Okay, this is fixed! Download and try again! Essentially it was checking for a corrupted file and thinking there was one because there is no file. When testing, I didn't realize that an empty save file would read differently in this case. Good catch!
It's just me! I'm the only guy! I'm constantly fighting space limitations, tweaking art and animations, and learning new things about how to develop on the NES, all of which makes it necessary for me to restructure existing code...I wish I could work on this as often as I would like. BUT! I am making progress. Thanks for checking in!
No haha. The select button often gets forgotten. I set it up this way so once a person has a saved game, you don't accidentally hit new game and need to reset. The next version will just start a new game if a save isn't detected.
