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  2. Saved game - Wikipedia

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    A saved game (also called a game save, savegame, savefile, save point, or simply save) is a piece of digitally stored information about the progress of a player in a video game. From the earliest games in the 1970s onward, game platform hardware and memory improved, which led to bigger and more complex computer games, which, in turn, tended to ...

  3. Autosave - Wikipedia

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    A more serious downside of autosaving is that it can prevent the player from completing a game if a save operation fails due to a sudden cessation of game operation, whether by a crash, freeze, or power loss of the gaming system (resulting in the save file being corrupted), or if a successful autosave preserves the effects of a game-breaking ...

  4. Quetzal file format - Wikipedia

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    Quetzal is a standardised file format for the saved state of Z-machine games, invented by Martin Frost. Prior to the introduction of Quetzal, each Z-machine interpreter saved games in its own format; Quetzal enabled players to save a game using one interpreter and restore it with another. Use of the format is strongly recommended in Graham ...

  5. Cheating in video games - Wikipedia

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    Editing a saved game offers an indirect way to modify game data. By modifying a file in persistent storage, it is possible to effectively modify the runtime game data that will be restored when the game attempts to load the save game. Hex editors were the most basic means of editing saved game files (e.g. to give the player a large sum of money ...

  6. My Documents - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft first introduced the "My Documents" folder in Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2, as a standard location for storing user-created files. The folder, located under the root directory of the boot volume. A shortcut to it is displayed directly on the user's desktop. The Windows NT family of operating systems set up the "My Documents ...

  7. List of file formats - Wikipedia

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    .cia – Nintendo 3DS Installation File (for installing games with the use of the FBI homebrew application).gb – Game Boy (this applies to the original Game Boy and the Game Boy Color).gbc – Game Boy Color.gba – a Game Boy Advance Game from a ROM Cartridge.sav – Game Boy Advance Saved Data Files.sgm – Visual Boy Advance Save States

  8. Smart Game Format - Wikipedia

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    Internet Go servers. AlphaGo versus Lee Sedol. v. t. e. The Smart Game Format ( SGF) is a file format used for storing records of board games. Go is the game that is most commonly represented in this format and is the default. SGF was originally created under a different name by Anders Kierulf for his SmartGO program.

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    Godot Engine -a 2D and 3D, cross-platform, free and open-source game engine released under the MIT license. Glitch - Build fast, full-stack web apps in your browser. Glimpse Image Editor - A photo ...