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Physical Collectors "Should Plug In" Switch, 3DS And Vita Game Cards "Every 5-10 Years" To Avoid Data Loss (www.timeextension.com)
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[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago (6 children)

What about old gameboy and NES/SNES carts? Are they made differently, or also subject to whatever issue? The article really didn’t say, but idk if those older carts are the same sort of flash or whatever, I mean they are like 40 years old at this point.

[–] capt_kafei@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Games in that era used mask ROM for the game data, so they don't lose state over time as quickly as NAND flash does without power.

I say "as quickly" because I'm sure mask ROM still degrades eventually, but I'm not sure how long it takes.

The batteries in Game Boy carts were for keeping the save data SRAM powered. If that battery dies you'll lose any data on the save RAM, but it doesn't affect the mask ROM.

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

Cool good to know. I don’t have a system for some of them at the moment, so I can’t very well boot them all up to…. fix them?

Regardless, appreciate the info!

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