Breaker wrote:Started a season on Madden 95 on the Genesis.
Actually, I started a season on College Football 97 with my alma mater Golden Gophers, but after opening with a non-conference win over Temple, I discovered the battery on that cartridge doesn't hold a save anymore. So, I switched to pro football instead.
I have every Genesis Madden and oddly enough my '95 edition is the only one that I can still save a season on (as of 2021). Were the batteries that EA used of better quality for the 1995 Madden games? I experimented with a few EA NHL and NBA Live carts with the same result....no season saving capability as the battery is clearly dead.
But yet I am able to save my player stats on EA's PGA Golf and Golf III for the Sega Genesis. What's up with that? Re-reading this thread I am kind of surprised Breaker was able to play a season of Tony LaRussa with no issues (as that is an EA game too)
And to go even further, it seems that other Sega Genesis carts have no issues with failing batteries. I still play full seasons of Tecmo Super Bowl and Sega World Series '96 and '98 with no data loss. This is a mystery to me......