HOW TO BACK UP YOUR POKÉMON GAMEBOY COLOR SAVES & REPLACE THE BATTERY (Gold, Silver, Crystal, etc)

In today's episode we're discussing oldschool Gameboy Color Cartridges and what you need to do in order to keep your save file in tact. Specifically, How to Replace the Battery in Pokemon Game Boy Color Games to Fix the Save Feature. Certain Gameboy Color cartridges contain CR2025 batteries and help to create and hold your save file. What this means is ever since you bought the game the battery inside has been slowly but surely losing its charge. When it reaches whatever fated day it decides to run out of juice your save file is kaput. Gone forever. So in this episode we're walking through how to replace the CR2025 batteries in Gameboy Color Games (mostly Pokemon Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, and Crystal) using a security screw bit to open the cartridge and a soldering iron to disconnect the original battery and establish new connections with your new battery. I'll also being showing off the Mega Memory Card--a device that stores your Gameboy Color save data in flash memory and is able to reload it to your cartridge in the event that your battery has died and you want your file back. You'll have to save updated save files there periodically so you don't lose any progress, but it's quick and painless. Let me know any horror stories about your lost save files and oldschool gameboy color nostalgia you may be experiencing in the comments!
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NEVER LOSE YOUR POKÉMON GAMEBOY COLOR SAVES & How to Replace the Battery

[@PowerUpGamingCanada]

If you are watching this video, please remove the game from the shell completely before attempting to replace the battery. There is a very good chance that if you are newer to soldering then you will melt the back of the case doing the way it was shown in the video.

[@dlynns]

I came to the comments to say the same thing! ALWAYS remove the game from the shell before attempting to work on it! 😳

[@BlueWhale5155]

I was trying to desolder a power switch off my ds lite because I broke it, the whole hinge and back melted. been through this and it is not fun. So please do remove the plastic shell.

[@qritique]

at 5:24 he does it...

[@crocpuppetflowerpterodacty1647]

Im holding back tears..............this video is too powerful. Thank you Leonardo Dicaprio for helping every man to ever own a Gameboy.

[@AnthonyGarcia-ik5yy]

rip my pokemon red with my lv 100 ratata

[@lucky_crit]

You worked so hard on that Rattata.

[@bunnygamerplaysalot9028]

Lucky Crit are there little battery's in the Nintendo 3ds? Because I might need the backup my sun and moon save file

[@s1nRG]

Bunnygamerplays alot No. 3DS and DS Games don't have a battery. The saves are stored on flash memory and won't dissapear unless you delete them.

[@crocpuppetflowerpterodacty1647]

Youngster Joey had it coming...

[@itzfedoraskits5560]

xX_SpeedyScout_Xx aq

[@ashleymadness15]

I remember things now..... It was that night, when my mother told me to sleep soon because its kinda late already.. And i said "let me just beat elite four and the champion mom, then I'll sleep".. My brother watching at my back told me that if I beat the pokemon league I can then continue my journey from jhoto to kanto... We couldn't barely sleep because of excitement... And until morning comes.... our pokemon silver was corrupted...

[@urielc918]

Perfect fucking time for it to die.

[@MrPoof]

Oh rip dude

[@clns8421]

I’m sorry bro.

[@HiFutureMeHowAreYou]

f

[@iron1975]

Ouch

[@aarlker1999]

DONT SOLDER DIRECTLY TO BATTERY!!!!!!!! I had one blow up in my face. it was like having a firecracker go off in my hand. notice that the connections are NOT soldered to the battery?

[@Tw0tson]

holy shit dude

[@vdwbjorn]

kinda normal it blows up. a battery that gets to hot wil react to that heat and explode. soldering iron gets a temp around 300-450 degrees to melt solder good so.......

[@PowerUpGamingCanada]

The tabs are spot welding to the battery. I can't believe anyone would actually attempt to solder tabs on. Yikes.

[@N1650andTheCPG]

well.....-_- you should've looked up how to solder and how batteries work man :/ lesson learned

[@typbot]

My dad did it for me i looked at it and just blow in my face!

[@darksondap94]

Before using the soldering iron for anything, consider removing the PCB from casing first, so that you don't accidentally melt or deform it ;). Other than that, very good job!

[@incinium2089]

Just bought a GBC + Pokémon Gold. Thanks for making this video, now I'm no longer terrified of losing my save.

[@lucky_crit]

Good luck, friend!

