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0 pointsKwpolska2y ago0 comments

Same goes for saving games on the old systems — that's using a RAM chip kept alive by a battery inside the cartridge.

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Uvix2y ago

Depends on how old. NES and Game Boy were all batteries, but by the N64 and Game Boy Advance they had started to use Flash memory or EEPROMs in many games instead.

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0 pointsKwpolska2y ago0 comments

Same goes for saving games on the old systems — that's using a RAM chip kept alive by a battery inside the cartridge.

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Uvix2y ago

Depends on how old. NES and Game Boy were all batteries, but by the N64 and Game Boy Advance they had started to use Flash memory or EEPROMs in many games instead.

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