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How do I save Sega Genesis Games? I am able to save

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    2L8ULUZ
    last edited by 1 Mar 2019, 17:58

    I am able to save Super nintendo games but not any genesis games... This is a bummer as I have a few role playing games like Pirates Gold that I would like to play... I am new to retro and are still learning... Is there a way to enable saving games? or was there Pirates Gold for the SNES that I can add?? Any solutions here?? Really Appreciate it!!

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      Thorr69
      last edited by 1 Mar 2019, 18:02

      The only time I have had this problem was when I put my own save ram files on the pi through USB drive copy. It copied them over as read-only and it couldn't overwrite them. Otherwise, I've seen no issues saving games normally with Genesis. Just make sure you exit the game properly (Hotkey + start) so that the sram is properly written on exit.

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        2L8ULUZ
        last edited by 1 Mar 2019, 18:35

        I just purchased this game unit off of craigslist... is there a simple way for me to fix this on my own?? Appreciate it!

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          Shaddonai
          last edited by 1 Mar 2019, 19:16

          Are you using the RetroArch emulator ( The one starting with IR-)?

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            2L8ULUZ
            last edited by 1 Mar 2019, 19:21

            Says Retroarc 1.71 when I click on that option under retro pie

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              space cadet
              last edited by 1 Mar 2019, 19:26

              Sounds kinda shady

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                quicksilver @2L8ULUZ
                last edited by 1 Mar 2019, 19:59

                @2L8ULUZ it could be a rom ownership/permissions issue. But if this is a 3rd party image there isnt much we can do to help you because they are not supported.

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                  2L8ULUZ
                  last edited by 1 Mar 2019, 22:23

                  Emulator 1.jpg Emulator 2.jpg

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                    Thorr69
                    last edited by 1 Mar 2019, 23:34

                    That's not what @Shaddonai was asking about. He was asking if you are using the 'lr-' version of the genesis emulators. If the name of the emulator begins with 'lr-" (such as lr-picodrive) then it has interface hooks with libretro and emulationstation.

                    However, that menu screenshot kinda tells me that this is a knock-off 3rd party image and not an official version.

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                      2L8ULUZ
                      last edited by 1 Mar 2019, 23:47

                      Is this supported? Like I said, I just purchased it off a guy on craigslist and am hoping to get really into all this fun stuff....lol

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                        GoldManSex778 @2L8ULUZ
                        last edited by 1 Mar 2019, 23:49

                        @2L8ULUZ said in How do I save Sega Genesis Games? I am able to save:

                        I just purchased this game unit off of craigslist

                        that is the problem, your best bet is to back up your roms and start fresh with an official retropie image.

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                          2L8ULUZ
                          last edited by 1 Mar 2019, 23:49

                          I appologize... can someone tell me where to find "Ir" located at? There are seveal themes that I can change too... this is just the one open currently

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                            GoldManSex778 @2L8ULUZ
                            last edited by 1 Mar 2019, 23:51

                            @2L8ULUZ Launch any Mega Drive/Genesis game and press a button on your game pad at the "grey rectangle" before the game launches (you have to be fast) this is the run command menu. There you will be able to change emulators and stuff

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                              2L8ULUZ
                              last edited by 2 Mar 2019, 03:44

                              Here is what I get at laucnh config... I appologize for the late response it has been a hectic day for me and I just really appreciate all of the input here!!Emulator 3 IR.jpg

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                                sirhenrythe5th @2L8ULUZ
                                last edited by 2 Mar 2019, 06:42

                                Its lr-picodrive.
                                Never played with the options of this emulator within retroarch.
                                Maybe you can deactivate in-game-saving similar to "highscore-saving on/off" in lr-fba?

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                                  Shaddonai
                                  last edited by 2 Mar 2019, 12:19

                                  There is an option for autosasving and loading i nRetroArch, go to Settings, savings, enable the las two options, save and try that.

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                                    dankcushions Global Moderator @2L8ULUZ
                                    last edited by 2 Mar 2019, 14:15

                                    @2L8ULUZ said in How do I save Sega Genesis Games? I am able to save:

                                    Is this supported? Like I said, I just purchased it off a guy on craigslist and am hoping to get really into all this fun stuff....lol

                                    no, it's not supported. i recommend starting from here and reinstalling - then we can support: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/First-Installation/

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                                      2L8ULUZ
                                      last edited by 3 Mar 2019, 03:23

                                      Can I ask what is unsupported? is there something wrong with what I bought? Just curious and learning here.. appreciate it!!

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                                        dankcushions Global Moderator @2L8ULUZ
                                        last edited by 3 Mar 2019, 06:40

                                        @2L8ULUZ no problem! basically there’s two issues - that it breaks the licenses: https://retropie.org.uk/about/legal/ and point 5) here https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

                                        you can’t do much about the former, now, but if you reinstall we can at least support you.

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                                          2L8ULUZ
                                          last edited by 3 Mar 2019, 15:41

                                          OK, I was just curious why this is a bad version??

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