@slider1983 Don't worry about me, Unbound only published one of the HG101 books (the Video Game Obscurities in the header). Though I sure would like some of the royalties for this considering I also haven't been paid in nearly a year and a half.
Basically says that the backup RAM is not required to play the extra scenarios, but since there's not enough built-in RAM for the system, you have to use the default stats unless you carry them over with the RAM cart.
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Re: Publisher Unbound Slides Into Administration
@slider1983 Don't worry about me, Unbound only published one of the HG101 books (the Video Game Obscurities in the header). Though I sure would like some of the royalties for this considering I also haven't been paid in nearly a year and a half.
Re: Turns Out Shining Force CD Didn't Actually Need The Sega CD Backup RAM Cart
Yeah as Ghaleon said, this seems to be pretty common knowledge but I guess it's not actually true!
There's some corroboration on this Japanese site under "Evaluation Points" (評価点):
https://w.atwiki.jp/gcmatome/pages/4572.html
Basically says that the backup RAM is not required to play the extra scenarios, but since there's not enough built-in RAM for the system, you have to use the default stats unless you carry them over with the RAM cart.