Best of Megadrive

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I know "thread necroing" is frowned upon even when for ludicrously small time increments like a few weeks, but I haven't been here in YONKS, and I'm only trying to help out, so bear with me. ;)

Just for my two cents input on battery backup cartridges: I happen to own Phantasy Star for the Master System, and this game uses battery backup for its saved data. Now, I don't know if these results are typical or not, but... The game was made in 1987, and 23 years later, that battery hasn't failed me yet; all five saves are 100% intact. Come to think of it, that's slightly scary... What the hell kind of battery were they USING in those cartridges? XD
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Well, these kind of batteries as long as the cartridge is played actually recharge themselves..at least that's what they do in a Sega CD. I imagine the same for those game cartridges too. Also, I was just wondering. Though the saves are in tact still, will it let you create a new save? I've had some games where the battery would fail and still have the saves but won't let you save any further.
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You know, it just goes to show you that these gaming companies are just getting...lazier, in a sense. My copy of Pokemon Emerald's inner battery has pretty much died on me. Perhaps I just got a faulty copy eh?

And no, this isn't a really old topic to tell you the truth, so you should be fine.

I too wonder about the type of battery they were using. I ALSO wonder, on a side note, about the Saturn's BIOS perameters. All this time and SEGA STILL struggles to emulate/port those games properly (for the most part).

Wrath Oskvro wrote:Well, these kind of batteries as long as the cartridge is played actually recharge themselves..at least that's what they do in a Sega CD. I imagine the same for those game cartridges too. Also, I was just wondering. Though the saves are in tact still, will it let you create a new save? I've had some games where the battery would fail and still have the saves but won't let you save any further.
Aha, I see you brought some insight on this before I even noticed XD .
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I had Breath Of Fire for SNES and I recall it having the save files but not letting me save anything after. I could be wrong about which game it was but I do know I've had it happen.
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Sound Reaper wrote:I too wonder about the type of battery they were using.
Well, it was the 80´s probably is made of some dangerous and harzardous material that today is strictly forbidden to be used on children's toys.
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Anything and everything are strictly forbidden on children's toys.
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Post by cheese »

How about Quackshot? a platform game :)
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Quackshot was a great game for the Mega. I played it a lot !
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richarddavies wrote: Contra Hard corps is a great shooter for the mega drive.
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Comix Zone
Gunstar Heroes
Shinobi III
Sonic 2
Sonic Spinball
Streets of Rage 2

Alongside just about all of the Disney games.
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