ROM Cartridges. Lifespan, and other tidbits

[Andrew Burton]

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From: "Swift Griggs" <swiftgriggs at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 3:53 PM
Subject: ROM Cartridges. Lifespan, and other tidbits



> Seen the crazy prices for rare Neo Geo carts? $400 bucks for "Twinkle Star
> Sprites" ? Sure!
>
> -Swift


Heh! I knew someone around 15 years ago that paid £700 for a rare Japanese
Neo Geo cartridge. (No, I can't recall which game)

Another cartridge related question I'd like to throw open to the collective:
what about cartridges that have internal saves on them, such as Super Mario
World (SNES) or Micro Machines (Megadrive)? Does playing them regularly
really recharge the battery/non-volatile RAM so they continue to keep the
saves intact?
I usually play my cart games with saves on every year and that seems to keep
the saves intact (Donkey Kong Country 1 (SNES) is about 22 years old now and
I bought the game at it's UK launch).


Regards,
Andrew Burton
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
www.aliensrcooluk.com