I already know about the 99 lives cheat, and I'd rather win the game without it (even if it is slightly corrupted or something). Although I'm not sure if you posted that because of my problem, or just because you thought no-one knew it....which I'm pretty sure we all do

I have also learnt more about my Rayman Advance problem - noting that it only affects extra lives that were earned by collecting 100 tings, as opposed to collecting a 1up
statue. I don't know about lives earned by bonus levels yet, as I haven't tried it since the glitch began, but I have feeling that would work too. Unfortunately, as 1ups don't re-spawn, I'm still limited to the amount of lives I can have.
Thanks to this though, I am able to keep my game alive. Managed to get to the last part of Eat at Joe's with 4 or 5 lives earlier today , and then messed up

. I'll get there eventually....