[@user-cj3ld5sj7r]

Dove compro la mega memorycard😢

[@InadimentStick]

when this happened to me like 10 years ago i just ripped out the old battery and used electrical tape to hold the new one in place. worked like a charm and was super fast.

[@jessegordian2498]

That’s what I did too since I didn’t have a smolder. I remember watching a video back in 2012 that showed both way to take out the battery. 8 years later I hope my Pokémon gold file is still safe

[@Tai827vtuber]

@@jessegordian2498 i also did the same

[@rycoontycoon6848]

You had to be in lavender town

[@LastGenRichtofenn]

Lol ikr. Out of all the places he could have been in, he was chilling in the creepiest place in the game.

[@yoshkabosh7979]

You can also put some of your most cherished pokemon on Pokemon Stadium 2 if you have it. It's an n64 cartridge, so it doesn't use a battery, meaning your pokemon will be there forever unless the data corrupts or something.

[@dragooncroft]

This is an option I use, however it's worth noting that to transfer from stadium 2 to a new game there is an annoying restriction that the player must have 151 pokemon caught, otherwise the game won't let you transfer them. Idk why they did that.

[@evoyjonathan]

Thought I fixed my cartridge. Found a shiny Zubat. Caught it. Save file corrupted. At least, I managed to save a few horrible quality pictures on my phone as well as a video of me sending it out in battle, so that she may be remembered.

[@tomypower4898]

Jonathan Evoy ah yes absolutely right!

[@jaxreviews4598]

F

[@tomypower4898]

Yes quite easy

[@1UPMushroom]

I remember my friend giving me Pokemon Yellow. He said he had save problems so he gave it to me it worked just fine until... I was at the Elite 4 it was late I had to sleep I saved and quit but the next day... IT WAS GONE ;_;

[@turnertwist]

Nooooooooooooooo

[@dex6864]

that happened to me with silver

[@sleeksm4]

Crystal and silver had this fate for me

[@1UPMushroom]

FFFUCK BLUE DID THE SAME THING AAAAAAH I also just got Silver. God help me.

[@splitbitch3988]

1-UP Mushroom SAME

[@JamesLoweryHypnotherapy]

I definitely needed this as a backup for Pokemon Stadium 2 in case of corruption.

[@yeseeyye]

Great vid! Just a few things I wanted to mention 1. Instead of using the tabbed battery, you can use a battery retainer ( a fancy word for battery holder) and switch your battery out from time to time while the cart is running in a gameboy, to not lose your save. 2. As many people pointed out, take the board of the cart out first before soldering. 3. Using flux is reccomended, to avoid burning, just make sure to clean off the excess. 4. Make sure that you solder the + to the + on the board and the same goes for the -.

[@alexnava8729]

You have a link for this retainer you speak of? Sounds like a much better option imo. Thanks!

[@eenieakane1]

I remember getting those memory cards years ago for my Poke'mon games, I remember doing the soldering way and it did work but clever to actually get the clips again. NIce video man

[@lucky_crit]

Thanks for watching :)

[@darrenzheng7728]

just a thought but you look like leonardo dicaprio

[@lucky_crit]

I get that fairly often. I'll take it as a compliment, thank you! :) media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/streams/2013/june/130617/6c7911377-tdy-130617-leo-toasts-1.nbcnews-ux-2880-1000.jpg

[@monkeyjuju7441]

Darren Zheng hardly even a little bit

[@demolitionFM]

You tried it

[@demolitionFM]

Ok he does a bit upon further inspection 😂👌🏼

[@Asteroid_Jam]

Use a desoldering braid to remove solder from battery terminals and use new solder. Also do not solder directly to battery. That is how you get a explode game.

[@wii1990]

Some original gameboy games use CR2025 batteries, and some use smaller CR1616 batteries. The circuit board near where the battery sits will tell you which one it takes.

[@SwitchCat]

I used this method for all my pokemon vintage carts (from childhood); it allowed me to restore red and gold, but surprisingly, Yellow lasted all the way til the Analogue Pocket came out and I used that to save my Pokemon Stadium event Mew. Putting new batteries and restoring the saves felt like curating a museum exhibit. I guess they will be good to go for another few decades.

[@ViolinistProductions]

I actually had one of these when I was a kid, used it for my Pokemon Yellow saves.

[@imahumanperhaps882]

this memory card would help me save my Pokemon red game thanks lucky crit

[@lucky_crit]

Of course, David Carlos! Good luck with the game!

