[sonicfoot]

I have an original Super Mario Land 2 that came bundled with my GB Pocket over nearly 10 years ago. Super Mario Land 2 fails to work on my my GBA (Original Version) and my GBA SP. I can't test it on the GB Pocket because it's trashed. The game fails to boot up (showing a frizzy "GAMEBOY" Logo) sometimes if Im lucky I get to the title screen only for it to crash again during the save select. Similarily the same thing appears to be happening to Legend of Zelda DX, before the final boss in the egg the game crashes, something that never use to happen before. Ive cleaned the catridges and the gameboy's but it makes little difference.

 

[Shaun_of_Light]

Actaully, I haven't checked my gameboy stuff in a while. Thanks for this post. Let me see now...

Edit* Mines are fine.

 

[Dax]

What did you clean them with? Also, I've heard somewhere that all chips have a shelf life of about 50 years or so, so I think they'll all die eventually.

 

[Shaun_of_Light]

Strange, I didn't have to clean them at all. I just tried to keep them safe from harm and out of the sunlight. They are stored safely inside a plastic case, the one they came in.

 

[nosound.97]

*testing Game Boy games on GBA*

My Game Boy games work ok on my GBA (tested with Super Mario Land 1 & 2)

 

[Squall-Leonhart]

Sounds like dirty connectors, you'll need some special contact cleaner.

 

[Betamax]

Both those games use battery backed saves correct? In addition to what's been said above it could be that the save files have gotten corrupted.

 

[Squall-Leonhart]

corrupted Battery data wouldn't cause a corrupt nintendo logo though, thats dirty or worn connectors.

 

[redlofredlof]

contacts can be cleaned with perfume and qtip