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Thank you so much for the community that helped make us.
Why won't my Game Boy Advance game save? Most Game Boy (Original, Color and Advance) cartridges that allow games to be saved contain a small internal battery to store your save states. Over time, this battery degrades and needs replacement.
When these games were developed, flash memory was very expensive, and so volatile memory powered by a small battery was often used instead. NES, SNES and N64 cartridges also used such batteries for storing saved games.
Use this send in service to get one games internal battery replaced with a brand new one.
We now offer digital backups of your game and save data. Allowing you to preserve your data forever and allow you to port your save over to an emulator for playing on your PC. Just tick the relevant option when making your purchase.
Majority of repairs can be done as part of the Standard Repair Service and do not require extra parts.
If extra work or parts are required we will contact you with the costs before proceeding.
Make sure to read our Terms & Conditions to ensure you understand the repair process.
For sending your item to us, make sure to follow these steps Posting Repair Items (Send In Service) - RetroSix Wiki.
Once we get your cartridge, we open it up, clean all the PCB, clean your contact pins, and then replace your game save battery with a brand new battery.
Choose this option if your game doesn't load at all, loads but crashes or has other non-save related issues.
If you want multiple game batteries replacing, purchase multiple quantities of this service.
Luke
Retro Enthusiast
RetroSix is a family run business led by Luke, who has been in the gaming industry and retail business since 2013, and sold consoles, controllers and even designed our own controllers and consoles.
We repair and upgrade consoles while showing them off on our social channels such as TikTok.
We sell products for restoring your own consoles should you wish to do it yourself, including many of our own hardware we design and manufacture in-house.
Finally, we print directly onto products to create unique one-off designs of things like Game Boys, Game Gears and anything that has a relatively flat surface we can print on. Checkout our Printed Products sections to buy some or design your very own.
We started RetroSix not as a mass market business, instead with the aim of perfection. Recreating moulds of original shells, casting them from quality ABS, redesigning hardware such as power supplies, USB-C, audio and more, to upgrade your consoles to the highest quality available. No cheap junk sold for profit.
Partners
We believe partnering with other likeminded companies is a great way to help each other out and ultimately make products that are better for the end consumer.
Of course, we sell and ship worldwide direct from source if you would like to purchase direct from anywhere in the world.
Canada: Magitek Repairs and Restoration (magitekrr.com)
Japan: ヒミツノバ®|ゲームボーイのバックライトカスタム|HIMITSUNOVA
Austria: SilentModding.com - Retro GConsole Modding
Germany: DragonBox Shop
Germany: RetroReiZ - REVIVE TO RELIVE - Die Seite für Retro-Fans & Sammler