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So I decided to check on my long-since completed Red Version today and to my dismay, the message "Save Data Destroyed!" showed up before I could make it to the "Continue" screen and completely erased my profile! ;_;

I was no doubt annoyed and upset at this and would really like to know what could have possible caused this so a similar fate will not fall onto my Blue/Yellow/Gold/Silver/Crystal Versions. I have previously used the Missingno glitch and a couple GBC AR codes on this game in the past.

Or maybe using cheats destroyed the simple GameBoy game!

quote DXD

I'm going to go with Duncan Idaho's suggestion since AR codes and the Missingno glitch are not commonly known to randomly corrupt your game over two years after you've utilized them both.

please call me Duncan, anyhow ninty saves are know to be easly corrupted, i dont know why tough, im betting my bucks on the next theory the data gets erased by the game failing to completly overwrite the values and this cuases a corruption, if not done correctly im theorizing nintendo provided for a fix for this kind of "mistake" so if there somethign between 50% to 99% of the data only a warning and the previous data is loaded, if there is anything lower, it would erase the data to not compromise the rest of the game data?

Cheats almost NEVER affect your game. The only time it would was if you put in a code wrong. Also, it's a computer. It doesn't simply "forget" a profile.

quote AxeLea

Also, it's a computer. It doesn't simply "forget" a profile.

Sorry, I'm just 8, and I didn't know it was a 'computer', I thought it was just a regular old 'game boy colour'.

Ah, so it, well, its probably your CHEATS that affected your game.

It happened to my Game Boy now.......except I know why, someone bashed into it and... well... the game probably broke because of the pressure in the bash/when it fell on the ground. Got it over with, they still owe me though >

Question's been resolved. Nearly three full years ago. Pretty sure he's not still actively waiting for a response.

Also, I just stated above: If it were a dead save battery, he wouldn't have received a "corrupted file" notice. There would just be no Continue option at all.