Telefang Battery issues

[DeKaFu]

I don't know if anyone here owns the actual game cartridges, but if you do this is a useful heads up.

It seems that in some of the early GBC games that made use of an internal clock, there is the problem of the cartridge battery dying.

If you don't know what this means: There is a battery inside every game cartridge that is used in storing saves. Normally, because the draw on them is so small, they last pretty much forever. However, in a couple games that use internal clocks, the draw is increased and the batteries die after a few years. What does a dead battery mean? It means any saved game on the cartridge is deleted every time you turn off the gameboy.

There's only a couple of games that used this kind of internal clock. One was Pokemon Gold/Silver, See Here, and the other was Keitai Denjuu Telefang Power/Speed.

Basically, if own the game now or were to buy it, there's a good chance you'd lose your saved game.

There are ways to change the battery, but they're risky, and involve opening the cartridge and soldering.

We're currently in the middle of buying some Telefang cartridges, and are trying to decide whether to change the battery as soon as we get it, or wait until it fails. If we wait, when it did fail we'd lose all our progress....but if we changed it right away, there's a tiny chance it could break the game. What do you think?

[Blaziken257]

Hmmm... I've heard a LOT about the battery issue, and on the GameFAQs Gold/Silver/Crystal boards I always see topics with "ZOMG Y CANT MY GAME SAVE!!!111" or something like that. It's annoying, though both my Gold and my Crystal still work. Strangely. I guess you SHOULD change the battery if you know what you're doing.

[Milnivri(imported)]

Well my Gold died out at the start of this year, which was really sad. I'm not sure if I've told you all (I forgot where I posted this) but I've gotten a really good Pokedex count without trading, and a shiny Dratini!!!111

That means it will evolve to become a shiny Dragonite which is really valuable.

So sad, I've gotten over it...

[andwhyisit]

Well my Gold died out at the start of this year, which was really sad. I'm not sure if I've told you all (I forgot where I posted this) but I've gotten a really good Pokedex count without trading, and a shiny Dratini!!!111

That means it will evolve to become a shiny Dragonite which is really valuable.

So sad, I've gotten over it...

My silver version has every pokemon from all my other 1st and 2nd gen pokemon games as well as over 600 hours of play, 251 pokedex and almost everything else achievable. All of which without the use of a cheat device.

My save data is probably still around because I cleared the time and forgot to set it again, I have a theory that this has preserved the battery and my save data.

[LiamBrady(imported)]

So THAT's why it fucks up.
Hmmm. Bootlegs ARE known for now saving right :/
Haha.
Well.