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- From: rusbasan@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Bob Rusbasan)
- Subject: Re: Wonder Dog [SEGA CD]
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- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 15:06:36 GMT
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- In article <caw.0wl0@miroc.Chi.IL.US> caw@miroc.Chi.IL.US (Christopher A. Wichura) writes:
- >Blackhole Assault and Prince of Persia both save information in the Sega CD's
- >memory. However, between the two of them they use over a fourth of the
- >availabvle backup memory (but then Sega included almost zero space to begin
- >with). If every Sega CD game out there used the backed up memory, you
- >wouldn't be able to save all the stuff. Now, if Sega actually releases the
- >external memory cartridge then things will be a little better. But as far as
- >I'm concerned, Sega put a woefully small amount of backup ram in the machine.
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- >I'd like to see more games keep a high score table in backup ram. However,
- >until we get the memory cartridge so we can shuffle things in and out
- >depending on what we are playing, we'd be sunk if everyone started doing
- >this.
-
- Would we? I don't think so. We'd just have to make some choices. If
- I could only save four games in memory, that would be fine. I would just
- have to pick which four, which wouldn't be too hard to do. Saving high
- scores could be optional -- or why even bother doing that -- you could
- just delete the high score chart immediately after playing the game if
- you wanted the memory for something else.
-
- I hope game companies aren't this concerned about using too much memory
- space. Please, give *us* that choice! While it is true that "if every
- Sega CD game out there used the back up memory, you wouldn't be able
- to save all the stuff," who wants to save all the stuff? I'd be happy
- if I could save several games in progress, and I think I'm like most
- people in that I rarely concentrate on more than three or four games
- at a time.
-
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