What the heck I didn’t know this was a thing!!
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What the heck I didn’t know this was a thing!! https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/06/physical-collectors-should-plug-in-switch-3ds-and-vita-game-cards-every-5-10-years-to-avoid-data-loss
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@djlink
Well... that's crappy.Coincidentally I happen to have a NES Blades of Steel (Konami) cart on my desk.
I got it at a thrift store for $3.50 CAD. I've little doubt it will function as good as the one I rented from the Video-View down the road from the house where I grew up.Why is everything so fragile and/or have a designed or intrinsic shelf life?
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@RyeNCode@mstdn.ca NES carts won't suffer that issue as back in the day they've used mask ROM (aka the game is etched on the chip die silicon!) that doesn't suffer from leaking currents as flash does.
As a (anedoctal) proof that back in the day they cared about the hardware lasting, you might be appalled that some NES cartridges with SRAM/battery save still have a fairly good coin cell in them, ~35 years after their release! Same goes for the greater majority of GameBoy games using MBC1 and MBC5 chips, so just having battery saving and none of the real time clock amenities.
@djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place
