/vr/ - Retro Games

>>917423
Shining force 2 saves require power. if the power dies, the save-games get corrupt. To maintain power, there is a small battery (unreplacable to my knowledge without breaking open the cart and knowing your way around the circuit-board and a soldering gun)

I had this happen back in the 90's to shiningforce. Sort of. It didn't freeze when I tried to move though. That sounds like actual damage to the cart, either a physical break in the circuitboard (fixable if you have good fine motor skills and can solder), or data-coruption from physical shock or a strong magnet. Of course data corruption that would make the game freeze spontaniously and not having any other visible effects is such a small change in the data, and a strong magnet would do more to the cart (permanently glitchy title screen for instance)