PSX - The Original Playstation @lemmy.world Wispy2891 @lemmy.world 2mo ago

How to save on Spyro?

For the first time in my life I'm playing Spyro, the original from 1998.

I played around 20 minutes in the starting fields, found the required ten dragons to go on the hot air balloon but then I had some real life problem and I had to turn off. In all the playtime it didn't ask me to save and once a dragon freed said "the game saves a check point every time you free a dragon".

So I restarted the console and... No save...

How to save?

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On what are you playing? OG consoles need a memory card to save to. Sorry if this is known to you but more information is needed to diagnose. (I looove the spyro trilogy, both the original from back in the day, and the remake)
- yes it has a memory card, it asked me in the beginning to create a save and also it remembered the language (pal) but it's all "new game"
  
  Hm, perhaps double check if there's any settings you may have to adjust. Then as the other user mentioned try testing the save-at-dragon-statue. Also maybe try playing /saving a different game just to test if the memory card is working properly too
I've been playing on an emulator, and after you free a dragon you can return to the pad where the dragon was and a menu will let you save
- Thanks, it looks like this is the way to save
  
  The user manual said it autosaved when changed the world but in my ten minutes of play only the manual saves on the dragon pad worked
According to the user manual it saves each time you enter or exit a world. So it should have saved at least 4 times...

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