10 Video Games That Messed With Your Saves

10. Deleting Your Progress Fake-Out - Eternal Darkness

For a family-friendly console, the GameCube did quite well for itself when it came to horror.

As well as being the console of choice for the excellent Resident Evil remake, and the series' legendary fourth entry, Nintendo's purple box played host to the macabre delights of Eternal Darkness - a time-hopping survival-horror adventure filled with madness, death, and more elder gods than you could shake a tentacle at.

It's the foremost theme - madness - that Eternal Darkness is most remembered for. Alongside the traditional health and magic meters, players are also tasked with maintaining a third status - sanity. Let the green sanity bar hit rock bottom, and the game itself will start to break down around you.

The most infamous example is the game's notorious memory card wipe. Try to save with a low sanity meter, and the game will ask "Are you sure you want to delete all of your Saved Games?" No matter what you choose, the game assumes you chose "yes" before proceeding to delete your saves one by one.

Fortunately, it all turns out to be a trick. Simply boot up the save screen again and your saves will have been restored to pristine condition. Your heart rate, however, may take a bit longer to go back to normal.