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-->'''Captain Dread''': "We can't go there, mon. That's the Forbidden Icosahedron!"

** This is how you get around in the ''VideoGame/PokemonTradingCardGame'' UsefulNotes/GameBoy game.

** ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia Narikiri Dungeon'' (UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor sequel to the original game) uses this due to technical limitations.

** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'': Although the main cities are only marked on the map and have to be visited before quick travel became available to them. There are also cart drivers who can be paid to take you to a given city you haven't been to yet.

* All three ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' games utilise this form of map screen. Bigger areas like England and New York are split up into a sub-map where you can choose where you want to go in them.
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** Although ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'' is an (almost) seamless WideOpenSandbox, its in-game map of Cyrodiil functions like this for those who don't have time to enjoy the SceneryPorn. Apart from the main cities, you have to visit a place to be able to quick travel to it, though it's possible to get a given location marked on your map to make it easier to find).

** Although ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'' is an (almost) seamless WideOpenSandbox, its in-game map of Cyrodiil functions like this for those who don't have time to enjoy the SceneryPorn. Apart from the main cities, you had to visit a place to be able to quick travel to it (although it was possible to get a given location marked on your map to make it easier to find).
** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'': Although the main cities were only marked on the map and had to be visited before quick travel became available to them. There were also cart drivers who could be paid to take you to a given city you hadn't been to yet.
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' (which used the same engine as ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'') had a similar system (you had to visit a place to quick travel to it), however the map started off with no markers whatsoever. ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'' continued this trend.

* The first ''VideoGame/BrokenSword'' game had this for travelling between its several international destinations (France, Spain, Syria, Ireland...), but later games tended to just send you from one location to another when you'd [[LinkedListClueMethodology found the clues you needed]].

* ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Link: The Faces of Evil]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon]]'' had menus like this.

* In the 2008 ''[[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia2008 Prince of Persia]]'', the map of the City allows you to instantly travel from any already cleansed level to any other. The game simply explains it with [[AWizardDidIt Elika's light-fueled teleportation power]].

* Unlike many earlier installments, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 its sequel]] utilize a map selection-screen for traveling by your GlobalAirship. You can also input coordinates to access secret areas.

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} game uses one.
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'': The map is divided into several screens progressing in a circular fashion, and you can travel between any available destination at any time.

* ''Videogame/FinalFantasyTactics'' used this for the main map, but you could actually still wind up in RandomEncounters when crossing green (monster-filled) locations. ''Videogame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' had you build a map in this fashion, with the random encounters replaced by wandering ones, and ''Videogame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2'' had another predefined map.

* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi''
** ''VideoGame/MinionQuestTheSearchForBowser'', the alternate mode of the ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'' remake, uses this in two layers: one as a standard world map, and two for selecting missions.
** In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'', navigation inside Bowser's body utilizes one to make backtracking easier. Especially since there are certain parts where you have to go back to repeatedly (i.e. the area where [[spoiler:the Bros. play a minigame to make Bowser grow big]]).

** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' had the map of Ferelden (Amaranthine in the [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening expansion]]) that functioned similarly to ''Baldur's Gate II'': destinations were unlocked by exploration and quests, you could get ambushed, and there were sub-maps for the [[BeneathTheEarth Deep Roads]] and [[HubCity Denerim]]. Due to lack of an in-game clock, however, you were always TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot.

** Ditto ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', although the main cities were only marked on the map and had to be visited before quick travel became available to them. There were also cart drivers who could be paid to take you to a given city you hadn't been to yet.

* ''[[VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura Arcanum]]'' gives you the option to quick-travel to known locations and unknown coordinates on your world map. Given the fact, that journeys can take ingame weeks and real life hours, and that 98% of the world contain nothing but monotonous, empty landscape, you will learn to make use of it before reaching the second town.

* ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'' gives players the option to travel between maps, via its [[WarpWhistle quick travel function.]] Which is a good thing, because there's 20 maps and they're friggin' huge! Of course, if players prefer, they can take the scenic route.

* ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'' and it's sequel ''VideoGame/DarkChronicle'' used this. ''Dark Cloud'''s version was a literal map given to Toan by Dran for the express purpose of making his journey easier.

** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' uses a standard map screen that's accessed by tossing Cappy onto the globe that sits on the Odyssey's desk, zooming onto it so you can choose which kingdom you wish to travel to.

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'' also features this.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Dubloon}}'', sailing is done by talking to {{T|heCaptain}}imber and picking a location on the TreasureMap, assuming the player found a map where it was drawn.

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At the beginning of the game, only a couple of destinations will be available, but more will be added to the map later, either by exploration (finding hidden exits from known locations), by accepting quests that lead you there, or by exploration ''and'' completing certain quests on site. If the destination has several entrance points, your original location will often determine which of them you will teleport to.

* Quite a few of the ''Videogame/RealityOnTheNorm'' games, such as ''Defender of RON''.

* Many {{Hidden Object Game}}s, especially more plot-heavy games like ''Videogame/MysteryCaseFiles'' and ''Videogame/DarkParables'' have this feature to help minimize the amount of backtracking the player needs to do to complete the various puzzles and tasks to move the story forward.

** ''Videogame/MinionQuestTheSearchForBowser'', the alternate mode of the ''Videogame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'' remake, uses this in two layers: one as a standard world map, and two for selecting missions.
** In ''Videogame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'', navigation inside Bowser's body utilizes one to make backtracking easier. Especially since there are certain parts where you have to go back to repeatedly (ie. the area where [[spoiler:the Bros. play a minigame to make Bowser grow big]]).

* ''Videogame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' had the map of UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, accessible by speaking to a cabbie. The four major hubs (Santa Monica, Downtown, Hollywood, and Chinatown) were unlocked as the main quest progressed, while additional quest locations were added to it as you picked them up. There were no random encounters while traveling.

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** ''Videogame/PokemonColosseum'' and its sequel, unlike most Pokemon games, use a world map selection screen for travelling between locations.
** The ''Videogame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' series also uses a world map to move between destinations, although the only destinations aside from the home town/base are dungeons. A few dungeons require one party member knowing an HM move (like Fly, Surf, or Dive) to access.
** This is how you get around in the ''VideoGame/PokemonTradingCardGame'' Gameboy game.
* ''Videogame/LegendOfMana'': You get to place destinations on the map as you go, which has an effect on the monster difficulty in that area.