[@tomypower4898]

and yes absolutely right

[@littleonion216]

This kind of stuff is fasinating for me. I always wondered if there was a way to install flash memory chips into NES, Gameboy, and Gameboy Color games. Installing flash memory chips into SNES, N64, and GBA games is possible (Most GBA games have them, some have the battery methods), but installing them on these kind of carts is unkown to me.

[@georgeindestructible]

There is, google it

[@emmankay7812]

I know this is late and your probably not redding this but thank you so much

[@lucky_crit]

+Emmanuel Gonzalez I am reading! And I'm super glad you found it helpful. Good luck :)

[@emmankay7812]

Lucky Crit thanks keep up the good work

[@PkmHax]

Nice video. Definitely gonna get myself one of those. 2 tips i could give about battery replacement is you can take a pen apart, heat the end up and press it into the screw until it is cooled and you have a bit to take the screw out. Also use some tweezers to hold the battery while removing from the solder. Pokemon GBA games use the smaller 2016 batteries. The 2025 work but are bigger and you struggle close the case properly.

[@Padoca]

I got 2 of these a couple years ago and they work great, got them just in time to save my crystal save, as it was already starting to lose the RTC.

[@ajhenry333]

would I be able to just play the game with the memory card hooked up everytime if I did not want to change the battery or no?

[@emmettturner9452]

I still have my original Mega Memory Card (original owner) as well as a second one I picked up decades ago. Earlier today I found that one had a mangled pin in the cartridge slot. I desoldered the slot and removed to pin but it broke when I tried to straighten it. I decided to take the “Audio In” pin, which the Mega Memory Card does not use, and moved it to the place where the broken pin was. It worked like a charm! If there is any game that uses the “Audio In” pin, I don’t know what game that might be… and it certainly doesn’t need it for the Mega Memory Card to do its thing. Only thing I can think of that might use it is perhaps the Bung Enterprises “Pocket Voice” but perhaps not because that actually has a built-in speaker.

[@wittlebirdy6969]

You could duplicate Pokémon with the memory card. All you have to do is save all of your legendary Pokémon on the memory card, then trade it to another gb, then load the save to when you had the Pokémon and BOOM! You have duplicates of your Pokémon!

[@christophercasanas386]

Ye

[@tomypower4898]

Wittlebirdy Rhyyeees!

[@r2Kd0ugernaut]

first of all, i am the dad. its my tool kit, and yes i have all the bits you could imagine. its also my gameboy cart. we ARE the dads now.

[@user-ki8xw3gg1x]

I lost my Silver version. Played all teenage years :'( My aunt got the game for me when I was around like 9 or 10 for Christmas in NYC..And I lost the data when I was around 28 or so . Still hurts. I had around 233 or so Pokemon. :'( I miss my Suicune, Ninetails and Raichu

[@ValorOni]

So if I still have my 80+ hours of pokemon silver and back it up in a Mega Memory Card. Then when the day comes that my Silver version no longer saves. I can replace the old battery with a new one and then upload the old file from the memory card. I still get my saved file and the new battery continue will resume saving?

[@lucky_crit]

Yep!

[@soepicgames]

yes

[@swordcrafted]

ValorOni Yeah, New battery, new life

[@masenkostar]

A cr2032 battery will still fit and is bigger so it will last longer.

[@RyanFeatherston]

Good. I was actually about to ask. Sorry if this is 10 months late btw

[@kira64xyz]

Why is the Pokémon Gold Cover in the background in German?

[@danielisacutecat]

Vinnay The Sylveon dude is german? didnt u watch his first video

[@kira64xyz]

Daniel Finley-Pesti No, I didn't

[@lucky_crit]

I'm not german? Lol! It was a picture of someone's collection. Not sure.

[@darkzerk7]

Germany, France and Italy have their own localized versions due to being major Pokemon markets at the time.

[@haldeline8663]

Dude has anyone told you that you sorta look like Leonardo DiCaprio?

[@lucky_crit]

Yeah I get that sometimes lol! It's a good thing I guess!

[@yungcrisp3166]

Thank god for gold and silver coming to virtual console!

[@asasasa1009]

Saw this video, ran to my old Gameboy color and tried my pokemon gold an silver with all the pokemon...........my heart never broke so hard.

