Yeah, for future reference, snes games differ pretty drastically in regards to how you can save in game. Some games allow you to save virtually anywhere, some games only allow you to save at certain points in the game and some games don't allow you to save at all in game(or require you to type in a long arsed code to resume sort of from where you left off). I would suggest you either track down a manual of the games you are playing (just do a google search, there's heaps of sites that have scanned or typed up games manuals) or just go to www.gamefaqs.com and read up on the games from there.