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

[j1e]

***Updated list of NES/SNES/GEN games with battery back-up. Thanks to all that contributed.

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:

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
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

SNES:

7th Saga, The
ABC Monday Night Football
Act Raiser
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Eye of the Beholder
Aerobiz
Aerobiz: Supersonic
Air Strike Patrol
Arcana
Bassin's Black Bass
Big Sky Trooper
Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball
Brain Lord
Brandish
Breath of Fire
Breath of Fire II
Cannondale Cup
Championship Soccer '94
Chavez Boxing
Chrono Trigger
Civilization, Sid Meier's
College Football USA '97: The Road to New Orleans
College Slam
Dig & Spike Volleyball
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble
Donkey Kong Country Competition Edition
Dragon View: Drakkhen 2
Drakkhen
Dungeon Master
E.V.O.: Search for Eden
EarthBound
Emmitt Smith Football
Equinox
ESPN National Hockey Night
ESPN Speedworld
ESPN Sunday Night NFL
Exertainment Mountain Bike Rally
Exertainment Mountain Bike Rally/Speed Racer (Undumped as far as I know, but presumably has a battery)
Extra Innings
F-Zero
F1 Pole Position
F1 ROC
F1 ROC 2: Race of Champions
FIFA Soccer '96
FIFA Soccer '97 Gold
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest
Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball
Gemfire
Genghis Khan 2: Clan of the Gray Wolf
Goal!
Harvest Moon
Illusion of Gaia
Inindo: Way of the Ninja
Jimmy Houston's Bass Tournament USA
Ken Griffey Jr. Presents MLB
Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run
Kirby Super Star
Kirby's Dream Course
Kirby's Dream Land 3
Lagoon
Legend of Zelda, The: A Link To the Past
Lemmings 2: The Tribes
Liberty or Death
Looney Tunes: ACME Animation Factory
Lufia & The Fortress of Doom
Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals
Madden NFL '95
Madden NFL '96
Madden NFL '97
Madden NFL '98
Mario Paint
Mark Davis' The Fishing Master
Mecarobot Golf
MechWarrior
Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge
Might & Magic III: Isles of Terra
NBA Hang Time
NBA Jam Tournament Edition
NBA Live '95
NBA Live '96
NBA Live '97
NBA Live '98
NBA Showdown
NCAA Basketball
NCAA Final Four Basketball
NCAA Football
NFL Quarterback Club
NFL Quarterback Club '96
NHL '95
NHL '96
NHL '97
NHL '98
NHL Stanley Cup Hockey
Nobunaga's Ambition
Nobunaga's Ambition: Lord of Darkness
Nolan Ryan's Baseball
Obitus
Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen
Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45
Paladin's Quest
PGA European Tour Golf
PGA Tour '96
PGA Tour Golf
Power Rangers Zeo: Battle Racers
Pro Sport Hockey
PTO 2: Pacific Theater of Operations
PTO: Pacific Theater of Operations
Riddick Bowe Boxing
Rise of the Phoenix
RoboTrek
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny
Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire
RPM Radical Psycho Machine Racing
Secret of Evermore, The
Secret of Mana
Shadowrun
SimAnt
SimCity
SimCity 2000
SimEarth: The Living Planet
Soul Blazer
Sporting News Baseball, The
Stunt Race FX
Super Adventure Island 2
Super Baseball Simulator 1.000
Super Bases Loaded 2
Super Bases Loaded 3: License to Steal
Super Conflict
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario All-Stars / Super Mario World
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Super Mario World
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Metroid
Super Play Action Football
Super Punch-Out!!
Tecmo Secret of the Stars
Tecmo Super Baseball
Tecmo Super Bowl
Tecmo Super Bowl II: Special Edition
Tecmo Super Bowl III: Final Edition
Tecmo Super NBA Basketball
Tin Star
TNN Bass Tournament of Champions
Troy Aikman NFL Football
True Golf Classics: Pebble Beach
True Golf Classics: Waialae Country Club
Twisted Tales of Spike McFang, The
Ultima VI: The False Prophet
Ultima VII: The Black Gate
Ultima: Runes of Virtue II
Uncharted Waters
Uncharted Waters: New Horizons
Uniracers
Utopia: The Creation of a Nation
Vegas Stakes
Wario's Woods
Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars
Wicked 18 Golf
Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom
World Cup USA '94
World League Soccer
Xardion
Ys III: Wanderers From Ys

Genesis:

