Really appreciate it dude! Thank you for commenting! I will definitely consider making a video for changing the battery in parallel to retain save data! Cheers!
@@MachoNachoProductions just bumping this incase it hasn't happened yet because like stated above I love how simple clear and entertaining you make these tutorials
Great tutorial! Some constructive feedback that I feel is worth mentioning: once the old battery is removed from the PCB, it's worthwhile to use a wick to clean off all of the older solder left behind on the terminals. You can then cleanly apply new solder to the terminals (after swabbing the bare terminals with some iso alcohol first, of course), this way you can avoid mixing in old and new solder when mounting the fresh battery. Not essential but a courtesy for anyone who might be the next owner of the cartridge -- or if you're repairing a cartridge for someone else.
2:50 Best trilogy! Thanks for this video. I did a hack job the other day because I had to reuse the leads. Can't weld them on so I taped the top one, lol. I would also look into using a wick to make life way easier removing solder.
honestly the video i watched before this didnt label the charges to each battery side and tho parts are unnecessary this was an amazing guide 9/10 good job
the highest quality video ive seen on this. thank u. never knew about the pcb holder and desoldering pump tools before this. big props for including the multimeter testing too. appreciate your work
All my original Gameboy DMG games are short platformers etc so battery saves are not important as I just play them from start to finish in one sitting, if I do get any longer games though it looks like I'll be needing this video!
I was just thinking about replacing the battery on my Dragon Warrior 1/2 GB cartridge lol. It still works but idk for how long and I kinda wanna sell it.
Obviously you have your plans, but I’ve been a subscriber for a long time and I love your videos and enjoy your work. Seeing this done in parallel would me very amazing!
Great video, easy to follow and see exactly what you are doing. Just last week I picked up a 'brain boy' for GB/GBC games off ebay for under $20 so I could easily back up my saves. It is a pretty interesting little device that I can not find very much information on but still managed to back them up.
What a coincidence I ordered a Pokémon crystal a while back that had this problem fixed it after a few weeks and now you posted this video just about a week after I did it haha I should’ve waited cause I had some trouble at first but I ended up getting it
Macho Nacho Productions I had no idea how to position it at first and i know this isn’t very smart but I went ahead and did it on how I thought it made sense when I should’ve looked up a tutorial but it ended up working out and looks fine so it went alright haha
Great video and production quality - I started watching late last year; the quality was fine then but it's clear that you have really made an effort to produce professional videos!
Thank you Daryl! Appreciate it dude! I am always trying to improve my video production and soldering skills. I will be attempting some more moderate to difficult soldering mods in the future like the Dreamcast HDMI etc. I am excited to see if I can do those kinds of mods. Thank you for the kind comment buddy! Cheers
Gotta say, I'm a little suprised you don't go over adding a battery socket to the bigger system shells for easy swapping in the future. I've been all about that recently myself lol.
I was wondering how you did the effect at 1:20 where it seems as if the consoles are levitating? It looks amazing and I was curious how you pulled that off
It's kind of a simple trick. I have the consoles on a device that rotates. Then I use a mask function in my editing software to cover it and place the same background as an underlay to fill the masked portion to give it the appearance of floating. I'm sure there are some good tutorials on TH-cam that show how to do it. I know that was a brief how to but hopefully it was somewhat helpful. Cheers!
Can't lose the save data if it hasn't held save data in over a decade lol. I'm glad to see it's easier than I thought. I need to replace my the batteries in my old Pokemon games but I couldn't find any name brand 2025 batteries with tabs. I've also heard bad things about ebay batteries. I heard I might be able to get away with using a 2032 in some of the 2025 games so I grabbed tabbed name brand of some of those to check. If I can't use those then I'll have to pick up some from ebay I guess. Your ebay link for the batteries no longer works so I wasn't able to check it out.
Its more elime I have no idea how to do it or I would do it. I use to have bags lf old AA and AAA batteries i knew were dead but didn't know what to do eirh them so one day I i just tossed them all. The local Ecycler told me they wouldn't take them (they actually all the ones who threw them away but I let them 100%)
Correct me if I am wrong, but it might be a good idea to put Kapton tape on the pins or other important parts of the cart if you are new to soldering. It looks super easy on a video, but I had too much solder on the tip of the iron and a drop fell onto my GBC pins turning them silver and thought I ruined my game forever.
