But VectorMan had no save or password functionality, which in 1995 was feeling archaic. Simply beating each level and the last boss in DKC did not get you 100%, which enticed you to keep playing and added replay value. DKC has a save function, not only for game progress but it also displays your time and completion percentage. VectorMan was reportedly Sega's answer to Donkey Kong Country.

Which, as I just said above, is not a replacement for a password system! Also, using the level select in either game does not start you off with whatever Chaos Emeralds you had collected. Again they included a secret level select code. And STILL Sega did not include a save or password system. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 came out just a year later, and was way longer than the first game. If you didn't find the level select code in a gaming magazine, or hear about it from a fellow gamer, then you would never know about it! Especially in 1990 when you couldn't easily hop on the Web and learn every secret about the game in a matter of seconds. But a secret code is not at all the same thing as a password system. Yes, I am aware that there's a level select code. I'll forgive Sonic 1 because it's a short enough game, but it should have at least had a password system. Sonic 1 came out a year later and did not save. But by 1990, Super Mario World was released which saved game progress. Now the three SMB games on the NES didn't save or have passwords, but they all had a warp system. The comparison has to be to Super Mario Bros. Sonic the Hedgehog (the first game in the series for the Genesis) was released in 1991. I guess let me just use examples to explain further. I can be more forgiven in the early days, but Sega continued this trend right up through the Saturn. But even then, there's a lot of Sega games that don't even have a password system so you can continue where you left off. So you wouldn't want to do that for every game. I can understand that including a save function for cartridge games meant using additional parts which increased the cost. There are some really awesome games that are afflicted by this problem, and rarely do I have the time and/or ambition to play them for the required time to beat them. There are so many games that should have had a save and continue function but did not. Sega seemed to have had an aversion to saving game progress all the way up to the Dreamcast.

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