Video Game Knowledge – Pokemon Battery Replacement

Thursday, 30 June 2011 19:13 Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 March 2012 06:45 Written by Kevin 13 Comments



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  • Takahashi2212

    How do you get the screw back into the cartridge? I’m planning to do this myself for My Pokemon Gold/Sliver.

    • http://www.retrowaretv.com Kevin Willingham

      Just the same way you took it out. It doesn’t need to be as tight as it started out and in fact keeping it more loose may be a good idea just to stop wear on the cartridge and screw from age. 

      • Takahashi2212

        Okay. Thanks and also do you need to use electrical tape, or will any tape do.

        • http://www.retrowaretv.com Kevin Willingham

          I’m sure other tapes would work well enough but I’d still suggest electrical tape. 

          • Takahashi2212

            Okay. Thanks. now all I need to do is buy a battery and a roll of electrical tape

          • Takahashi2212

            one more question. I’ve been picking at the screw on the back of Pokemon Gold, going into the notches, and they just don’t seem to break? I believe to have broken one., but I’m not even sure. is there a special way i should be doing this???

          • http://www.retrowaretv.com Kevin Willingham

            Well small needle nose pliers is the best method. There really is no secret to it beyond what I described in the video, just time and care. You can always order the bit specially made for that screw from a store online if you can’t get it. Like I believe the video says this method is for when you don’t want to wait (or just save some money) for the bit and can just get it opened and a battery in ready to play in that afternoon. 

          • Takahashi2212

            I’m impatient so this may be the method for me.

  • Jesternario

    Okay, I have to wonder how this knowledge translates to larger cartridges. How different is, say, the battery in a super NES cartridge to these games?

    • http://www.retrowaretv.com Kevin Willingham

      The process should essentially be the same with the batteries, they would all be attached in the same or very close to the same fashion. Just different size batteries

  • http://geooorge.myopenid.com/ Guest

    You could always make your own, temporary game bit. 
    You can take the shaft from a clear BIC pen (hard enough, but not that brittle)
    Then melt the tip a bit with a lighter. 
    Now press it against the crew and try not to wiggle it so that it will have the best shape possible.
    Dunno why, but that plastic won’t stick to the cartridge’s plastic.
    So there. You have a screwdriver that will work for 3-4 uses.
    Its how i open up my game gear and game boy cartridges. 

    • JohnD

      You can also Dremel down a flathead screwdriver so it makes a U shape so the ends can grab the slots of the security screw. This works pretty well for deeper screws like in the virtual boy. But finding a few security bit of varying lengths is the best. Each bit is about $5 or so and they’re all over the place online. It’s harder finding the longer ones and high quality ones. What I’d love to have is a real Nintendo and Sega service screwdriver for these things.

    • http://www.retrowaretv.com Kevin Willingham

      I have never gotten that to work, the pen always breaks. So I left that out since I can’t really recommend it. The video is intended as a temp solution (well for the opening of the game anyway). If you have several games to do it is better to order the bits and wait for them to come in. But if you only have one game this will just take a trip to Wal-Mart and some elbow grease and you’ll be gaming that afternoon.