[@lucky_crit]

Sorry to hear that :( I know that feeling. On the bright side, if you emulate, get it for 3DS or get the mega memory card you can play through again and relive some of those memories

[@asasasa1009]

@@lucky_crit Today i bought the mega memory card from ebay. Since in Germany there is no offer whatsoever, i paid 35$ incl. shipping. Damn nostalgia is so expensive XD. I will spend again a lot of time with my GBC :) In Germany it is not legal to download the game an play it on a SD-Card for the DS :(((. And I don´t want a Virus from a shady website, since I don´t know any good ones. So unfortunately there was only the option with the MMC.

[@edwin99901]

@@asasasa1009 some trustworthy sites include vimmlair, romsdepot, and the eye eu

[@Big5mokE719]

If you don't have a gamebit driver to open the cart you can melt the tip of a bic pen cap and while it's melted jam it onto the screw and hold it until it cools then unscrew.

[@joethompson11]

Lost my level 100 blastoise I traded over onto my silver game 20 years ago. Will definitely get one of the save carts for next time. Thanks for the tip!

[@christophermorin9036]

I had one of these! Also had a cheat device made specifically for Pokemon that let you edit your Pokemon files. I miss my level 100 shiny Tauros with all beam attacks lol. I think it was called a Monster Brain by Pelican. I believe it could also back up game saves.

[@SteeleJonesRainio]

I didn't realize my mom had kept my two copies of Silver from my childhood, I was certain they got tossed out with half our stuff from moving so much. She gave them back to me a couple years ago when I came back to visit. I tried to find my SoulSilver game this weekend after cleaning and finding my Japanese 3DS, sadly I think I must've lost it permanently, now it's worth $150 to $250 when I had bought it back in the day for only like $30. But I found those Silver games along with my old GBA SP. This video has given me hope I can finally live my nostalgia! Thank you for the tutorial! Lugia, Typhlosion, Entei, I'll see you soon my old friends!

[@lynetteriddle2002]

I somehow still have SoulSilver and the PokéWalker that came with it at the time. I saw what people were selling it for and was shocked bc I remember it was like $30 something at Walmart when I bought it.

[@HDDoggyStyle]

@@lynetteriddle2002 they were 40 bucks new never 30 I remember buying it brand new when I was 14

[@BigTrees4ever]

If you don’t have a gamebit/security bit screwdriver, you can take an empty bic pen and heat it with a lighter just a tiny bit to get it soft, I mean it, just a brush of the flame, you’re not melting it just getting it soft. Then just push the soft end into the gamebit screw on your cartridge and let it sit so it can harden and cool. Now you just turn it and unscrew. You can reuse it to screw it back in, and you may be able to do another game loosen and tighten, but this is just plastic and it will eventually strip. Not a permanent solution but will work while you’re waiting for your screwdriver or waiting for a paycheck to buy one.

[@tummytub1161]

I just started up my old Pokémon games, Yellow works perfectly and I was astonished it did.

[@emmettturner9452]

Like most N64 games with built-in save, Mario Kart 64 is an EEPROM save title… no battery. Titles like Ocarina of Time, and WCW nWo Revenge use SRAM batteries, and Animal Forest used a battery for an RTC (Real-Time Clock), but the vast majority of N64 games with cartridge save used 4k or 16k EEPROM. There were a few with FlashRAM too.

[@Jeranhound]

I fixed my Crystal cart a few years back with plain ol' CR2032s from the store. Just broke the tabs off the old battery and used electrical tape to secure the new battery in place, no soldering needed. The tape, and the added pressure because it makes the interior a bit taller and so the back of the case presses it to the front, keeps the battery nicely secured and easy enough to replace in future.

[@HDDoggyStyle]

Still better to solder because if you drop the game or something battery with tape can move just a tiny bit out of place then you lose game files happen to me 12 years ago when I didn’t have a soldering iron

[@geoserenity]

Hey, someone else who chose chikorita over having an easier time with the first gym or 2. Respect

[@pollywogapocalypse7432]

He left the circuit board on the plastic... *DON’T DO THAT* it gets HOT!

[@dominicsevilla1189]

My save data sorry tore my heart up. It was my older brothers who had cancer and had passed away at 9. He had beat both gold and silver and both cant save and lost their saves. I cant wait to do this and re-complete this game

[@lucky_crit]

I'm really sorry to hear that. I have a watch from a friend that passed away and after he did, the battery died within it and the time has been way off ever since.

