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John Salerno <johnjsal@NOSPAMrcn.com> wrote in
news:3PKdnYdRJNicKQrcRVn-sw@rcn.net:
> christian brandt wrote:
>> Did not work with this one.
>> If you press L+R and select+start, the game stops at the "game boy"
>> screen (the first screen when you turn the power on).
>> Then you have to press a or b and the game starts normal, but with
>> all the data restored :-(
>>
>> thanks anyway
>> christian
>>
>>
>> "John Salerno" <johnjsal@NOSPAMrcn.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>> news:UZWdnRi26a5-wwvcRVn-oQ@rcn.net...
>>
>>>christian brandt wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi
>>>>
>>>>I'm asking because I bought this game used and with all the secrets
>>>>unlocked.
>>>>I wanted to unlock them myself, but I can't find an option to reset
>>>>the game data. Is there actually one?
>>>>
>>>>thanks for your help
>>>>christian
>>>
>>>Not sure if it works for every game, but the basic way to do it for a
>>>lot of games is something like this: Hold down L, R, Select, and
>>>Start, then turn the power ON. I believe it is all four buttons, or
>>>at least some combination of them, but again, it may not work for all
>>>games.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Sorry, I was mistaken. I just checked my Metroid Zero Mission guide,
> and it says to hold down L+R when turning the power on, and an option
> should appear to erase all data. You might try that, but again it
> might just be for metroid.
Does the save data in GBA games disappear if you take the battery out of
the cartridge or does it have flash ram?
Just wondering. It may be a radical solution if you have a tripoint
screwdriver.
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