History Main / SoftReset

* The first two''{{Tenchu}}'' games had ''start + select''.

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* The [[TurboGrafxSixteen TurboGrafx-16]] had a soft reset activated with select + run.

* The Dreamcast and Saturn both had requirements set by Sega where pressing Start+A+B+C (Saturn) or Start+A+B+X+Y (Dreamcast) would cause the game to return to the title screen, or, if already at the title screen, the system boot menu.

* People grinding raid reputations in ''WorldOfWarcraft'' usually use a soft reset found under the raid leader's "Reset instances" button that has a fundamentally similar effect. This would reset all the trash before a boss, letting you kill them multiple times, doesn't work when the boss dies however, because that turns off the respawn timer until the hard resets, when the bosses come back too.
* Start + Select in ''{{Tekken}}'' games will typically boot you back to the main menu.
** Ditto with home versions of ''DanceDanceRevolution''

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* The GameBoy may have been the TropeMaker for the second form. Since the startup process took up extra energy, this was likely a way to save battery life. The combination is Start, Select, A and B all at once. The Game Boy Color and the Game Boy Advance had this as well.

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* Some (but not all) {{Konami}} games on Playstation 1 have the Start / Select / L1 / L2 / R1 / R2 input too. This include, among others, ''VideoGame/MitsumeteKnight'', ''TokimekiMemorial Private Collection'', and ''Tokimeki Memorial Taisen Puzzle Dama''.

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* The button combination that quits out of a mode in ''SuperSmashBros'' and sequels is L+R+A+Start.

* A few SNES games by {{Square|Enix}}soft had that combination.

* [=PlayStation=] games by {{Square|Enix}} had Start, Select, L1, L2, R1 and R2.

* ''ShadowHearts: From the New World'' '''claims''' to have one in the manual. However, the combination listed doesn't actually work.

*** FinalFantasyX2 had it too, but was a funny case--if one SoftReset after having gained a NewGamePlus, the NewGamePlus option would show up on the title screen. Essentially, as long as you'd cleared the game once, you could have an NG+ ''any time you wanted,'' while keeping the data from the last save you played. No more having to play the game multiple times to get certain dresspheres!

** ''TheLastRemnant'' on the PC has this by hitting Ctrl + Alt + Shift + R.

* The 3DS in general has the classic L + R + Start + Select for soft resetting the games. This is probably because it'll take longer to go to the Home menu, quit the game, then restart it.

* ''DynastyWarriors'' games let you return to the main menu by pressing Start and Select at the same time.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII VIII]]'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX IX]]'' and ''[[FinalFantasyTactics Tactics]]''

* DynastyWarriors games let you return to the main menu by pressing Start and Select at the same time.

# Choosing to return to the title screen from one of the game menus. This is [[SeenItAMillionTimes so common, it doesn't really need examples]] (save for any game that [[PlayingWithATrope plays with it]]).

** [http://fms.komkon.org/GameBoy/Tech/GameBoy.gif Schematics show]] that the cartridge was in charge of the reset line of the processor. This meant the software was responsible for resetting the device, or at least handling the input.

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* ''[[VideoGame/MonsterRancher Monster Rancher 2]]'' has a SoftReset by pressing start and select for about 10/20 seconds (to avoid accidental pressings). Since ''{{M|onsterRancher}}R2 is a '''[[NintendoHard very]]''' [[NintendoHard cruel game]] and some things [[LuckBasedMission may depend solely on luck]], you'll use this buttons to {{Save Scum|ming}} many, many, maaaaany times.

* ''[[MonsterRancher Monster Rancher 2]]'' has a SoftReset by pressing start and select for about 10/20 seconds (to avoid accidental pressings). Since ''{{M|onsterRancher}}R2 is a '''[[NintendoHard very]]''' [[NintendoHard cruel game]] and some things [[LuckBasedMission may depend solely on luck]], you'll use this buttons to {{Save Scum|ming}} many, many, maaaaany times.

** ''SecretOfMana''

* ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' retain the classic L + R + Start + Select soft reset command presumably because players are prone to SaveScumming in the game and it's quicker this way rather than going back to the Home menu, quitting, and then restarting the game.
* "VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening" also retains the classic soft reset command for the DS.

Although it has different meanings depending on the type of technology, this is mainly about the video game version, which is to restart just the game without having to reboot the system (i.e. a Hard Reset). This is mostly to save power (especially in handhelds) and time (especially in disc systems, which have long boot-ups).

* ''[[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Pokémon X and Y]]'' retain the classic L + R + Start + Select soft reset command presumably because players are prone to SaveScumming in the game and it's quicker this way rather than going back to the Home menu, quitting, and then restarting the game.
* "[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Fire Emblem: Awakening]]" also retains the classic soft reset command for the DS

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* [=PlayStation=] games by {{Square|Enix}} had Start, Select, L1, L2, R1 and R2.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII VIII]]'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX IX]]'' and ''[[FinalFantasyTactics Tactics]]''
** A notable exception is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', which had a way to return to the title screen from the pause menu.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' has it, but ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' does not.
** ''TheLastRemnant'' on the PC has this by hitting Ctrl + Alt + Shift + R.