[@vini16f]

Safety tip: ALWAYS remove the circuit board from the plastic enclosure before getting a soldering iron anywhere near it.

[@lucky_crit]

I have since learned this lesson lol. Thanks

[@wakcedout]

Best to remove the board from the case and use wick and remove the old and drain we new sauder. I mean while you are in there why not

[@cryptidcyphre]

I got a copy of Pokemon Crystal with a dead battery, so this will help. Thanks!

[@edumeli02]

rip pokemon yellow save file, 2003-2019, i wish i saw the video earlier. Goodbye childhood memories

[@urielmartinez7712]

😯😯😯😯😯wooooow Oh my

[@epicdaygames3924]

I lost my level 100 shiny Lugia without even noticing this but when I started over again it saved my level 100 shiny mewtwo thanks lucky crit

[@lolgal1996]

i got a copy of crystal back in eighth grade and the save battery was dead so i replaced the battery... oddly enough, my copy of blue (which is likely older than i am) still works just fine, and it's had to have been seventeen years at the least.

[@sleeksm4]

my blue yellow and red still all work my crystal n silver died. -_-'

[@oniondesu9633]

I know this a year old but anyways... it is because gen 1 only used the battery for saves, but gen 2 also used it for a real time clock, which was constantly running, so gen 2 games tend to use up the battery quicker.

[@shadeymcbones6707]

By the way, i used electrical tape instead of solder to use standard batteries in the cartridges. Just pry off the metal soldered bits from the old battery, slide a piece of electrical tape under the metal bracket thingy's, but in the new battery, put on the top metal bracket and wrap the whole thing in the electrical tape. Works greta so far, however i did bust a pokemon gold cartridge once because i accidentally cut a trace in a hurry so you do have to take your time prying the metal brackets loose from the old battery

[@fin3673]

So jelly of the shiny hitmontop but I'm glad that you showed that shiny Pokémon retain shininess, thanks for the video

[@lucky_crit]

Hah! I think you're the first to notice. I kept resetting until the first daycare egg they give you was a Hitmontop! Unfortunately the special attackers are better to get out of the egg though as the IVs of these Pokemon are set to have 0 attack so I don't think my Hitmontop will be that great!

[@froddobaggins]

If you don't have a security bit to remove the screw then use a pen. Heat up the tip with a lighter and then firmly press it against the screw. Let it cool off for a few seconds and voila, your own security bit.

[@bakedmuffinman87]

i used to solder alot at my job. I was soldering tabs onto a battery and it pretty much exploded in my face. 10/10

[@Pokechao]

if you're really careful, you actually dont need use a soldering iron, if you can remove the battery without breaking the little tab on it off, you can put the new battery on it and use electrical tape to hold it in place. did this with my yellow 3 years ago. if you break the tab tho....gg time to get that soldering iron

[@EifieDM]

I don't have a soldering iron, but maybe if I ask nicely by system and tech techer might allow me to use the one at school?

[@lucky_crit]

Yeah I'm sure they'd let you try after school or during break or something

[@LairdDeimos]

You can get a cheap soldering iron for $15 online or at a hobby store, just don't use it for too long. Those cheap ones often cheap out on the heat shield. I recommend a small pen iron. You might have to buy a holding stand and sponge separate.

[@tex_gil117]

Lucky Crit you are the man! I immediately went and bought a mega memory card. I knew about the whole battery thing but had no idea about the memory card!

[@spankmygimp]

you cant easily just solder tabs onto a cr2032. Heating one of these battery's will cause it to explode with as little as 10 seconds of heat. Its very difficult not to create "dry" solder joint or explode your battery doing this without being well skilled and taking a risk. The tabs are actually welded on using a spot welder and cant even be removed with a home solder iron.

[@nyw11]

Cool vid. You should get a cheap teleprompter for your phone to take it up a notch.

[@Ocarinist_Drew]

This is probably better than what I do. I don't back up my save files, rather, I immortalize my Pokemon by depositing them in a Stadium 1/2 box. When a battery dies, I pay a local retro game store to replace it, and I just re-play the game. I have a full, battle-ready set of all the Gen 1 OU Pokemon sitting in a Stadium box, and a shiny Golbat sitting in a Stadium 2 box, so I'm fine with losing save files every couple of years. Granted, my method requires more hardware (and doesn't actually protect my save files).