These videos make it look so damn easy. I've seen several and I just royally screwed it up. My brand new iron doesnt melt it fast or at all. Is 380C not enough?
Pretty good tutorial Tito, I would like to replace the battery of my copy of Boktai, this cartridge needs a battery because the game has an internal clock like Pokemon Crystal
That’s a great question! I think for the most part that can be done for home system carts like the NES, SNES, N64 etc but gameboy carts are likely too small to have a battery holder. It’s all about preference. These batteries don’t get replace frequently so i don’t mind just replacing the whole battery. Cheers Christopher!
It would be much easier and quicker to just solder a tabbed battery, which will last you another 15 - 20 years. You're realistically only ever going to replace the battery once... MAYBE twice...
@@MachoNachoProductions There's a pretty good flex PCB holder you can put in GB/GBC games now. I'm trying to see if there's anything for GBA as well. I found one thing on RGRS but they don't show it in a GBA cart, they just say it works. Haven't found a video of anyone using it either.
Yes, you would not be able to save, I don't know if gameboy games have circuit protection so it could potentially cause some damage. I would check it immediately and make sure the polarity is correct. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. Hopefully someone could chime in. Cheers Jeremy!
Man, sorry to hear that. You may be able to buy another game with the same pcb and sram chip and try to swap either the eprom or the sram. Kind of a tough fix but should be possible.
Do you have a video on how to fix a Gameboy game that won’t boot? (Nintendo logo isn’t displayed correctly on boot) already cleaned the contacts with isopropyl alcohol
Unfortunately I dont. One thing you could try is to insert and remove a gameboy game many times. This will also help remove the oxidation on the cart reader contacts. Sometime IPA isn't enough to clean the contacts. By inserting and removing a game cart you are cleaning the contacts as well. Let me know if that works! Cheers buddy!
Macho Nacho Productions I tried that, been looking at other videos and they recommend trying to reflow the solder on the rom chip. Guess I’ll try that and see how it goes. Thanks for taking your time to reply. Thanks for these videos. I’ve been thinking of modding a Gameboy from watching your videos.
Ah gotcha. Another thing you could check is, if there is any corrosion near the contacts one of the contact traces may have been damaged. Was there any corrosion?
I had to do this to 3 of my games that I bought except I installed bigger batteries in them to ensure a longer life of saving games but I bought a couple of games I need to buy myself a smaller soldering iron for because the traces are SO small for repair. Also I should note that the Gameboy and Gameboy Color only I put a CR2032 battery in both you still have to use a smaller battery for GBA games and I mixed up the polarity with my first game but nothing bad happened just still couldn't save
@@MachoNachoProductions yeah the battery takes a bit to align but I did that with pokemon yellow. I believe it was a 2016 or 2025 and I put a 2032 in. Have to bend the tabs to fit but it works fine. One of the local shops does this and they don't even solder it on. They use the pressure from the case to keep it aligned (which I think is stupid)
@@MachoNachoProductions yeah I completely forgot to mention I had to trim the tabs a little but I soldered mine in that using the case pressure I feel the same you definitely are loosing your save file the instant you drop it
As long as it works that’s great! Just be careful, if the battery shifts around if may lose contact and you could potentially lose your save. Cheers buddy!
That’s a great strategy! I do the same thing but also with broken consoles. Most consoles that are sold as broken are fairly easy to repair, or were never broken in the first place. Cheers dude!
Overall a very good guide, a few things that irked me though. A multimeter is not needed, if you plan to play these games for a longtime its probably best to just replace regardless. I feel like by stating you need a multimeter will be another barrier for people to not do this. Secondly a desoldering pump, wick or anything else is not needed either. You can just heat up the solder joint and carefully lift the battery. By using a manual soldering pump (solder sucker) the force it uses can actually make the person using it hit the gameboy cartirdge which might break something haha. Funny enough, i have videos on both examples on people failing to replace a battery, one by using too much heat with a soldering iron and the other reusing the mechanical tabs. (Trash to Cash 8 & Trash to Cash 4) If youve read this far, stay awesome! :)
Thanks for the comment Juicy Jake Repairs! That’s true that those items are optional. I guess in the tutorial I was showing how I would do it but understand that not everyone has access to all those tools. I’m glad there are other tutorials out there that do show other methods. Cheers!
