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Games that have long play times, like the Zelda series for Game Boy, Super Metroid for SNES and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 for Sega Genesis, require some way for players to save their progress. Many systems did not have any nonvolatile storage built in. Therefore, some cartridges include a little bit of RAM that the game could write save data to. Since RAM will also lose it's memory when it loses power, the cartridge also has a small battery to keep the RAM powered at all times. The disadvantage of this scheme is that the battery will eventually run out, and the game can no longer be saved.

Title	Released	Platforms
1080° Snowboarding	1998	Nintendo 64, Wii, Wii U...
3-D Tetris	1996	Virtual Boy
3-D Ultra Pinball: Thrillride	2000	Game Boy Color
688 Attack Sub	1989	DOS, Genesis, Amiga...
90 Minutes: European Prime Goal	1995	SNES
A Ressha de Ikō MD	1992	Genesis
A.S.P.: Air Strike Patrol	1994	SNES
ABC Monday Night Football	1993	SNES
Ace Lightning	2002	Game Boy Advance
ActRaiser	1990	SNES, Wii, Arcade
Advance Guardian Heroes	2004	Game Boy Advance
Advance Wars	2001	Game Boy Advance, Wii U
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising	2003	Game Boy Advance, Wii U
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Aerobiz	1992	SNES, Genesis, PC-98...
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Alex Rider: Stormbreaker	2006	Game Boy Advance
Alien Hominid	2004	PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, Xbox...
All Grown Up! Express Yourself	2004	Game Boy Advance
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All-Star Baseball 2004	2003	Game Boy Advance
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