SNES Cart Batteries are dead

[Demon_Skeith]

Old Nintendo hardware and cartridges may last forever, but the batteries inside some games (used to save progress) do not. With an expected lifespan of only ten years (though they can last much longer), we're obviously well past the point where you can expect all save games to work for a console like the SNES.

Full guide here

Never thought about this.

 

[RedCarpetSugar]

I remember hearing about something like this starting to happen to the old Game Boy cartridges too..

Time with some of these things is precious indeed.

Come to think of it, I might reconsider that Sega Genesis I saw now that I remember this....