347 days and no bathroom

 

Why the hell didn't they make Dreamcast VMUs rechargable? Some of the mini games you could download were excellent, there were versions of Pac-Man, Space Invaders and OutRun which were pretty good. The batterys are far too expensive for them seeing as they last for only a month or so.

[chrisr]

It may be possible to replace the battery while it is in the nes. Take it apart and put just the board in the nes, then turn the nes on and change the battery. That would probably keep you from loosing your saves.

 

Chris

[Albert]

quote:

---

Originally posted by atarinvader:

Why the hell didn't they make Dreamcast VMUs rechargable? Some of the mini games you could download were excellent, there were versions of Pac-Man, Space Invaders and OutRun which were pretty good. The batterys are far too expensive for them seeing as they last for only a month or so.

---

 

I agree, the VMU batteries are annoying and don't last very long at all. But I thought the memory still worked in them with a dead battery and that the battery was only necessary for the display? I could be wrong, I haven't used my DC in a while (even though I have a ton of recently acquired games I need to fire up!) And let's not talk about that annoying BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! when you turn on the DC with dead-battery VMUs plugged in.

 

..Al

[Lemmi]

I have replaced 2 batteries for a friend in both of his nes Zelda games, since he is to cheap to buy a tool kit

[Noble Kale]

quote

 It may be possible to replace the battery while it is in the nes

I wouldn't replace the battery, while the cart is in the nes. That's a very bad idea...

[Atarinvader]

VMUs work using Flash memory like digital cameras, they shouldn't lose data when the batterys run out. Unoffical VMs may use a different system however...

[Ze_ro]

quote:

---

Originally posted by Albert:

I agree, the VMU batteries are annoying and don't last very long at all. But I thought the memory still worked in them with a dead battery and that the battery was only necessary for the display?

---

 

I've heard other people claim that they lost data when the battery went out, but I've been using a VMU with a dead battery for months now, and the data gets saved perfectly. I believe it also says in the VMU manual that it works as a memory card even without a battery. And I agree, the batteries are too expensive.

 

--Zero