cannedtuna@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoIf my N64 can pick up where I left off, surely a newer piece of hardware should be expected to and welllemmy.worldimagemessage-square174linkfedilinkarrow-up11.07Karrow-down17
arrow-up11.06Karrow-down1imageIf my N64 can pick up where I left off, surely a newer piece of hardware should be expected to and welllemmy.worldcannedtuna@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square174linkfedilink
minus-squareBlueFootedPetey@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 month agoI am less certain. Cartridges dont exactly age well. I had enough trouble with them in the 90s. I dont mean to defend not owning our games, just saying cartridges were not perfect either.
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoThose carts are made to last. The bits on those ROMs will outlast DVDs burned decades later.
minus-squareShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI’ve had the batteries die in carts with save functionality but I’ve never had a cartridge itself stop working. Maybe I’ve been lucky.
I am less certain. Cartridges dont exactly age well. I had enough trouble with them in the 90s.
I dont mean to defend not owning our games, just saying cartridges were not perfect either.
Those carts are made to last. The bits on those ROMs will outlast DVDs burned decades later.
I’ve had the batteries die in carts with save functionality but I’ve never had a cartridge itself stop working. Maybe I’ve been lucky.