Aerobiz
Aerobiz: Supersonic
ATP Tour Championship Tennis
Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP 2
Barkley: Shut Up and Jam! 2 (EEPROM)
Beyond Oasis
Bill Walsh College Football
Bill Walsh College Football '95
Brett Hull Hockey '95
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday
Coach K College Basketball
College Football USA '96
College Football USA '97: The Road to New Orleans
College Football's National Championship
College Football's National Championship II
College Slam (EEPROM)
Crusader of Centy
Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun
ESPN National Hockey Night
ESPN Speedworld
ESPN Sunday Night NFL
Evander "Real Deal" Holyfield Boxing (EEPROM)
Exile
FIFA Soccer '95
FIFA Soccer '96
FIFA Soccer '97
Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball (EEPROM)
Gemfire
Genghis Khan 2: Clan of the Gray Wolf
Greatest Heavyweights of the Ring (EEPROM)
Hardball '94
Hardball '95
Hardball III
IMG International Tour Tennis
Jack Nicklaus' Power Challenge Golf
John Madden Football '93
John Madden Football '93 Championship Edition
Landstalker
Liberty or Death
Light Crusader
Madden NFL '94
Madden NFL '95
Madden NFL '96
Madden NFL '97
Madden NFL '98
Master of Monsters
Might & Magic: Gates to Another World
MLBPA Baseball
NBA Action '94
NBA Action '95
NBA Hang Time
NBA Jam (EEPROM)
NBA Jam Tournament Edition (EEPROM)
NBA Live '95
NBA Live '96
NBA Live '97
NBA Live '98
NBA Showdown '94
NCAA Final Four Basketball
NCAA Football
NFL '94 starring Joe Montana
NFL '95
NFL '98
NFL Quarterback Club (EEPROM)
NFL Quarterback Club '96 (EEPROM)
NHL '94
NHL '95
NHL '96
NHL '97
NHL '98
NHL All-Star Hockey '95
NHLPA Hockey '93 (EEPROM)
Nobunaga's Ambition
Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45
Pebble Beach Golf Links
Pele II: World Tournament Soccer
Pele!
PGA European Tour Golf
PGA Tour '96
PGA Tour Golf
PGA Tour Golf II
PGA Tour Golf III
Phantasy Star II
Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millenium
Pirates! Gold
Prime Time NFL
PTO: Pacific Theater of Operations
Rings of Power (EEPROM)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny
Shadowrun
Shining Force
Shining Force II
Shining in the Darkness
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (FRAM)
Sorcerer's Kingdom
Sports Talk Baseball (EEPROM)
Sports Talk Football '93 starring Joe Montana
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Starflight
Summer Challenge
Super Hydlide
Sword of Vermilion
Tecmo Super Baseball
Tecmo Super Bowl
Tecmo Super Bowl II: Special Edition
Tecmo Super Bowl III: Final Edition
Tecmo Super Hockey
Tecmo Super NBA Basketball
Test Drive II: The Duel
TNN Bass Tournament of Champions
TNN Outdoors Bass Tournament '96
Tony LaRussa Baseball
Tony LaRussa Baseball '95
Traysia
Triple Play '96
Triple Play Gold Edition
Troy Aikman NFL Football
Uncharted Waters
Uncharted Waters: New Horizons
Unnecessary Roughness '95 (EEPROM)
Virtual Pinball
Wacky Worlds Creativity Studio
Warrior of Rome II
WarSong
Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars
Winter Challenge
Wonder Boy in Monster World (EEPROM)
World Cup USA '94
World Series Baseball
World Series Baseball '95
World Series Baseball '96
World Series Baseball '98
Ys III: Wanderers from Ys

[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 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Maniac-Mansion-Nintendo-NES-strategy-FreeShip_W0QQitemZ380150088867QQcmdZViewItemQQptZV ideo_Games_Games?hash=item5882b604a3&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262) had a battery.

The person who runs vNES (http://www.virtualNES.com) 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, LOL) 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...

[ALAKA]

Check out here for some games you may have missed:

http://www.mobygames.com/attribute/sheet/attributeId,175/

[A Black Falcon]

That's not perfect though, not all games are in that list and it lists all Genesis and 32X games with saving as "battery-backed RAM", even the ones that actually have FRAM or EEPROM chips (ie on-cart saving without a battery). See the list I linked earlier for a complete list of those. It is pretty nice to have that resource, though, to help make lists...

