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Do you miss memory cards?
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cinnamonandgravy
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miss being able to easily take a save to a friends house.
ps2 memory cards had some cool colors.
dreamcast VMUs are cool.
ps2 memory cards had some cool colors.
dreamcast VMUs are cool.
NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
Not a problem with a Switch
Memcards were cool, but when you started having multiple ones, good luck remembering on which one you had a save for that particular game.
Also, in the first years of the PlayStation, you’d have some games that used an entire card for a single save. I remember my friend renting Alone in the Dark 2. The game was hard enough that you’d basically have to save after every move, but when I saw the game asking to wipe out every save I had on my card to save a state, I noped out loud, turned off the console and took out the CD before my friend could start laughing at my reaction. Never touched that game again.
PS2 was hilarious because every single reference to its official memcards on manuals and boxes just had to quote “Memory Card (8MB) (for PlayStation2)”. Every. Single. Time. It was almost as ridiculous as the media being forced to write the entire title “Marvel‘s Spider-Man: Miles Morales” in every single reference to the game, even if it meant writing it whole several times in a single tweet.
CamHostage
Member
Mostly no, they were expensive and confinef and breakable/loseable.
However, I voted "yes" for two reasons...
One, I loved the memory cast icons, especially the PS2 ones that animated and could change depending on game status. (MGS3 had 3 different ones, including a satellite+banana icon for Snake vs Monkey mode.)
Two is, I do miss the culture that Memory Card trading and management fostered. Trading saves was a whole industry and community at the time. And collecting cool memory card designs or stickers personalized your save collection.
Memort Cards were a more clumsy and manual experience, it was always the worst when you got a new game and there was no room left on your card to play it, (and if you couldn't afford a new card, oh man, what a Sofie's Choice it was deciding what to delete...) but there was something charming about Memory Card Saves having physical value. Today, as with many forms of "digital ownership", I have no clue what data is on my hard drive or cloud storage, and I don't take any care to preserve it. Memory Cards were a thing you owned and used, while today your saves are just virtual whatevers.
However, I voted "yes" for two reasons...
One, I loved the memory cast icons, especially the PS2 ones that animated and could change depending on game status. (MGS3 had 3 different ones, including a satellite+banana icon for Snake vs Monkey mode.)
Two is, I do miss the culture that Memory Card trading and management fostered. Trading saves was a whole industry and community at the time. And collecting cool memory card designs or stickers personalized your save collection.
Memort Cards were a more clumsy and manual experience, it was always the worst when you got a new game and there was no room left on your card to play it, (and if you couldn't afford a new card, oh man, what a Sofie's Choice it was deciding what to delete...) but there was something charming about Memory Card Saves having physical value. Today, as with many forms of "digital ownership", I have no clue what data is on my hard drive or cloud storage, and I don't take any care to preserve it. Memory Cards were a thing you owned and used, while today your saves are just virtual whatevers.
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JCK75
Member
Hell no.. but I do missing having game carts that saved games.. I mean going to friends house to play on their system and your saves come with you was awesome.. and back then I was poor and only bought games used from yard sales and shit so I kind of liked having other peoples saves there just for the hell of checking out where they were in the game.
Sleepwalker
Member
As a kid who got a gamecube but didn't have a memory card for about a year, fuck them.
bumpkin
Member
I worked in retail during the PlayStation 1, 2, and N64 days and I always felt bad telling customers that they needed a memory card to save their games when they were buying the console. The powers-that-be loved it though because it brought up our tie-in numbers on the transactions.
From a consumer perspective? Nope, don’t miss them. Mostly because of the prior story, but also because I like not having to think/worry about it.
The only tiny thing I do miss is being able to easily bring my game saves with me to a friend’s house. It was wicked useful for games like Tekken 2 and 3 that had unlockable fighters.
From a consumer perspective? Nope, don’t miss them. Mostly because of the prior story, but also because I like not having to think/worry about it.
The only tiny thing I do miss is being able to easily bring my game saves with me to a friend’s house. It was wicked useful for games like Tekken 2 and 3 that had unlockable fighters.
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anthony2690
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Not really, it cost me £375 for 2tb a while back:'(
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CamHostage
Member
I'm surprised none of the console manufacturers evet created a physical "Gamer ID" card or device to carry with you as you go about gaming.
Like a USB Keychain or a tap-to-login card (although only Nintendo's Wii U & Switch included NFC readers, which is a little odd imo) that you could pocket and bring with you. Tap or plug it, type a quick pin, and you're gaming on your cloud-saved profile and data. (Purchases might need extra security, but that's possible with TFA on a phone.)
Maybe this wouldn't be a huge seller, but I always thought that would be a fun accessory to sell (as like a wristband or keychain or what have you, something that visibly identified you as a certain type of gamer in public. ) It'd be secure on your person (so long as you log out when you're done playing,) and it would encourage players to build their player stats even when not at home. Arcades did this a few times in the '00s (Japanese arcades i think all do? ) and maybe these id's could do more in other places. (Nintendoland in Universal Studios today might have given you something for bringing your Gamer ID to the park. )
These days, all of this could be done with a phone and an app (I'm actually not sure how well the apps help or don't help in gaming outside the home? never tried any of those features, if they even exist, ) but having an ID device to hold would have been a cool personalization item back in the day that this all seemed novel and people actually still went to friend's houses to game.
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StereoVsn
Member
64gb cards are very unreliable for the Vita. I have had to reformat my 64gb card multiple times. It’s a pretty well known issue.
