Curious what the first Cart was that used a Battery Backup Save?? Zelda was 1987, so I'm thinking that was the first... right?

Also, was Nintendo the first to put a Battery in a Cart to for Memory Saved Games?

Thanks!

yes zelda was the first

There was an old PC RPG game I played in the 80s that asked you to write down your data.
I don't remember the name. If anyone has played a game like this let me know.
Then when you started again if you wanted to replay an old game you were then asked to retrieve your notes and honestly put down your information.
Of course we put down max values for strength hit points and items etc.

haha, side note, I miss having cheat codes in games where you can unlock crazy shit. Seems like a thing of the past now

Yes, bertberrycrunch, yes!!! That made some games a blast to play

EDIT: That's what gives me fond memories of Rogue Squadron for N64

The earliest date I can find for Phantasy Star (SMS) is December 20 1987. http://www.smspower.org/Games/Pha...

Remember that Legend of Zelda was released for the Famicom Disk System in 1986, not Famicom cartridge. It wasn't until the NES version in 1987 that the game used battery + SRAM to save. Phantasy Star (or some other SMS game I can't think of) might predate Zelda, maybe not. It's hard finding release info on SMS games.

I miss meaningless points in games too!

If there is a game that pre-dates Zelda I think it would have to be on a home computer or overseas system.
There may be a cartridge that saves for C-64 , Atari 800, TRS-80 etc but I'm fairly certain that there weren't any US console games with save function prior to NES.