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>Be about two weeks ago
>Pop Gold into old Gameboy Advance to start a new save
>It appears I'm in Violet City with the starter I was going to choose anyway, so I just continue to play from there, Sprout Tower, Fulkner, etc
>The next day I pop in my Sapphire
>Can't get past the system start screen, re-inserting constantly
>Pop in Gold
>Even though I'd saved the night before, it only gives me the option for New Game even though I'd replaced the internal battery no more than a year or two ago
>Try Sapphire again and again to no avail
>Notice the GBA is kinda sticky internally
>Mfw I think I just wiped my Sapphire and Gold versiom by force-inserting it into a defective device repeatedly
