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Problems with on-cart save for GBA SP

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  • 14-01-2004 11:14am
    #1
    Cerdito
    Registered Users Posts: 365 ✭✭


    Just interested to see if anyone else has experienced this.....

    I bought Mario Kart for the Gameboy Advance and it worked fine for about 2 weeks but now the on-cart save function is screwed. It has lost all my records (cups won, tracks unlocked etc.) and when I complete a new cup now it tries to save but gives the message: "this data cannot be saved".

    Obviously this completely spoils the game for me.....has this happened to anyone else? Any ideas how to remedy this? I bought it from CD Wow so I don't know if I'm arsed returning it to Hong Kong or whatever.


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    #2
    super_furry
    Registered Users Posts: 27,322 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Sounds like the battery has died. Dunno what you could do about it though.


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    #3
    Cerdito
    Registered Users Posts: 365 ✭✭Cerdito


    nah...I don't think that's the cause. Just to clarify, the problem is with the game cartridge , not the machine. I have other games where the save works just fine


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    DiscoStu
    Registered Users Posts: 2,277 ✭✭✭DiscoStu


    nothing is ever saved onto the gba. its always on the cart. years ago there were batteries on the carts to maintain an area of sram with charge to hold the data for save the information. once the battery dies no more saving. nowadays i think stuff have moved on with small eeprom chips and such. anyways you cart sounds borked. send it back


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    Pacifico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,115 ✭✭✭Pacifico


    well its faulty then. Its no problem to return stuff to cdwow.


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