History Main / LifeMeter

* The arcade game ''VideoGame/RollingThunder'' has an eight-unit life bar, though this feature is hardly necessary: [[CollisionDamage colliding with]] or getting punched by {{Mooks}} takes out half of the bar, and getting hit by ''any'' projectile [[OneHitKill kills the player outright]]! The NES port makes things a little bit more honest by having the life bar be only two units. The second game brought in the concept of
[[HeartContainer hidden items that can extend your max life]] to up to five units, allowing the player to potentially withstand two bullets.

* 'VideoGame/TokyoXtremeRacer'':

* The ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy'' series: In all the main games, and ''Adventure Story'', there is a bar in general that shows the players' HP:
** ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy1'': Enemies also have a bar for their health too:
*** The player party's are at the bottom of the screen.
*** Enemies' only appear when you hit them, then fade away after a while.
** ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy2'': The enemies and the players' are at the bottom of the screen.
** ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy3'': For enemies too:
*** The enemies' are in the bottom right of the battle screen.
*** The party's is shown in the menus, and in the bottom left of the battle screen.
** ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy4'': For both player party and enemies:
** When out of battle, the party's in the Party section of the screen in the bottom left corner, along with ManaMeter, ExperienceMeter, the Summon Points Meter, and how much money the party has. But it's also in the in the menus, and in the bottom left of the battle screen.
** The enemies' are in the bottom right of the battle screen.
** ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy5''
** ''VideoGame/AdventureStory'': Only Matt, the protagonist, has such a meter, which is a HeartSymbol, making it also HeartsAreHealth.

* ''VideoGame/GenpeiToumaDen'' has a row of burning candles to represent the player character's life meter.

* ''VideoGame/CrossbowCrusade'': The PlayerCharacter's health bar is in the top-left corner of the screen, with various displays for weapons, money, and whatever else.

* The arcade game ''VideoGame/RollingThunder'' has a segmented life bar, though this feature is hardly necessary: colliding with or getting punched by {{Mooks}} takes out half of the bar, and getting hit by any projectile kills the player outright!

* ''VideoGame/AwayJourneyToTheUnexpected'': The PlayerCharacter's life meter is located in the top left corner of the screen, and represented by three hearts.

** In ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians'', your shields and health go back to having separate meters, but both of them still recharge.

* ''VideoGame/{{Pandemonium}}'' uses the classic HeartContainer life meter. The sequel uses 4-segment discs, that can be layered by health expansions. However, during ''Hate Tank'' level the Tank has its own HP that is not shown, and for the battle with Mr. Schneobelen the health is displayed by the number of support columns left that hold the turret you deflect the attacks with (though his morning star attack can still hurt you directly).

** All of the games, save for the first and sixth ones, use a life meter to determine the judge's patience with you. Screwing up costs you some life and an empty bar results in a guilty verdict/Game Over. Some screw ups can [[OneHitKill cost you your entire life bar]] and sometimes a character in the courtroom wants to up the ante by '''increasing''' your possible penalty (life bar loss). They are also used in the Magatama segments, where it's implied that they show Phoenix's soul state. (If you empty it Pearl says you should stop before your soul shatters, and if you finish the sequence you regain energy.)

** Oddly, in ''Justice For All'', how well you did in court effects how much health you have in your Magatama investigations, and every time you start the trial the next day, your health is full again. However, during the last case, your Magatama health is restored in the middle of your investigation... but doesn't recover when you go to court the next day. Considering how troubling the last investigation segment is, you're likely only going to have a smidge-higher than half health, making almost all mistakes fatal.
** In ''Trials and Tribulations'', the Magatama meter is totally separate from the court meter (though the graphics do not reflect this). Meaning, in JFA, if you had 80% life at the end of an investigation, you'd start off the court session with 80%. In T&T, if you ended the first day investigation with 80%, you will not start Day 2 Trial with 80%, but with a full health bar. Only mistakes and health on its own section carries over to the next respective session. Taking the T&T example, if you ended the first day Investigation with 80% HP, you will start off the Magatama session in Day 2 Investigation with 80% health. Same goes for trial sessions.

* ''VideoGame/TreasureHunterMan'': Marvin's is in HeartsAreHealth style at the top left of the screen.