i was just coming here to bring up the exact same thing
with a sudden urge to unveil my pokemon master trainer fury, i first started playing Red for the first time in about a year. Then, after beating Brock, i remembered i had gotten Silver, and had never even surpassed the second gym, and decided to take it for a whirl. I nailed about a hour and a half into it before shutting it down. Later the same day, i was mega bored and had nothing better to do, i went to play again, only all i had was New Game and Options, as if i had just purchased the game.
I was pissed, but i thought it was just a fluke, and started over again, putting about the same amount of time into it. Again, the exact same thing happened.
So you're saying that this clock battery thing ran out and now i can never have a saved file again???
-----EDIT-----
i just now figured out what you were saying
since this game keeps a running clock, unlike Red, Blue, or Yellow before, the game needs a battery to know the time. So instead of the game just asking for the time again whenever you begin playing, it has to completely erase all previous data???
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Gunsetzgurl718
18 years ago
Oh my god I am so relieved to find out that I wasnt the only one that ahppened to, but you can imagine how pissed off I was because I only needed two more pokemon to complete my pokedex, suicine and raikou and then when I turned it on one morning BAM!
Your file is corrupted
They should have done a recall on the games because of that
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Angel-Shadow
18 years ago
hmm i just bought mine second hand, hope it doesnt happen to me, all i can suggest is that when you capture or raise really powerful pokemon transfer them to silver or another game so that if it does happen at least youll still have a few of your best pokemon left.
'Of all the things Ive lost i miss my mind the most'
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