Donkey Kong

William · Post by **William** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:51 pm

I have a donkey kong game but I can't save on it. Is it due to the small battery inside the snes game?

ZH/Franky · Post by **ZH/Franky** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:10 pm

This belongs to Gaming Discussion, not Tech Talk.

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:18 pm

If it is an actual game cartridge you are talking about and you are saving in-game properly, then yes the battery inside the cart has probably ran out of juice. They can be replaced I believe, and I'm sure several people here has done it before and can fill you in.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:21 am

Franky wrote:This belongs to Gaming Discussion, not Tech Talk.

Something like this is actually relevant to tech talk.

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:39 am

Did you just buy the cart? if you got it from ebay or something, it might be a pirate copy.

If it used to save, the battery might just die.

William · Post by **William** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 4:56 pm

I bought it from Tradera, a swedish ebay. And I bought it very cheap because the quality of it wasn't very good. The image on it was ripped off and such. But it's not a pirate copy. Anybody have instructions how to change the battery?

I can always test to take a battery from another game before buying it.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:16 pm

The kind of battery you need is a CR2032

William · Post by **William** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:00 pm

Okay, thanks.

Post by **badinsults** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:06 pm

For all the hastle, it might be easier just to buy a new cart (assuming you are talking about Donkey Kong Country).

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:59 am

adventure_of_link wrote:The kind of battery you need is a CR2032

But you need the one with the tabs welded onto it, so you can solder it to the game board.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:06 am

Welding and soldering are two different things

also I thought those tabs that hold the battery in place are reusable?

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:23 am

adventure_of_link wrote:Welding and soldering are two different things

I know that.

also I thought those tabs that hold the battery in place are reusable?

No. The tabs aren't reusable. They're welded onto the battery.

Have you ever opened one of your cartridges?

William · Post by **William** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:27 pm

I have never opened any of my cartridges. Im going to try and buy a small kit for it.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:31 pm

Gil_Hamilton wrote:
adventure_of_link wrote:Welding and soldering are two different things
I know that.

With all the sarcasm and attacks and stuff you've been letting off lately I didn't know if you were trolling or being sarcastic.

my bad.

Gil_Hamilton wrote:Have you ever opened one of your cartridges?

No sir, I haven't. But I thought I heard something about the tabs being reuseable? if it wasn't for SNES, it was probably some other system like Genesis, gameboy, NES, or something. I apologize.

Post by **grinvader** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:22 pm

Metal contacts are usually reusable, however it might prove tricky to disassemble and then reassemble properly.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 3:19 am

adventure_of_link wrote:
Gil_Hamilton wrote:
adventure_of_link wrote:Welding and soldering are two different things
I know that.
With all the sarcasm and attacks and stuff you've been letting off lately I didn't know if you were trolling or being sarcastic. my bad.

Extreme sarcasm, maybe. But I NEVER outright troll.

*checks post history*

I have continued to NOT spew ouotright lies and fabrications, no matter how snide I may get.
Possible exception for the Amiga Hells Yeah bit, but fuck, no one could possibly take that seriously.`

Gil_Hamilton wrote:Have you ever opened one of your cartridges?
No sir, I haven't. But I thought I heard something about the tabs being reuseable? if it wasn't for SNES, it was probably some other system like Genesis, gameboy, NES, or something. I apologize.

The NES and GameBoy both use welded tabs. I've seen the insides of all three of the Nintendos(there's also just not room for an alternate solution in the GameBoy's case).

Someone probably said you can reuse the SNES tabs, but it's not an idea I would seriously entertain, since you wind up soldering or welding directly to the battery, which is a Bad Idea(tm).
Maybe taping it all up ghetto-style would work, but... ewww?

creaothceann · Post by **creaothceann** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:42 am

Glue!