Populous

[Kaminari]

Well, the verdict could be that some early batches of Populous might have had a built-in BRAM, which might have been dropped in later batches with the advent of the Interface Unit and external back-up devices. If Mednafen claims to emulate the BRAM of Populous, at least there must be some code in the game to support this saving feature.

[esteban]

Well, the verdict could be that some early batches of Populous might have had a built-in BRAM, which might have been dropped in later batches with the advent of the Interface Unit and external back-up devices. If Mednafen claims to emulate the BRAM of Populous, at least there must be some code in the game to support this saving feature.

Ahhhhh, I like this line of reasoning. It sounds plausible. We need more folks to do the "squeeze test", if you recall that (a prior topic in this thread, IIRC).

[Kaminari]

I wish I still had my copy to squeeze it hard

[Black Tiger]

My girlfriend's playing Viva Pinata all the time now. If you like Populus, you'll probably enjoy Viva Pinata. They're actually pretty similar, except you don't get to play different maps in VP.

[Necromancer]

I squeezed my copy of Populous and I don't think anythings in there.  Too bad they didn't allow for backup within the card (and with other RPGs as well) as it likely would have helped sell GTs.  It doesn't seem like Hudson took the portable market seriously.

[vestcoat]

I squeezed my copy of Populous and I don't think anythings in there.  Too bad they didn't allow for backup within the card (and with other RPGs as well) as it likely would have helped sell GTs.  It doesn't seem like Hudson took the portable market seriously.

Yep, no battery back-up and the lack of multi-player games kinda sucks.

[wolfman]

Sorry for re-opening this thread, but I am somewhat confused by the info here.

So far I heard that Populous doesn´t save a game - is that true?

Why do I then see a savegame slot named "Populous" in my IFU?
And when I try to load a game from within Populous, I always get the 1. Level "Genesis", although I played a higher Map just a minute ago?

[Black Tiger]

Sorry for re-opening this thread, but I am somewhat confused by the info here.

So far I heard that Populous doesn´t save a game - is that true?

Why do I then see a savegame slot named "Populous" in my IFU?
And when I try to load a game from within Populous, I always get the 1. Level "Genesis", although I played a higher Map just a minute ago?

The "RomRam" logo on the HuCard version of Populous led many people to believe that you could save directly onto the HuCard, like many cart games do on other consoles. But Populous only saves the way that all other PC Engine games do.

[wolfman]

Sorry for re-opening this thread, but I am somewhat confused by the info here.

So far I heard that Populous doesn´t save a game - is that true?

Why do I then see a savegame slot named "Populous" in my IFU?
And when I try to load a game from within Populous, I always get the 1. Level "Genesis", although I played a higher Map just a minute ago?

The "RomRam" logo on the HuCard version of Populous led many people to believe that you could save directly onto the HuCard, like many cart games do on other consoles. But Populous only saves the way that all other PC Engine games do.

I think I wasnt clear enough. I saw a Populous savegame on my IFU, but when I tried to load the savegame from within Populous I only started from the beginning, ie it didn´t save over the old savegame when I reached a new level. Strange thing is I couldnt delete it from the IFU with the Populous card in it.

I removed the card and booted with a system card, then deleting the savegame worked. Now it saves  the current status.