1 life
Video game concept
Player has no extra lives nor continues, death or other loss condition simply results in game over or in some cases automatic loading of newest save.
993
games
68platforms
Alternate name: No extra lives
WIN 2014-10-06
WIN 1998-12-21
DOS 1993
WIN 2003-03-25
IIE 1994-06
IIE 1997-12
IIE 1983
WIN 2003-02-18
ELEC 1983
WIN 1997-06-22
WIN 2014-08-14
IIE 1980
Related:
* Permanent death - any saves are deleted upon death as well
* No saves
Contrast:
* Lives
* Unlimited lives
* Deathless
* Permanent death - any saves are deleted upon death as well
* No saves
Contrast:
* Lives
* Unlimited lives
* Deathless
Continues commonly seen in arcade games are treated the same as lives for this.
This is only useful to mark games that have been reviewed not to have multiple lives.
Combined with retry points, we can assume the game creates some form of non-permanent (in memory) auto saves at certain points.
This is only useful to mark games that have been reviewed not to have multiple lives.
Combined with retry points, we can assume the game creates some form of non-permanent (in memory) auto saves at certain points.
The first 1 life video game was released on July 1971.
EAG, NEUC and Activision published most of these games.