I recently started playing my snes (pal) again (been about 7 years since it's been used) and my saves have been disappearing whenever I take the game cartridge out.
I bought (well my parents bought) all the games brand new in the 90's so at first I thought that the battery's in the games have finally given out however before I change them all I have a question about it.
I can play a game (for example donkey kong country 3) fine and then save fine.
The question i have is this, if the battery was flat in the dkc3 cartridge then as soon as I turn off the power (first at the snes console and then at the wall) shouldn't the save file disappear? But this isn't what happens, I can turn off the power (console + wall) then turn them both back on and the save file is still there and it loads and plays fine. However if i turn the power off (console + wall or even just console) take out the cartridge then put it back in then the save file is gone.
Is this what should be happening if the battery is flat or is there something wrong with the console?
Thanks
I bought (well my parents bought) all the games brand new in the 90's so at first I thought that the battery's in the games have finally given out however before I change them all I have a question about it.
I can play a game (for example donkey kong country 3) fine and then save fine.
The question i have is this, if the battery was flat in the dkc3 cartridge then as soon as I turn off the power (first at the snes console and then at the wall) shouldn't the save file disappear? But this isn't what happens, I can turn off the power (console + wall) then turn them both back on and the save file is still there and it loads and plays fine. However if i turn the power off (console + wall or even just console) take out the cartridge then put it back in then the save file is gone.
Is this what should be happening if the battery is flat or is there something wrong with the console?
Thanks