Golden Axe w/ suicide battery replacement question

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So I picked up a golden axe today and it has the 317-0120 cpu that according to http://www.arcadecollecting.com/dead/dead.html is a suicide battery version of the game. It hasnt died yet but i cant imagine it will last much longer. what is the best method of replacing the battery, do you do it while the game is on so it doesnt lose power? The website i linked says to "Make sure you maintain power to the battery contact points at all times when replacing the battery". I guess i havent viewed the battery yet so i dont know if its like a button battery or more like a cps2 suicide battery, just want to make sure i do it correctly
Cheers,
-Dave
 
Best way to do it is to replace the 68000 and burn a couple new eproms so you never have to worry about it again. You have to crack the case open to try to replace the battery, big bunch of trouble just to limp it on down the road some more.
 
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