How Retro Consoles and Computers Saved Your Games

Modern Vintage Gamer October 27, 2025
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Game consoles and home computers have various methods that to store and reload previously saved data. It an essential part of computer science and in video games. Over the years the methods to do this have varied greatly. from early on use of cassette tape to more modern flash memory saving, this episode discusses the various methods that games are saved. Please enjoy. Sources used in this Episode: http://micro-64.com/database/gamesave.shtml https://c64sets.com/details_db.html?id=5717 Timestamps: 00:00 - The Early Days 02:32 - Famicom Disk System 03:29 - SRAM 05:08 - Super NES and the PC Engine 06:44 - The N64 was complicated 09:10 - CD Consoles 13:18 - Outro Social Media Links : ► X : https://x.com/ModernVintageG ► TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@modernvintagegamer ► Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ModernVintageGamer ► IG : https://www.instagram.com/modernvintagegamer/ ► BandCamp : https://modernvintagegamer.bandcamp.com/ #GameSaves

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