save point

noun

A location found in a video game that allows the player to save their game, often found in non-overworld areas such as towns and dungeons, where saving anywhere is not allowed. Gameplay resumes from the save point used.

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Meanings

nounsave point (plural save points)

plural save points · alternative savepoint

  1. video gamesA location found in a video game that allows the player to save their game, often found in non-overworld areas such as towns and dungeons, where saving anywhere is not allowed. Gameplay resumes from the save point used.

    Some enemies will use Bobble Heads to emit a hypnotic wave. Stay out of the path of the hypnotic wave otherwise Cory's Hypnosis Meter [...] will begin to deplete. If it depletes all the way, you will have to restart from the last save point.

    2008, “Story Mode”, in Cory in the House: Instruction Booklet, Burbank, California: Disney Interactive Studios; Nintendo, page 8
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