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 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