SNES Chrono Trigger Freeze/Glitch Thread

[APE992]

I suppose one could. I'm not well versed enough in how the SNES accesses data from the cartridge but if the data needed right when it freezes is on a bad address line it could cause the problem. Could be internal degradation of the mask rom too for that matter. Swapping the mask rom onto another cart would be a good way to test that hypothesis but the only fix would be to wire in an EPROM which would make the cartridge suspect to any future buyers as a bootleg/reproduction rather than a legit cart with an unorthodox fix. I don't think a single solder joint would account for everything you're seeing.

As far as I know there is no button combo to wipe the SRAM entirely. Pulling the battery and leaving it alone for a few days would likely guarantee it gets wiped 100%.

[Tokimemofan]

I've erased Pokemon carts by shorting the battery for 1-2 seconds, doing that is fairly safe since these batteries can't put out enough power to do any damage like that.

BTW If I'm reading right the last save slot is the only one used? That is rather unusual as most people use the top slot first, that would tend to favor an SRAM issue. It could be that the battery is dying, some batteries behave erratically before failure.

[wiggyx]

Remove/replace the battery and see what happens.