GBA Saves Without Using Save States?
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:05 pm
Hello all,
I just finished putting together a MintyPi lite. I had a blast putting it together, and I've been having a blast playing with it so far. I have noticed something though: I seem to be unable to load saves in GBA games through the designated saving system of the game. The only way I've been able to load is through save-states.
The saves work fine when loading from a save-states, but I'm a little nervous about having no backup saves, and only one savestate.
When I choose the "save" option in Pokemon Emerald, the game warns me that a save will be overwritten if I save, and then tells me that my progress has been saved, but if I then perform a safe shutdown and reopen the game, my only option will be to start a new game.
Once in the game on the title screen, I can use a save-state to resume exactly where I left off, but again, this is just making me a bit nervous. I'd really like to have the in-game saves as a backup.
Is there something I'm missing? Is this not possible? I did a quick search and couldn't find anything. So far I've only tested GBA games, so I'm not sure if it holds for other systems.
I just finished putting together a MintyPi lite. I had a blast putting it together, and I've been having a blast playing with it so far. I have noticed something though: I seem to be unable to load saves in GBA games through the designated saving system of the game. The only way I've been able to load is through save-states.
The saves work fine when loading from a save-states, but I'm a little nervous about having no backup saves, and only one savestate.
When I choose the "save" option in Pokemon Emerald, the game warns me that a save will be overwritten if I save, and then tells me that my progress has been saved, but if I then perform a safe shutdown and reopen the game, my only option will be to start a new game.
Once in the game on the title screen, I can use a save-state to resume exactly where I left off, but again, this is just making me a bit nervous. I'd really like to have the in-game saves as a backup.
Is there something I'm missing? Is this not possible? I did a quick search and couldn't find anything. So far I've only tested GBA games, so I'm not sure if it holds for other systems.