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Posted 16 March 2007 - 05:27 AM

All the time coz on some games u have certain save points and i can't always be bothered to find them
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Posted 16 March 2007 - 08:11 AM

Save states are fast and efficient. You can easily open a game and continue from where you were when you last used the save state, immediately. No ingame loads or any other time-consuming matter of that sort.
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Posted 16 March 2007 - 08:39 AM

I always save before important or when I'm in a good status
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Posted 16 March 2007 - 04:47 PM

I use save state all the time to play through the game. After knowing the game better, I tried to play the game through once more without using save states. :(
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Posted 16 March 2007 - 06:16 PM

Never use it i thought i was cheap and you dont really learn how to play
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Posted 17 March 2007 - 04:31 AM

i use them all the time so when i lose i will be able to come back and not start from the last save point XP
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Posted 17 March 2007 - 04:33 AM

I only use savestates when I get to a part that I really like, I consider them cheating so I don't use them right before a boss fight or anything like that. I try to pretend that I'm actually playing the real (insert console here) instead of an emulator.
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Posted 17 March 2007 - 05:31 AM

As much as possible. Especially seeing as how i have them on a jump drive that way my stupid sister can't delete them. yay
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Posted 18 March 2007 - 04:04 AM

I try to only save state when I could save the game if I was playing it on a real GBA because I don't like games that are too easy.
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Posted 18 March 2007 - 04:13 AM

i save my stats whenever i get a chance
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Posted 18 March 2007 - 05:12 AM

i use save states ALOT because most games i play are consist of random monster battling. Since, i HATE battling monsters again adn again, i save a lot to avoid repeated work.
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Posted 18 March 2007 - 05:13 AM

Yeah. Any game with random chancing (for example, a random rare drop chance) I use save states for. Or if I wanna preserve a game right before a fun battle, or right before an important decision. Otherwise, I don't use savestates.
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Posted 18 March 2007 - 05:19 AM

If I play game that use tactic I always save state a lot. But if just like action, I usually don't use save state.
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Posted 18 March 2007 - 06:43 AM

well, i usually got stuck in megaman zero in some stages, so in order to practice, i am using a save state. that makes me save time.
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Posted 18 March 2007 - 06:48 AM

I use it like crazy. Maybe I'm paranoid something will happen to me so I do it maybe every minute or so.
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Posted 18 March 2007 - 09:36 AM

Fairly often because im lazy
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Posted 18 March 2007 - 09:44 AM

All the time. Before fights, after fights, before cutscenes, before important diologue... during screens I think look cool... during music i want to hear again...
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Posted 20 March 2007 - 02:10 AM

i use that a LOT on vba. Every time im about to face a boss
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Posted 20 March 2007 - 02:12 AM

Normaly never. However for MegaMan Zero, I have to use a save state at almost every boss! :) At least untill I analize thier attack patterns, Then it's easy as heck.
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Posted 20 March 2007 - 06:00 AM

Haha! I use them most of the time! Especially when I'm before the Boss' room because I want to make sure that I'm in the proper level to fight the Boss. I also use them in Harvest Moon when I'm bored tho! Lol! I use save stats before I go to the confessional room so that I'd get the proper confession from Carter...
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Posted 20 March 2007 - 06:12 AM

Meh. I don't like using them unless the game I'm emulating simply can't save for some reason. It just feels like cheating.
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Posted 20 March 2007 - 06:17 AM

i always use it..
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Posted 20 March 2007 - 06:54 AM

i use the save and load state mostly in yugioh gx duel academy (as thre are small test or quiz in it sort of exam) even if it is very old now and before that i save much states for pokemon emerald as i finished beating the elite four it would say that the save file has been erased , so i would use the save state to load it and re-try as much time needed for it to save and it would.
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Posted 20 March 2007 - 06:56 AM

Every 5 min! F1 ftw!
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Posted 07 April 2007 - 04:50 PM

i think everyone uses save states for their games and if you don't then your game probably won't be saved when you get off the computer
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