05946: segacd [popmail]: segacd / popmail crashes after pressing START

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
05946	Core	Major	Always	May 30, 2015, 12:37	Jan 7, 2022, 08:39

Tester	abelenki	View Status	Public	Platform
Assigned To		Resolution	Bugs That Aren't Bugs	OS	Windows Vista/7/8 (64-bit)
Status [?]	Resolved			Driver	sega/mdconsole.cpp
Version	0.162	Fixed in Version		Build	64-bit
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	05946: segacd [popmail]: segacd / popmail crashes after pressing START
Description	segacd / popmail crashes after pressing START with the following error: MAIN-CPU error !!
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Affected Sets / Systems	segacd [popmail]

Attached Files	0000.png (1,783 bytes) May 30, 2015, 12:37 Uploaded by abelenki
Attached Files	backupram.zip (476 bytes) Dec 31, 2015, 05:14 Uploaded by abelenki

No.11695 B2K24 Senior Tester May 30, 2015, 19:04	I can confirm this issue loading from softlist as well as using the Darkwater image for this game. As it stands though, this machine is marked NOT WORKING However, since the attached screen has such a specific CPU error, it could be argued that this information could possibly help progress of the development. I'll leave it be so others can have a look at this information.
No.12297 abelenki Tester Dec 31, 2015, 03:48	the game works fine in 0.169!!
No.12298 NekoEd Senior Tester Dec 31, 2015, 03:49 edited on: Dec 31, 2015, 05:07	Reported as fixed. EDIT: False alarm. Seems things are a little more complicated....
No.12299 abelenki Tester Dec 31, 2015, 05:15 edited on: Dec 31, 2015, 05:24	the game gives the same error with clean NVRAM. i attached my NVRAM's, where the game works fine, both Japanese and USA versions.
No.12300 Haze Senior Tester Dec 31, 2015, 14:49 edited on: Dec 31, 2015, 14:50	I think the game just expects the system NVRAM to be formatted, and doesn't fail gracefully if it isn't. some games will auto-format it if it isn't, others will tell you to go into the menu and format it, so if you played another game before this the nvram might be valid due to that.
No.19644 peterferrie Developer Jan 6, 2022, 18:23	The game requires a formatted NVRAM. To format it, when the Sega-CD logo appears press '1' to access the disk menu, then select "Option", then press Ctrl to advance, then select "Format", then select "Yes". The game will then be playable. There is no bug here.
No.19653 Osso Moderator Jan 7, 2022, 08:39	Marked as BTANB and set as solved since two devs concur this is expected behaviour if you don't format NVRAM.