[@ptsoldier]

if you dont have the screwdriver you can try taking the insides out of a bic pen, melting the point of it and pressing it against the screw and let it dry, it will take the shape of the screw and kinda glue to it

[@GreenMeansGOF]

I haven’t lost my data yet but I did buy all the gen 1 and 2 games and most of them had a dead battery. I’ve created good pokemon for the pokemon stadium games and I don’t want to lose them. I also don’t want to lose the rare items from generation 2.

[@arksin11]

there is a faster, easier, zero expense way to change battery and not lose save file >>> open the cartridge and with battery exposed stick it back into gameboy, turn the gameboy on and open your save file, turn around the gameboy and place it back on the table - make sure its in stable position, replace the battery while the game is powered on. after replacement just save the game, power gameboy off, remove the cartridge and place the back cover back on the cartridge, there its done! .....However there are 2 ways this can fail : 1) if batteries in gameboy die during the time battery in game cartridge is removed --- solution -- --> use fresh batteries in gameboy before you start this operation. 2) if you move gameboy a lot, to the point game cartridge loses pin connection with gameboy and thus the game powers off >>> solution >>> during the whole process keep gameboy as stable as possible

[@Thesilentvoice...]

My pokemon blue file is still alive which I'm holding onto, but my crystal file is gone. I'm sad about that since I did a hack to get all the johto starters now and I got a shiny tyrogue at first chance. I also had two shiny nidorinos from me looking for a Chaney in the grass and encountering so much nidorinos shinys appeared. I thought my game was broken but I just caught it anyway because it looked different. That was my first shiny encounter.

[@trentonbergman4489]

I have a 20 year old cartridge and it still works

[@SJxPVR]

Thank you for the info I recently got all gen 1 an gen 2 games and after seeing this definitely gonna get one never knew I could actually save gameboy data

[@arksin11]

there is a faster, easier, zero expense way to change battery and not lose save file >>> open the cartridge and with battery exposed stick it back into gameboy, turn the gameboy on and open your save file, turn around the gameboy and place it back on the table - make sure its in stable position, replace the battery while the game is powered on. after replacement just save the game, power gameboy off, remove the cartridge and place the back cover back on the cartridge, there its done! .....However there are 2 ways this can fail : 1) if batteries in gameboy die during the time battery in game cartridge is removed --- solution -- --> use fresh batteries in gameboy before you start this operation. 2) if you move gameboy a lot, to the point game cartridge loses pin connection with gameboy and thus the game powers off >>> solution >>> during the whole process keep gameboy as stable as possible

[@spectralcoffee5177]

To the people who brag about using tape instead of soldering, your save is literally living on a prayer

[@tag1123]

If you're still interested in hearing horror stories about losing save data, a few years ago, I got a Mega Memory Card to preemptively backup my files, but it's apparently really easy to accidentally DELETE your save data if you don't use the memory card exactly right, and it didn't come with instructions, so I did it wrong right off the bat. Lost my childhood Silver file and an Blue file I was trying to 100%.

[@zetiB]

Rip my charmanders,squirtles,pidgys,nidorans, etc you will be missed

[@soratruekid]

Must learn to desolder. Much easier to remove and replace the solder then trying to wiggle the hot connection apart.

[@myanimeroom9350]

Thanks for sharing. I can now back-up my original GB and GBC using this method.

[@themadmonkey9549]

Two things my man. Question one? This will work for any gameboy cartridge? Question two. Is there room for trial and error or If you screw up it's done and probably scrap? Great video by the way. Answered alot of questions.

[@sneakybobinson3252]

Never ever solder directly to a battery cell without some sort of solder tab or wire welded to the cell, you could cause the battery to internally short and go into thermal runaway... And have a very bad day.

[@geico196]

Damn

[@str33tlevel]

RIP my pokemon silver with all the pokedex completed...i went to italy at some point and there were some guys with pokemon red, yellow, gold and i actually completed the game on each in order to transfer the remaining pokemons to my current pokemon silver game, also my lv 100 typhlosion which was like a pet to me :((, sorry for all of you guys as well, i know how much work it took...easily one of the saddest moments in my life

[@colemanprevatt7558]

hey dude i love this video the content was amazing! you earned yourself a new subscriber!

[@villagerjj]

there is another way of backing up your pokemon saves. and any saves for that matter. if you have a transfer pak and an everdrive for the n64 you can download a program to your everdrive and you can backup the save to the SD. just insert the cartridge and run the program. its pretty neat.

