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Largest GCN Memory Card?
- Thread starter Mejilan
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keeblerdrow
Member
You filled a 1019? Holy shit, what do you do? 5 repeat saves for everything?
Musashi Wins!
FLAWLESS VICTOLY!
Mejilan said:
no, because frankly, you are the only person on earth with enough Nintendo games to fill it. and before we get 10 other members who contradict me...yes, I'm joking. you're lame too.
but....I don't know if you are willing to buy used, but the local Gamestops in my area never had a proper sku for this item and would sell them for the same price as the 251 (!?!?) Whether this is still the case I don't know, but the price was negligible and I saw them quite often.
I didn't think I'd ever run out, didn't expect it. Booted up into the GCN OS to check out the state of my card (since I haven't checked it out in ages) and bam, only 25 blocks left.
Well, that was before starting Prince of Persia WW, so less now, surely.
Also, I don't think you CAN duplicate saves on most games. Just create a file which gives you X amount of save slots. So it seems, anyway.
Edit - Lame?
Edit 2 - IGN says I have 80 GCN games. But I haven't actually played them all, so... I'm really out of space. Blech. I hate juggling multiple cards.
Well, that was before starting Prince of Persia WW, so less now, surely.
Also, I don't think you CAN duplicate saves on most games. Just create a file which gives you X amount of save slots. So it seems, anyway.
Edit - Lame?
Edit 2 - IGN says I have 80 GCN games. But I haven't actually played them all, so... I'm really out of space. Blech. I hate juggling multiple cards.
WrathOfOtaibah
Banned
Whats the deal with those shitty 16 MB cards that come with a CD-ROM? Is the CD for compression or what?
man, we're here bitching about $99 hard drives but when Nintendo releases a measly 59 memory card, it's all ok. I can't believe Nintendo got away with that shit...59 block, 251 block, 1019 block....and they were suppose to release those SD cards? haha....Nintendo played us all
RaySpencer
Member
RE4 takes up like 8 per save 0.o
so if your like me, and saved in differant slots "just incase" then you may want to boot that game up again, and see what saves you dont need anymore
so if your like me, and saved in differant slots "just incase" then you may want to boot that game up again, and see what saves you dont need anymore
Synbios459
Banned
The PAR special edition came with a card that was 2000+. I've had it and never had a problem.
TheTurtleTitan
Member
I have a lot of GC games, but I think my card has less than 500 blocks. Mainly due to Nintendo's games requiring fewer blocks (compared to a sports game or something).
Oh, but I should warn you. If you own F-Zero GX, it WILL NOT transfer to another memory card. When I want to play the game, I have to use a different memory card soley for that one game.
Oh, but I should warn you. If you own F-Zero GX, it WILL NOT transfer to another memory card. When I want to play the game, I have to use a different memory card soley for that one game.
Get a GameShark Game Saves for the GC... then install the EMS USB driver and dump the CD in the trash. Works like a 1019 memory card, but you can back it up to your PC via a USB cable. I can't find these online at the moment, but most EB stores seem to have one or two in stock... no one bought them, it seems.
They work really well.
They work really well.
Late Stage Marxist
Member
how many megs is a 1019?
Synbios459
Banned
Ooops, my bad. I meant Freeloader. They released one with a memory card that had lots amounts of space. It's worked really well.Mejilan said:
Y'know, the one thing that Nintendo has one-uped Sony on is bigger memory cards. Both the GC and PS2 initial mem cards were quite small. However Nintendo has released bigger mem cards while Sony, after 5 years, is still using the 8 Meg one
. I have 2 now, but I liked being able to leave the second one for my PS 1 card.Funny story
I bought an F-Zero GX hat off e-bay (came part of a package)
It arrived, and turns out there is a zipper on it, for holding small objects (bags of weed, candy, who knows)
I felt the hat, and there was something in that pocket!
So I open it up, and there was a brand spankin new 251 card in it.
It was pretty awesome.
I bought an F-Zero GX hat off e-bay (came part of a package)
It arrived, and turns out there is a zipper on it, for holding small objects (bags of weed, candy, who knows)
I felt the hat, and there was something in that pocket!
So I open it up, and there was a brand spankin new 251 card in it.
It was pretty awesome.
Sony's PSone Memory Card was 1 Megabit (1/8 of a MegaByte)trippingmartian said:
(15 blocks suggests that one block was used for the file system)
The MC59 is 4 Megabits (1/2 MegaByte)
The MC251 is 16 Megabits (2 MegaBytes)
The MC1019 is 64 Megabits (8 MegaBytes)
(all three use a 5-block file system)
Sony's PS2 Memory Card was 8 MegaBytes from day-1, but AFAIK Sony was losing money on it at first, and even tried to raise the MSRP on it at one point (but people bitched, so Sony backed down).
Edit: Also, a "block" on the PSone/GCN is 8 KiloBytes.
Synbios459 said:Ooops, my bad. I meant Freeloader. They released one with a memory card that had lots amounts of space. It's worked really well.
Y'know, the one thing that Nintendo has one-uped Sony on is bigger memory cards. Both the GC and PS2 initial mem cards were quite small. However Nintendo has released bigger mem cards while Sony, after 5 years, is still using the 8 Meg one
:lol :lol :lol
Late Stage Marxist
Member
Informative post. Thanks!ruby_onix said:
heavy liquid
Member
Musashi Wins! said:
I just bought a 1019 about 2 weeks ago for the 251 price this way. I think it was $7.99. Great deal if you can still get in on it.
Speevy said:
Yeah, I end up getting them for the Cube because my dad and brother only have GameCubes. I like to be able to practice on the Cube before playing them. I did buy Madden on the Xbox last year for online play though.
Btw, Madden is one disc on the Cube, but yeah, haing Tiger on two discs is irritating. I don't think I'll get it on the Cube next month regardless of what my dad and brother do.
GoutPatrol
Forgotten in his cell
God Damn. I have around 20 GC games, and I still have around 60 blocks on the 251 that I got when I first got my Gamecube.
I Still have 3,500 KBs on my only PS2 memory card with slightly more games.
Even when I had ESPN NFL and ESPN NHL 2K5, I still had 1000 KBs left on it!
Having few sports games FTW.
I Still have 3,500 KBs on my only PS2 memory card with slightly more games.
Even when I had ESPN NFL and ESPN NHL 2K5, I still had 1000 KBs left on it!
Having few sports games FTW.
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
I've got 26 games and there are more than 90 blocks left on my 251 memory card. My Mario&Sonic card (Memo 59) hopefully will have enough space for Sonic Gems and Shadow. So, if you don't buy crappy EA games there's space for a shitload of games on a 251. Probably I'm gonna buy a 1019 Memory Card for a bunch of Ubi Soft games I missed.