I lost my game save by changing Gameboy. Can it be recovered and if not, will it happen again?

So the other day I took my Pokemon Red game out of my GBA SP (I had just been playing it a few minutes before) and put it into my brother's GBA. It wasn't loading the first times I tried it, but I took it out, blew into the cartridge, replaced it, and it worked fine.

However, as the title screen came up, the only options were "New Game" and "Option"! The "Continue" button was gone! I removed the game and put it back into mine, and sure enough, the option to continue my game is gone! Now I am extremely mortified by this as I had quite a lot of hours into that game, but I've searched the internet and found no solution other than "blowing into the cartridge" or cotton-swabbing it.

I am finally depressed into submission that my save data is somehow lost, but I have one worry. If I start a new game, is there a chance this will just happen over again? My friend told me my data was probably corrupted, so does that mean that if I start a new game it's just a matter of time until it disappears again? Should I even bother starting a new game?

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Best Answer

No. It can not be recovered. Consider it to be lost. Once the data is lost, it can not be recovered. Had the same issue. You can start a new game at your own risk.

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Do Gameboy games save on the cartridge?

Many game boy games save the files on the cartridge. The cartridge is able to save games because of the battery inside every cartridge. If the battery inside the cartridge dies, the gameboy board will not have the ability to save or overwrite a saved file. This is something that upset quite a few gamers.

Do Gameboy Advance games stop saving?

When the battery dies, it stops the games from saving and causes previous saved games to disappear. However, while the Gameboy Advance game is still powered, you can still save the game.

How do I recover a Pokemon save file?

Complete these steps

From the HOME Menu, tap System Settings, and then Open.

Tap Data Management.

Tap Nintendo 3DS, and then tap Save-Data Backup.

Tap Restore. Save-Data Backup screen.

Select the save data you wish to restore, and then tap OK. Restore screen.

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