Losing your save

[sothfr]

How did losing a DQ VII file help you get into FF VII?

I played a portion of FFVII in the past and wasn’t fond of it, which made me not dive into the mechanics enough. After playing Dragon Quest, I started thinking maybe JRPGs aren’t that bad. So, I gave FFVII another genuine try and decided to finish it, whether I liked it or not. In the end I was really impressed.

 

[_Lorenzo_]

speaking of old saves -- I have a ziploc bag of old PS1/PS2/Gamecube memory cards that are 20-25 years old. All my old save files from when I was a teenager.

What do we think the chances are that the files are usable in any way?

At a glance, I’d say there’s a very high chance you’ll be able to recover your save files—especially if your mc have been stored properly (you know what I mean…). In my case, I managed to recover game files from all of my many PS1 mc (thanks to MCRex and my Arduino), even ones that were over twenty years old. As I mentioned earlier, some memory blocks appeared corrupted on original hardware (in the photos I’ve attached, they’re the ones shown in gray).

As for PS2 saves, it seems like you need a specific tool, and this time you’ll have to use it on original hardware. For GameCube, I believe you need to go through a Wii using the same kind of method—but I’m not 100% sure about that, so you might want to double-check yourself.

 

[Lokgamer]

There was a time when for some reason several of my xbox 360 saves just disappeared for no apparent reason. They weren't corrupted, just desappeared. Among them there were several games completed at 100%.

Also there was a time when Hatsune Miku project diva F got freeze while autosaving and of course, my save with all songs cleared in perfect got corrupted.

Apart from these cases, I don't remember anything else.

 

[hazys]

I recently discovered I lost my data for Pokémon Scarlet and Shining Pearl. That'll cure me from wanting to play Pokémon for at least a year.

 

[sothfr]

I recently discovered I lost my data for Pokémon Scarlet and Shining Pearl. That'll cure me from wanting to play Pokémon for at least a year.

That's crazy! Would be funny if we all started together on the games we lost our saves for.

 

[Burzuru]

one time i decided to give deus ex a try then some time pretty early in the game i hit quick save when i meant to press quick load. i saved in a shitty spot and quit the game there.