I just bought a bunch of tabbed CR2025 batteries like 2 weeks ago for this purpose. Great timing! Tito for the win! Thanks again. How's your PC Engine GT? I just got a capacitor kit for my Game Gear.
That's awesome! So glad this video came out just in time! PC engine is doing great! I will be releasing a video on that sometime soon I hope! I need to replace those capacitors! Nice! The Game Gear is one of my all time favorites! Such a great console! I hope more mods come out for it as well! Cheer Gabriel!
Would definitely love to see you perform the battery swap in parallel. I'm sure other videos do it justice, but your videos are just so top-notch.
Really appreciate it dude! Thank you for commenting! I will definitely consider making a video for changing the battery in parallel to retain save data! Cheers!
Yes I'll second this! Have a copy of Pokemon Yellow I'd like to leave save data on if possible!
Thank you for letting me know! Cheers!
@@MachoNachoProductions just bumping this incase it hasn't happened yet because like stated above I love how simple clear and entertaining you make these tutorials
Great tutorial! Some constructive feedback that I feel is worth mentioning: once the old battery is removed from the PCB, it's worthwhile to use a wick to clean off all of the older solder left behind on the terminals. You can then cleanly apply new solder to the terminals (after swabbing the bare terminals with some iso alcohol first, of course), this way you can avoid mixing in old and new solder when mounting the fresh battery. Not essential but a courtesy for anyone who might be the next owner of the cartridge -- or if you're repairing a cartridge for someone else.
Just yesterday I was thinking I needed to learn how to do this and BAM you make a video on it! Thank you Tito, your videos are top notch.
Thank you! Nice! Glad this video will be helpful to you! Cheers!
this is video that I want! just got pokemon gold cartridge that can't save.
Nice! Glad it’ll be helpful! Cheers!
Your def one of the best content creators for this community . Really appreciate these quality videos
Thank you Arthur 🙏! Really appreciate it dude!
I’m literally learning everything I need to know from you to do my own stuff. Thank you 😂
Bro I just thought of doing this. My super Metroid. It doesn’t save anymore. Good video. Keep up the good work.
Thank you Carlos! I hope this video will be helpful when you change your Super Metroid battery! That’s such a great game! Cheers!
2:50 Best trilogy!
Thanks for this video. I did a hack job the other day because I had to reuse the leads. Can't weld them on so I taped the top one, lol. I would also look into using a wick to make life way easier removing solder.
Totally agree! It’s a classic!!
Wick is good, just make sure to use some flux or get some wick that’s has flux coating. Cheers Madblaster!!
honestly the video i watched before this didnt label the charges to each battery side and tho parts are unnecessary this was an amazing guide 9/10 good job
the highest quality video ive seen on this. thank u. never knew about the pcb holder and desoldering pump tools before this. big props for including the multimeter testing too. appreciate your work
Thank you Kaipo! Really appreciate it buddy! So glad you found it helpful! Cheers!
Macho Nacho Productions FYI the flux pen link is broken. missing the first "h"
Kaipo Kiaha just fixed it. Thank you for letting me know! Cheers!
This looks...way easier then I thought it would be. Those solder connections are huge! Well, I guess I'm good to buy dry battery games now... Thanks!
Yep, the solder pads are nice and large! You can definitely do it dude! Cheers!
All my original Gameboy DMG games are short platformers etc so battery saves are not important as I just play them from start to finish in one sitting, if I do get any longer games though it looks like I'll be needing this video!
Nice! Yeah I have a several games that don’t use batteries as well! They’re super quick and fun to pick up and play! Cheers Makoy!
