List of NES games with save batteries

Which NES games have batteries?

The list below contains all the NES games that use a save battery in the cartridge:

• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Hillsfar
• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance
• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance
• Akagawa Jirō no Yūrei Ressha
• Al Unser Jr. Turbo Racing
• Bandit Kings of Ancient China
• Bard's Tale, The
• Bard's Tale II, The
• Base Wars: Cyber Stadium Series
• Baseball Simulator 1.000
• Baseball Stars
• Baseball Stars 2
• Bikkuriman World: Gekitō Sei Senshi
• Black Onyx, The
• Bloody Warriors: Shan Go no Gyakushū
• Capcom's Gold Medal Challenge '92
• Chaos World
• Cosmic Wars
• Crystalis
• Dai-2-ji Super Robot Taisen
• Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!!
• Destiny of an Emperor
• Dezaemon
• Downtown Special: Kunio-kun no Jidaigeki da yo - Zenin Shūgō!
• Dragons of Flame
• Dragon Warrior
• Dragon Warrior II
• Dragon Warrior III
• Dragon Warrior IV
• Dungeon Kid
• Dungeon Magic - Sword of the Elements
• EarthBound Beginnings
• Elite
• Esper Dream 2: Arata naru Tatakai
• Exodus: Ultima III
• Famicom Wars
• Family Circuit '91
• Faria: A World of Mystery and Danger!
• Final Fantasy
• Final Fantasy II
• Final Fantasy III
• Final Fantasy I•II
• Fire Emblem Gaiden
• Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light
• Formula One: Built to Win
• Gemfire
• Genghis Khan
• Ghost Lion
• Gold Medal Challenge '92
• Greg Norman's Golf Power
• Heroes of the Lance
• Hillsfar
• Joy Mecha Fight
• Juvei Quest
• Kirby's Adventure
• Legend of the Ghost Lion
• Legend of Zelda, The
• Legend of Zelda, The [Classic Series]
• Legend of Zelda, The [New Seal of Quality]
• L'Empereur
• Magician
• Maniac Mansion
• Metal Max
• Might & Magic: Secret of the Inner Sanctum
• Mother (Earthbound Beginnings)
• NES Open Tournament Golf
• Niji no Silkroad
• Nobunaga's Ambition
• Nobunaga's Ambition II
• Overlord
• Pool of Radiance
• Romance of the Three Kingdoms
• Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
• Sanada Jūyūshi
• SD Gundam World: Gachapon Senshi 5 - Battle of Universal Century
• Shadowgate
• Sheng Huo Lie Zhuan
• Shingen the Ruler
• Sid Meier's Pirates!
• Square no Tom Sawyer
• StarTropics
• StarTropics II - Zoda's Revenge
• Sweet Home
• Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard's Tale
• Tecmo NBA Basketball
• Tecmo Super Bowl
• Tenchi o kurau II: Shokatsu Kōmei-den
• Tetris 2 + Bombliss
• Twelve Seconds (homebrew)
• Ultima: Exodus
• Ultima: Warriors of Destiny
• Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
• Uncharted Waters
• Uninvited
• Wario's Woods
• Wizardry Master Series: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
• Wizardry Master Series II: Knight of Diamonds
• Ys
• Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter
• Ys III: Wanderers from Ys
• Zelda II - The Adventure of Link
• Zelda II - The Adventure of Link [Classic Series]

Guide: NES battery replacement for games that stopped saving

What batteries do NES cartridges use? What is the NES battery type?

It's simply a CR2032 with solder tabs on the sides.

Nintendo NES Game Cartridge Battery Replacement tools list

• CR2032 tabbed battery with solder in pins
• GameBit screwdriver with 3.8mm tip
• Soldering iron (We recommend the TS101)
• Desolder pump or braid
• Leaded solder 60/40
• A steady hand and some time

How to replace battery in NES cartridge?

• Open it up with a GameBit screwdriver tool in 3.8mm
• Desolder the original battery
• Solder in the new CR2032 with tabs

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