n64 controller pack question

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye]

So I just got No Mercy yesterday (never owned an n64 until yesterday either) and now I've decided I don't want to throw this out while driving on the freeway. One problem, i can't save shit from the game. I get a little controller pack message saying that I don't have any free notes of whatever the hell.

 

so how do I delete some scrubs old saved games in order to play this game.

[AndrewTS]

When you're at the No Mercy title screen, hold Z (it's on the underside of the controller, under the analog stick) and press Start. You can either delete anything on the controller pack, or initialize the game cartridge data.

 

I hope yours doesn't have the glitch. I got one used and got hit by the glitch hard, even though I rarely saved during Championship mode. =/

 

I think it hits you if you "retry" a few times. Damn glitch.

[MarvinisaLunatic]

Fear the Glitch.

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye]

yeah i found it after digging through a million pages of controller card sales pages. Gracias.

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye]

Well, I've lost my light heavyweight story arcs 4 times now. I assume this is 'the glitch'?

[AndrewTS]

Well, I've lost my light heavyweight story arcs 4 times now. I assume this is 'the glitch'?

You saved between matches? Then it should be there.

 

The glitch is strange. It won't screw up your progress in Championship mode by all visible appearances, but the game will reset the champions to the defaults, and the roster will be defaulted: the hiddens you unlocked will be gone, and all the CAWs and appearance edits will be gone. You also lose all your money.

 

However, it will still show in Championship that you've completed so much % of the game.

 

The last copy of the game I had was glitch-free as long as I didn't save excessively or retry (if you lose, Reset or Quit).

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye]

Losing my CAW and everything defaulting is precisely what has been happening.

[Spaceman Spiff]

I *never* had the glitch pop up on my cart, and I used my CAW almost exclusively.

[AndrewTS]

It's likely there are some glitch-free cartridges floating out there, but if you got one, you have to be extra-careful what you do.

 

1. Don't retry matches. Reset or "Quit" from the pause screen and continue from there.

2. Save every few matches or so if you need to, but saving after every match is risky.

 

I don't know if there are other ways the glitch is triggered, but I think doing the trick to go out into the crowd can cause it as well.

 

So...basically do what originally told you to Initialize the game and start over. Yeah, it sucks, which is why I really wish AKI made a follow to the game without that problem. =/

[TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe]

I got mine the day it came out, and it was 100% "Glitch" free.

[AndrewTS]

I got mine the day it came out, and it was 100% "Glitch" free.

You know this how?

[TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe]

Nothing ever got erased for me.

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye]

I'll trade ya.

[Boner Kawanger]

I was playing the other day and the glitch didn't hit until I had entered several CAWs in a Royal Rumble. I had not even gone into Championship mode, but I had unlocked some secret characters (up to Cactus Jack, I think).

[mister foozel]

just hold in the start button when you turn on the game and it goes right to the controller pak screen

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye]

My IC title CAW is now competing in my light heavyweight campaign that I thought I lost.

[Highland]

There's a reason that long pointed protusion is sticking out from the middle of the controller, its so you can stab yourself with it for getting an N64.

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye]

Well I picked up Goldeneye for cheap so any violent insanity that is caused by this No Mercy game is lessened somewhat by the knowledge the I have the other one to switch to.

 

The thing will never see the light of day again once I get my new comp and a copy of morrowind.