Axell Starr, ah, a collector more so than a player. That's understandable. I'm somewhat envious, really - collectors have a lot less care for things than players do; they don't need to be randomly tossed about by the whims of whatever TPCI will happen for the next tourney season. ...it's partially why I'm trying to get out.
I know how it feels to play Crystal over and over and over again - the battery in mine has died as well, yet the Gold internal battery still works perfectly fine. I'm afraid to go load Gold again for fear my data will be gone, so I want to try and preserve it. 248 / 250 Pokemon acquired; the only ones missing are Slowking and Mew, which I'll never be able to get as my link cable is busted. Close enough, though. In LG and Diamond my Pokedex is done, and in Black there's less than 20 to go.