View Full Version : Genesis Game genie issue
Chainsaw_Charlie
07-13-2005, 05:31 PM
The gg is working fine but i cant save my games, is there something wrong?
Mark III
07-13-2005, 05:46 PM
I've heard of that happening with some codes. They'll work fine on an emulator, but give you trouble on the actual hardware. I was told you can get around it by turning the GG off to save and then turning it back on when you're done.
Chainsaw_Charlie
07-13-2005, 05:49 PM
It happened 3 times, on phantasy star 2, Beyond oasis and Sword of vermillion and i did try turning the codes off and still nothing
Blitzwing256
07-13-2005, 05:50 PM
that doesn't work at all.
about 90% of the save ram games just plain don't work with the gg (an electronics geek could explain it better then I could)
Chainsaw_Charlie
07-13-2005, 05:55 PM
Grr why is the genny gg so crappy compared to the snes one?
mastamuzz
03-24-2010, 02:05 AM
Does someone know of a hardware mod to save with the GG I was thinking that maybe the GG is not connected on the pins that carry out the information back to the cart so using a jumper wire in a trace on the PCB of the GG could work! any ideas?
Push Upstairs
03-24-2010, 02:45 AM
I used a GG with Sonic 3 way back when and my gave saves were fine.
Still worked last time I fired up S3.
goldenegg
03-24-2010, 03:11 AM
I used a GG with Sonic 3 way back when and my gave saves were fine.
Still worked last time I fired up S3.
Sonic 3 is one of the few Genesis games to use an FeRAM chip to save game progress. It works differently than previous games which contained battery backup SRAM.
Push Upstairs
03-24-2010, 01:54 PM
http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/the_more_you_know2.jpg
Which should probably read "the more I know".
Emuaust
03-24-2010, 04:35 PM
I have had this issue before and after cleaning the pins of the GG and my Sonic 3 cart it worked fine, might not be your issue but it is something for you to try.
that doesn't work at all.
about 90% of the save ram games just plain don't work with the gg
Seems like I ran into a few that wouldn't save when I had 32x and SCD attached.
I don't know if it was one or the other, or the combination.
NBA Jam gave me problems, and I think another one also.
mastamuzz
03-26-2010, 05:55 AM
It is for sure this games don't work with the game genie, you can play and the codes work but you are not able to save, that is why I try to figure a workaround procedure but right now I only have one GG for the genesis so Ill have to wait till I get my hands on another one to open it and test directly on the genesis and also another copy of Phantasy star cause I may burn the cart in the process!