>>44832287>>44832344Now quite, it purely comes down to how lucky you got with the chemical composition of the battery, The power draw is so tiny that things like that matter. Gen 2 carts died out much faster due to having an internal clock that sucks power.
The dude with the ~18 yo save should dump it and replace the battery now, you are about at the max life expectancy for these carts, it WILL die soon. Best case the save gets wiped, worst case the battery leaks and takes the game out with it, I lost a JP green to this.