Anyway, here's a random selection of SNES games with battery backup. It's very far from complete. (Not listing BS (Satellaview) games so far)

US releases
--
AD&D: Eye of the Beholder
Brandish
Breath of Fire
Breath of Fire 2
Chrono Trigger
Drakkhen
Final Fantasy II (IV)
Final Fantasy III (VI)
Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest
F-Zero
Gemfire
Illusion of Gaia
Kirby's Dream Course
Kirby's Dream Land 3
Kirby's Super Star
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Lufia and the Fortress of Doom
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge
Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen
The Secret of Evermore
The Secret of Mana
Soul Blazer
Stunt Race FX
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario All-Stars Plus Super Mario World
Super Mario World
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario Kart
Super Metroid
Tin Star
The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang
Uniracers
Ys III - Wanderers from Ys

JP/EU but not US
--
Terranigma

Japanese only releases
--
3x3 Eyes - Juuma Houkan
Akazukin ChaCha
Akindo yo Taishi wo Idake!!
Angelique
Bahamut Lagoon
Brandish 2 - The Planet Buster
Chou Makai Tairiku WOZZ
Chou Makai Taisen! - Dorabocchan
Clock Tower
Crystal Beans - From Dungeon Explorer
Dark Law: Meaning of Death
Dekitake High School
Der Langrisser
The Destiny of Gilgamesh: The Blue Crystal Rod
Dragon Quest I & II
Dragon Quest III
Dragon Quest V: Tenkyuu no Hanayome
Dragon Quest VI: Maboroshi no Daichi
Dual Orb II
FEDA: The Emblem of Justice
Final Fantasy V
Fire Emblem - Monshou no Nazo
Fire Emblem - Seisen no Keifu
Fire Emblem - Thracia 776
Front Mission
Front Mission: Gun Hazard
Fushigi no Dungeon 2: Fuurai no Shiren
Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shougun Magginesu
Ganbare Goemon 3: Shishijyuurokubei no Karakuri Manji Katame
Ganbare Goemon 4: Kirakira Douchuu - Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Riyuu
Lady Stalker
Love Quest
Live a Live
Madou Monogatari - Hanamaru Daiyouchi Enji
Magical Taruruuto-kun: Magic Adventure
Magic Knight Rayearth
Mahoujin Guru Guru
Maka Maka
Monstania
Romancing SaGa
Romancing SaGa II
Romancing SaGa III
Seiken Densetsu III
Shodai Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun
Star Ocean
Sutte Hakkun
Tales of Phantasia
Treasure Hunter G
Umihara Kawase
Wonder Project J
Ys IV - Mask of the Sun
Ys V - Ushinawareta Suna no Miyako Kefin

There are lots more (sports, RPG, and strategy/sim games particularly), but there's a start.

[kupomogli]

Here are others not listed. SNES US

7th Saga
ActRaiser
Aerobiz
Aerobiz Supersonic
Arcana
Brainlord
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 3
Dragonview
Earthbound
Inindo
Lord of the Rings
Mario Paint
Might and Magic 2
Might and Magic 3
Paladin's Quest
Robotrek
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
Romance of the Three Kingdoms III
Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire
Rockman and Forte
Sim Ant
Sim City
Sim City 2000
Ultima VI: False Prophet

SNES JPN

Alcahest
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together

[sfog]

Here's some US (and EU Master System) Sega stuff. It should be pretty much complete.

SMS battery games:
Golden Axe Warrior
Golfamania
Miracle Warriors
Monopoly
Penguin Land
Phantasy Star
Ultima IV
Ys

32X cart battery games:
36 Great Holes
Knuckles Chaotix
NBA Jam Tournament Edition
NFL Quarterback Club
World Series Baseball 95

