I remember being excited about getting the extra cards that were clear blue and red. Story games go on the classic, multiplayer on the blue, cheat code games on the red.
I had a PS2 for a good year before getting a memory card for it. I had a PS1 with memory cards but there were no game stores anywhere near where I lived at the time. It wasn’t until my family took a trip to our capital city a few hours away that I bought a memory card along with WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2007.
I also remember getting my first 256MB flash drive for school, was near on $100.
I wish. I found one PS1 and one PS2 memory card recently, but neither had the saves that haven’t seen any action in over a decade with hundreds of hours into them that I was looking for.
Semi-related: I just finally scored a PS5 Saturday, but my internet sucks, so while games are downloading eternally I only really have the preloaded Astro’s Playroom. I’m actually really enjoying it, surprisingly, because finding all the pieces of PlayStation history are sending me on some great nostalgia trips.
I never had a PS2 as a yougin, but I bought one as an adult and I’m building a fat game collection for it. I’ve got the multitap, four controllers, probably 40 games, and a Guitar Hero controller. I’m on the lookout for DDR next!
Using PSX emulators and still having to juggle memory card space has made me wonder how I ever did it with physical cards. The PS2 ones were a revelation with how much they carried
And worth their weight in gold over the third party cards.
I bought an off-brand memory card when I bought my PS2 (first console) and FFX. Fast forward a week and 25+ hours of progress was lost as the card failed.
Until you take your saves round your mates house and forget its in your pocket and your mum washes your trousers and wipes out a 40hr final fantasy 12 save.
Bullshit, that thing probably doesn’t even hold one of my dad’s drunken abusive tirades…
I remember being excited about getting the extra cards that were clear blue and red. Story games go on the classic, multiplayer on the blue, cheat code games on the red.
Man that brings back memories. I remember getting my first 512 mb thumb drive in college thinking it was huge.
That’s a lie. Everyone had at least a few of them and still had to delet shit.
I was legit depressed when I lost mine.
That was all that was needed
Unless you had Hitman Blood Money. Shit ate half your space if I recall.
I had a PS2 for a good year before getting a memory card for it. I had a PS1 with memory cards but there were no game stores anywhere near where I lived at the time. It wasn’t until my family took a trip to our capital city a few hours away that I bought a memory card along with WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2007.
I also remember getting my first 256MB flash drive for school, was near on $100.
Had 3 of these and still had to delete some games 😢
I’ve got a handful of these in a box somewhere in sure!
[SEEE ABOUT CHAAAA!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Hg83qPME4)
I wish. I found one PS1 and one PS2 memory card recently, but neither had the saves that haven’t seen any action in over a decade with hundreds of hours into them that I was looking for.
These were a massive improvement over the PS1 cards that filled up super-fast.
if 8 mb holds the entirety of your childhood, your childhood was boring.
I still remember leaving my PS2 on for days at a time because my parents wouldn’t buy me a memory card, pretty sure I burnt it out
Nah I need a VMU for that brother.
I remember having a massive ring binder folder full of all the chest codes for games. Those were the days.
Nah I had to get a bigger, third party one
Recently started up the old PS2 again and looking through the files was just pure nostalgia
I had two of those bad boys.
I remember Gran Turismo 1 on PS1 taking up pretty much a whole 1MB memory card.
Semi-related: I just finally scored a PS5 Saturday, but my internet sucks, so while games are downloading eternally I only really have the preloaded Astro’s Playroom. I’m actually really enjoying it, surprisingly, because finding all the pieces of PlayStation history are sending me on some great nostalgia trips.
This pic achieved that feeling as well.
The ones that fit in the xbox controllers, take me back.
Sure they’re great and all until you misplace the memory card. I was on the 4th disk of FF8 at the time
Not even close. I had a memory card carrying case that i had to swap cards out of.
Not really i had two and still wasn’t enough lol
Not even close. I had about 5 full.
I thought one was enough, until I got The Thing and it hit 1.2mb.
I remember asking for a gigabyte one cause I knew 8 mb was shit (well into the PS2 cycle)
I legit gotten myself a GameCube and two memory sticks, each having more than 500MB lmao I’m a fool
My god, when did I get so callous and greedy for more
Not true being I had 5 of them
No it didn’t. We had to buy several.
Weird to think a 4tb nvme is the same size now
Bullshit I had to delete saves all the time because my mom wouldn’t buy me another card.
You know… I keep forgetting how small the memory was back then.
PS1 for me, I have 2, always carry them around the neighborhood, showing off to other kids.
Then modern 1 tb runs out after a couple years
Ah, back when developers actually bothered to optimize the file size of their games
I never had a PS2 as a yougin, but I bought one as an adult and I’m building a fat game collection for it. I’ve got the multitap, four controllers, probably 40 games, and a Guitar Hero controller. I’m on the lookout for DDR next!
No, you needed several.
Makes me think of Monster Rancher. Trying to find every cd in the house.
The boot up sound instantly played in my head when I scrolled past this… like some kind of weird Pavlovian response.
No it isn’t.
Technically you’re right, you could fit dozens of NES games on that.
Using PSX emulators and still having to juggle memory card space has made me wonder how I ever did it with physical cards. The PS2 ones were a revelation with how much they carried
Nah, needed like 4 of these lol
8mb! What a champ
I remember my friend not having a memory card because we were too poor and he would just leave the PS2 on
And worth their weight in gold over the third party cards.
I bought an off-brand memory card when I bought my PS2 (first console) and FFX. Fast forward a week and 25+ hours of progress was lost as the card failed.
Never again.
Until you take your saves round your mates house and forget its in your pocket and your mum washes your trousers and wipes out a 40hr final fantasy 12 save.