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RabidPikachu

I got an old Sega Genesis game last year that works but won't save my game. I was wondering what kind of battery Phantasy Star 2 on Sega Genesis uses for saving so I can replace it and play. Also I wanna note that whoever also has save battery questions feel free to post here as well. Who ever answers a question please specify who you're answering to avoid confusion and let me know if there's already a thread for this before locking it.

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Xeno_Aura

I think most use CR-2032.

I know Master System cartridges can use them, NES, SNES and the battery backed N64 cartridges also use CR-2032.

It's a very common battery type, most of the round battery things (whatever you call them) use CR-2032. Including PC motherboards.

I hear some are soldered though, so you'd probably need a soldering iron to remove the battery and fit a new one in. If it is a soldered cartridge.

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mystman12

I was wondering if Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine for Genesis is supposed to save highscores or not. I have a cart, but every time I power off the system the scores go away. Is that supposed to happen or do I need to get it a new battery?

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KingMike

I haven't played it but most likely not.
High scores were usually not considered worth the extra cost of the memory plus a battery in those days. They usually only used them if a game needed a progress saving feature.

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mystman12

Well then... What was the point of having highscores and a leaderboard that even allowed you to enter your initials if nothing was saved? Were families supposed to just right highscores down?

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KingMike

Yeah.
I believe several Master System game manuals reserved a few pages for that purpose.
(and on other systems it was common for games to leave a couple blank pages, some would label them "notes" and others "high scores")

(or photograph them. Nintendo Power ran a high score pages. Just make sure to get your console in the picture so they know you didn't cheat! )

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the_shpydar

mystman12 wrote:

Well then... What was the point of having highscores and a leaderboard that even allowed you to enter your initials if nothing was saved? Were families supposed to just right highscores down?

Yes.
We weren't lazy back in the day.

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ogo79

i still write things down

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As @ogo79 said, the SNS-RZ-USA is a prime giveaway that it's not a legit retail cart.
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