My method is to PRINT "Press A to start" and if the player presses A, it just progress to the new screen with ACLS, FADE, XSCREEN 3, whatever. Then let the game check if there's a save file (CHKFILE) and if so, PRINT "Press Y to load" and if the player presses Y, use the LOAD command. You of course need to learn the SAVE/LOAD command and either the TXT or DAT type of save file.