NES/SNES/Genny Games with Battery Back-up/Save feature

[j1e]

I appologize if there's already a thread somewhere on here asking for these.

I'm looking for a list of all NES/SNES/Genny games with batteries.

Not particularly interested in all the sports titles, but anything else that had a save feature.

Thanks,

-Mike

NES list so far:

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Hillsfar
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance
Al Unser Jr.'s Turbo Racing
Bandit Kings of Ancient China
Bard's Tale, The
Base Wars
Baseball Simulator 1000
Baseball Stars
Baseball Stars II
Crystalis
Deja Vu
Destiny of an Emperor
Dragon Warrior
Dragon Warrior II
Dragon Warrior III
Dragon Warrior IV
Dungeon Magic: Sword of the Elements
Faria
Final Fantasy
Formula 1: Built to Win
Gemfire
Ghengis Khan
Gold Medal Challenge '92
Greg Norman's Golf Power
Hillsfar
Kirby's Adventure
Legend of the Ghost Lion
Legend of Zelda, The
L'Empereur
Magician
Might & Magic
NES Open Tournament Golf
Nobunaga's Ambition
Nobunaga's Ambition II
Overlord
Pirates!
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
Shadowgate
Shingen the Ruler
Star Trek 25th Anniversary
StarTropics
Tecmo NBA Basketball
Tecmo Super Bowl
Ultima 3: Exodus
Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar
Ultima 5: Warriors of Destiny
Uncharted Waters
Uninvited
Wario's Woods
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II

[Game Freak]

I too would enjoy a list of such games. please post if there is such a topic or list ^_^

[Dr. Dib]

These are the ones I am sure of that have a battery save:

The Legend of Zelda
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Startropics
Kirby's Adventure
Final Fantasy
Dragon Warrior
Dragon Warrior II
Dragon Warrior III
Dragon Warrior IV
Startropics II

Games below this text were found on the NES reproduction site (showing cartridges that had batteries) and may or may not be completely accurate, but I'm guessing it is.

Base Wars
Crystalis
Deja Vu
Magician
Might & Magic
Pool of Radiance
Shadowgate
Tecmo Basketball
Tecmo Superbowl
Uninvitied
Wario Woods
Bard's Tale
Golf Power
Hillsfar
NES Open Golf
Ultima Exodus
Ultima Quest Avatar
Ultima War Destiny

I'm guessing that might be most of them. Someone else may know more. I'm guessing there are a lot more for SNES and Genesis. And really, what's with the no love for the SEGA Master System and its battery save system games?

Edit: Added in Startropics 2, should have been obvious but not to me I guess...

[Rickstilwell1]

A good way to find out every single one of them is fire up all of the roms for the system in an emulator one by one. Then when you're done, take a look at the save battery folder. Then bingo you're done. It's as easy as that. It will work for Game Boy and SMS too.

[j1e]

^ I don't fuck around with emulators. Never have; never will.

Thanks for your help with the NES games, Doc Dib.

Anyone else know of any more NES games?

[A Black Falcon]

Just look at the backs of the carts, for the NES. Ones with battery save have the gold "hold reset button down while turning off the power" sticker; other games do not.

For games you don't have though, yeah emulation is the easiest way by far. Plenty more NES games than that have battery save...

[j1e]

Unfortunately, I don't have an entire library of NES games to look at the back label. That's why I was hoping someone had compiled a list of these games.

[A Black Falcon]

I have a list of which Genesis games use EEPROM or FRAM, that is on-cart saving WITHOUT a battery... did it as a part of my big list of consoles listing what save types each one has. I haven't done lists of all of battery-backed games though, sorry.

The newest version of the save-types list of mine can be found here: http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5965

[j1e]

I have a list of which Genesis games use EEPROM or FRAM, that is on-cart saving WITHOUT a battery... did it as a part of my big list of consoles listing what save types each one has. I haven't done lists of all of battery-backed games though, sorry.

The newest version of the save-types list of mine can be found here: http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5965

Oh, ok. Thanks, though.

Surely one of you other retrogamers have some insight on this???

Let it flow, boys and girls.

[j1e]

Battery backed video game list where art thou?

Surely DP folks know this type of such.

Does Prehistorik Man for SNES have a battery?