[@brandongordon4019]

If you don't think you're fit to replace the battery yourself, there are some places where you can ship your game to online and they'll professionally do it for you. Or ask around at sone local retro gaming stores. Gamestop won't cut it. There's a local store around where I am that said they can replace save batteries for 10 dollars

[@monkeyjuju7441]

how did you desoldering *welded* nickle strips? If you're going to use regular pharmacy batteries, just buy a proper coincell battery holder for a dollar or two from Newark, digikey or eBay, then solder the positive and negative pieces to their respective pads. Viola, now the battery is user replaceable forever and you don't risk overheating the cell and damaging it or yourself.

[@brandonnesfan]

I'd say that this is a great tutorial except for one MAJOR flaw. You backup the save BEFORE you replace the battery. If you replace the battery without backing up the save, you will lose the data.

[@lucky_crit]

+Crossed Mike Of course, maybe I failed to really drill that in. But in this case the battery was already dead like I assumed most people finding this video's batteries would be

[@EvidLekan]

Or you can replace the battery with the game running in the GBA/GBA SP, you must be careful but the data its temporaly loaded in the GB RAM

[@FlyingRabbitMedia]

Wish I knew before my Pokemon silver battery died and I lost my beloved red gyarados

[@lucky_crit]

The good thing is that if it was the red Gyarados from the story, it's a guaranteed shiny and always has the same IVs. So basically you will get another next time you play :)

[@birdfish86]

I had that memory cart sense i was a kid and never knew what it did thank you

[@saturn580]

It would be really cool if Nintendo released an official emulator and library of roms for all their cartridge games that are now past their used-by date.

[@indieWellie]

saturn580 virtual console?

[@countdooku7020]

1:40 goodbye Charizard. You were my only friend in school. I played for hours and hours but I alway had you on my team.

[@alexruiz4312]

Glitched my way to get a Celebi on my Gold. Couple days later, save file is gone

[@dooky1089]

Gon a buy myself a Mega Memory Card to back up my save files - I highly recommend this to many people who wish to keep their save data for a long term basis.

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

I added a Micro SSD to mine and its literally the fastest Pokemon Gold ever made.

[@giovannigianfriddo7786]

i customized a cover's cartdrige so i can use a very big cr2450 battery on pokemon silver, and it works!

[@Antwon20100]

If you have Pokemon Stadium just trade your RBY pokemon on there not sure if Stadium 2 offers that for GSE versions after that have someone replace your battery.

[@lorenzoallegramente8006]

I’m sorry: you have to save the game first that the batteries dead, or you can save the game also when the batteries don’t work anymore? A real good video!

[@MrBort]

I bought a used Pokemon gold MANY years ago, but it could never save. Gen 2 is the only Pokemon generation I've never played, so with this, I can finally experience the second generation! As soon as I find that gold cartridge...

[@strawbunnylol]

Tbh this is why emulators exist 😭 I personally own the Nintendo Gameboy up until the 3DS and I love Pokémon but the struggle is so real when it comes to the waves back in the day 😅

[@strawbunnylol]

*saves

[@RyanFeatherston]

I have a Monster Brain and Mega Memory card. At least imo Monster Brain works so much better.

[@usmanchughtai1751]

Just had my silver file corrupted after putting so many hours in. Thanks for the tips and suggestions

[@literalfuckingtroll]

RIP to my Pokemon Crystal, Gold and Silver saves.

[@wopluciano9023]

Ill buy em

[@iamtheoaa]

This is an amazing video and super helpful. Well done!

[@DMDFerry]

I'm so happy this exists

[@LazyBunnyKiera]

Did you seriously desolder the battery while the PCB was still in the other half of the cart-shell? you even melted the plastic.. like.. wtf.

[@lucky_crit]

Initially I wanted to keep the board in for aesthetic purposes for the video, but yeah, it was a mistake. The damage is minor though. I never claimed to be an expert at soldering

[@late6295]

Thanks for the vid! Kinda old video but any ideas how long one battery lasts?

[@FlyingRabbitMedia]

My Pokemon blue has lasted over 2 years of play. I know now how to save it

[@lucky_crit]

Yeah, that's odd. Most batteries lasted a long time before they started dying. Good luck!

[@fabian180graus]

+DPlex HD Are you sure? Where did you hear about that?

[@urielc918]

DPlex HD my battery only lasted a few months

[@SilVerRoxetZ]

my pokemon crystal which is over 12 years old still works, maybe because i haven't played for over years?