Why Sixth-Generation Consoles Had the Coolest Save File Screens
Bring Back the Cool Save File Screens
The Dreamcast, GameCube, PS2, and Xbox each turned save files into tiny showcases: floating cubes, 3D character models, and alien-green honeycomb grids. Memory cards made saving a ritual, and the VMU even doubled as a second screen with downloadable minigames. Today's cover-art icons work fine, but they lack the personality of those buried treasures.
Sometimes I'd keep a save file for a game that I no longer owned because the icon for it was rad!