Genesis battery games:
Aerobiz
Aerobiz: Supersonic
ATP Tour Championship Tennis
Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP 2
Barkley: Shut Up and Jam! 2
Beyond Oasis
Bill Walsh College Football
Bill Walsh College Football '95
Brett Hull Hockey '95
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday
Coach K College Basketball
College Football USA '96
College Football USA '97: The Road to New Orleans
College Football's National Championship
College Football's National Championship II
College Slam
Crusader of Centy
Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun
ESPN National Hockey Night
ESPN Speedworld
ESPN Sunday Night NFL
Evander "Real Deal" Holyfield Boxing
Exile
FIFA Soccer '95
FIFA Soccer '96
FIFA Soccer '97
Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball
Gemfire
Genghis Khan 2: Clan of the Gray Wolf
Greatest Heavyweights
Hardball '94
Hardball '95
Hardball III
IMG International Tour Tennis
Jack Nicklaus' Power Challenge Golf
John Madden Football '93
John Madden Football '93 Championship Edition
Landstalker
Liberty or Death
Light Crusader
Madden NFL '94
Madden NFL '95
Madden NFL '96
Madden NFL '97
Madden NFL '98
Master of Monsters
Might & Magic: Gates to Another World
MLBPA Baseball
NBA Action '94
NBA Action '95
NBA Hang Time
NBA Jam
NBA Jam Tournament Edition
NBA Live '95
NBA Live '96
NBA Live '97
NBA Live '98
NBA Showdown '94
NCAA Final Four Basketball
NCAA Football
NFL '94 starring Joe Montana
NFL '95
NFL '98
NFL Quarterback Club
NFL Quarterback Club '96
NHL '94
NHL '95
NHL '96
NHL '97
NHL '98
NHL All-Star Hockey '95
NHLPA Hockey '93
Nobunaga's Ambition
Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45
Pebble Beach Golf Links
Pele II: World Tournament Soccer
Pele!
PGA European Tour Golf
PGA Tour '96
PGA Tour Golf
PGA Tour Golf II
PGA Tour Golf III
Phantasy Star II
Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millenium
Pirates! Gold
Prime Time NFL
PTO: Pacific Theater of Operations
Rings of Power
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny
Shadowrun
Shining Force
Shining Force II
Shining in the Darkness
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Sorcerer's Kingdom
Sports Talk Baseball
Sports Talk Football '93 starring Joe Montana
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Starflight
Summer Challenge
Super Hydlide
Sword of Vermilion
Tecmo Super Baseball
Tecmo Super Bowl
Tecmo Super Bowl II: Special Edition
Tecmo Super Bowl III: Final Edition
Tecmo Super Hockey
Tecmo Super NBA Basketball
Test Drive II: The Duel
TNN Bass Tournament of Champions
TNN Outdoors Bass Tournament '96
Tony LaRussa Baseball
Tony LaRussa Baseball '95
Traysia
Triple Play '96
Triple Play Gold Edition
Troy Aikman NFL Football
Uncharted Waters
Uncharted Waters: New Horizons
Unnecessary Roughness '95
Virtual Pinball
Wacky Worlds Creativity Studio
Warrior of Rome II
WarSong
Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars
Winter Challenge
Wonder Boy in Monster World
World Cup USA '94
World Series Baseball
World Series Baseball '95
World Series Baseball '96
World Series Baseball '98
Ys III: Wanderers from Ys

[A Black Falcon]

I edited this, bolding the titles that are known to use EEPROM or FRAM instead of SRAM, and thus do NOT use battery backup for their on-cart saving.

Basically Sega released some EEPROM games, though most of its games with saving had batteries, and, in 1994-1995, some FRAM games, though again some others, in 1994 at least, had batteries. You can't tell which save type is used by trying to save in an emulator or something, to the system they are essentially the same... it's a bit more difficult than that.

Titles not in your list that should be added (sort of):
32X category:

Virtua Racing Deluxe (only the Japanese version supports saving, and it is FRAM)

Genesis category:

Blockbuster World Videogame Championship II (NBA Jam T.E. portion) (EEPROM)
Mega Man: The Wily Wars (Europe/Japan only title on physical cart; all European copies of the game, and the second ([alt] rom) release of the Japanese version, use EEPROM. The original Japanese release uses SRAM (battery).
Micro Machines 2 (Europe exclusive title) (EEPROM)
Micro Machines '96 (Europe exclusive title) (EEPROM)
Micro Machines Military (Europe exclusive title) (EEPROM)
Brian Lara/Shane Warne Cricket (Europe/Australia exclusive title) (EEPROM)

Deleted from list: Sonic 3 & Knuckles -- this just uses the save chip on the Sonic 3 cartridge, even if it does use separate save slots from Sonic 3 alone, so I would not count it on the list. Sonic & Knuckles does not save by itself, only the two combined, through the Sonic 3 save chip.


