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This applies to any cartridges that have on-cart saving capability or consoles that have a Real-Time clock battery cell.
These typically last between 10-20 years, most will take a CR2032 battery cell in consoles and a CR 2025 or CR2016 in the cartridge - you can check which yours take.

If you need ...

If you've never used Archipelago before, check out their website to see what they're about and what games are officially supported.
You will need the Archipelgo Client which you can download from their Github Page , grab the "latest" release, and only grab a Pre-Release Release Candidate if you know ...

Windows OS:
Linux OS:
Kernel Version:
Game/App:
Proton Version/Wine version:
CPU:
GPU:
RAM:
Primary Storage Device:

Now tell us what you're doing and what issues you're facing and what you expect to happen.
If you've tried anything, or made changes to any config files, try post the ...

Hi,

I'm Ciaran and my ASL is NYB :P
In all seriousness I am the owner and maintainer of the Techreational Forums.
I've done some forum admin on and off for several years, and phpBB is what I'm most comfortable with.
It's mostly a vanilla install with an addon to anonymise IP Addresses every so ...

Hi everyone,

I've had this forum for quite some time, as I'm sure you can tell from some of the topic ages but there were several issues around email verification I had to fix, aswell as the spambot countermeasures.

It looks good now so I'm happy to promote the site a bit more and hopefully make ...

While I won't encourage turning this forum into a market place, I won't stop people showing off creative work for sale.
Anyone looking to sell products, be as explicit, precise and transparent as possible with your listing and pricing.
Feel free to link your Etsy or other portfolio and conduct your ...

SomeOrdinaryGamers, aka Mutahar, talks about the state of video games back in 1995 vs now in 2025.
Some of the points raised include getting a complete game on disk/cart vs early access digital downloads with premium currencies, purchasable cosmetics and more!

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Why create a forum in 2025?
I created this forum because I'm sick to death of everything being locked behind Discord Servers which are not only limited in the amount you can join, but require an ...