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Save RAM

Hardware theme

Data saved by internal memory in the cartridge even after being unplugged. Usually a battery powers RAM chips for this purpose but a few use Flash RAM

525
games
20
platforms

Alternate name: SRAM

Super Black Onyx (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Super Black Onyx
NES 1988-07-14
Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)
Donkey Kong Country 3
GBA 2005-11-07
SD Gundam: Gachapon Senshi 3 - Eiyuu Senki (Nintendo Entertainment System)
SD Gundam: Gachapon Senshi 3 - Eiyuu Senki
NES 1990-12-22
Soul Blazer (Super Nintendo)
Soul Blazer
SNES 1992-01-31
Elfaria: The Isle of the Blest (Super Nintendo)
Elfaria: The Isle of the Blest
SNES 1993-01-03
Dokapon: Monster Hunter! (Game Boy Advance)
Dokapon: Monster Hunter!
GBA 2001-08-03
Overlord (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Overlord
NES 1993-01
Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict (Game Gear)
Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict
GG 1995-06-30
Ultima VI: The False Prophet (Super Nintendo)
Ultima VI: The False Prophet
SNES 1992-04-03
Eragon (Game Boy Advance)
Eragon
GBA 2006-11-14
Maya the Bee - Sweet Gold (Game Boy Advance)
Maya the Bee - Sweet Gold
GBA 2005
Lagoon (Super Nintendo)
Lagoon
SNES 1991-11

The first video game about Save RAM was released on May 27, 1986.

Nintendo, Konami and Koei has published most of these games

See also: temporary saves
Usually this is for saving game progress. This often includes saving the character's name and/or highscores/statistics. The Later two are sometime the only data saved. Other data that has been known to be saved is settings, custom skins, in-game photos, and custom journals.

Saving: free*, points*, auto, checkpoints, code, quit*, none

* denotes player initiated saves

Parent group

Game save storage

Platforms

GBA 150
NES 131
SNES 129
GBC 55
GB 28
Mega Drive 8
Master System 5
Game Gear 4
Atari 2600 3
ColecoVision 2
3DS 1
Windows 1
Atari 7800 1
PS 1
C64 1
PCE CD 1
MS-DOS 1
Apple II E 1
Uzebox 1
NEC PC9801 1

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