I mean the ones like The Legend of Zelda that saved your game without the use of passwords. How was your game saved on the cartridge? Did it work the same way as an old floppy disk?
In: Technology
Games that had non-password save options had a battery inside which allowed the cartridge to store the save data when the console is powered off. See a picture here: https://www.dkoldies.com/product_images/uploaded_images/nesgamewithbattery.jpg
This holds true for other cartridge-based systems like the SNES/N64, Sega Genesis, etc.
Latest Answers