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First game you played where you could save your progress
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Gex 2: Enter the Gecko for my brand new PS1. Before that I just had a couple of old NES games and nothing in-between.
I remember it vividly because my parents bought a Madcatz memory card instead of a proper Sony one and it didn't work, so for the first couple of days that I had my new game and new system, I had to keep starting over every time I turned it off. Being able to save was a revelation.
I remember it vividly because my parents bought a Madcatz memory card instead of a proper Sony one and it didn't work, so for the first couple of days that I had my new game and new system, I had to keep starting over every time I turned it off. Being able to save was a revelation.
For me is was the game I bought with my C64 back in 1986, the first game I bought for the C64, Gunship! by Microprose:
My man! It is why I have to revert my Y axis to this day.
Megalosaro
Banned
Either zelda or ff1.
Pamplemousse
Member
I think Kirby's Dream Land 2. I first started gaming on the Game Boy.
I bet one of those C64 games allowed saving but I didn't know enough English to know how. Otherwise some shareware on the PC. Back then it was a muddle of many different games between the bunch of pirated games that came with the C64 and the various shareware disks that held many games at once. First console game for me was probably Super Mario Land 2 since I started out with arcade-ish games on the Game Boy.
bigdaddygamebot
Member
Resident Evil on the PS One...during the launch memory card shortage.
...it was fun.
...it was fun.
Probably Rogue, but we had a copy of that before I played much on what I recall was our coco / trs80. Still one of the first games I have memory of saving between sessions until dying in game.
Rogue came out in 1980: wiki
Play now in browser: archive.org
Rogue came out in 1980: wiki
Play now in browser: archive.org
ichtyander
Member
Probably Elite on the C64. It was also a potentially risky thing because you might've forgot to rewind the tape so it's on a different spot (so you don't accidentally overwrite the actual game with your save), or you used a different tape for saving but forgot to put it in. I mean, manual saving has always had a dose of risk of screwing it up, but this was both kinda novel and felt kinda flimsy (not to mention other mechanical or physical problems that might occur with the tape recorder or the tape during or after saving) but also exciting.
But generally, I didn't really do a lot of saving in Elite, I wasn't that used to the concept so it wasn't done frequently.
It's probably something like Doom that got me used to it and made saving feel like a common thing to do.
But generally, I didn't really do a lot of saving in Elite, I wasn't that used to the concept so it wasn't done frequently.
It's probably something like Doom that got me used to it and made saving feel like a common thing to do.
applesaucejaxon
Member
Add me to the Zelda group.
Hippopuncher12
Member
Original Zelda or Dragon Warrior. Can't for the life of me remember which one I played first but I have checked from time to time and my Dragon Warrior file is still there....which is insane.
That's pretty crazy, the battery in my copy of Zelda didn't even make it through the 90s lol
SilverArrow20XX
Walks in the Light of the Crystal
For consoles, probably Super Mario 64. I don't think any of the NES or Gameboy games I had before then had battery saves, and I never had any 16 bit consoles. I did play some Sonic & Knuckles and Mario Allstars at a friend's house if those count, but I didn't even know those had saves until I read it in this thread.
For PC, there's Doom and a bunch of adventure games from the early mid 90s.
For PC, there's Doom and a bunch of adventure games from the early mid 90s.
bizzarewars
Banned
Pokemon.
I didn't know that saving was a thing at first, so I just kept my Gameboy on all the time and would restart when the battery died.
Then my friends told me how to save days later and it was the first time in my life that I ever felt like a total fucking idiot, lmao.
I didn't know that saving was a thing at first, so I just kept my Gameboy on all the time and would restart when the battery died.
Then my friends told me how to save days later and it was the first time in my life that I ever felt like a total fucking idiot, lmao.
I think police quest 1
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
Zelda I on NES for me.
Dark_3nergy
Member
I have a deep dark secret about this Gaf.
When I originally played FFIV, I had absolutely no idea I could save on the world map. Instead, I saved on every save point inside of dungeons for the longest time. Talk about putting myself into hard mode. The rage that came with not knowing was pretty real.
When I originally played FFIV, I had absolutely no idea I could save on the world map. Instead, I saved on every save point inside of dungeons for the longest time. Talk about putting myself into hard mode. The rage that came with not knowing was pretty real.
Golden cartridge of Legend of Zelda, so beautiful!!!
By the way in the opposite side when I bought FF7 I had no memory card and after spending 9 hours playing (arrived at Nibelheim) I couldn't turn off the console... so it spent all night on and bought a memory card the next day and finally was able to save (I was resisting on buying one), the console didn't explode but it was really hot (it was summer in spain at 40 degrees).
By the way in the opposite side when I bought FF7 I had no memory card and after spending 9 hours playing (arrived at Nibelheim) I couldn't turn off the console... so it spent all night on and bought a memory card the next day and finally was able to save (I was resisting on buying one), the console didn't explode but it was really hot (it was summer in spain at 40 degrees).
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
Late reply but I rarely see this game get love, blew my mind back in the day. The semi open 3d worlds and the isometric interiors, so good.
Mine would probably be Maniac Mansion.
belteshazzar
Member
This
The Legend of Zelda NES for me. It was mind blowing at the time after getting used to using long ass passwords in Metroid and Kid Icarus. Holding reset and turning off the power like the manuals suggested always scared the shit out of me because I was worried I would do it wrong one day.
I think it might have been Miracle Warriors perhaps?
RoslindaleOne
Member
The Legend of Zelda. Zelda II was my second. That's all I can remember.
Miracle Warriors: Seal of the Dark Lord predates phantasy star.