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A '''persistent world''' is a virtual video game world where life continues even if nobody is playing the game. This is typically used in [[MMO]]s and video games that simulate [[real life]], such as ''[[Animal Crossing]]'' or ''[[Nintendogs]]''. These non-online games usually rely on the internal clock of the [[console]] or system, which can be manipulated in the settings.

==History==
Several video games from the 1980s also featured elements of persistent worlds with their own day/night cycles and [[non-player character]]s going about their own daily routines, including [[Konami]]'s ''[[Castlevania II: Simon's Quest]]'' (1987),<ref name="CV2History">{{Cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010624080115/gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/history_castlevania/p4_01.html |title=The History of Castlevania - Castlevania II: Simon's Quest |publisher=[[GameSpot]] |author=Mike Whalen, Giancarlo Varanini |accessdate=2001-06-24}}</ref> [[Arsys Software]]'s ''[[Reviver]]'' (1987),<ref name="ohfm_reviver">{{Cite web|title=Reviver|url=http://retropc.net/fm-7/museum/softhouse/arsyssoftware/001100200.html|work=[[:jp:Oh!FM{{!}}Oh!FM]]|accessdate=2 September 2012|archiveurl=http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fretropc.net%2Ffm-7%2Fmuseum%2Fsofthouse%2Farsyssoftware%2F001100200.html|archivedate=2 September 2012}}</ref> [[Nintendo]]'s ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]]'' (1987),<ref>[http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1788/the_gamasutra_quantum_leap_awards_.php?page=3 The Gamasutra Quantum Leap Awards: Storytelling (Page 3)], [[Gamasutra]], November 3, 2006</ref> [[Technology and Entertainment Software|T&amp;E Soft]]'s ''[[Hydlide|Hydlide 3: The Space Memories]]'' (1987),<ref name=Hydlide>Kurt Kalata & Robert Greene, [http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/hydlide/hydlide.htm Hydlide], Hardcore Gaming 101</ref> Fun Factory's ''[[Survival horror#Origins|War of the Dead]]'' (1987),<ref>John Szczepaniak, [http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/wotd/wotd.htm War of the Dead], Hardcore Gaming 101, 15 January 2011</ref> and [[Chunsoft]]'s ''[[Dragon Quest III]]'' (1988).<ref>{{Cite web|first=Andrew|last=Vestal|title=The History of Console RPGs|publisher=[[GameSpot]]|date=1998-11-02|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211021024/www.gamespot.com/features/vgs/universal/rpg_hs/nes7.html|accessdate=2011-01-06}}</ref> Certain aspects of persistent worlds became more and more prominent in the ''[[Pokémon (franchise)|Pokémon franchise]]'' beginning with ''[[Pokémon Gold Version]]'' and ''[[Pokémon Silver Version]]''.

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