It was a cost/availability thing. SRAM was used all over the place prior to the GBA (and for some early GBA games) because FRAM and flash memory was expensive at the capacities needed.
Funnily enough, most games that use SRAM can have the chip swapped out for an FRAM chip, and they will no longer need a battery. (Actually you move the ROM chip from the SRAM board to the FRAM board) The two types of RAM present identically to the game's software, so it just works.
The Pokemon games use Flash RAM with 2x-4x the capacity of the SRAM and FRAM chips most other games used. There was also EEPROM for games with small save files.
RETRO CRT nook (GAMING (RARE!)) ofc
You're right, we should find an eleventh white guy to let good things happen to!
Avoid Subaru too because their EVs are just Toyotas.
It was a cost/availability thing. SRAM was used all over the place prior to the GBA (and for some early GBA games) because FRAM and flash memory was expensive at the capacities needed.
Funnily enough, most games that use SRAM can have the chip swapped out for an FRAM chip, and they will no longer need a battery. (Actually you move the ROM chip from the SRAM board to the FRAM board) The two types of RAM present identically to the game's software, so it just works.
The Pokemon games use Flash RAM with 2x-4x the capacity of the SRAM and FRAM chips most other games used. There was also EEPROM for games with small save files.
Pokemon Emerald's battery is only there for real time clock functions. Saves remain intact even after the battery runs dry.
Gen I and II games used the battery for save data, however.
NTSC or PAL GameCube only rn
Earth worms and a pig fetus for me.
Thank god. Lose interest faster, please.
*Sinclair Lewis, not Upton Sinclair
Gamecube style analog triggers with a digital gate at the end
Ha, try eight years!
Check out the half reflective, half transmissive screen from CGS if you want a backlit screen that looks close to the original.
It's real
Thank you!
You can't just say that and not share the veggie stew recipe.
We didn't start the fire. It was always burning, since the world's been turning.
And it's only January 17. I don't look forward to the horrors to which we will bear witness the rest of the year.
Who's a cute little piggy, you?
Heck, let them share!