how do you clear save data off of GBA carts?

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:43 pm

anybody?

i got a need for speed most wanted and it has both save slots used and i cant figure out how to clear it

help a brother out

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 6:32 pm

Pull out the cartridge while it's saving/loading a game? I've heard this sometimes works. Hopefully this won't permanently damage the SRAM

zap · Post by **zap** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 6:39 pm

Usually it says in the manual how to clear data. Often you will have to hold 2-3 specific buttons while booting the game.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 6:49 pm

nothing in the manual....and ive tried buttons combinations as well....no luck

it was only 4bux but its annoying cuz the game is pretty much finished on both save slots

argh

Phil12 · Post by **Phil12** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:11 pm

jerk off into a sock

that usually works

Phil12 · Post by **Phil12** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:12 pm

and if that doesnt work, just goggle "need for speed gba erase" or something

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:14 pm

There isn't some sort of "clear save data" option in the options menu? Every cart I've seen with save data has one somewhere.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:29 pm

Phil12 wrote:jerk off into a sock

that usually works

Phil12 wrote: and if that doesnt work, just goggle "need for speed gba erase" or something

tried that and no luck....most hits were regarding flash carts

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:33 pm

Vexorg wrote:There isn't some sort of "clear save data" option in the options menu? Every cart I've seen with save data has one somewhere.

you sir, are a genius

the options menu gave me the option to overwrite saves

high five

Phil12 · Post by **Phil12** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:33 pm

hmmm

i cant believe there isnt a way to clear all gba carts. that's kinda stupid.

*edit*

yeah, you're right. I can't seem to find anything either. I'll keep looking and see what I can find.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:12 pm

I have this problem with an Advance Wars I bought recently. Pisses me off. I shouldn't have sold my copy years ago because now I'm stuck playing as gregg or whatever the previous owner's name is. It seems I can start a new game, though, so maybe it will work out ok even if I can't clear the old user's info.

E. Randy Dupre · Post by **E. Randy Dupre** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:23 pm

You can start the campaign over in Advance Wars, but everything that was previously unlocked will stay unlocked.

There *is* a button combination for reseting the data on the cart, I'm sure - I remember coming across this problem with this particular game before - but hell if I can remember what it might be.

doctorx0079 · Post by **doctorx0079** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:45 pm

professor ganson wrote:I have this problem with an Advance Wars I bought recently. Pisses me off. I shouldn't have sold my copy years ago because now I'm stuck playing as gregg or whatever the previous owner's name is. It seems I can start a new game, though, so maybe it will work out ok even if I can't clear the old user's info.

Yeah, start a new game and try to save over one of the old ones right away. That will probably work.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:55 pm

E. Randy Dupre wrote:There *is* a button combination for reseting the data on the cart, I'm sure - I remember coming across this problem with this particular game before - but hell if I can remember what it might be.

Yeah, I had to look it up for this very game, but there is a command you can use to erase everything. It's floating around out there someplace (actually it might've been hidden away in the manual).

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:44 am

BulletMagnet wrote:
E. Randy Dupre wrote:There *is* a button combination for reseting the data on the cart, I'm sure - I remember coming across this problem with this particular game before - but hell if I can remember what it might be.
Yeah, I had to look it up for this very game, but there is a command you can use to erase everything. It's floating around out there someplace (actually it might've been hidden away in the manual).

I think it might have been in the manual, but it's likely I am thinking of a different game (I'm sure I also had to look it up for Advance Wars - I bought a used cart-only too).

Anyway, from the GameFAQs message board, hold L, Right (D-pad), and Select when booting the game. Nell should ask you if you want to clear the data.

And, infantry + artillery, and the occasional tank.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 2:31 pm

Going OT here but staying with the Advance Wars theme going on here:

How does Advance Wars DS compare to that of the earlier release of Advance Wars GBA? And is it better or moreso the same thereabouts?

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:11 pm

which game is it? Maybe there is some FAQ or something

worse case senario you make a new save and copy over the older more advanced save. Unless your trying to sell something as new and unplyed in which case your a naughty boy and up shit creek

ZOM · Post by **ZOM** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:53 pm

Phil12 wrote:hmmm

i cant believe there isnt a way to clear all gba carts. that's kinda stupid

Open the cartridge & take out the SRAM battery?

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:23 pm

PC Engine Fan X! wrote:Going OT here but staying with the Advance Wars theme going on here:

How does Advance Wars DS compare to that of the earlier release of Advance Wars GBA? And is it better or moreso the same thereabouts?

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Advance Wars Dual Strike isn't as good as the GBA ones. It's still good, but it's more unbalanced and has some gimmicky stuff tacked on. Advance Wars Days of Ruin, the second DS Advance Wars, is one of the better games in the series with a reboot and the gimmicky stuff thrown out. It's missing some of the classic modes like War Room, Hard Campaign, and the shop, but the Trial Maps are pretty much a combination of Hard Campaign and War Room. The second DS game also has what the first DS Advance Wars should have had, online.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:18 pm

This is getting way off-topic. Days of Ruin is my personal favourite, followed by the original on GBA. I think the CO vehicle with its CO zone are great, and Gage is awesome. Dusters are pretty cool too.

The campaign isn't all that difficult though, but there are lots of different ways to play Free Battle that can be challenging.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:19 pm

so, do you guys like funions and cotton candy?

Ex-Cyber · Post by **Ex-Cyber** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:36 pm

ZOM wrote:
Phil12 wrote:hmmm

i cant believe there isnt a way to clear all gba carts. that's kinda stupid
Open the cartridge & take out the SRAM battery?

A lot of games use flash or EEPROM. AFAIK, you can erase them with the GBA cart reader/writers sold with early GBA flash carts (later ones come with a PC-GBA link cable and use the GBA itself to read/write the cart). There might also a DS homebrew program floating around that's capable of doing it (i.e. I don't know if one exists, but I don't know of any technical reason preventing it).

ZOM · Post by **ZOM** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:40 pm

Ex-Cyber wrote:
ZOM wrote:
Phil12 wrote:hmmm

i cant believe there isnt a way to clear all gba carts. that's kinda stupid
Open the cartridge & take out the SRAM battery?
A lot of games use flash or EEPROM. AFAIK, you can erase them with the GBA cart reader/writers sold with early GBA flash carts (later ones come with a PC-GBA link cable and use the GBA itself to read/write the cart). There might also a DS homebrew program floating around that's capable of doing it (i.e. I don't know if one exists, but I don't know of any technical reason preventing it).

Well, I wasn't very sure about the battery myself, so thanks for the info.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:53 am

Isn't it like A + B + Up + Select while turning the cartridge on?

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:53 pm

after some research i found a lot of sties saying this

press L, select, and right on the d-pad while the cart is booting up this should wipe the data for any and all games

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:06 pm

Lordstar wrote:after some research i found a lot of sties saying this

press L, select, and right on the d-pad while the cart is booting up this should wipe the data for any and all games

no

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:57 pm

Right never mind then

:EDIT

Nope I take that back im awesome

E. Randy Dupre · Post by **E. Randy Dupre** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:35 pm

jonny5 wrote:
Lordstar wrote:after some research i found a lot of sties saying this

press L, select, and right on the d-pad while the cart is booting up this should wipe the data for any and all games
no

Yes.

I just tried on my spare copy of the game and it worked. You're obviously doing it wrong.

also: Google. "Advance Wars" clear data. First result.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:45 pm

awesome!

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:24 pm

That's for Advance Wars. Lordstar wrote it as a solution for all GBA games, jonny5 wants to clear NFS Most Wanted and it did not work. At least that's my interpretation of what happened.