cartridge battery lifespan

2009-03-11 12:26:24 am

One shall stand, one shall ball.

I wouldn't consider "shaky legal ground" the same thing as legal, sounds more like people just not giving enough of a shit to do anything about it. They certainly have bigger fish to fry.

arkarian

2009-03-11 11:19:20 am

red chamber dream

Quote from Baby Sheegoth:

Right. Anyways, it is actually legal to own (most) roms if you have the original game

i assume you're talking about roms you've downloaded. this is never legal.

roms are always illegal to own, except in certain countries where it is legal to own roms that you ripped yourself from a game you own.

Gopherbassist

2009-03-20 02:27:44 am

Quote from Opium:

Quote from Acheron86:

Quote from Opium:

I play it using GB player on 60" plasma screen.

I'm not having any trouble finding ROMs, it's just when i download any good ones it alerts my ISP. (and NO, I'm NOT asking for ROMs)

Well, at least you have colors that way.

Your ISP seriously gets "alerted"? What does that even mean? Sounds like you're using not-normal internets. I'm sorry. :(

both my friends and I have both gotten emails from our ISPs stating that the ESA has informed them of illegal activity, and that our ISP has the right to turn over our identities to the ESA if such activities continue. It goes on to say that our internet service will be discontinued if it happens again. both emails included the date, time, and name of the ROM that was downloaded.
neither of us have downloaded any ROMs since then.
Has this happened to anyone else? I thought about downloading them at the library, not sure if that would work.

If the library has you use your card to use their computers, they know when you used which computer, and may tell their ISP who you are, may ban you from using the services of said library, and all this could lead to whatever would happen if you were persistent in in DLing said hypothetical ROMs at home. You may try using library computers as a guest, hypothetically.

[quote="Opium"]
[quote="Acheron86"]
[quote="Opium"]
I play it using GB player on 60" plasma screen.

I'm not having any trouble finding ROMs, it's just when i download any good ones it alerts my ISP. (and NO, I'm NOT asking for ROMs)
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Well, at least you have colors that way.

Your ISP seriously gets "alerted"? What does that even mean? Sounds like you're using not-normal internets. I'm sorry. :(
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both my friends and I have both gotten emails from our ISPs stating that the ESA has informed them of illegal activity, and that our ISP has the right to turn over our identities to the ESA if such activities continue.  It goes on to say that our internet service will be discontinued if it happens again.  both emails included the date, time, and name of the ROM that was downloaded.   
neither of us have downloaded any ROMs since then.  
Has this happened to anyone else?  I thought about downloading them at the library, not sure if that would work.
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If the library has you use your card to use their computers, they know when you used which computer, and may tell their ISP who you are, may ban you from using the services of said library, and all this could lead to whatever would happen if you were persistent in in DLing said hypothetical ROMs at home. You may try using library computers as a guest, hypothetically.

arkarian

2009-03-20 02:46:12 am

red chamber dream

many libraries allow anyone to walk in and use their computers for free. there may be blocks on certain sites or filetypes, but from my experience, that's rare.

Gopherbassist

2009-03-20 03:23:22 am

But they want to know who is using it, so ask you to come up to the desk and get permission.

arkarian

2009-03-20 03:32:59 am

red chamber dream

not usually. every public library i've been to, including some random one in alaska, i've just been able to walk in, sit down at a computer, and not be bothered. libraries are open to the public for a reason.

Pizearke

2009-06-10 10:59:48 pm

Excuse the big dredge, but I was wondering: Is M2's rom held on the ram as well? That is to imply that if the battery were to die, you would simply never be able to save, right? So it's not that big of a deal.

JaggerG

2009-06-12 05:21:58 am

Shifty Leader

That M2k2 guy

It is if you're doing a segmented run. :^P

Pizearke

2009-06-14 04:26:10 pm

True, but doesn't it charge when it's plugged into the GB?

LDreamNinja

2009-06-14 11:44:40 pm

Kind of but I don't think it's really meant for that. Some people have been able to recharge gb batteries by leaving a GBASP plugged in and turned off for like three days but I haven't tried it myself.

Luna_Aran

2009-06-17 10:44:40 am

Super Metroid Addict

My RoS cart has like, 15 years old and still saves perfectly, I'cve heard that Euro versions had better batteries, is that true?

Pizearke

2009-07-02 02:12:36 am

I'm not sure.

Do older games use batteries too? Has anybody ever had a SNES cartridge's battery die?

Opium

2009-07-02 02:27:44 am

I remember with the old gold zelda cart there was something in the instruction book that said if your battery dies then you can mail it to nintendo and they will replace it, so im assuming its possible based on that. I have not ever heard someone say that their battery actually has died though.

Miror B.

2009-07-08 10:49:32 am

Let the music play!

Quote from LDreamNinja:

Kind of but I don't think it's really meant for that. Some people have been able to recharge gb batteries by leaving a GBASP plugged in and turned off for like three days but I haven't tried it myself.

What? Elaborate, please. This sounds interesting.

Thane

2009-08-17 01:43:10 am

^/_\^

Quote from Pizearke:

I'm not sure.

Do older games use batteries too? Has anybody ever had a SNES cartridge's battery die?

I'm not sure but one of my gameboy advance batteries died.
The game was Wario Land 4 and it will no longer keep my save games.
My friend said his Super Mario Allstars stop keeping his files though.

Baron Dante

2010-09-21 06:17:55 am

My friends Zero Mission stopped saving...

Anyways, if a game stops saving, you have to change the battery yourself. I saw very good instructions for that for both GB/GBC and GBA changes. A typical battery lasts for ~10 years after first turn on. They use an type of batteries used in wristwatches for example. If you have the instructions and a screwdriver that can open the cartridge (Special ones for GB/GBC, get from Ebay) and Triwing for GBA (Not all that common, but I suppose you can find 'em in some specialized shops, OR Ebay) and take it to a watchmaker, he/she can do it for you, unless s/he is an total ass. I did so.

Tahngarthor

2011-09-12 12:09:15 pm

Bangaa Bishop

My understanding is if you use the game at least semi-regularly, it will maintain its battery charge, and will last much longer than if you don't play it for years at a time. Not all games used a battery for saving, and that practice basically ended with the Nintendo DS cards which use nonvoliatile memory to save. I'm quite sure at least later GBA games started doing that too. Pokemon on GBA only used a battery to keep the clock going.

You can get a triwing screwdriver at a local Radio Shack by the way.

Zknight7126

(user is banned)

2011-09-19 06:18:51 pm

Every day is a happy day! :)

It depends how much you have played it, my sister killed her Pokemon Ruby battery, and she played that thing constantly, time will wear some of it away, but what really matters is play time. Don't worry about it, if you don't play it 3 hours at least evey day it should last a bit longer.