Memory Card Faq
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So i picked up a memory card/reader for my cabinet - I wanted to finally play through a full season of Baseball Stars 2. Do I need to have my bios set to home or arcade? Also, does it automatically save or do I need to press something?
Thanks in advance!
n/m - tried it out a few minutes ago - pretty self explanatory!
Thanks in advance!
n/m - tried it out a few minutes ago - pretty self explanatory!
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Temjin
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Neo Alec said:
And that is by far the most stupid thing about the AES. Arcade perfect games at home and a memory card, but you can't save high scores!?! I never understood what they where thinking. I rather be able to save high scores than levels.
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Temjin said:And that is by far the most stupid thing about the AES. Arcade perfect games at home and a memory card, but you can't save high scores!?! I never understood what they where thinking. I rather be able to save high scores than levels.
Yeah,
especially when playing the games at home and in the arcade...
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None of the early 90's arcade boards with batteries that I own save the high scores, just the config options (the ones that don't use dip switches for this). Only the MVS seems to save high scores after being unplugged. You're lucky it has it. It's not really an essential feature though when you consider pencil and paper works practically as well. It made sense to cut the feature out of the home version at the time, especially since home users generally only compete with themselves, while arcade users have everyone in the arcade to compete with.
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Just in case it's helpful, I've found that the 2MB MagicRam card works. I expect their other capacity cards do as well.
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chewurface
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When starting a game, if there is save data present, you will get a LOAD DATA? screen. When ending a game, if the memory card is inserted, you will get a SAVE DATA? screen. Once saved (or not) a MVS system will flash "PLEASE TAKE YOUR MEMORY CARD" or something to that effect on the screen.
Memory cards only save game progress, not high scores.
Krayt88
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Ok so I played around with it and it turns out how I thought it would work is actually how it does work.
So, for anybody who has never used a memory card, much like myself up until today, this is what you do:
Put the card in while you are playing, or I suppose when you are just about done playing. After you die and the count down ends a little "bubble" will pop up asking if you want to save your data. Of course you select yes, then confirm. Then the screen will go black and remind you that your card is still in the slot (a handy feature, as I'm sure that many people would leave their memory card in an arcade if they weren't reminded). Now, loading a game is just as simple. Insert your card, then put in some coins. When you start the game it will ask you if you want to load your saved data (assuming you have saved some data for the game in question), and you select yes, and then there ya go.
I played through a couple levels of Metal Slug X with a friend and then saved. When I loaded just a little bit later we were able to choose a starting level from the levels we had already beaten, which I thought was pretty cool. Not sure how many other games have this same sort of thing but I'm sure there are a few.
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I have. Fortunately I noticed I didn't have it while I was still at the arcade and went back to the machine. It was still there.
Nope. Just all the Metal Slug games except for the first one.
chewurface
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Metal Slug 1 has a level select, works the same as all the others. Upon a data load you can select any level you've already completed.
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No it doesn't...
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You'd better double check. I've checked this already myself quite some time ago. The only way I know to start from any level in the first one is to get the CD version and play the training mode.
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Perhaps it's only available when running in AES mode?
I can check later (at work now), but I'm like positive MS1 has a level select.
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If I am wrong about the cart version of MS1 having a level select, I know there is at least one version that does. I'm pretty sure I have every port of MS for every system, and I just know I've used level select in the game. I've never used any training modes, so I know it was just there when save data was present.
I can check later (at work now), but I'm like positive MS1 has a level select.
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If I am wrong about the cart version of MS1 having a level select, I know there is at least one version that does. I'm pretty sure I have every port of MS for every system, and I just know I've used level select in the game. I've never used any training modes, so I know it was just there when save data was present.
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chewurface
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Oops
Well, I was wrong, and Neo Alec right...Metal Slug (1) does not have a level select upon loading data in the cart (MVS) version. I tried it in both AES and MVS modes and it just brings you to the stage you saved on. My bad.
Still, I know there is at least one port of Metal Slug that does have the level select....I just know I've used it.
Perhaps it's the Saturn port, or Neo CD, or Playstation.
Well, I was wrong, and Neo Alec right...Metal Slug (1) does not have a level select upon loading data in the cart (MVS) version. I tried it in both AES and MVS modes and it just brings you to the stage you saved on. My bad.
Still, I know there is at least one port of Metal Slug that does have the level select....I just know I've used it.
Perhaps it's the Saturn port, or Neo CD, or Playstation.
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Perhaps it's the Saturn port, or Neo CD, or Playstation.
Not the saturn port, just checked.
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The US Metal Slug X PSX port has a level select after you complete the game once.
It was weird.. I'd played through it in two player mode with a friend in the dorms at the time.
It just seemed odd that a game that we'd completed in ~45 minutes had a level select.
Iirc, it's a screen with General Morden in the background, holding knife and fork, while you press left or right to select a level as it swoops in front of Morden, as if it were him sitting down to a five course meal.
It was weird.. I'd played through it in two player mode with a friend in the dorms at the time.
It just seemed odd that a game that we'd completed in ~45 minutes had a level select.
Iirc, it's a screen with General Morden in the background, holding knife and fork, while you press left or right to select a level as it swoops in front of Morden, as if it were him sitting down to a five course meal.
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Pennent mode is neat
I just got a memory card for it and it is like I have a new game.
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I can't figure out how to get the card to work on my jap system. I'm playing metal slug X using a mvs adapter. After I die I get the option to save then a bunch of kanjii then it says no save? I got it to work on my us system but I cant figure it out on the jap one.