HOW TO BACK UP YOUR POKÉMON GAMEBOY COLOR SAVES & REPLACE THE BATTERY (Gold, Silver, Crystal, etc)

If you are watching this video, please remove the game from the shell completely before attempting to replace the battery. There is a very good chance that if you are newer to soldering then you will melt the back of the case doing the way it was shown in the video.

Im holding back tears..............this video is too powerful. Thank you Leonardo Dicaprio for helping every man to ever own a Gameboy.

rip my pokemon red with my lv 100 ratata

I remember things now..... It was that night, when my mother told me to sleep soon because its kinda late already.. And i said "let me just beat elite four and the champion mom, then I'll sleep".. My brother watching at my back told me that if I beat the pokemon league I can then continue my journey from jhoto to kanto... We couldn't barely sleep because of excitement... And until morning comes.... our pokemon silver was corrupted...

DONT SOLDER DIRECTLY TO BATTERY!!!!!!!! I had one blow up in my face. it was like having a firecracker go off in my hand. notice that the connections are NOT soldered to the battery?

You had to be in lavender town

Before using the soldering iron for anything, consider removing the PCB from casing first, so that you don't accidentally melt or deform it ;). Other than that, very good job!

I remember getting those memory cards years ago for my Poke'mon games, I remember doing the soldering way and it did work but clever to actually get the clips again. NIce video man

when this happened to me like 10 years ago i just ripped out the old battery and used electrical tape to hold the new one in place. worked like a charm and was super fast.

Just bought a GBC + Pokémon Gold. Thanks for making this video, now I'm no longer terrified of losing my save.

Nice video. Definitely gonna get myself one of those. 2 tips i could give about battery replacement is you can take a pen apart, heat the end up and press it into the screw until it is cooled and you have a bit to take the screw out. Also use some tweezers to hold the battery while removing from the solder. Pokemon GBA games use the smaller 2016 batteries. The 2025 work but are bigger and you struggle close the case properly.

I definitely needed this as a backup for Pokemon Stadium 2 in case of corruption.

I actually had one of these when I was a kid, used it for my Pokemon Yellow saves.

Lucky Crit you are the man! I immediately went and bought a mega memory card. I knew about the whole battery thing but had no idea about the memory card!

just a thought but you look like leonardo dicaprio

I remember my friend giving me Pokemon Yellow. He said he had save problems so he gave it to me it worked just fine until... I was at the Elite 4 it was late I had to sleep I saved and quit but the next day... IT WAS GONE ;_;

This is an amazing video and super helpful. Well done!

Great vid! Just a few things I wanted to mention 1. Instead of using the tabbed battery, you can use a battery retainer ( a fancy word for battery holder) and switch your battery out from time to time while the cart is running in a gameboy, to not lose your save. 2. As many people pointed out, take the board of the cart out first before soldering. 3. Using flux is reccomended, to avoid burning, just make sure to clean off the excess. 4. Make sure that you solder the + to the + on the board and the same goes for the -.

I got 2 of these a couple years ago and they work great, got them just in time to save my crystal save, as it was already starting to lose the RTC.

You can also put some of your most cherished pokemon on Pokemon Stadium 2 if you have it. It's an n64 cartridge, so it doesn't use a battery, meaning your pokemon will be there forever unless the data corrupts or something.