[johnny]

Originally Posted by Darkspineshadow2

Okay, for 7 goddamn years this Pokemon Yellow version I had was sitting in my desk longing to be played. I had lost all my handhelds capable of playing it. I finally found an SP at a thrift store for $3. Charger and everything. I have a fangasm and put it in to find that this shit comes up every time I try to play it. (Not me in the pic but that's what shows up.) Imma go kill myself.

The internal battery of the cartridge dies after a few years.

They have a battery in there for the game's time-keeping ability. Unfortunately, when the battery dies, instead of the game just being unable to keep time the whole things dies with it.