Game files do not save!!!

[Triforce007]

Okay last night I was going to play on my old Silver game and it was deleted. I did not think much of it so I just started a new game. Well then I turned it on again this morning and it was gone. It seems to get deleted when I take it out of the Game Boy. I also tried it with my Gold and my brothers Silver. And it's the same problem. However my Crystal is still okay. Has anyone else had this problem or does anyone know how to fix it?

 

[Mega Trickster]

Your games internal batteries are dead, and therefore cannot hold a save file. You have to fix it yourself as Nintendo wont fix it.

 

[~Bent~]

The save battery is dead.

You'll have to replace it, or buy a "new" cartridge.


Anyway, here's a post at GameFAQs by a guy called Uriel3ca3:

Well, I was bored this morning and thought: "I haven't played Pokemon Gold in a while." So I dug it out from under my bed, plugged it in to my GB and turned it on. Hmm no save file that's odd, oh well, I was gonna start a new game anyway. After awhile I save and quit so I can take a break. A little bit later I turn my gameboy back on. No save file!! I try a few times on both Gold and Silver. Same thing. So I search Google to see what my problem is. I find out that my internal battery has died!

But there is no way to fix it? Every site I go to says that my game is ruined, all I can do is buy a new one or send it off to Nintendo for repair!......wait a minute....Nintendo can repair it? I'm just as good if not better at fixing stuff than Nintendo, I bet I can fix it! And I did! Now you can too!

Things you need:

-Pokemon G/S

-New battery: CR2025 or DL2025

-really small needle nose pliers

-soldering iron/solder

-electrical tape

Ok here we go, I didn't know how to get images to work so just copy and paste the url's to your address bar.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/drdna/tools.jpg

First you have to take your cartrige apart. It only has one screw but it has a weird head. I used really small needle nose pliers to take it out.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/drdna/takeapart.jpg

Ok now that we have it apart lets take a look. There's the battery, notice how it has a yellow lining around the edge? Also take note on how the positive side is face down, we don't want to put the new battery in backwards. It's soldered to metal tabs on the top and bottom too. To get it out, I pulled on the tab firmly but gentle not to damage anything. It's a little difficult because you have to break the solder. You have to do this to the top and bottom.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/drdna/removebattery.jpg

Ok, now the old dead battery is gone! Take a break and plug in your soldering iron.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/drdna/batterygone.jpg

And here's our new battery.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/drdna/newbattery.jpg

I wrapped a small strip of electrical tape around the edge of the battery to imitate the yellow band. It prevents the battery from touching other parts in the cartridge.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/drdna/battery.jpg

Now this was my first time soldering anything, but I think it turned out alright, and hey...it works! Now remember, postive side face down against the board! Solder the tabs on both sides and voila!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/drdna/soldered.jpg

Put the board back in the cartridge. Careful, it's a pretty tight fit if you have no soldering skills like me. Put the screw back in the back of the cartridge, and enjoy! I don't know how long it will last, hopefully a couple years like the original battery. So far mine still works but it's only been a couple of hours. Well enjoy!

 

[Locke-Kefka]

the same thing happened to me on my first gold, it didn't save, no matter how many times i tried, then one say when i was at school, i let my friend play it, he typed in the name "master" then when he finished, he saved even though he already knew that it wouldn't, so he turned it back on, and there was a save file on it! Just to make sure that it wasn't only my cartrage that the trick would work on, my friend had the same problem and i tried it on his, and it worked too! you should try it, it'll be worth it, but just don't go overboard with turning it on and off at the continue screen just to make sure that it would still be there because boy was i ever sorry when i did that

 

[Serebii93]

The save battery is dead.

You'll have to replace it, or buy a "new" cartridge.


Anyway, here's a post at GameFAQs by a guy called Uriel3ca3:

Well, all but one picture link is dead. I'd really like to see them...

 

[Tiffany]

Your internal battery died.
I'm sorry to hear this. D:
It's quite easy to replace the battery. I wouldn't go buy a used one because who knows how long until that one dies. If you do choose to replace the battery manually by yourself, I hope it works for you.