I used to neurotically save copies of my Norns in Creatures because I couldn’t stand the thought of them dying. One day I stared at my floppies full of Norns—picturing them as little animals trapped in suspended animation, rather than as data trails—and I realized I had become some kind of mad scientist.

insidethevalley writes:

This game used to belong to a 16 yr old girl.  I bought it off craigslist, but didn’t have the heart to play it after meeting the previous owner. I couldn’t delete her save file, it was like I was deleting my own RPG memories from when I was her age, I found such escape and wonder in them how could I take that piece of time away from another person. 

So I made a copy of the .sav information (with my Smart Boy Cart<3) and have loaded it onto the internet as a time capsule.  Heather, your adventure will await you when you return.

Heather, your adventure will await you when you return.