From: blacklion@juno.com   
      
   BelPowerslave wrote:   
   >> There are only two options - continue (no way to do that without a save)   
   >> and delete... !!! WTF? Can anyone advise on how on earth I get past this   
   >> old guy in purple with only these two choices?   
   >   
   > Have you tried doing "Delete" to clear the cart's memory? If so, and it   
   > still gives you that screen, it's possible the battery is dead. Why that   
   > would stop you from, at least, starting the game, I'm not sure, but it's   
   > possible that's the issue. What *should* happen is the guy asking you   
   > what your name is, you enter it and then the game starts...   
   >   
   > Bel   
      
   I'd agree with this, except with a dead battery, you should simply have   
   no saves on there at all.  The battery just keeps the data in the RAM,   
   and without that battery, the ram empties itself when the power is off.   
      
    From the sound of this situation, there's something corrupted with the   
   save files (or possibly the game itself).   
      
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