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The Sega Saturn Back-Up Ram Cart is an external storage cartridge used to save game progress and data as an alternative to using the system's internal memory. The cartridge provides over 16 times the amount of space; offering up to 512k of memory as opposed to the internal 32k.
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The '''Backup Memory''' cartridge for the [[Sega Saturn]] is the console's answer to the PlayStation's memory cards. Though the Saturn has some internal memory for save game slots, it is in short supply and is in danger of being wiped if the Saturn's internal clock battery runs out. Backup Memory cartridges are sixteen times bigger than this internal memory space.
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The cartridge works similarly to the Back-Up Ram Cart offered for the Sega Mega CD.  
  
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There are some problems with this setup. For one, not all games support the peripheral (save games can be moved from the Saturn's internal memory to a backup memory cart, but this is only good for storage purposes - it cannot always be loaded directly off the card). Furthermore by any games that require a RAM cartridge in order to function obviously cannot use the Backup Memory cart too.
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==Reading Save Data==
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When reading save data from the memory manager on the Sega Saturn BIOS, it will appear in this format.
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{|class="prettytable"
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      |+ Save Data
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! Name
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      ! Comment
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      ! File Size
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      |Name of the file
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      |Extra comments on the file.
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      |The amount of space (Blocks) that file occupies.
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      |}
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How each file is named and what the comments field represents depends on how the developer has written each descriptor. When reading other articles on Sonic Retro and Sega Retro, keep in mind these common symbols represented in the wiki to determine the text as these variables are likely to differ when viewing on the Memory Manager.
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[##] - Number
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[MM] - Month
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[DD] - Day
  
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==

Revision as of 08:23, 28 December 2011

The Sega Saturn Back-Up Ram Cart is an external storage cartridge used to save game progress and data as an alternative to using the system's internal memory. The cartridge provides over 16 times the amount of space; offering up to 512k of memory as opposed to the internal 32k.

The cartridge works similarly to the Back-Up Ram Cart offered for the Sega Mega CD.

Reading Save Data

When reading save data from the memory manager on the Sega Saturn BIOS, it will appear in this format.

Save Data
Name Comment File Size
Name of the file Extra comments on the file. The amount of space (Blocks) that file occupies.

How each file is named and what the comments field represents depends on how the developer has written each descriptor. When reading other articles on Sonic Retro and Sega Retro, keep in mind these common symbols represented in the wiki to determine the text as these variables are likely to differ when viewing on the Memory Manager.

[##] - Number

[MM] - Month

[DD] - Day

Gallery

Physical Scans

  • JP box (HSS-0111) (front)

  • JP box (HSS-0111) (back)

  • JP box (HSS-0138) (front)

  • JP box (HSS-0138) (back)

  • JP box (Sakura Taisen version) (front)

  • JP box (Sakura Taisen version) (back)

  • EU box (front)

  • US box (front)


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