32X cart battery games:
36 Great Holes starring Fred Couples
Knuckles Chaotix (FRAM)
NBA Jam Tournament Edition (EEPROM)
NFL Quarterback Club (EEPROM)
World Series Baseball 95

Genesis battery games:
Aerobiz
Aerobiz: Supersonic
ATP Tour Championship Tennis
Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP 2
Barkley: Shut Up and Jam! 2 (EEPROM)
Beyond Oasis
Bill Walsh College Football
Bill Walsh College Football '95
Brett Hull Hockey '95
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday
Coach K College Basketball
College Football USA '96
College Football USA '97: The Road to New Orleans
College Football's National Championship
College Football's National Championship II
College Slam (EEPROM)
Crusader of Centy
Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun
ESPN National Hockey Night
ESPN Speedworld
ESPN Sunday Night NFL
Evander "Real Deal" Holyfield Boxing (EEPROM)
Exile
FIFA Soccer '95
FIFA Soccer '96
FIFA Soccer '97
Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball (EEPROM)
Gemfire
Genghis Khan 2: Clan of the Gray Wolf
Greatest Heavyweights of the Ring (EEPROM)
Hardball '94
Hardball '95
Hardball III
IMG International Tour Tennis
Jack Nicklaus' Power Challenge Golf
John Madden Football '93
John Madden Football '93 Championship Edition
Landstalker
Liberty or Death
Light Crusader
Madden NFL '94
Madden NFL '95
Madden NFL '96
Madden NFL '97
Madden NFL '98
Master of Monsters
Might & Magic: Gates to Another World
MLBPA Baseball
NBA Action '94
NBA Action '95
NBA Hang Time
NBA Jam (EEPROM)
NBA Jam Tournament Edition (EEPROM)
NBA Live '95
NBA Live '96
NBA Live '97
NBA Live '98
NBA Showdown '94
NCAA Final Four Basketball
NCAA Football
NFL '94 starring Joe Montana
NFL '95
NFL '98
NFL Quarterback Club (EEPROM)
NFL Quarterback Club '96 (EEPROM)
NHL '94
NHL '95
NHL '96
NHL '97
NHL '98
NHL All-Star Hockey '95
NHLPA Hockey '93 (EEPROM)
Nobunaga's Ambition
Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45
Pebble Beach Golf Links
Pele II: World Tournament Soccer
Pele!
PGA European Tour Golf
PGA Tour '96
PGA Tour Golf
PGA Tour Golf II
PGA Tour Golf III
Phantasy Star II
Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millenium
Pirates! Gold
Prime Time NFL
PTO: Pacific Theater of Operations
Rings of Power (EEPROM)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny
Shadowrun
Shining Force
Shining Force II
Shining in the Darkness
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (FRAM)
Sorcerer's Kingdom
Sports Talk Baseball (EEPROM)
Sports Talk Football '93 starring Joe Montana
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Starflight
Summer Challenge
Super Hydlide
Sword of Vermilion
Tecmo Super Baseball
Tecmo Super Bowl
Tecmo Super Bowl II: Special Edition
Tecmo Super Bowl III: Final Edition
Tecmo Super Hockey
Tecmo Super NBA Basketball
Test Drive II: The Duel
TNN Bass Tournament of Champions
TNN Outdoors Bass Tournament '96
Tony LaRussa Baseball
Tony LaRussa Baseball '95
Traysia
Triple Play '96
Triple Play Gold Edition
Troy Aikman NFL Football
Uncharted Waters
Uncharted Waters: New Horizons
Unnecessary Roughness '95 (EEPROM)
Virtual Pinball
Wacky Worlds Creativity Studio
Warrior of Rome II
WarSong
Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars
Winter Challenge
Wonder Boy in Monster World (EEPROM)
World Cup USA '94
World Series Baseball
World Series Baseball '95
World Series Baseball '96
World Series Baseball '98
Ys III: Wanderers from Ys

[j1e]

Thank you very much for these lists.

[sfog]

I realize that most of the non-sports US SNES games have been covered already, but here's what I have for it. It should be pretty much complete.

