As the title suggests I've run into a nasty problem with the US Fire Emblem rom for GBA. I've been able to play most of the game without problems. It runs fine, saves fine, but after completing mission 20 during Eliwood's story I come upon the issue. After the battle there are some character conversation scenes and at the end of those the screen turns black to transition to the next scene but then it stays black. Reloading my save didn't help. The screen just goes black and I'm unable to progress. The emulator I'm using is Virtual Boy Advance version 1.8.0 at the default settings.

I saw this link (http://www.epforums.org/showthread.php?t=47902) on the forums but I'm not sure if its relevant to my problem and I'd hate to lose my saves. If anyone could help me out I'd appreciate it a lot.