HyperBitHero
Member
Not neccessarily memory cards themselves, since needing to delete things was a pain, but I do miss the added personality they gave games. For example, the different models and animations save files had on PS2, or the 2D art for games on Dreamcast.
BobLeeSwagger
Banned
Nope…
Crazy how much we were paying for JUST KBs of storage!!!!
Crazy how much we were paying for JUST KBs of storage!!!!
StereoVsn
Member
I kind of have fond memories of the memory cards despite their issues. It was cool to grab a memory card out of PS1/PS2 and go to a friend’s place. Although, it’s not fun dealing with various issues around the cards.
However, it’s 2024 so we have modern solutions to this problem!
8bitmods.com
This is a memory card for PS1, PS2 with WiFi and uses a microsd card for saves. It’s freaking awesome and I love it.
However, it’s 2024 so we have modern solutions to this problem!
MemCard PRO2 for PS2 and PS1 (Smoke Black)
The wait is finally over! The MemCardPRO2 is here! The brand new MemCard PRO2 for the original PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 1 consoles is the last Memory Card you will ever need! No more piles of memory cards, no more guessing where your precious save is, and no more corrupt saves! The...
8bitmods.com
This is a memory card for PS1, PS2 with WiFi and uses a microsd card for saves. It’s freaking awesome and I love it.
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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Gold Member
I prefer those, but they are slowly getting phased out unfortunately
King Dazzar
Member
If you miss them, then buy an Xbox with its over priced and size restrictive plug in proprietary expansion cards. Then you'll remember why its great that we've moved onto more cost effective and size flexible storage solutions.
JohnnyPhats
Member
No. But I miss the VMU.
Comandr
Member
I remember just getting the Ragnarok in FF8 and my memory card got corrupted somehow. Then it happened again right as I got to the very last area in FF9. I ended up never beating either of them for years because I didn't have the will power to do it all over again.
Dreamcast VMU was the sickest shit. I'd take my Chao everywhere when I was a teenager. Never found anyone to connect with though.
Dreamcast VMU was the sickest shit. I'd take my Chao everywhere when I was a teenager. Never found anyone to connect with though.
RCU005
Member
I don't understand why Sony and Nintendo kidnap the game saves on the consoles. You could say "because they want you to pay for cloud saves", but saving in the cloud and saving into a USB are two different things, that could still work separately.
Many people could have stuff saved in the cloud (iCloud, Google Drive, Onedrive, etc), but still have the need to save onto a USB or HDD.
It's extremely petty, specially from Sony, since they have allowed this on PS3 and PS4.
Many people could have stuff saved in the cloud (iCloud, Google Drive, Onedrive, etc), but still have the need to save onto a USB or HDD.
It's extremely petty, specially from Sony, since they have allowed this on PS3 and PS4.
MujkicHaris
Member
I don't miss memory cards per se but I miss what they represent; an era when developers would put a lot more effort into little details. The effort and games were pure and genuine.
I love how each game on PS2 had a 3D icon for a save file. Some icons were generic while others would contain a popular item from a game. I was always curious to see what the icon looked like.
Or how PS2 intro tower blocks changed in size based on how many times games were started.
I love how each game on PS2 had a 3D icon for a save file. Some icons were generic while others would contain a popular item from a game. I was always curious to see what the icon looked like.
Or how PS2 intro tower blocks changed in size based on how many times games were started.
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JohnnyPhats
Member
Game shit was cooler back in the day.
Mr.Phoenix
Member
So we just missing things for missing sake now?
U n i o n 0015
Member
I think there were a lot of small, physical rituals that people miss about physical games. I always loved opening a new game, thumbing through the manual a bit, then putting the disc in the tray. (OG PS2 had the absolute best disc tray ever made).
But even now physical games are kind of a joke in that many have to download stuff or install things before you can start playing the game.
But even now physical games are kind of a joke in that many have to download stuff or install things before you can start playing the game.
Grildon Tundy
Member
I miss memory cards in the same way I miss Go-Gurt; It's better left in nostalgia than bringing it back into practice.
JayK47
Member
It was nice on Xbox 360 being able to just bring the memory card over to friend's place to couch coop and my save and profile was on it. Now days, there is essentially no couch coop and every gamer is expected to buy the game and play on their own system. Boy, did we gamers get screwed and love every bit of it.
Syphon Filter
Member
dam you took me back with this, not that product but i remember getting a product from pelican. it was a light for a gameboy lol.I might remember them more fondly if I didn't have one of these bootleg ones that didn't really work very well.
But it was cheaper than an original one and had way more capacity.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
I’m all about the past and thinking it’s better than today’s shit, but memory cards always sucked.
kapshin
Member
The batteries not so cool
_Idea_of_Evil_
Member
In general, no, but I voted yes for nostalgia. I miss the Dreamcast memory card that allowed you to load your Chao from Sonic Adventure into. Had a blast with that as a kid.
Esppiral
Member
I don't miss them in fact I allways hated them, also the Xbox is a "CD" based console and you don't need to buy any extra storage solution to save basically infinite savegames.
Larxia
Member
Portugeezer
Member
The things I did to get a PS2 memory card as a kid gives me PTSD.
No. I don't miss that shit.
No. I don't miss that shit.
Madserb2023
Member
I don't miss losing them.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
This is the only pic I could find of it (and I don’t think mine was even a 16MB one). Look at this piece of shit:Wtf??? I never heard of such thing
Still better than trying to play FFX without saving though
lakitu1982
Member
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The positive is if you do not own the game or no longer own the game you can carry on at your mates house
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