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[FrontalMonk]

If you're counting passcodes, River City Ransom.

If not, Dragon Warrior.

 

[Deleted member 752119]

Zelda 2 probably.

 

[chifanpoe]

Kings Quest on my Dad's old 8086 PC.

 

[SturokBGD]

I can't remember but it was a lot more common on home computers in the 80s. Though for some reason I never bothered saving. Dungeon Master from the start every single time? What a loon.

 

[Eylos]

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.

And all dialogues voiced, this game is way ahead of its time

 

[zenosparadox]

Yep, NES Zelda.

Same here.

 

[FLAguy954]

Super Mario world

This. Second place would be The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.

 

[MrCunningham]

I think it might have been Miracle Warriors perhaps?

Miracle Warriors: Seal of the Dark Lord predates phantasy star.

Oh neat, and it was released two months before Phantasy Star in Japan. I honestly have never played Miracle Warriors.

 

[Wyndstryker]

First I played was zelda
First I owned was ff1

 

[FStop7]

Might and Magic for the PC in 1986. Zelda for the NES in 1987.

Actually it might have been Wizardry for the Apple II around 1981.

 

[DISSESHOWEDO]

Sonic 3

Same here, was blown away!

 

[TheGreyHulk]

Definitely Super Mario World when I got my SNES for xmas '91.

It was about damn time too. It's why I never "fully" beat SM3 without using the warp whistles or SMB without the warp pipes. Took too damn long as a kid. I had to grind in real life for a decade until I was able to beat it via emulation/save states.

 

[dano1]

Gold Nes Zelda cart.

 

[low-G]

Zelda 2 for me. I didn't even understand the concept of saving. I rented the game, there were existing saves so I thought it was weird that Link wasn't a character. I think I figured it out by the next day.

Funny thing is I had experience with tape drive saving computer programs I had written already at that point.

 

[RowdyReverb]

Kirby's Adventure on NES, I believe

 

[Mollymauk]

Wizardry for Apple II

You would save onto a separate scenario floppy.

 

[Kyrios]

I want to say Excite Bike, I remember something to do with the course editor, unless that was password based. Don't remember lol

 

[Berserking Guts]

Zelda II. I was such a dumb little kid, that I never realized saving my progress was even a thing. I'd spend weekends just trying to straight line all the way to the end. Bare in mind I was about 8 years old, and the only games I'd played prior to zelda was mario 1 and paperboy.

 

[Rain City Gamer]

Zelda on NES

 

[MattKeil]

Ultima I on the Apple II. Probably around 1984.

 

[NecroWalrus]

It was either Super Mario World or Super Mario All-Stars.

 

[Easy_D]

That would be Zelda 2

Zelda II. I was such a dumb little kid, that I never realized saving my progress was even a thing. I'd spend weekends just trying to straight line all the way to the end. Bare in mind I was about 8 years old, and the only games I'd played prior to zelda was mario 1 and paperboy.

Dude I was 4 and knew you could save. Though I did have an older brother to help me out with shit like that

 

[Cloud7]

Dragon Warrior for NES

 

[westman]

Probably the text adventure "Mission Impossible" for the VIC-20.

It allowed saving progress to cassette tape, so that you could experiment with different approaches without having to start over if things went wrong.

 

[FadedRevolution]

Doom

 

[Heroman]

Pokemon ruby probably.

 

[superNESjoe]

Pokemon ruby probably.

I constantly am surprised every time I learn that people this young exist.

I'm decades away, but that mid life crises is coming in hot when I see posts like this.

 

[BRocknRolla]

The original Warcraft maybe?

 

[Steroyd]

Super Mario Bros All Star Package was the first game I ever owned so I never really experienced what it was like to be incapable of saving until I got a playstation and my FFVIII progress wouldn't save lol.