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Game Boy cartridge maintenance

April 22, 20251 thread~1 min read
Battery-backed save loss
Battery replacement

Fresh batteries in a couple of recently acquired Game Boy carts, saves backed up and restored using an Open Source Cartridge Reader.

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April 22, 2025· Thread 1

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Installed fresh batteries on a couple of game boy games I acquired recently. Backed up whatever saves they may have had first and then afterwards restored them, using my Open Source Cartridge Reader built by @CartridgeReader. #GameBoy #TheLegendOfZelda

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