That happen to me with a pin I purchased a few years ago
I went to look at the pin but the back box had damaged and we couldn’t get it open with out damaging the box more
So I bought it with out looking at the batteries since everything was working ok and when I got it home the batteries were identical to yours I almost shit my pants but I also got lucky with no damaged to the boards

With daylight savings time in the US perhaps an easy PSA to post twice a year is to check your batteries at time change….also that’s a great time to remember to check your smoke alarms.

We know it’s something simple to do but many do put it off. The truth is it doesn’t matter if you install good or cheap batteries as we have seen all of them leak. Can’t recommend NVRAM enough or at least a remote battery holder to get those batteries off the board. Even if you can’t install it yourself it’s worth the cost to have it done.

I’ve got a game or two with NVRAM, but I don’t go out of my way to install it. I’m a big fan of AA lithiums for everything else. They won’t leak because their physical chemistry prohibits it.

Does that brand typically guarantee 10 years? If so, those batteries were 2 years old when installed at the factory.

I bought a game that was refurbished a year ago that had those Kirkland brand batteries installed. I opened it up one day to fiddle with the leds and the same thing happened to me. The settings where still being retained but two of the three batteries where leaking. I pulled the batteries, best by 2015. Lesson learned, when people resell games they are too cheap to replace the batteries. I now have nvram installed.

FYI, If you add your games to your collection on Pinside, you can use the battery reminder feature for each game.

Although the best option is to get rid of batteries entirely. They all eventually leak, even lithium.

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Is it common knowledge on what title stern stopped using batteries.....?!....Thank you....Joey

Forget the batteries in TSPP. Get a nvram installed instead. Plug and play 5 min job and never worry again!

Why not??