Pokemon Gen I and Gen II Question

[SecondWar]

legend92(3) said:
Yea emulators probably the only way, like someone has said the internal battery in your copies are probably gone. I got my old red to play and it will save but when you turn it back on its gone.

Ah is that happening to all of them now? I found that had happened on my copy of Gold but Silver (which was about a year younger), Red, Blue and Yellow were still going. Haven't turned them on in a few years but I'm sure Silver will have died by now. Hoping it doesnt affect my game from Gen III onwards.

Although when I first found Gold had died, looked some stuff up on the internet and found some ways to replace the internal battery. If you get your copies out of storage you could try that so they are playable again.