I was just thinking about replacing the battery on my Dragon Warrior 1/2 GB cartridge lol. It still works but idk for how long and I kinda wanna sell it.
Obviously you have your plans, but I’ve been a subscriber for a long time and I love your videos and enjoy your work. Seeing this done in parallel would me very amazing!
Great video, easy to follow and see exactly what you are doing. Just last week I picked up a 'brain boy' for GB/GBC games off ebay for under $20 so I could easily back up my saves. It is a pretty interesting little device that I can not find very much information on but still managed to back them up.
Thanks Billy! Wow that sounds pretty awesome actually! I’ll have to look into that! Cheers dude!
Another week another great video by Tito👍 Very through tutorial. I must get me a pcb holder now.
Thank you Scruffy! Great to hear from you dude! The PCB holder is super useful, I use it all the time! Cheers buddy!
What a coincidence I ordered a Pokémon crystal a while back that had this problem fixed it after a few weeks and now you posted this video just about a week after I did it haha I should’ve waited cause I had some trouble at first but I ended up getting it
Nice! I actually still need to do this to my Pokémon crystal. How did your battery replacement turn out?
Macho Nacho Productions I had no idea how to position it at first and i know this isn’t very smart but I went ahead and did it on how I thought it made sense when I should’ve looked up a tutorial but it ended up working out and looks fine so it went alright haha
Superb video, I love the Circuit Board Holder!
Thank you Dave! The circuit board holder is clutch. So useful!! Cheers dude!
Great video and production quality - I started watching late last year; the quality was fine then but it's clear that you have really made an effort to produce professional videos!
Thank you Stephen! Really appreciate it dude! I’m always trying to find ways to improve. Thank you for noticing! Cheers buddy!
Amazing video as always! Thank you for the tips, you make soldering look like a cakewalk!
Thank you Daryl! Appreciate it dude! I am always trying to improve my video production and soldering skills. I will be attempting some more moderate to difficult soldering mods in the future like the Dreamcast HDMI etc. I am excited to see if I can do those kinds of mods. Thank you for the kind comment buddy! Cheers
Gotta say, I'm a little suprised you don't go over adding a battery socket to the bigger system shells for easy swapping in the future. I've been all about that recently myself lol.
Nice! I think that’s a great option! That will definitely make it easier
I was wondering how you did the effect at 1:20 where it seems as if the consoles are levitating? It looks amazing and I was curious how you pulled that off
It's kind of a simple trick. I have the consoles on a device that rotates. Then I use a mask function in my editing software to cover it and place the same background as an underlay to fill the masked portion to give it the appearance of floating. I'm sure there are some good tutorials on TH-cam that show how to do it. I know that was a brief how to but hopefully it was somewhat helpful. Cheers!
Macho Nacho Productions I shoulda known it was some simple magic lol. It was notably cool to me so I had ta ask
Pretty Funny that the US needed that big of a NES cartridge but Famicom got the right more logical cart IMO. Great vid tho.
Haha I know, it’s funny to see all that empty space inside the cart!
Fun fact: in the Spanish translation of back to the future 3 Marty doesn't say all the best stuff is made in "japan", he says China. IDK why.
Haha that’s so funny, I wonder how Japan got switch with China, seems like a pretty big oversight.
Can't lose the save data if it hasn't held save data in over a decade lol. I'm glad to see it's easier than I thought. I need to replace my the batteries in my old Pokemon games but I couldn't find any name brand 2025 batteries with tabs. I've also heard bad things about ebay batteries. I heard I might be able to get away with using a 2032 in some of the 2025 games so I grabbed tabbed name brand of some of those to check. If I can't use those then I'll have to pick up some from ebay I guess. Your ebay link for the batteries no longer works so I wasn't able to check it out.
Thanks for mentioning the proper disposal of the leftover batteries! People always forget that step.
Of course! It’s a largely overlooked step, but very easy and important. Cheers Michael!
Its more elime I have no idea how to do it or I would do it.
I use to have bags lf old AA and AAA batteries i knew were dead but didn't know what to do eirh them so one day I i just tossed them all.
