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Anyone have any experience changing batteries in Game Boy games? Any tips or advice?

>> No.2894814
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2894814

>>2894802
soldering iron, desoldering pump, practice on e-waste before trying it on actual carts. one afternoon of learning, one lifetime of battery replacements.

>> No.2894928

>>2894802
Don't use sellotape. It doesn't work.

Solder that shit.

>> No.2895303

>>2894802
And even with it's GBA counterpart existing

>> No.2895331

>>2894802
Are you retarded or something?

>> No.2895632

>>2895331
>what is reading comprehension
The post.

>> No.2895916

>>2894802
Get batteries with the tabs on them and solder them in.

>> No.2895937

My Game Boy appears to have a dead screen, solid black (green?) across the screen at startup, but can still hear the sounds of the game starting so I know it's working. Any advice, /vr/?

>> No.2896414

>>2895937
>Any advice

get a new one.

>> No.2896758

>>2895937
There is a contrast wheel on the right side of the system, try adjusting it.

>> No.2896759

>>2896758
Left

>> No.2896782

>>2894814
Gettin' too fancy thur. clip the tabs and>>2895916
nobody will see it for 20 years

>> No.2896809

I do the grittier method of battery changing. Get a razor blade and saw away at the staples which holds the battery to the contacts. That part of course is a bitch, and you have to be careful not to bend the contacts too much as you do it or else they might snap. Once you're done there, just slide in the new battery and wrap a strip of electrical tape tightly around it all. I've replaced 5 batteries now for both GB and SNES games with this method and they're all still saving just fine.

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>>2896758
>>2896759
>tfw I've had what I thought was a busted Game Boy sitting in my closet for years and all I needed to do was spin the contrast wheel
I could kiss you, anon.

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>>2897234
Jesus Christ, how young are you?

>> No.2897314

>>2897304
27, just never had a GB until a few years ago when I bought one and turned it on to see a black screen, then pretty much immediately tossed it into the "fix it later" pile where it remained until today.

>> No.2897353

I've replaced several save batteries on the game boy an snes. I usually just pry the battery off the tabs with a small flathead screwdriver then tape the new one in with electrical tape. It's never failed for me, but if you can solder id jut solder one in.

>> No.2897369

>>2896782
Fuck that, stick in a graphene Li-ion battery with induction charger so you can put them over a magnetic field every twenty years for the rest of your entire life.

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>> No.2897662

>>2897234
DESU senpai you are a fucking retard

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>>2897234

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>>2897616
>>2897662
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>>2894802
Do they not still make rechargable AA's?