Tsk. I'm still getting mileage out of my GBC. I'd be playing with my GBA SP but I need to get one of those goddamn Y-screwdrivers so I can replace the batteries in my game cartridges.
@_@
Batteries in...game cartridges!? The only problem with my GBA SP (ol' Silver) is that it...somehow can't retain any memory of saved games.
And how do you think those old game cartridges retain those saved games? Well, certain games. Any game with a clock function in it needed a battery, and apparently some GBA games from 2002 and earlier used SRAM which requires a battery to keep the data saved. Here's a (possibly incomplete list) of GBA games that need a battery:
- Baseball Advance
- Boktai 1, 2 and 3 (JP)
- Bomberman Tournament
- Breath of Fire
- Breath of Fire II
- Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
- Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
- Dragonball Z Collectible Card Game
- Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak
- Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
- Krazy Racers
- Lego Bionicle
- Lego Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge
- MegaMan Battle Network
- MegaMan Zero
- Metroid Fusion (Only some use a battery)
- Metroid Zero Mission
- Monster Rancher Advance
- Monster Rancher Advance 2
- Pokemon Emerald (Not for saving, but for other game events)
- Pokemon Ruby (Not for saving, but for other game events)
- Pokemon Sapphire (Not for saving, but for other game events)
- Super Dodgeball Advance
- Warioland 4
The fun part is replacing it. Due to non-standard screws and the goddamn battery being soldered in >_<