High scores not stored

[gary]

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I have a pacman game I bought...it's one of two games I own, the other one
is a casino game.

Neither of them store any scores. I came to the conclusion that the gameboy
either needed an additional memory card to store scores, or storing scores
just wasn't possible on a gameboy.

But after reading a post, am I right in saying that some games can store
scores on their cards, while some cannot?

Thank you,
Gary

 

[Guest]

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Scores are stored on the cart itself not in the GB. Some games have a save
feature to save your progress while other games rely on passwords to mark
your progression. I have several old games that used to save scores, but
the battery has since died, so once you power down you lose all progress.
Hope this helps.

AceoHearts

 

[Guest]

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AceoHearts wrote:
> Scores are stored on the cart itself not in the GB. Some games have a save
> feature to save your progress while other games rely on passwords to mark
> your progression. I have several old games that used to save scores, but
> the battery has since died, so once you power down you lose all progress.
> Hope this helps.
>
> AceoHearts
>
>

Didn't they switch to longer-lasting EEPROMs in their carts in the 90s
though? Must be some truly old software.

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