7th Saga, The
ABC Monday Night Football
Act Raiser
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Eye of the Beholder
Aerobiz
Aerobiz: Supersonic
Air Strike Patrol
Arcana
Bassin's Black Bass
Big Sky Trooper
Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball
Brain Lord
Brandish
Breath of Fire
Breath of Fire II
Cannondale Cup
Championship Soccer '94
Chavez Boxing
Chrono Trigger
Civilization, Sid Meier's
College Football USA '97: The Road to New Orleans
College Slam
Dig & Spike Volleyball
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble
Donkey Kong Country Competition Edition
Dragon View: Drakkhen 2
Drakkhen
Dungeon Master
E.V.O.: Search for Eden
EarthBound
Emmitt Smith Football
Equinox
ESPN National Hockey Night
ESPN Speedworld
ESPN Sunday Night NFL
Exertainment Mountain Bike Rally
Exertainment Mountain Bike Rally/Speed Racer (Undumped as far as I know, but presumably has a battery)
Extra Innings
F-Zero
F1 Pole Position
F1 ROC
F1 ROC 2: Race of Champions
FIFA Soccer '96
FIFA Soccer '97 Gold
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest
Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball
Gemfire
Genghis Khan 2: Clan of the Gray Wolf
Goal!
Harvest Moon
Illusion of Gaia
Inindo: Way of the Ninja
Jimmy Houston's Bass Tournament USA
Ken Griffey Jr. Presents MLB
Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run
Kirby Super Star
Kirby's Dream Course
Kirby's Dream Land 3
Lagoon
Legend of Zelda, The: A Link To the Past
Lemmings 2: The Tribes
Liberty or Death
Looney Tunes: ACME Animation Factory
Lufia & The Fortress of Doom
Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals
Madden NFL '95
Madden NFL '96
Madden NFL '97
Madden NFL '98
Mario Paint
Mark Davis' The Fishing Master
Mecarobot Golf
MechWarrior
Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge
Might & Magic III: Isles of Terra
NBA Hang Time
NBA Jam Tournament Edition
NBA Live '95
NBA Live '96
NBA Live '97
NBA Live '98
NBA Showdown
NCAA Basketball
NCAA Final Four Basketball
NCAA Football
NFL Quarterback Club
NFL Quarterback Club '96
NHL '95
NHL '96
NHL '97
NHL '98
NHL Stanley Cup Hockey
Nobunaga's Ambition
Nobunaga's Ambition: Lord of Darkness
Nolan Ryan's Baseball
Obitus
Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen
Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45
Paladin's Quest
PGA European Tour Golf
PGA Tour '96
PGA Tour Golf
Power Rangers Zeo: Battle Racers
Pro Sport Hockey
PTO 2: Pacific Theater of Operations
PTO: Pacific Theater of Operations
Riddick Bowe Boxing
Rise of the Phoenix
RoboTrek
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny
Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire
RPM Radical Psycho Machine Racing
Secret of Evermore, The
Secret of Mana
Shadowrun
SimAnt
SimCity
SimCity 2000
SimEarth: The Living Planet
Soul Blazer
Sporting News Baseball, The
Stunt Race FX
Super Adventure Island 2
Super Baseball Simulator 1.000
Super Bases Loaded 2
Super Bases Loaded 3: License to Steal
Super Conflict
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario All-Stars / Super Mario World
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Super Mario World
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Metroid
Super Play Action Football
Super Punch-Out!!
Tecmo Secret of the Stars
Tecmo Super Baseball
Tecmo Super Bowl
Tecmo Super Bowl II: Special Edition
Tecmo Super Bowl III: Final Edition
Tecmo Super NBA Basketball
Tin Star
TNN Bass Tournament of Champions
Troy Aikman NFL Football
True Golf Classics: Pebble Beach
True Golf Classics: Waialae Country Club
Twisted Tales of Spike McFang, The
Ultima VI: The False Prophet
Ultima VII: The Black Gate
Ultima: Runes of Virtue II
Uncharted Waters
Uncharted Waters: New Horizons
Uniracers
Utopia: The Creation of a Nation
Vegas Stakes
Wario's Woods
Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars
Wicked 18 Golf
Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom
World Cup USA '94
World League Soccer
Xardion
Ys III: Wanderers From Ys

[j1e]

Could someone please confirm that Star Trek: 25th Anniversay for the NES has a save feature/battery? I'm not talking about a password system.

[zetastrike]

I've been having some problems with my Phantasy Star II cart. It let me save up to the point where I was at level 9, but no matter what I do, it won't let me save past that. The each of the last two nights I played it for two hours grinding to level 11 and the next time I booted the game up after saving it said there was a problem with the data and it either recovered the save state where I was level 9 or lost the file completely. Does that mean the battery is a goner? I'm confused because it's still able to remember when I was at level 9. I feel like it's too big of a coincidence for it to lose the file twice.

[BlastProcessing402]

I've been having some problems with my Phantasy Star II cart. It let me save up to the point where I was at level 9, but no matter what I do, it won't let me save past that. The each of the last two nights I played it for two hours grinding to level 11 and the next time I booted the game up after saving it said there was a problem with the data and it either recovered the save state where I was level 9 or lost the file completely. Does that mean the battery is a goner? I'm confused because it's still able to remember when I was at level 9. I feel like it's too big of a coincidence for it to lose the file twice.

Can you start a new game and save in a different slot?

[j1e]

Updated. Any discrepancies?