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[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 29 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Game Boy cartridges not saving games due to dead battery is sad.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Do those open easily with tools or am I recalling correctly that they used rivets to fasten them shut?

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think they had a triangle security screw

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 months ago

Correct; nothing you can't solve with a cheap iFixIt-knockoff toolset from Aliexpress.