Game Won’t Save? How to Change Your Game Boy, NES, SNES, or N64 Cartridge Battery!

Did you know that many of your retro gaming cartridges contain a battery that allows your games to remain saved? When this battery dies, your game save files will no longer work.

In this video, I’ll show you how to replace your game cartridge battery in minutes — for your Nintendo Game Boy, NES, SNES, N64, Sega Genesis, or any other system that uses volatile memory storage in its games.
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● What you’ll need (direct links to Amazon):
[Game Boy] CR2025 battery with presoldered tabs:
[NES, SNES, N64, Genesis] CR2032 battery with presoldered tabs:
Security screwdriver set:
Soldering iron:
Solder sucker:
Solder:
Helping hands:

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● Theme song:
“Microchip” by Jason Farnham from the YouTube Audio Library.

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