1 life
Video game concept
995
games
70platforms
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.
Notable people involved: John Nelson, Donald Brown, Sam Ruby, Robert Parker and John Carmack
Alternate name: No extra lives
DOS 1997-09-30
WIN 2004-12-03
DOS 1998
DOS 1993
WIN 2005-04
WIN 1999-10
WIN 1997
WIN 1998-05-31
CPC 1986
WIN 2005-10-18
DOS 1993
LIN 2008-04-01
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.
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The first 1 life video game was released on July 1971.
Platforms
Most common companies
EAG | 104 | |
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NEUC | 102 | |
Activision | 24 | |
Electronic Arts | 20 | |
Interplay | 13 | |
Ubisoft | 11 | |
Eamon Adventurer's Guild | 10 | |
GT Interactive | 10 | |
Valve | 10 | |
Beamdog | 9 | |
Eidos | 9 | |
Sega | 9 | |
Bethesda Softworks | 8 | |
Quicksilva | 7 | |
Night Dive Studios | 7 | |
Durell | 7 | |
Softdisk | 7 | |
Zelda s9larus | 6 | |
LucasArts | 6 | |
id Software | 6 |