So, I set it to 5 (thinking maybe there's a delay built in between when I save in-game and when SNES9x builds an.
My first thought is that something isn't configured correctly, so I head over to Emulation -> Settings, and there's a field there for 'Auto-save S-RAM.' It wants 'seconds after last change.' I'm not sure what this field does, and I can't find any documentation on it. When I bring it back up, there is no save game for the ROM to see. When I boot up a game with a built-in save feature (Let's say, FFIII), when I arrive at a save point, I save my game, and I close the ROM and also shut down SNES9x.
I am running this with the Maximus arcade frontend, which I think may be getting in the way of something, but the problem exists without it. Ok, this question is fairly complicated, but boils down to this: I'm having trouble with game saves in SNES9x.