1st Gen Save My Pokemon Blue File!!

[ShadowWrath5]

So my friends and I were talking about the original games and the internal batteries dying and losing your save file. I put in alot of time into my blue and yellow versions and I was so happy to see that to this game my battery is alive and my save is there. Im worried because my 2nd gen games have all lost their saves and I really want to save my blue save before its too late. Is there anyway to Indiana Jones a battery into the game to prevent the save from being deleted?? Its going to be a sad day if I lose my game :(( Thanks for the help.

 

[esperance]

You can always replace the battery manually. As far as I know that's the only way to save them.

 

[SaniOKh]

It's not that simple. The memory that is used to save your game is volatile, it basically behaves like RAM. If for even one single second it is no longer powered by the battery, it is cleared and the save file is gone.

I can vouch for this, I replaced the batteries on all of my Pokémon games, but the save files were deleted in the process.

There is a tutorial on the internet that explains how a battery can be changed without losing the save file: you keep the game on while you do this so that while the battery is removed, the memory still gets power from the console itself (link) . You'll need skill to do this though. If you decide to try this out, two words of warning:

• Never solder a battery with a regular soldering iron!
• Make sure that the new battery is well maintained in place once you attach it to the cartridge. It already happened to me that, after putting in a new battery, and then starting a new game and saving, I ran a little stress test on the cartridge (threw it around, basically) , and once I turned the game back on, the save file was gone. It is a risk when you replace a battery that was soldered by one that is kept in place with tape.

 

[Imperator161]

You could try a Mega Memory Card (link doesn't want to insert properly for some reason, but you can find it on Amazon, from InterAct) for backing up your save file. Then, you could replace your battery, and reload the save onto the game. I've backed my games up onto one before the batteries died, and although I haven't actually had a chance to replace the batteries yet, the device seems to have the saves, and worked fine for reloading files on to the cartridges when my original batteries were still functional.

I've also read about devices that allow you to transfer saves to your computer, for a more secure, longer-term backup. I haven't tried those, but I've been looking into them, and they seem like an intriguing concept.

 

[ShadowWrath5]

Thanks Achromatic I really couldnt decide where to put this topic sorry!

SaniOKh thanks so much for your input I think Im going to try Imperator161's idea first and see how that goes because I have zero skill with sodering (ever tried changing and xbox controller leds? thats stuff is HARD).

Ill report back with some results. Thanks again!!!

 

[SaniOKh]

Yeah, I'd advise you to try Imperator161's idea first. Those batteries are really hard to remove, to be honest, I know I simply wouldn't be able to remove them from the cartridge without moving it too much and making the game lock up :/ . Keep my solution in mind as a last resort, really.

...that Mega Memory Card looks like a nice little device... I want one now :P .

 

[ShadowWrath5]

Now when did nintendo stop using these batteries for games in general. Ruby and sapphire for example say that the battery is dead but my sav is still there? Im about to go find a device like this for my genesis and snes.

EDIT: Answered my own question. Fire red and leaf green were the first to use flash as far as pokemon goes. Found this link on how to back up basically everything nintendo and playstation https://www.platypuscomix.net/interactive/saveyoursaves.html.

I still want to know why the internal clock battery can die but you can still load your saves from sapphire and ruby. Maybe they used 2 batteries??? Who knows.

 

[SaniOKh]

No, Ruby and Sapphire were the first to use flash memory. The batteries in those cartridges were only used to keep the internal clock running while the game wasn't being played.