[A Black Falcon]

Prehistorik Man? No, like most third-party platformers on the SNES, it doesn't have a battery.

[j1e]

Well, that's why I wanted a list. According to NP magazine, it had battery back up.

[cracked8ball]

Just checked some games in my NES collection and came up with this in addition to the list posted earlier.

Bandit King of Ancient China
Romance of the 3 Kingdoms
Romance of the 3 Kingdoms 2
Nobunaga's Ambition
Nobunaga's Ambition 2
Uncharted Waters
Ghengis Khan
Formula 1 : Built to Win
Baseball Stars
Wizardry 1
Wizardry 2 : Knight of Diamonds
Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom
Baseball Simulator 1000
Gold Medal Challenge 92
Pirates!
Baseball Stars 2
Faria

[A Black Falcon]

I found this that I did sometime within the past year, hadn't posted this anywhere...

I was originally going to do Sega's stuff too, to show the point about how Nintendo usually had saving in its SNES games while Sega almost never had it in its Genesis ones, but only got through the SNES part, as you can see here. The ones without a save type were ones that I didn't know when making the list and didn't get around to checking and filling in.


First/Second Party Published Titles Only, First Release Date (in any region)

Games in (quotes) are third party titles just being published by the first party, not developed by them or using their franchise.

Not including Satellaview for now.

(NP) means that the game was only for the Nintendo Power download service.

SNES
--
1990
--
Super Mario World - battery
F-Zero - battery
Pilotwings - password
--
1991
--
SimCity - battery
Super Tennis -
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - battery
Super Soccer -
--
1992
--
Super Play Action Football
Super Scope 6
NCAA Basketball
Mario Paint - battery
(Super R-Type) - no saving
Super Mario Kart - battery
Battle Clash
--
1993
--
Super Mario All-Stars - battery
Mario and Wario
Wario's Woods
(Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing)
Yoshi's Cookie
Yoshi's Safari
Star Fox - no saving
Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge
(NHL Stanley Cup)
(Final Fantasy Mystic Quest) - battery
(Vegas Stakes)
(Battletoads in Battlemaniacs) - NO SAVING
--
1994
--
Soccer Shootout
Plok
Tetris & Dr. Mario - NO SAVING
Super Pinball: Behind the Mask
Tetris 2 - password
Super Street Fighter II - NO SAVING
Super Game Boy - NO SAVING (on the SGB itself)
(Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures) - password
Super Metroid - battery
(Uniracers) - battery
Stunt Race FX - battery
(Mega Man X) - password
Earthbound - battery
(Illusion of Gaia) - battery
Kirby's Dream Course - battery
Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem - battery
Super International Cricket
Donkey Kong Country - battery
(Space Invaders) - NO SAVING (third party published in only region this year; US got it in 1997 published by Sega)
Super Punch-Out!
--
1995
--
(Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals) - battery
Kirby's Avalanche - NO SAVING
Killer Instinct - NO SAVING
Undake 30: Same Game - Mario Version
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island - battery
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest - battery
--
1996
--
Tetris Attack - password
(Secret of Evermore) - battery
(Terranigma) - battery
Kirby Super Star - battery
(Toy Story) - no saving
Super Mario RPG - battery
Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu - battery
Ken Griffey Jr.s Winning Run - battery
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble - battery
(Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow) - password
(Winter Gold) -
(Pinocchio) -
(Street Fighter Alpha 2) - NO SAVING
--
1997
--
Itoi Shigesato no Bass Tsuri No. 1
Heisei Shin Oniga Shima: Kouhen
Heisei Shin Oniga Shima: Zenpen
Arkanoid - Doh It Again - NO SAVING
(Harvest Moon) - battery
--
1998
--
Wrecking Crew '98
Zoo-tto Mahjong! (NP)
Dr. Mario (NP) - NO SAVING
Mini-Yonku Let's & Go!! Power WGP 2
--
1999
--
(Power Lode Runner) (NP)
Picross NP Vol. 1 (NP)
Picross NP Vol. 2 (NP)
Sutte Hakkun
(Famicom Bunko: Hajimari no Mori) (NP)
Kirby no KiraKira Kids - NO SAVING
Picross NP Vol. 3 (NP)
Picross NP Vol. 4 (NP)
Picross NP Vol. 5 (NP)
--
2000
--
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 - battery
Picross NP Vol. 6 (NP)
Picross NP Vol. 7 (NP)
Picross NP Vol. 8 (NP)
Metal Slader Glory: Director's Cut

[pfp]

Offhand, of what I haven't seen mentioned here, I remember that Maniac Mansion for NES had a battery.

