Seems like it can't read the RAM. I'd guess that there's a loose connection somewhere. A hardware error in other words. It's not a battery problem. If it was, the cart would hold the info as long as you had the Gameboy turned on.
Try looking for dirt in the cart slot as a first thing. Next, try writing a sav to the cartridge from the PC and immediately read it back to the PC, and see if it's empty.
i will try cleaning it tonight. if that doesn't work, i will try your sav loading suggestion.
I used to have this when i first got my cart. Try replacing the sav on your cart with a new blank one.
i've tried this and it doesn't change anything.
thanks everyone for the helpful tips!
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]]>it have the 64 ems cartridge and every time i turn it on, when LSDJ is on side A, my song screen is full of 00's. i select-right to check out the chains and it's all gibberish letters and numbers. i go into the phrase and it's empty. nothing works correctly (for example, if i hold the down arrow, i don't rapidly move downwards through the song screen. it goes to the next one, and stops).
i bought a new battery and tried that but it didn't seem to do anything. i have no ideas.
other roms work perfectly, by the way. i didn't test any that save stuff though.
can anyone help me? i can give more details if needed.
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