Steaming Force problem

I love the Sword of Hayja. The music was great. The graphics were great. The FPS was great. There wasn't unnecessary town crawling.
I never had a chance to encounter another Shining Force storyline while playing since the only other SEGA console I ever owned was the Dreamcast.
Steam came along and I had to jump aboard.
Bad decision.

First computer:
Couldn't save at all. The buttons didn't work, because the computer had a low capacity, albeit there was plenty for GENESIS games.

Second computer:
Could save state.
However, I saved state after I saved in the game, which screwed up everything, because the Shining Force storyteller just blinks at you after saving the game, because SEGA didn't bother to change the turn off function for the rom originally in the game.

I either have to:
1) Save only in Save Game (emulator) mode OR
2) Save in game and then press New Game to activate the rest of the game.

And then, according to the Steam forum I hear they're other issues.
Anybody encounter a similar problem or perhaps my very lousy computers just can't run things.
I apologize any miscrepreancies as I'm a poor New Yorker, with multiple part time jobs. I have multiple jobs which probably won't pay for my rent or health insurance if I wasn't living in my parents' house, which PAINS ME a lot more than you guys.
Thank you.
Rant over.

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