History Main / PasswordSave

* ''RiverCityRansom'' had one of the longest password systems ever. Rectified in the GameBoyAdvance remake...save for the bug that created a new save file instead of overwriting the previous one, making the game unplayably slow if you didn't erase them often.

* ''TheGuardianLegend''

* AppleII game ''Diamond Mine''. A couple of others did so as well, but I've lost my documentation.

* ''The Return of Ishtar'', one of the few games to have these.

* In the original ''{{Metroid}}'', the "Justin Bailey" password became famous for the amount of [[WildMassGuessing speculation]] over its supposed meaning. In the [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar earlier versions,]] you could also use [[spoiler: ENGAGE RIDLEY MOTHER FUCKER]] to great effect.
** Also, the original Japanese version of ''Metroid'' had on-disk saving, being a Famicom Disk System game.

* ''[[{{ptitle5ibgyz9m}} Castlevania II: Simon's Quest]]''. Insidiously, one has about a one in one trillion chance of guessing a password with random input.

* Since multiplayer games in ''WarcraftIII'' can't be saved with any degree of reliability, custom map makers often include passcodes, usually generated on demand, to save relevant parts of the map's {{macrogame}} between games. The length and complexity of the codes vary depending on the thoroughness of what's being saved, as simple as eight case-insensitive letters or as complicated as thirty-six-plus characters that include upper- and lower-case letters, numbers, and symbols.

* The first ''PrinceOfPersia''.

* TheAngryVideoGameNerd makes a point of complaining every time he gets landed with an overly long or convoluted password.

* ''Game/TheGoonies II''

* ''[=1943=]'' was another example, with its five-letter passwords such as "IGPOD".

* ''TheBattleOfOlympus''

* The first ''CrashBandicoot'' had two levels of password: As well as eight-character passwords which just got you to a level with the minimum completion, 24-character passwords recorded items you'd collected. What's interesting is that the game actually hid the existence of the second type of passwords by only showing 8 character spaces and giving out 8-character passwords until you collected your first gem.

* In the original ''{{Metroid}}'', the "Justin Bailey" password became famous for the amount of [[WildMassGuessing speculation]] over its supposed meaning.

* ''WonderBoy III''
* ''[[GranTurismo GT Advance]]''

* ''{{Faxanadu}}''

* ''TheSmurfs''

* "Level" passwords: The password records what level you're on, but that's about it. Little to no secondary information (score, lives, stats or items) is saved with the password whatsoever. In other words, passwords double as a "level select". Obviously, this is limited mostly to games with linear level progression, where collecting secondary items isn't necessary for advancement.

* The first ''CrashBandicoot'' had two levels of password: As well as eight-character passwords which just got you to a level with the minimum completion, 24-character passwords recorded items you'd collected.

** Also, the original Japanese version of ''Metroid'' had on-cart saving.