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GBA Zelda link to the past corrupted files
Ozzy_98:
GBA games can use sRAM (a cr2016 battery), EEPROM, Flash RAM (form of EEPROM, fewer writes), FRAM (Ferroelectric RAM). I'm not sure what kind of save LttP uses, but If there is a battery in it, then it would be SRAM most likely. Pokémon games on GBA do not use SRAM, but they do still have batteries for the clocks. If a game has no real-time clock functions, and uses a battery, it's most likely SRAM.
That said, most SRAM games keep power while the system is on, without a battery. The other types only go bad with static\physical damage, or a few thousand saves. If you saved it ten times a day, every day, average SRAM would last 2-20 years. If you saved daily, 365 days a year, it'd take 20+ years to wear it out. So yea, I vote dirty contacts. If not, then lose connection on the game maybe.