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The Jerk:
Hello.

Are there any tricks to saving a game while playing?  I've read the faq at mame.net but I'm still having trouble getting it to work.  It always fails to load.  The game I was trying to save is Rygar if that means anything.  Has anyone had any luck using this feature?


Here is the faq from mame.net

--- Quote ---H08. Can I save my game and resume it later?

This feature is being slowly implemented because it can be helpful to MAME developers. It's an especially complex feature, so only a small portion of the drivers support it. If you want to try it, press Shift-F7 and any key to save a state, and F7 and the key you previously pressed to load a state. This way you can save more than one state, for example by pressing A, B, C, etc. after the save or load state key. However, don't expect all drivers to work properly with this.
--- End quote ---

Thenasty:
some games support it, some games don't. i dunno about Rygar but  make sure you have a folder STA.

Thenasty:
just tried it and it works. This game supports save states.

Make sure you use LEFT-SHIFT F7 to save to a location. The FAQ don't think it mentioned it.

If still not working, check your setup in MAME. Go see what you have it setup to, or setup it up the way you want it of back to default.

The Jerk:
Ok.  Thanks, I have it working now. :)

SirPoonga:
Ihate the default key setup for save and load.  I changed them to normal key presses.  On my cabinet it's player 2 buttons 1 and 2 shifted.

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