What does Arkanoid II use for saving edits?

[FrankWDoom]

Arkanoid II has a level editor built in with load/save functions. These are functional right? What handles those functions? There's no battery/sram onboard so it must be something external.

[daskrabs]

Good question. Data recorder maybe?

[UglyJoe]

Good question. Data recorder maybe?

You wouldn't be able to plug in the data recorder hardware since the expansion port would have the Arkanoid II controller plugged into it.

[FrankWDoom]

A data recorder could have a pass through exp port built in. Or it might be expected you just unplug the vaus for editing. Either way it has to be something like that, or the save might would not actually work, which seems unlikely. I just don' t know anything about the data recorders made for the fc.

[UglyJoe]

Would be cool if the controller itself had a battery and some flash memory.  I don't have one, though, so I can't open it up and look.
Post Merge: April 17, 2015, 08:03:15 am
Oh, I didn't realize the Arkanoid II controller had another controller port at the top of it.  It might use data recorder hardware, afterall.

[FrankWDoom]

Anyone have an ASCII turbo file and this cart and want to see if that's the right thing? Seems like the most likely at this point.

[UglyJoe]

I didn't think that worked with anything other than ASCII titles (Wizardry games, mostly).

I have a Turbo File but no Arkanoid, sadly.

[FrankWDoom]

alright, let's try a different approach. anyone have the Arkanoid II instruction manual handy?

[UglyJoe]

I'm pretty sure it uses the data recorder now.  Was able to "save" a level using Nestopia and load it up in Audacity -- definitely save data.  Haven't gotten Nestopia to load it back yet, but I'll figure that out later.

[P]

Castle Excellent is using both tapes and the Turbo File I heard, so one thing isn't necessarily excluding the other. I have Family Keyboard and Everdrive so I could test it too when I have time to unpack my Famicom.

I didn't think that worked with anything other than ASCII titles (Wizardry games, mostly).

Works with Itadaki Street through a "hidden" menu.

[fredJ]

I tried with the turbo file but it didn't work...
Also it really takes some time for saving, so I assume it is a tape. Saving to the turbo file goes quick.

[FrankWDoom]

cool, thanks for the help guys.

[mbannick]

I have an arkanoid 2 manual if you're interested I could take some pictures.

[P]

Yes please do.

[mbannick]

Took some pictures of the part that I think is talking about the edit function (pages 17, 18, 19, 20). If these aren't what you're looking for I'll just take pics of the whole manual.