Steve W
Well-known member
Very green but trying to learn. I've sifted through a lot of threads and the consensus is the first thing to do is remove the original battery off the main PCB and replace it as it will eventually leak. My questions are:
1. How difficult is it to remove the battery off the board if you have never really worked on games at all before? Are they normally soldered to the board?
2. Will the game still function properly without a battery backup or is that trait game-specific? I don't care about saving high scores per se.
3. How can I tell if the battery is the original one? Would it have leaked by now, generally speaking, if it is from the early 80's?
Thank you for your patience.
1. How difficult is it to remove the battery off the board if you have never really worked on games at all before? Are they normally soldered to the board?
2. Will the game still function properly without a battery backup or is that trait game-specific? I don't care about saving high scores per se.
3. How can I tell if the battery is the original one? Would it have leaked by now, generally speaking, if it is from the early 80's?
Thank you for your patience.

