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Home News Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions Save Files Also Permanent

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Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions Save Files Also Permanent

Posted on Wednesday, July 27 @ 14:55:14 Eastern by

Although save-file permanence with Resident Evil 5 didn't bother people who are more interested in playing games than they are complaining about them, I think you could maintain that it wasn't a feature anyone was in love with. Apparently I'm wrong. Publishers find the feature essential. I've never seen another publisher mirror anti-used-sales tactics as quickly as Namco is following Capcom's lead on the Nintendo 3DS.

Take Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions. Wired's Game|Life blog has discovered that there's no way to easily erase a saved game once it's been written to the 3DS cartridge:

I've looked all over, even going so far as to ask a Namco Bandai representative, and it doesn't seem like there's a way to erase the game data.

Note that the game also seems to hide your high scores regardless of whether or not you want to erase them. Ummm, aren't these arcade games... or at least, remakes of arcade games? Aren't high scores the only real system of progression in Pac-Man and Galaga?

If you're wondering, yes, internet-comments were INVENTED for b****ing. Go for it!

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  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander
    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: Jul 27th, 2011 at 4:15 pm
    If this is going to become the new standard for 3DS games, it's just one more reason to not buy one.
    1 1
  • xxmrcyanidexx
    xxmrcyanidexx
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Jul 27th, 2011 at 4:37 pm
    It's gone from "There aren't any games on the 3DS so why get one" to "The games they do have for the 3DS, you cant erase the save data, so why get one?". Not looking too good for the 3DS.
    0 1
  • cyberjim2000
    cyberjim2000
    Joined: Feb 2010
    Posted: Jul 27th, 2011 at 5:38 pm
    Wow, whoopie-****ing-doo. Like you really need to erase that top score in Pac-man and Galaga. Be a man and beat that score like you would in real arcades.
    0 1
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Jul 27th, 2011 at 5:14 pm
    I do not b*tch. I use logic and reason to build a well articulated response to the mindlessly stupid idiots who don’t do exactly what I want them to do. That is not b*tching.
    0 1
  • Eyebrowsbv31
    Eyebrowsbv31
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Jul 27th, 2011 at 11:33 pm
    people buy the 3DS?
    0 0
  • Klandathu
    Klandathu
    Joined: Apr 2008
    Posted: Jul 28th, 2011 at 3:38 am
    THIS IS AN OUTRAGE.


    Like that?
    0 1
  • Ananymous
    Ananymous
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Jul 28th, 2011 at 2:20 pm
    What exactly saves from Galaga and Pac-Man? High scores? I never knew there were save games other than who scored the highest... Probably would be frustrating if you get a REALLY high score and can't beat it.
    0 0

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