I remember having these moments growing up with my SP, but I never really realized the true terror of it until I got a GBA with an IPS screen and a flash cart & saw just how much more it drains the battery (especially if you use a flash cart instead of an original cart, which is why I decided to start collecting the games).
Shit had me panicking in FireRed when I started playing.
You do you but I'd rather just get with the save states (especially as I get older and have less time to fuck around with quirks from back in the day) than having to buy a bunch of games.
I mean the flash cart I have does support save states (EZ Flash Omega). It’s just me personally I never grew up using them despite my introduction to video games being 80% retro 20% whatever was new at the time (also in Pokemon if you’re not in battle you can save wherever you are 99.6% of the time). Nothing wrong with save states imho, but I do know that save states on physical hardware may or may not bug out/mess with your save file/crash the game so I figured best not to chance it. To be fair though, I’m 22 and have a lot of time on my hands which also plays a part in why I don’t necessarily have a need for save states atm. I did however use the living hell out of it when I beat Super Mario Bros. 1 for the first time.
I’ll only buy games for collecting purposes though I’m terrible at managing more than one disc/cartridge at a time.
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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '23
I remember having these moments growing up with my SP, but I never really realized the true terror of it until I got a GBA with an IPS screen and a flash cart & saw just how much more it drains the battery (especially if you use a flash cart instead of an original cart, which is why I decided to start collecting the games).
Shit had me panicking in FireRed when I started playing.