Blu wrote:I'm not too knowledgeable and maybe I'll dig around your thread more, but for games with save features, do you typically rely on save-states or can you make saves to the actual cart? From what I'm seeing so far, it usually requires pressing the reset button. That'd be the biggest concern for games that require saving.
It can get a little confusing since each cart handles saves slightly different. Typically, you save in-game like you normally would on a real cart. Some flash carts will auto backup the save data, some you have to press or hold reset.
There's only three flash carts that I know of that support save states. The N8, the NES PowerPak (unofficially) and the Mega Everdrive. These three carts will also use regular in-game saves.
Holding reset to back up saves might be becoming a thing of the past. I'm noticing that more and more flash carts are handling save data automatically. In the case of the Everdrives, I've noticed that Krikzz made auto SRAM an option that you can turn off, so you can still handle save data manually if you chose to (it has benefits, like being able to have multiple save files for the same game).
If I wasn't clear about anything, either in this post or the first post, let me know!