The local Ecycler told me they wouldn't take them (they actually all the ones who threw them away but I let them 100%)
Correct me if I am wrong, but it might be a good idea to put Kapton tape on the pins or other important parts of the cart if you are new to soldering. It looks super easy on a video, but I had too much solder on the tip of the iron and a drop fell onto my GBC pins turning them silver and thought I ruined my game forever.
Such great tools you have, Tito!
Thank you Case Squirrel! Cheers my friend!
Tito, don't forget the battery holders. (Harwin etc)
This is a better solution because you don't have to solder again once installed.
Would def wanna see how to save the save file while running in parallel
Also some of the Genesis/Mega Drive games have a save battery such as Sonic 3.
Yep! Absolutely correct! Thank you Billy, cheers!
Is the flux pen really needed? I don't have that
I was really looking for this, i have Pokémon Crystal, Emerald, Ruby and Sapphire that need battery replacement.
Awesome! Great games! I hope this video was helpful to you! Cheers Diego!
where can I get one of those scalpel style spudgers?
Good video. Self explained..❤
These videos make it look so damn easy. I've seen several and I just royally screwed it up. My brand new iron doesnt melt it fast or at all. Is 380C not enough?
Pretty good tutorial Tito, I would like to replace the battery of my copy of Boktai, this cartridge needs a battery because the game has an internal clock like Pokemon Crystal
Thank you lalo2508! Hopefully this tutorial will help you when you replace you your Boktai battery! Best of luck dude! Cheers!
Why not just install a battery holder instead for easier exchange in the future?
That’s a great question! I think for the most part that can be done for home system carts like the NES, SNES, N64 etc but gameboy carts are likely too small to have a battery holder. It’s all about preference. These batteries don’t get replace frequently so i don’t mind just replacing the whole battery. Cheers Christopher!
It would be much easier and quicker to just solder a tabbed battery, which will last you another 15 - 20 years. You're realistically only ever going to replace the battery once... MAYBE twice...
@@MachoNachoProductions There's a pretty good flex PCB holder you can put in GB/GBC games now. I'm trying to see if there's anything for GBA as well. I found one thing on RGRS but they don't show it in a GBA cart, they just say it works. Haven't found a video of anyone using it either.
What temperature did you set your iron or recommended?
Does anybody know if you can just take a different gameboy games save battery and put it into a different one?
pls help! what kind of soldering wire i use on GBA cartridge and gameboy mod?
If it's like the staurn it's a easy fix but I will see by the end of the vid
Ugh i just bought a bunch of batteries without tabs, i didn't realize that was something i needed :(
Happens to the best of my dude! No worries. Cheers buddy!
I wonder how feasible it is to install rechargeable batteries.
Say if I soldered the battery in reverse, would that just kill the ability to save? I notice pokemon saves but after 5 minutes it loses it again :/
Yes, you would not be able to save, I don't know if gameboy games have circuit protection so it could potentially cause some damage. I would check it immediately and make sure the polarity is correct. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. Hopefully someone could chime in. Cheers Jeremy!
@@MachoNachoProductions ahh, yeah I flipped it back but it's lost all save function , even tried multiple batteries
Man, sorry to hear that. You may be able to buy another game with the same pcb and sram chip and try to swap either the eprom or the sram. Kind of a tough fix but should be possible.
Do you have a video on how to fix a Gameboy game that won’t boot? (Nintendo logo isn’t displayed correctly on boot) already cleaned the contacts with isopropyl alcohol
Unfortunately I dont. One thing you could try is to insert and remove a gameboy game many times. This will also help remove the oxidation on the cart reader contacts. Sometime IPA isn't enough to clean the contacts. By inserting and removing a game cart you are cleaning the contacts as well. Let me know if that works! Cheers buddy!
Macho Nacho Productions other games work on the Gameboy but Pokemon Crystal does not boot correctly. Thanks for your reply.
Gotcha! I wonder if the contacts on Pokémon crystal need to be cleaned?
Macho Nacho Productions I tried that, been looking at other videos and they recommend trying to reflow the solder on the rom chip. Guess I’ll try that and see how it goes. Thanks for taking your time to reply. Thanks for these videos. I’ve been thinking of modding a Gameboy from watching your videos.
