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Posted on 12/10/12 at 7:33 am to Trace
TIL that some old games had batteries in them.
I was coming in here to laugh at the OP.
I was coming in here to laugh at the OP.
Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:02 am to LaRon
I don't know what's worse, the OP's question or the idiots trying to claim it's true.
Here fricktards, learn how computers work.
Here fricktards, learn how computers work.
Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:09 am to LaRon
quote:
like snes and N64 games?
my friend told me that they use a battery to hold the save data, but once the battery goes out you lose your data and can no longer save
is this true?
I've got some games 15+ years old and have yet to encounter this
google is your friend
Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:54 am to BaddestAndvari
Posted on 12/11/12 at 9:39 am to Jackie Chan
quote:
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (battery)
Ogre Battle: Person of Lordly Caliber (battery)
Harvest Moon (battery)
Those are the three main games I play on N64....
Posted on 12/11/12 at 9:47 am to TigerInAnnArbor
quote:
Here fricktards, learn how computers work.
.....
Irony: someone who has never heard of a CMOS circuit telling others that they need to learn how computers work.
Until somewhat recently, most computers had a small battery on the motherboard to store software changed BIOS settings. (before it was exclusively jumpers, now it uses Flash memory).
All computers still have a button battery on the motherboards still as a result of this time though, even though it's not used to maintain save data.
Let me guess, you think information stored in RAM is still there after power is cut too.....
This post was edited on 12/11/12 at 9:50 am
Posted on 12/11/12 at 10:14 am to TigerInAnnArbor
Posted on 12/11/12 at 11:50 am to TigerInAnnArbor
Good job embarassing yourself.
Next time google for 30 seconds and get your facts straight.
I guess the battery swapping I did in game cartridges that wouldn't save was a dream.
Next time google for 30 seconds and get your facts straight.
I guess the battery swapping I did in game cartridges that wouldn't save was a dream.
This post was edited on 12/11/12 at 11:56 am
Posted on 12/11/12 at 11:53 am to Scruffy
Do flash drives have batteries? Or does it use the connected devices power supply? Let me ask you that and base your opinion off of that.
Posted on 12/11/12 at 11:54 am to DrSteveBrule
This annarbor guy exclusively shows on the gaming board to troll with purposeful idiocy, I remember he made a realllllllllly stupid claim a while back. Anyways in the spirit of gameboy saves dying, anyone remember the game where you had to be out in the sun to power your in-game abilities? I bet that wouldn't work very well 10 years later
Posted on 12/11/12 at 12:37 pm to TigerDik86
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Do flash drives have batteries? Or does it use the connected devices power supply? Let me ask you that and base your opinion off of that.
Not all memory circuits are the same.
Just because flash memory doesn't need electricity to store information in solid state doesn't mean all memory circuits that ever existed doesn't need it either.
It's not like it went seemlessly from password based "saving" to self sufficient saving in one generation.
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