Originally Posted by Dibbler

First one was Zelda 2 for the NES. I was near the end of the game after 40+ hours of play. Saved the game to the battery backed-up cartridge, quit for the night. Next day all the saved games were gone. 40+ hours of my life gone and there was no way I was going to start over. I've been told it had a nice ending but alas, I never saw it.