Computer games and the save checkpoint system

[Deset Gled]

I consider it a rite of passage for anyone my age (millennial) to have had FF7 paused mid-boss battle, between save points, while you eat quickly dinner to not annoy your mom.

I'll see that, and raise you "Leaving Blaster Master on pause overnight because it takes multiple hours to play and literally has no save function".

 

[Ruin Explorer]

I'll see that, and raise you "Leaving Blaster Master on pause overnight because it takes multiple hours to play and literally has no save function".

That's going a little older and more US-specific, I think. The NES wasn't really "a thing" in the UK and Europe, we were all playing on Commodore 64s and ZX Spectrums and BBC Micros and similar, with even Sega Master Systems (i.e. the pre-Megadrive/Genesis Sega) drastically outnumbering NESes. I didn't even see one in person (outside a shop display) until I was 12 or 13 (by which time the Megadrive and SNES were out - we had a SNES before I ever saw a NES).

 

[Deset Gled]

That's going a little older and more US-specific, I think.

Oh yeah? Kids these days. I would have loved to have the posh features of a ZX Spectrum. In my day we didn't even have a pause feature. If we needed to relieve ourselves in the middle of a long Pac-Man run, we had move as fast as possible and take the loss of lives!

Four Yorkshiremen, game save version. I think the next line is something about screen burn in on an oscilloscope.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

That's going a little older and more US-specific, I think. The NES wasn't really "a thing" in the UK and Europe, we were all playing on Commodore 64s and ZX Spectrums and BBC Micros and similar, with even Sega Master Systems (i.e. the pre-Megadrive/Genesis Sega) drastically outnumbering NESes. I didn't even see one in person (outside a shop display) until I was 12 or 13 (by which time the Megadrive and SNES were out - we had a SNES before I ever saw a NES).

I'm wondering if there was a subtlety to the post you replied to that you might not have picked up on...

 

[Pale Violet Light]

Lack of the ability to save whenever I want is an absolute dealbreaker, artistic vision be damned. Unless Miyazaki (or whichever auteur) is willing to provide childcare, I’m afraid it’s a no sale. Fortunately, my preferred genres, cRPG and turn-based tactics, tend to have flexible save systems so it doesn’t come up often.

P.S. ZX Spectrum?! Luxury! We had ZX81, had to chisel pixels from stone down local quarry.