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New Sony Patent Will Let You Replay A Game From Any Point Possible
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this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2023
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So... they're inventing level codes you can re-enter to start from there.
I'm massively impressed by Sony, clearly revolutionary technology right there.
If you can encode your entire game progress into that level code, then it's just that, yep.
Yes, that's why NES games sometimes had 50 character codes.
Yes, NES games. Now try that with Baldur's Gate.