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General / Re: How Many Hate It When A Game Is Not Working

« on: April 17, 2019, 07:47:37 am »

My consoles are fine, even the notoriously fickle ones, but I think the harsh climate here (Hot and humid) does have a tendency to wear down batteries a little quicker. My Actraiser died years ago as well as old games I got rid of like Oracle of Ages and Pokemon Ruby. No one here, not even the retro store in the city, does battery replacement services so I'd have to learn to do it myself. Maybe when I have space... but the tools would need a home and I'm short on space until I move again. In the mean time I emulate the games to be able to save.

P.S. I did break one DS when I was young. I had the OG Fatty and that tiny hinge broke really easily.

All you need is a soldering iron and a spool of solder, it really is super simple and well worth your time to learn how to do, especially as these old games start losing battery saves and the like.

I agree, I didn't realise how easy it would be to do myself. Got myself a starter solidering kit off Amazon, some bits to open the cartridges and some batteries off eBay, thankfully the solder points are fairly big.