[game_preservation] Battery Save Statistics?

[Andrew Armstrong]

Hehe, my Gold actually still worked last time I used it; however my 
Pokemon: Trading Card Game one has died - they used different batteries. 
Some carts also use batteries for saves, N64 ones had some I believe? 
Presumably nowadays it is all flash memory based so has no need for that 
kind of thing.

There is some random dissection on specific game wikis and some ROM 
checking places I randomly found but nothing on the actual life of 
batteries or on how to easily replace them (ie; what type they were, 
what works, how to get saves of it before replacing (if at all possible) 
etc).

Would be nice if there was an investigation for sure. I'll happily put 
it on the wiki if you do one :)

Andrew

On 16/11/2010 20:55, Henry Lowood wrote:

> Devin,

>

> I have not seen such a study.   Keep in mind that some or most 

> institutions will remove batteries from anything in their collections 

> that is earmarked for long-term preservation.   (To avoid potential 

> damage due to leakage, i.e. corrosion.) So I'm guessing that 

> availability of replacement batteries is probably a bigger issue than 

> longevity of the original ones.

>

> Henry

>

> On 11/16/2010 11:15 AM, Devin Monnens wrote:

>> Does anyone have some concrete data on battery life for different 

>> systems and games? I think battery life is dependent on the factors 

>> of usage, age, and quality of parts (maybe also how the game uses the 

>> battery).

>>

>> I've noticed that many Pokemon Red, Blue - and particularly Crystal, 

>> Gold, and Silver - have failed batteries. I also know that many NES 

>> Zelda games no longer have working batteries. Many Capcom arcade 

>> boards have this problem as well.

>>

>> I was curious if anyone did a study on this to determine estimates 

>> for battery life of different games.

>>

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