Comments on: how long does a battery backup last in a cartridge game? http://www.batterybackupguide.com/blog/how-long-does-a-battery-backup-last-in-a-cartridge-game/ Thu, 17 May 2012 22:05:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: xeroninja http://www.batterybackupguide.com/blog/how-long-does-a-battery-backup-last-in-a-cartridge-game/comment-page-1/#comment-2777 xeroninja Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:55:09 +0000 http://www.batterybackupguide.com/blog/how-long-does-a-battery-backup-last-in-a-cartridge-game/#comment-2777 depends on how long you had iy and how much you play it. but also if you leave your game on the chacger for too long it does weaken the battery. but it should least 10years. hes some more info Earlier model video games were distributed in a proprietary cartridge format that was specific to each gaming platform. Examples are games for the Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, and Nintendo Game Boy. One advantage of cartridges over CDs is that the save data for the game could be stored directly on the cartridge itself, instead of requiring the system to have a hard drive (e.g. Nintendo Wii, Sony PS3) or requiring the users to buy memory cards (e.g. Nintendo 64, Sony Playstation). The way that the manufacturers originally designed this built-in rewritable storage for the cartridges was with a kind of RAM (random access memory, like for your computer) called SRAM. SRAM requires constant power to store it's data which means if you turned the game off you would lose your saves. How did the designers cope with this problem? Each cartridge contains a battery that keeps the SRAM going so that your save data can be stored. Unfortunately, this means that eventually (after several years) the cartridge's internal battery will die and your save data will no longer survive after your system is reset. More modern cartridge formats, such as some of the newer GameBoy Advance games, use different kinds of RAM (e.g. flash and EEPROM) that do not require constant power to keep their data. However, if you have one of the older games and its battery dies, you are generally out of luck unless you want to try and open it up and replace the battery yourself (not recommended).<a href="http://www.bigjobtools.com/srch/srch.php?q=Auto"> xeroninja</a> depends on how long you had iy and how much you play it. but also if you leave your game on the chacger for too long it does weaken the battery. but it should least 10years. hes some more info

Earlier model video games were distributed in a proprietary cartridge format that was specific to each gaming platform. Examples are games for the Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, and Nintendo Game Boy. One advantage of cartridges over CDs is that the save data for the game could be stored directly on the cartridge itself, instead of requiring the system to have a hard drive (e.g. Nintendo Wii, Sony PS3) or requiring the users to buy memory cards (e.g. Nintendo 64, Sony Playstation).
The way that the manufacturers originally designed this built-in rewritable storage for the cartridges was with a kind of RAM (random access memory, like for your computer) called SRAM. SRAM requires constant power to store it’s data which means if you turned the game off you would lose your saves. How did the designers cope with this problem? Each cartridge contains a battery that keeps the SRAM going so that your save data can be stored. Unfortunately, this means that eventually (after several years) the cartridge’s internal battery will die and your save data will no longer survive after your system is reset.
More modern cartridge formats, such as some of the newer GameBoy Advance games, use different kinds of RAM (e.g. flash and EEPROM) that do not require constant power to keep their data. However, if you have one of the older games and its battery dies, you are generally out of luck unless you want to try and open it up and replace the battery yourself (not recommended). xeroninja

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