pepharytheworm wrote:I may be wrong but weren't there some N64 games that also have a permanent save? Or at least they were hard to figure out how to erase.
There may have been some that didn't have an "erase" option in the menu, but I don't think there were any that couldn't be erased using a backup unit. Most games without this option would have used the same type of save RAM as any other N64 cart.
If I understand correctly, Capcom is claiming that they didn't merely leave out the save option in the program, but rather the save area on the cartridge itself isn't physically capable of being written to more than once per sector (or something like that). We'll see how true this is once someone releases a save manager for 3DS.
flamepanther wrote:We'll see how true this is once someone releases a save manager for 3DS.
ahem
noiseredux wrote:I know at one point this thread was about the save data in the new RE game for 3DS, right? Cuz there's a third party accessory that has this shit covered apparently. So crisis averted. http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/04/if-yo ... s-3d-save/
pepharytheworm wrote:I may be wrong but weren't there some N64 games that also have a permanent save? Or at least they were hard to figure out how to erase.
You had to hold down start as the system was turned on to access the save management screen of some games. I'm sure it said so in the instruction booklet. It was probably just to prevent little kids from accidentally deleting saves.
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pepharytheworm wrote:I may be wrong but weren't there some N64 games that also have a permanent save? Or at least they were hard to figure out how to erase.
You had to hold down start as the system was turned on to access the save management screen of some games. I'm sure it said so in the instruction booklet. It was probably just to prevent little kids from accidentally deleting saves.
You're correct. Games like Blast Corps used this method.
pepharytheworm wrote:I may be wrong but weren't there some N64 games that also have a permanent save? Or at least they were hard to figure out how to erase.
You had to hold down start as the system was turned on to access the save management screen of some games. I'm sure it said so in the instruction booklet. It was probably just to prevent little kids from accidentally deleting saves.
This was only for games that used the N64's controller pak. It was the only way to manage saves on the device.
pepharytheworm wrote:I may be wrong but weren't there some N64 games that also have a permanent save? Or at least they were hard to figure out how to erase.
You had to hold down start as the system was turned on to access the save management screen of some games. I'm sure it said so in the instruction booklet. It was probably just to prevent little kids from accidentally deleting saves.
This was only for games that used the N64's controller pak. It was the only way to manage saves on the device.
Actually some games had a regular menu that let you alter files on the controller pack. Diddy Kong Racing is one such game.
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