Paging all Sega pros! Ran into an issue with a Sega CD and Popful Mail. Wondering if any of you might know what’s up.
@balb was kind enough to send me his Sega CD so that I could test my copy of Popful Mail. I connected my Model 1 Sega Genesis to the Model 2 Sega CD. Upon booting up I eventually get to the title screen. Sweet!
I did some googling and this error code seems to crop up when using an emulator or attempting to play a pirated copy on legit hardware.
I messaged @balb and he was kind enough to come over with his copy so we could compare. Everything seemed to check out between the two, and both copies played fine on his CDX.
I tried two different Sega consoles as well just to be safe.
What say you RGB? Any thoughts? I don’t have any other Sega CD game to test. Possibly just an issue with the Sega CD unit? Figured someone out there may have run into this before.
Yeah, just to be clear, neither of our copies worked on the Sega CD 2, and they produced that same error message pictured above. They both worked perfectly on the CDX.
I haven’t had one in years but yeah format the internal memory and try again, Mega CDs have all sorts of issues with the memory. Some games tell you to do this.
Excellent! This thread is the exact reason I hope forums don’t go extinct. Someone can Google this issue and stumble upon this thread and then they can enjoy some delicious Mega CD!
I’m having this same error message pop up. When I reformat the system I can play the game but once I turn off the system I get the error message and have to reformat again. Does anyone know of a way to fix this permanently so I don’t keep losing my saves.
The reason the internal save game RAM in your Sega CD is becoming corrupted whenever you turn the system off is likely because the internal battery isn’t charged.
Leave your Sega CD on for a period of several hours, overnight even. Provided the unit’s internal rechargeable battery is still okay, leaving it on will charge up the battery, allowing it to sustain the save game RAM when the system is off.
“This can happen if the internal memory is corrupted.”
Correct.
“Popful Mail” keeps track of how long you’ve played since starting the game and constantly saves this data to the save game RAM. If the formatting of the save game RAM is corrupt, then the game can’t properly function.