The person who runs vNES may have a good list for NES games, as he added a save feature to those games and had to compile a list of them for all the NES games he has on hand - I'm going to check with him to see if he has that list saved somewhere.

[pfp]

here's a list of what my friend was sure of, from the one's in his collection (he forgot maniac mansion to - i gave him shit about it b/c it's a personal favorite):

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Hillsfar
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance
Al Unser Jr.'s Turbo Racing
Bandit Kings of Ancient China
Bard's Tale, The
Base Wars
Baseball Stars
Baseball Stars II
Crystalis
Deja Vu
Destiny of an Emperor
Dragon Warrior
Dragon Warrior II
Dragon Warrior III
Dragon Warrior IV
Dungeon Magic: Sword of the Elements
Final Fantasy
Formula 1: Built to Win
Gemfire
Gold Medal Challenge 92
Greg Norman's Golf Power
Kirby's Adventure
Legend of Zelda, The
Magician
Shadowgate
Shingen the Ruler
Star Trek 25th Anniversary
StarTropics
Tecmo NBA Basketball
Ultima 3: Exodus
Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar
Uninvited
Wario's Woods
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
Wizardry: The Knight of Diamonds
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II

[A Black Falcon]

So far for the (US) NES we have this... normal text is for ones mentioned above in this thread. Bold for ones I have added.

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Hillsfar
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance
Al Unser Jr.'s Turbo Racing
Bandit Kings of Ancient China
Bard's Tale, The
Base Wars
Baseball Simulator 1000
Baseball Stars
Baseball Stars II
Crystalis
Deja Vu
Destiny of an Emperor
Dragon Warrior
Dragon Warrior II
Dragon Warrior III
Dragon Warrior IV
Dungeon Magic: Sword of the Elements
Faria
Final Fantasy
Formula 1: Built to Win
Gemfire
Ghengis Khan
Gold Medal Challenge '92
Greg Norman's Golf Power
Hillsfar
Kirby's Adventure
Legend of the Ghost Lion
Legend of Zelda, The
L'Empereur
Magician
Might & Magic
NES Open Tournament Golf
Nobunaga's Ambition
Nobunaga's Ambition II
Overlord
Pirates!
Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
Shadowgate
Shingen the Ruler
Star Trek 25th Anniversary
StarTropics
Tecmo NBA Basketball
Tecmo Super Bowl
Ultima 3: Exodus
Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar
Ultima 5: Warriors of Destiny
Uncharted Waters
Uninvited
Wario's Woods
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II

Anything else?

I'm guessing that might be most of them. Someone else may know more. I'm guessing there are a lot more for SNES and Genesis. And really, what's with the no love for the SEGA Master System and its battery save system games?

I don't think the Master System has many, it probably wouldn't be a very long list... Phantasy Star, Ys, Miracle Warriors, what else?

[j1e]

Bravo! Much appreciated

edit: I removed Princess Tomato; it has a password feature.

[j1e]

What about SNES/Genesis games?

[pfp]

I don't think the Master System has many, it probably wouldn't be a very long list... Phantasy Star, Ys, Miracle Warriors, what else?

I confirmed you're correct on all three of those.

The only other one in my inventory of over 50 SMS games is Golden Axe Warrior.


A couple you'd expect to have battery (at least based on the title, ) don't - specifically SpellCaster and Lord of the Sword

[A Black Falcon]

What about SNES/Genesis games?

There are so many more battery save games on these systems, SNES particularly, that a list would take quite a while... and I couldn't just say "forgetr all the sports games", they'd be a big part of the list.

But even if you leave out Japanese SNES games (as with the NES list there), it'd just take so long... nobody wants to yet obviously.

[j1e]

I don't mind compiling a list of the games. What would be the best route to take on this project?

[Leo_A]

Unless you own the full library, your only possibility is emulators.

But you never have and never will...

[j1e]

Right...why don't you do it for me?

[j1e]

Gettin close...