The other night, I decided to take a trip down memory lane and boot up my old Pokemon Gold game on my Gameboy colour. Loaded it up and was horrified to see that the 'continue game' option had gone. For whatever reason, my save game had gone. I tried to start a new game, but it wouldn't save. In short, my game is broken.
Apparently Pokemon Gold/Silver die after so many years. They lose the capability to save a new game. That's what happened to mine.
Needless to say, I was gutted about what I'd lost;
Over 200 hours of gameplay, almost every single Pokemon on the game, more than 10 years of work, all gone because of a bad design in the game cartridges.
As such, I decided to start again. I downloaded an emulator and a Pokemon Gold ROM and I'm beginning the game again. I'm not playing it on the Gameboy because I don't want a repeat scenario of what's happened to my current Pokemon Gold cartridge. I'm playing it on the PC, and I'm going to catch every Pokemon, at the age of 20.
Apparently Pokemon Gold/Silver die after so many years. They lose the capability to save a new game. That's what happened to mine.
Needless to say, I was gutted about what I'd lost;
Over 200 hours of gameplay, almost every single Pokemon on the game, more than 10 years of work, all gone because of a bad design in the game cartridges.
As such, I decided to start again. I downloaded an emulator and a Pokemon Gold ROM and I'm beginning the game again. I'm not playing it on the Gameboy because I don't want a repeat scenario of what's happened to my current Pokemon Gold cartridge. I'm playing it on the PC, and I'm going to catch every Pokemon, at the age of 20.