Dechipher, classic game cartridges are on MaskROM IC chips. These last virtually forever unless abused. After a long long long time you might start to wear down the copper contacts on the connector. But game cartridges for these systems from the 80s and 90s will last till you're long dead. The game consoles will too though you might have to fix misc parts on them. Ussually cartridge connectors.
While I agree with you, not everyone takes as good of care of games as one would hope. I just can't help but think to my SNES. There are quite a few games that just won't work right. My SMW2: YI game keeps resetting the data, that is, whenever I can get it to work. My Secret of Evermore game is scrambled, and my latter two DKC games keep losing data. Maybe my family is just rough on games. But at least with the RVC you wouldn't have to worry about how your brother takes care of your game. So long as you put your memory card up safely.
Last I checked, most (if not all) SNES games use batteries to keep save data. The batteries do have a finite life, and when they die, your data has issues.
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For whatever reason, my version 2 SNES likes to erase the date on carts. I think it's because the carts dont sit snugly in the console, and when it gets wiggled even the slightest bit, the consol resets and the data is lost. It's frustrating.
While having the carts for nostalgic sake is kinda cool, I'd rather just download the games and have them all playable on one nice little black box.
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My Super Mario All-Stars likes resetting my data every three times I play D:
also this topic made me cream my pants when I saw it. bg that it's not real D:
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The SNES games that save ussually (always as far as I know) have your usual lithium battery in them. Simply open it up and replace it. Good as new. You will need a "game bit" or sometimes its called a security bit. There are two different sizes I've seen though I forget the measurements. You need the smaller one though.
Secret of Evermore probably has scratched or dirty cartridge contacts on the edge connector (the bottom).
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