Another Save/Capacitor Question

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I know next to nothing about electronic components so forgive me if this is a dumb question, but I am wondering:  How long will the energy in the supercapacitor last before it needs to recharged?  That is, how long can an unplayed and powered-off system maintain its saved games?

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Just in case any newbies other than myself come searching for this information, I found a somewhat vague answer here: gamesave.faq.  Short version is: "several months".  Good to know!

[grahf]

A lot of people still have their saves even after a year or more. I guess it all depends on the condition of the capacitors. Whenever I get around to replacing all the caps in my briefcase setup, I might go with a larger capacity cap just for the hell of it.

[bernielindell]

Wow!  Nice faq!  This has a very good detailed explanation of on using the TEN NO KOE BANK.  Now I know exactly what every function does.  I printed the guide half of the faq out for my future use. 

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A lot of people still have their saves even after a year or more. I guess it all depends on the condition of the capacitors.

Cool, that's encouraging!

Wow!  Nice faq!  This has a very good detailed explanation of on using the TEN NO KOE BANK.

I thought so, too.  I saved it in case I get one in the future.

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What do you mean "in case [you] get one"? Haha, I guess you haven't played the system long enough to fill up the internal memory yet. Save yourself the time later and just order one now

Some people consider the PC Engine to have a small save memory, but I think it's comparable to a Playstation One memory card. You can fit a dozen 'normal' game saves on it, but you'll come across a few games that take up a third of the memory by themselves. What the hell were the programmers thinking? I'm looking at you, Cosmic Fantasy 1.
Anyway, The TenNoKoe is a pretty badass thing to have. Plus they have 4 memory banks, so you get the added bonus of seeing what games some random guy in Japan was playing back in the 90s. It's like an easter egg

[MasonSushi]

I got a Tennokoe 2 that plugs into the back of my white PCE. Its a pretty cool thing to have. ITs better than writing down all those codes.

[tru]

but you'll come across a few games that take up a third of the memory by themselves. What the hell were the programmers thinking? I'm looking at you, Cosmic Fantasy 1.

Might and Magic III comes to my mind... before having a Ten No Koe card, I remember having to delete my Nuetopia, Dragon Slayer and Cosmic Fantasy 2 saves just so I could play Might and Magic III... MMIII is a damn good game though...

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What do you mean "in case [you] get one"?

True!  Most of the games I own at present do not seem to save anything, but I given how many good RPGs the PCE has I am sure this won't last long!  The comparison with the PS1 is apt: I recall dedicating a couple of memory cars exclusively to Civilization 2 for a while....  I guess I should have said "when" instead of "if".  ^^