n64 memory card

[Archon276]

I can't remember if the memory card was required or not or if it was only certain games needed it.

[hailrazer]

I can't remember if the memory card was required or not or if it was only certain games needed it.

Quite a few games used it , mainly third party games.

[Archon276]

would it be worth taking up space in the case?

[hailrazer]

would it be worth taking up space in the case?

Depends. Most of the games that used it were sports games. Do you play them a lot ?

[JariV]

Gauntlet Legends used it, that's the only one I remember

[MarioOwnsAll]

Most of the games allow you to save your game straight onto the game cartridge itself however there are some good games out there like ray man 2 the grate escape, shadow man, and guantlet legends that require a memory card to save your game progress. If you have enough solder skill I would recommend removing the ext port on the controller board and hard wiring a memory cart straight to the controller board so you have a built in memory stick. Another way around this is installing a seperate controller port so you can plug in an external controller and use a memory card that way.

[ToastBucket]

or you could install a port for it like SS did for one of his. Thats what I'm doing. Then you can use rumble and the transfer pak too

[Archon276]

i dont think i will on my first portable just a little to much work not that its hard for something i used like twice on my original n64

[Cojiro]

building an internal memory card was something I contemplated doing, but if you have external controller ports and have a switch for first player you can just use that when you are playing the few games that actually require the memory card. it saves a ton of work and space. thats what i decided to do anyway.
good luck!