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You just have to pry open your Zelda cart to solder on a new battery for the static RAM :)

All of my battery backed games are still going strong. Not just the Gameboy ones but all the other retro consoles in my extensive collection too.

However I do think I’ve been exceptionally lucky not to have even one bad egg amongst my archive.

Ironically it’s not the games that’s caused me battery issues but the consoles themselves. My Saturn, Dreamcast and Xbox all needed to have batteries replaced despite being several generations more recent.

Their time is about to come. Invest in some sort of save dumping device while you can.

I’m sure they will die at some point. When that happens I get the joy of playing them all over again. Bar a few RPGs, there’s nothing there that can’t be beaten in a few hours once you’re familiar with the game. Which is one of appeals of retro gaming for me.

Mine actually hasn't died yet. My Pokemon red and blue carts need new batteries, but OoT is still going. Wouldn't expect any less from the GOAT. (You kids these days wont get why it's the GOAT, but it is).

What is this "GOAT"? Is it what kicked the llama's ass? ;)

Greatest Of All Time

I know. I was dropping my own old reference :)

https://techcrunch.com/2013/11/20/after-15-years-of-whipping...

Appropriately, the original Winamp is a pretty good contender for GOAT

I especially miss the old skins:

https://archive.org/details/winampskins

The late 90s/early 2000s had a very unique and IMO under appreciated aesthetic.

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