First post, by Gemini000
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- l33t
Lately I've been playing through my copy of Dragon Warrior II again on my NES, (amazingly, the battery backup still works after 22 years, and yes I've had it for THAT long), and this got me wondering: We all know that with an old NES, in order for save-game data to not get corrupted or lost, we have to hold reset while turning the power off.
My question is: Does anyone here happen to know the technical explanation for why this is necessary? As in, what holding reset down actually does electronically that keeps save data safe?
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