2nd Gen Has your internal battery died yet?

[.:Kanto:.]

I can't imagine all the problems people will have when their Pokémon Diamond and Pearl games Internal Batteries start to die.

Looking at my Diamond cartridge, It looks like something you wouldn't want to open unless you were really desperate to fix... It has no screws. Looks like when the internal battery runs out. Your screwed. Buy a new copy. But thats just my guess.

Lets hope it dosen't happen for a very long time..

 

[Decibel]

My Crystal is still goin strong after like, 500hrs, but both my gold and silver's batteries have run dry. I can't be bothered to try to recharge them :).

 

[BeachBoy]

Yup, ran out about... 5 years ago, actually. O_o Gold & Silver went bye bye. D: I always thought it was my fault back then. v_v Well, yeah.

 

[Confuse]

My Gold killed my saved game after about 450 hours. After figuring out what happened, my dad was able to put a new battery in.

Hopefully that doesn't happen again.

 

[Clouddyl]

I stopped playing silver 'cause I didn't want the disappointment of trying to play it one day and nothing happens, but i caught a mareep and named him electroman, and I'm midway through getting a quilava on diamond, so my team'll be complete, with added glaceon!

 

[Fluffy Clouds]

My Gold's battery died just recently. I was stunned when I saw just New Game and Option.

My Crystal is still goin strong after like, 500hrs, but both my gold and silver's batteries have run dry. I can't be bothered to try to recharge them.

That trick doesn't work, so don't bother.

 

[SethCullen]

Crystal works. Every game before doesnt. :\

 

[Brien]

I get paid 5 bucks per battery I fix in old games,


I used to at least.

My friends had this problem, like 10 of them, and I had the tools already to open up a game.

With a simple task of breaking a weak spot weld, you take off the metal tab holding down the Battery, and replace it. (these batteries are commonly used for hearing aids, buy em at home depot)

Once you replace it, I would just use scotch tape to hold the tabe down snugly, and reclose the cartridge.

50 bucks from this.

 

[MrsMime]

Thanks for the tutorial Brien, I'll remember that (though I hope I'll never have to use that knowledge!) :)

 

[Brien]

No problemo,

It is quite easy, the hardest part is opening the actual cartridge without stripping the screw

You can purchase the tools to do so easily on sites like Play-Asia.com, but I only reccomend buying them if you intend on using them ALOT.

aka, dont buy them unless your dedicated to your game/ find a tool locally.

 

[Swift!]

After 5 years my Gold Version is still working fine. =D

 

[Obe3]

I remember playing Red version with my friend. After beating it, we wanted to move onto the gold and silver. I was so sad to find out that our games didnt save. We thought it was coincidence so we tried to play again and after my 2nd time didnt work, I researched it. I was so sad to find that the batteries died. Our pokemon journey ended =(

 

[Shiny]

Sadly no, my Silver version died so I play it on VBA >;, all my friends games all work & none of them want to sell me their games >;

 

[PKMN17]

mine died long ago im sure i plan to have a friend change the batterys so its all good

 

[Cherrim]

None of my game batteries have died yet. Mind you, I haven't checked gold in a long time, but a friend played my silver version recently and it was fine, and Crystal was too since I played a bit of that last year.

I assume when they do die, I'll just find a ROM and use that should I want to play the games again. :(

 

[AsugetRanzo]

All of mine have died.
I had several copies of each version too..
x_x
Now I have to play them on VBA.

 

[Houndoom666]

crystals is dead, and all but Red are dead. =]
i really miss those old games...

 

[Keyaki]

Omgoodness! Don't even make me think about that- it's such a sad fate

Ditto, when i had first had my Crystal i played everyday but thne i lose it, 2years later i find, i try to play and save and it didn't work T.T

 

[-Jake]

My crystal version works perfectly fine.
I think that happened to my Brother's silver version, though.

 

[Dunsparce]

Both my Silver and Crystal are fine. I got a GBC Gameshark recently soley to have a backup file incase my Crystal Dies