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Formats to store game status for later resumption, or to preserve a record of moves/activities/outcomes in a game (in progress or completed).  | Formats to store game status for later resumption, or to preserve a record of moves/activities/outcomes in a game (in progress or completed).  | ||
| + | == Video/computer games ==  | ||
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| + | * [[Baba Is You saved game]]  | ||
* [[Borderlands save file]]  | * [[Borderlands save file]]  | ||
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* [[Civilization BIC saved game format]]  | * [[Civilization BIC saved game format]]  | ||
| − | + | * [[Crusader Kings]] (.ck3)  | |
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* Emulators  | * Emulators  | ||
** [[Genecyst Backup RAM]]  | ** [[Genecyst Backup RAM]]  | ||
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* [[Eye of the Beholder saved game]]  | * [[Eye of the Beholder saved game]]  | ||
* [[Faster than Light saved game]]  | * [[Faster than Light saved game]]  | ||
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* [[Infocom saved games]]  | * [[Infocom saved games]]  | ||
* [[Master of Orion saved game]]  | * [[Master of Orion saved game]]  | ||
| + | * [[Minecraft player format]]  | ||
* [[Minecraft world file]]  | * [[Minecraft world file]]  | ||
| + | * [[Minesweeper saved game]]  | ||
* [[Nethack]]  | * [[Nethack]]  | ||
* [[PS1 saved game]]  | * [[PS1 saved game]]  | ||
| + | * Pirates: Quest for the Seas  | ||
| + | ** [[Pirates game file]]  | ||
| + | ** [[Pirates Player Profile]]  | ||
* Punch-Out  | * Punch-Out  | ||
** [http://tomorrowcorporation.com/posts/retro-game-internals-punch-out-passwords Punch-Out Passwords (external link)]  | ** [http://tomorrowcorporation.com/posts/retro-game-internals-punch-out-passwords Punch-Out Passwords (external link)]  | ||
| − | * [[Quetzal]] ([[Z-code|Z-machine]]   | + | * [[Quetzal]] (a possible save format for [[Z-code|Z-machine]] and [[Glulx]])  | 
| + | * [[Rexx-Adventure saved game]]  | ||
* [[SimCity 2000 saved city]]  | * [[SimCity 2000 saved city]]  | ||
| + | * [[SimTower saved game]]  | ||
| + | * [[Solitaire saved game]]  | ||
* [[subo]] (Sudoku format)  | * [[subo]] (Sudoku format)  | ||
* [[Zelda Solarus DX saved game]]  | * [[Zelda Solarus DX saved game]]  | ||
* [[Zig Zag Ancient Greeks]]  | * [[Zig Zag Ancient Greeks]]  | ||
| + | * [[ZZT]] (save game format is same as the world format)  | ||
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| + | == Board and card games ==  | ||
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| + | Not all of these are electronic.  | ||
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| + | * Bridge  | ||
| + | ** [[Bridge notation]]  | ||
| + | ** [[Portable Bridge Notation]]  | ||
| + | ** [[Richard's Bridge Notation]]  | ||
| + | * Checkers / Draughts  | ||
| + | ** [[Portable Draughts Notation]]  | ||
| + | * Chess  | ||
| + | ** [[FEN]]  | ||
| + | ** [[Funny notation]]  | ||
| + | ** [[PGN]]  | ||
| + | ** [[PGNPack]]  | ||
| + | * Go  | ||
| + | ** [[Smart Game Format]] (SGF)  | ||
| + | ** [[UGF]]  | ||
| + | * Other games / multiple games  | ||
| + | ** [[Smart Game Format]] (SGF)  | ||
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| + | == Computer simulations, etc. ==  | ||
| + | * [[Biogenesis world]]  | ||
| + | * [[Life 1.05]]  | ||
| + | * [[Life 1.06]]  | ||
| + | * [[Macrocell]]  | ||
| + | * [[MCell]]  | ||
| + | * [[Plaintext (cellular automata)]]  | ||
| + | * [[RLE (cellular automata)]]  | ||
| + | * [[Small Object Format]]  | ||
== Score files ==  | == Score files ==  | ||
* [[atc_score]]  | * [[atc_score]]  | ||
* [[atomix.scores]]  | * [[atomix.scores]]  | ||
| + | * [[Gnome Mahjongg history]]  | ||
| + | * [[Minecraft scoreboard format]]  | ||
| + | * [[tetris-bsd.scores]]  | ||
* [[xbill.scores]]  | * [[xbill.scores]]  | ||
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| + | == Other ==  | ||
| + | * [[Gniall]]  | ||
See also: [[Game data files]] and [[Interactive Fiction]] for files containing the game levels, graphics, and other such data.  | See also: [[Game data files]] and [[Interactive Fiction]] for files containing the game levels, graphics, and other such data.  | ||
Latest revision as of 00:05, 3 September 2025
Formats to store game status for later resumption, or to preserve a record of moves/activities/outcomes in a game (in progress or completed).
Contents | 
[edit] Video/computer games
- Baba Is You saved game
 - Borderlands save file
 - Civilization BIC saved game format
 - Crusader Kings (.ck3)
 - Emulators
 - Eye of the Beholder saved game
 - Faster than Light saved game
 - Infocom saved games
 - Master of Orion saved game
 - Minecraft player format
 - Minecraft world file
 - Minesweeper saved game
 - Nethack
 - PS1 saved game
 - Pirates: Quest for the Seas
 - Punch-Out
 - Quetzal (a possible save format for Z-machine and Glulx)
 - Rexx-Adventure saved game
 - SimCity 2000 saved city
 - SimTower saved game
 - Solitaire saved game
 - subo (Sudoku format)
 - Zelda Solarus DX saved game
 - Zig Zag Ancient Greeks
 - ZZT (save game format is same as the world format)
 
[edit] Board and card games
Not all of these are electronic.
- Bridge
 - Checkers / Draughts
 - Chess
 -  Go
- Smart Game Format (SGF)
 - UGF
 
 -  Other games / multiple games
- Smart Game Format (SGF)
 
 
[edit] Computer simulations, etc.
- Biogenesis world
 - Life 1.05
 - Life 1.06
 - Macrocell
 - MCell
 - Plaintext (cellular automata)
 - RLE (cellular automata)
 - Small Object Format
 
[edit] Score files
- atc_score
 - atomix.scores
 - Gnome Mahjongg history
 - Minecraft scoreboard format
 - tetris-bsd.scores
 - xbill.scores
 
[edit] Other
See also: Game data files and Interactive Fiction for files containing the game levels, graphics, and other such data.
[edit] Links
- Keen Dreams cheat program (modifies saved games to add lives, shots)