What battery does a Gameboy Color Cartridge take?
Zoe Patterson
Updated on March 05, 2026
What battery does a Gameboy Color Cartridge take?
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How long do Gameboy game cartridge batteries last?
The battery will eventually run out, but it can take several years. Nintendo set the original Gameboy Advance battery lifespan to around 15-20 years, which was 30 years ago. A Gameboy Advance game that is still active today possibly has a few years until it dies.
What happens when a Gameboy cartridge battery dies?
If the battery is unplugged or dies, the savestate stored in the SRAM (which is the game’s memory) will be deleted. To circumvent that, we plug the game into the system and turn it on.
What batteries do Gameboy use?
It uses two AA batteries, which gave it approximately 20 hours with the light off and 12 with it on. It was available in two standard colors: gold and silver.
What Gameboy games have batteries?
Which games use batteries?
- Baseball Advance.
- Boktai 1, 2 and 3 (Japan)
- Bomberman Tournament.
- Breath of Fire.
- Breath of Fire II.
- Castlevania: Circle of the Moon.
- Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance.
- Dragon Ball Z Collectible Card Game.
Do Gameboy Color games have batteries?
Most Game Boy cartridges that allow games to be saved contain a small internal battery to store your save states. Over time, this battery degrades and needs replacement. This guide will show you how to replace the battery in your Nintendo Gameboy cartridge in about 10 minutes.
How long do Game Boy Color cartridge batteries last?
If we subtract time passed since manufacture (~29-24 years) we can estimate that these Gameboy cartridges still have another 10-15 years of battery life left, give or take, before they too must be replaced to retain save data.
Do GBA games run out of battery?
Only certain Game Boy Advanced cartridges use a battery backup. A GBA cartridge can contain either EEPROM, SRAM, or Flash RAM. Only the SRAM variant would need a battery backup. So for most games it is not a problem.
How long do Gameboy Color cartridge batteries last?
Overall, I’d estimate that with new batteries (with modern batteries likely being better than the original ones) you can expect around 5 years of regular use out of a GBC cartridge before the battery fails.
