Help me please!!!!! My pokemon emerald game has been erased twice (!)?

Question

it has been erased coz "the saved file has been corrupted or damaged" please help me... please...

Answer 1

you have an old copy of the game, the battery is dead. don't believe me? get a three tipped screwdriver and open the game up. releases of pokemon emerald were powered by a CR1616 battery

newer models of may gba games use flash memory ram instead - these are powered by the system, as detailed by the second answerer. unfortunately, this answer doesn't apply to pokemon emerald

sorry, your game is toast - trash - nothing you can do will save it, or make it better. it sucks, because that game is like thirty dollars to buy it again, USED

btw, you don't turn it off while it has the "saving" message, do you? that kills the battery that's inside the game

when you go to get another one, if it's used, bring your GBA/DS and pop the game you're buying into the system, in front of the salespeople, of course. look to see if it has a save file, that way you know you are buying a good copy

Answer 2

"the system powers the game, not a battery, hahahahaha."

He means the internal battery for Pokemon Emerald. You know, the clock thing. Same with Gold, Silver and Crystal. Because they kept time they have an internal battery. The system powers the cartridge, not the internal clock. How do you think it keeps time when turned off? Now, since the cartridges are translucent, look inside and find the battery. It's there, and it's even more apparent on Crystal since the cartridge is bigger and more translucent than Emerald. Gold and Silver, however, are not translucent.
That being said, yeah. Your battery is probably fried. However, there's usually a message that says so. Either way, get a new copy. Try for a used one and follow what Jim said.

Answer 3

the system powers the game, not a battery, hahahahaha. Try double or triple saving ur game. Otherwise, it could just know its a gay game