PS1 memory Card [possible to put a memory stick slot in it?]

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PS1 memory Card [possible to put a memory stick slot in it?]

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Hi, for my PSOneP, i have a PSOne memory card slot in it, and an 8mb memory card isnt going to be enough to save 10 000+ games, (well, exactly 10, 107 PSOne Games) so i want to put in a card slot for memory stick pro duo's (like the PSP uses) so we can plug in a MS into it, so it has more memory.

Im thinking 16gb memory should be enough for it, but if they need more space, and dont want to clear it, they can buy another MS and plug it in....

So if anyone knows if that is possible, please PM me or reply to this post =D


all help appreciated :D :D :D :D :D

( or is it possible to extend its memory? like to a gig or 2.... or 16...... )
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You'll never play enough games that you'll care about keeping the save files for to justify doing this mod.
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Indeed, by the time you run out of space I am sure you can delete saves from games you don't like; or wire a memory cart slot inside your system so you can open up the system and change the memory card if it gets full. BTW, 10k games? I have 100, and that is quite a few PS1 games. Will probably end up with about 150 titles max. 10k, you won the lottery??

BTW - how many games goes a 1Mb memory card save? I have three memory cards, only one says 1Mb, the others don't say, so how can I know their size please??
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You do realize a 15 block memory card is only about 128k of flash storage, right? (less than 1/10 the size of a standard floppy.) The PSX memory card basically held text passwords. Even 1 MB is far above what most people need. I have about 45 PSX games collected over the last decade, and 3 memory cards is more than enough to hold the save files, with one partially reserved for backup copies.

16 gigs is a crapton of storage space for text, you'll never fill that up. That's 131,072 memory cards, or close to 2 MILLION blocks. The biggest save file I've ever seen was Gran Turismo's, weighing in at a full 15 blocks.

You will never need that much memory card storage. Either get one of those paged memory cards, or build one memory card into the unit and keep the second slot for extra expansion.

If you really don't want to delete some of your save games, either get another memory card or build a memory card reader that plugs into your computer's parallel port.
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Valium wrote:You'll never play enough games that you'll care about keeping the save files for to justify doing this mod.
Well there is 10 000 PSOne games, so you will probably like around 500 or even more, if yer play all of them that is....

bacteria wrote:Indeed, by the time you run out of space I am sure you can delete saves from games you don't like; or wire a memory cart slot inside your system so you can open up the system and change the memory card if it gets full. BTW, 10k games? I have 100, and that is quite a few PS1 games. Will probably end up with about 150 titles max. 10k, you won the lottery??

BTW - how many games goes a 1Mb memory card save? I have three memory cards, only one says 1Mb, the others don't say, so how can I know their size please??
Depends, i do delete mine, but i have a lot of memory cards and theyre all full....

yer there is 10 107 games from all regions, i think there is less if you just add up all of them into one list, im doing that now,a nd ive gone through most of the regions now all i need to do is Japan, but so far, ime around the count of 7694, or was it 7794? but there is a lot of japanese games, so im going to be here for a while....

Na i didnt win the lottery, ive got most the games from friends and brought at bali for about 10c AU each....

So....

and ones that i dont have, im most likely goin to download, but that is only a few....

A 1mb card on average, should save around 15-30 games, on average size for a game save.....

bicostp wrote:You do realize a 15 block memory card is only about 128k of flash storage, right? (less than 1/10 the size of a standard floppy.) The PSX memory card basically held text passwords. Even 1 MB is far above what most people need. I have about 45 PSX games collected over the last decade, and 3 memory cards is more than enough to hold the save files, with one partially reserved for backup copies.

16 gigs is a crapton of storage space for text, you'll never fill that up. That's 131,072 memory cards, or close to 2 MILLION blocks. The biggest save file I've ever seen was Gran Turismo's, weighing in at a full 15 blocks.

You will never need that much memory card storage. Either get one of those paged memory cards, or build one memory card into the unit and keep the second slot for extra expansion.

If you really don't want to delete some of your save games, either get another memory card or build a memory card reader that plugs into your computer's parallel port.
yer, but remember 10 107 games in total for all regions, and 6+ save files for each, if you save 6 files for every game there, its way more than 16gb.

the packed memory cards are i think 16mb or are they 8? (or am i thinking of PS2 mem cards?) that still wont be enough for a heck of a lot of save games.....
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Ok, so if I hard wire a 1Mb card into memory port 1, and another 1mb into memory port 2, that will give me 2Mb in total, yes? How do you delete game save data from the cards if they start to get a bit full?
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bacteria wrote:Ok, so if I hard wire a 1Mb card into memory port 1, and another 1mb into memory port 2, that will give me 2Mb in total, yes? How do you delete game save data from the cards if they start to get a bit full?
Um yes, but if they are connected memory, which i have no idea how to do....

with my PSOneP, its got its own internal memory for saves, i think i put in a 256mb....

but there is a memory card slot for PS1 cards to save onto, and now i need this memory card with a slot in it to extend its memory to save games.... so im as stumped as you....

But ive got a problem with ti, when i put in my memory card, it still saves to the PSOneP memory.... lol


and im honestly not sure, i never have...

i know with a PS2 u go to the browser menu and do something there inside the mem card, but im not sure with PS1's....

if i find out, ill pm ya =D
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Holy s**t, 10,000 games. How the $@#&! did you buy that many :?: :? :?: :? :?: :? :?: :? :?: :? :?: :? :?: :? :?: :? :?: :?
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Basement_Modder wrote:Holy s**t, 10,000 games. How the $@#&! did you buy that many :?: :? :?: :? :?: :? :?: :? :?: :? :?: :? :?: :? :?: :? :?: :?
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Basement_Modder wrote:Holy s**t, 10,000 games. How the $@#&! did you buy that many :?: :? :?: :? :?: :? :?: :? :?: :? :?: :? :?: :? :?: :? :?: :?
I brought only about 250 of them, the rest ive downloaded, but i still dont have all of them...

thats why its good to have your PS1's and PS2's chipped, you can play copied games... he he he

ive only got about 100 to go... im almost finished....
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so get a 1GB SD card and try to mod it into a memory card, shouldn't be impossible

if that fails, you can still use a 16MB memory card, which should last for all the games you will NEED saves for
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BoomBox-Creations wrote:
Valium wrote:You'll never play enough games that you'll care about keeping the save files for to justify doing this mod.
Well there is 10 000 PSOne games, so you will probably like around 500 or even more, if yer play all of them that is....
My goodness... I have played a lot of games, but not that much!
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Aguiluz wrote:
BoomBox-Creations wrote:
Valium wrote:You'll never play enough games that you'll care about keeping the save files for to justify doing this mod.
Well there is 10 000 PSOne games, so you will probably like around 500 or even more, if yer play all of them that is....
My goodness... I have played a lot of games, but not that much!
i certanly havent either.... but its good to have them, if you want to try something different, like going from metal slug to barbie.... lol
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you're insane, aren't you?
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