How do save files work in video games?
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Date: 2022-03-21
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Robert
I remember old games where you had to write down a long code and when wanting to continue you had to type in that code. One particular game springs to mind: Maze Master on the C64 (The prequel to The Bard's Tale I Tales of the Unknown). I cheated on that game, by trial and error changing some values in the code and ending up with higher stats and the most powerful weapon in the game! :)
I also remember cheated in the original version of XCom on my Amiga 500 by loading the save game into a Hexeditor and searching for characters HP and XP values, converted to hexadecimal numbers, I saw before saving. Worked very well back then.
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I remember old games where you had to write down a long code and when wanting to continue you had to type in that code. One particular game springs to mind: Maze Master on the C64 (The prequel to The Bard's Tale I Tales of the Unknown). I cheated on that game, by trial and error changing some values in the code and ending up with higher stats and the most powerful weapon in the game! :)
I also remember cheated in the original version of XCom on my Amiga 500 by loading the save game into a Hexeditor and searching for characters HP and XP values, converted to hexadecimal numbers, I saw before saving. Worked very well back then.
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PsyB0t_611
Ive taken a Borderlands 2 save from the 360 to the PC, then back to the 360 and uploaded it to the cloude and imported it to the Xbox One version. Yeah, lol all to get max money, good guns, and the Erideum (the purple rock currency) playback speed to 1.25 is better
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Ive taken a Borderlands 2 save from the 360 to the PC, then back to the 360 and uploaded it to the cloude and imported it to the Xbox One version. Yeah, lol all to get max money, good guns, and the Erideum (the purple rock currency) playback speed to 1.25 is better
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Laydie
No, never hacked a save file. I'm a slave to my console lol. ;P
I always get a weird sense of pride when I remember that Nintendo was the originator of the save file... though I'm a huge Sony girl. Don't know why.
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No, never hacked a save file. I'm a slave to my console lol. ;P
I always get a weird sense of pride when I remember that Nintendo was the originator of the save file... though I'm a huge Sony girl. Don't know why.
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Cpt.
I love it when you do videos like this Falcon. I've been playing video games for over 30 years, and not once have I really thought about how save games work. Very interesting. Thank you!
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I love it when you do videos like this Falcon. I've been playing video games for over 30 years, and not once have I really thought about how save games work. Very interesting. Thank you!
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reggiep75
I remember one of the biggest game save files I ever encountered was in the original Deus Ex and each SINGLE file was approx 15MB which was a massive size in the early 2000's.
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I remember one of the biggest game save files I ever encountered was in the original Deus Ex and each SINGLE file was approx 15MB which was a massive size in the early 2000's.
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Fishlord
Jeez I can-t believe the Legend of Zelda came out in 1986, which was also the year that the Master of Puppets album came out, and also the year that Clif Burton died
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Jeez I can-t believe the Legend of Zelda came out in 1986, which was also the year that the Master of Puppets album came out, and also the year that Clif Burton died
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Nate
A) Yes I-ve Hacked a save file. It was in the Commodore-64 days.
B) I-ve actually modified save files by copy/pasting more than Hacking. Especially Fable & The Sims.
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A) Yes I-ve Hacked a save file. It was in the Commodore-64 days.
B) I-ve actually modified save files by copy/pasting more than Hacking. Especially Fable & The Sims.
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Brotelho
Essentially it's a mini database all about your character.
Also, missed opportunity as you could have talked about how bloated Skyrims save files would get.
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Essentially it's a mini database all about your character.
Also, missed opportunity as you could have talked about how bloated Skyrims save files would get.
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Keenangraz
I forgot mega man 11 had manual saves so I beat a boss came back and my progress was lost so I just gave up on the game since I spent hours on that boss
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I forgot mega man 11 had manual saves so I beat a boss came back and my progress was lost so I just gave up on the game since I spent hours on that boss
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