Ah gotcha. Another thing you could check is, if there is any corrosion near the contacts one of the contact traces may have been damaged. Was there any corrosion?
Professionally done great job! What is the vice tool your using?
It’s a PCB holder. I have a link to it in the video description. It’s cheap and super handy! I use it all the time. Best $10 I ever spent! Cheers!
@@MachoNachoProductions Thanks for the reply appreciate it! Looking forward for the next video!
No problem dude! Cheers!
Okay...now I'm more afraid to try that...
I had to do this to 3 of my games that I bought except I installed bigger batteries in them to ensure a longer life of saving games but I bought a couple of games I need to buy myself a smaller soldering iron for because the traces are SO small for repair.
Also I should note that the Gameboy and Gameboy Color only I put a CR2032 battery in both you still have to use a smaller battery for GBA games and I mixed up the polarity with my first game but nothing bad happened just still couldn't save
That’s a neat trick! I may think of doing some of my games with a larger battery. Thanks for the tip! Cheers!
@@MachoNachoProductions yeah the battery takes a bit to align but I did that with pokemon yellow. I believe it was a 2016 or 2025 and I put a 2032 in. Have to bend the tabs to fit but it works fine. One of the local shops does this and they don't even solder it on. They use the pressure from the case to keep it aligned (which I think is stupid)
Oh man that’s crazy. I feel like if the cart dropped it would misalign the battery.
@@MachoNachoProductions yeah I completely forgot to mention I had to trim the tabs a little but I soldered mine in that using the case pressure I feel the same you definitely are loosing your save file the instant you drop it
Great tutorial. Doesn't look as hard as I thought
I do it the poor way and tape the board down on my table lol
As long as it works that’s great! Just be careful, if the battery shifts around if may lose contact and you could potentially lose your save. Cheers buddy!
@@MachoNachoProductions yeah will do, thanks.
I can do this without erasing the data
"all the best stuff is made in japan" 🤣👍
Haha, easily one of my favorite trilogies!
😢 that horrible music, good video though, thank you 👌
I will try to only buy dead battery games because they're a ton cheaper and they're an easy fix
That is what most of my game collection consists of games I bought with a dead battery or labeled as non working
@@PuppetMaster8707 and they're easy flips too if you have extra copies
That’s a great strategy! I do the same thing but also with broken consoles. Most consoles that are sold as broken are fairly easy to repair, or were never broken in the first place. Cheers dude!
@@MachoNachoProductions sooo true my GBA I bought was labeled non working buttons and I just gave it a good cleaning and it was perfectly fine
I love it when that happens! One of the best feelings!
Overall a very good guide, a few things that irked me though. A multimeter is not needed, if you plan to play these games for a longtime its probably best to just replace regardless. I feel like by stating you need a multimeter will be another barrier for people to not do this. Secondly a desoldering pump, wick or anything else is not needed either. You can just heat up the solder joint and carefully lift the battery. By using a manual soldering pump (solder sucker) the force it uses can actually make the person using it hit the gameboy cartirdge which might break something haha. Funny enough, i have videos on both examples on people failing to replace a battery, one by using too much heat with a soldering iron and the other reusing the mechanical tabs. (Trash to Cash 8 & Trash to Cash 4) If youve read this far, stay awesome! :)
Thanks for the comment Juicy Jake Repairs! That’s true that those items are optional. I guess in the tutorial I was showing how I would do it but understand that not everyone has access to all those tools. I’m glad there are other tutorials out there that do show other methods. Cheers!
I just bought a bunch of tabbed CR2025 batteries like 2 weeks ago for this purpose. Great timing! Tito for the win! Thanks again. How's your PC Engine GT? I just got a capacitor kit for my Game Gear.
That's awesome! So glad this video came out just in time! PC engine is doing great! I will be releasing a video on that sometime soon I hope! I need to replace those capacitors! Nice! The Game Gear is one of my all time favorites! Such a great console! I hope more mods come out for it as well! Cheer Gabriel!
very good video
Thank you Brandon! Appreciate it dude! Cheers!