Save Game Battery

Replacement Service

This is a repair service where we replace the flat battery in your game cart. You send them in, we fix them up. Yes, we also supply the battery! We recommend sending in a few at a time.

When you save the game progress in some old retro video game carts, they use an internal battery to keep the save on a chip. This chip will erase itself if the battery goes flat and dies. We can replace this battery and restore the save game functionality of your favourite game, however the saves themselves will be lost.

The type of battery does vary quite a lot, so see the dropdown menu for your game type. We recommend ordering a few games to be restored at a time to maximise your shipping.

CR2032 tabbed

Nintendo NES, Super Nintendo SNES, Nintendo 64, Sega Master System, Mega Drive and 32X games use a CR2032 battery with solder tabs.

CR1616 tabbed

These are tiny batteries used only for Game Boy Advance games. They are typically used in Pokémon Emerald, Sapphire, Ruby, Puzzle Challenge, Yellow, and Trading Card Edition plus many other Game Boy games.

CR2025 tabbed

These batteries are used only for Game Boy Color/Original Game Boy Games.

Which games have batteries?

Take a look at our blogs on this topic for a list of game that use batteries.

Non battery save problems

If you have a game cartridge that doesn't save and it doesn't use a battery, then there's something else going on that needs a deeper investigation. For this instance buy the option labelled "Other non-battery problem"

How does the process work?

1. Buy this repair service (return shipping is calculated at checkout).
   
2. Print our address from the "Print Address" button on screen.
3. Post in your game.
4. We repair your game.
5. We post your game back to you with the prepaid shipping costs from checkout.

Who pays for postage?

• You organise postage and ship your game in.
• We calculate the return postage at checkout and this is how we get it back to you.

Clone games

• We do not work on clone games, only original games from Nintendo, etc