GC Memcards, so work, some don't?

[fababop]

Hi guys!

Just want to verify something. I'm seeing this "theme" when buying Memcards for the Gamecube. Some of these memcards are 128mb, 512mb! However when reading the reviews, some people are satisfied, some arnt = not working at all. And some articles say that the GC can only handle 16mb!? So before purchasing any Memcard. What to I need to look out for? I assume only modded GCs can handle 16mb+ right? Mine is not modded! (it will be softmodded in the future)

Thanks!

 

[N7Kopper]

It's the difference between megabits (Mb) and megabytes (MB). A byte is 8 bits, so that 512 Mb card is either false advertising or has a bankswitching ability, since 512 ÷ 8 = 64, and the GCN only goew up to 16 MB memory cards.

 

[godreborn]

I'd steer clear if that's sone sort of Mega memory card. They're usually shit.

 

[gamesquest1]

Yeah I think many of the huge sized cards have bank switching, so you press a button to switch between multiple "cards".....although I have heard many of them are cheaply made and end up not working

 

[godreborn]

yeah, @Glyptofane and I bought a mega memory card for the psx back when Saga Frontier was released for the original playstation. both of ours ended up failing so we lost thousands of hours of saves. often times, mega memory cards can't hold the capacity they state, as they're like fake micro sd cards where files end up disappearing if you put too much on them.

 

[diggeloid]

As a general rule: if a memory card deal looks too good to be true, it's most likely a fake/scam.

 

[Glyptofane]

yeah, @Glyptofane and I bought a mega memory card for the psx back when Saga Frontier was released for the original playstation. both of ours ended up failing so we lost thousands of hours of saves. often times, mega memory cards can't hold the capacity they state, as they're like fake micro sd cards where files end up disappearing if you put too much on them.

That thing was a real piece of crap. I'm still living with the repercussions.

 

[godreborn]

haha, gasping in disbelief when you realized all pages of the card were now empty.

 

[gamesquest1]

yeah I have never finished FF7 due to one of those cards I was uptown the last disk and it just wiped, I was pressing the button over and over hoping it would just pop up, but it never did

I would say look for an official 251 block gamecube card should be enough for any important saves and you could just buy one of the crappy 3rd party cards for games you don't care about loosing the save off if it does fail or if you are sofmodding I think there are tools you can use to dump your saves off onto an SDgecko or SD2SP2

 

[godreborn]

I know there's an app to dump cube saves from memory cards on a wii, but I never exploited my gamecube to know what app can do it on there.

 

[gamesquest1]

I know there's an app to dump cube saves from memory cards on a wii, but I never exploited my gamecube to know what app can do it on there.

yeah pretty much the same software you would use on the Wii is the same for GC, also looks like its still being actively developed and has SD2SP2 support for dumping saves off the GC
https://wiibrew.org/wiki/GameCube_Memory_Manager

 

[Lumstar]

Nintendo never publicly released the largest card. The operating system supports 2043 blocks, but it was only available to game developers.

 

[fababop]

oh wow, didnt expect all of this. who can recommend me a reputable brand of gc memcards?

 

[master801]

Nintendo never publicly released the largest card. The operating system supports 2043 blocks, but it was only available to game developers.

Even the Nintendo 1019 and 2043 memory cards will crap out and corrupt.

oh wow, didnt expect all of this. who can recommend me a reputable brand of gc memcards?

Just get an OEM Nintendo 251 block memory card.

 

[Shadow#1]

Nyko makes good ones 128MB in size

 

[Shadow#1]

Even the Nintendo 1019 and 2043 memory cards will crap out and corrupt.


Just get an OEM Nintendo 251 block memory card.

Nintendo does not make 2043 memory cards max is the white 1019

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Hi guys!

Just want to verify something. I'm seeing this "theme" when buying Memcards for the Gamecube. Some of these memcards are 128mb, 512mb! However when reading the reviews, some people are satisfied, some arnt = not working at all. And some articles say that the GC can only handle 16mb!? So before purchasing any Memcard. What to I need to look out for? I assume only modded GCs can handle 16mb+ right? Mine is not modded! (it will be softmodded in the future)

Thanks!

I would avoid 3rd party memory cards as they have a history of being crap and corrupting resulting in losing all your save data.
Get the official 1019 block memcard, it's probably more space than you'll need.

Even the Nintendo 1019 and 2043 memory cards will crap out and corrupt.


Just get an OEM Nintendo 251 block memory card.

Are you sure about that? Never had any trouble with mine.

 

[fababop]

hm, bit confusing to be honest. as a final resort, how, or will I be able to make save files on a SD2SP2 which also host swiss & games?

 

[Shadow#1]

hm, bit confusing to be honest. as a final resort, how, or will I be able to make save files on a SD2SP2 which also host swiss & games?

U can't saves saves to a sd2sp2 or read and use them from it

 

[KleinesSinchen]

hm, bit confusing to be honest. as a final resort, how, or will I be able to make save files on a SD2SP2 which also host swiss & games?

Don't get confused. If you want to load homebrew with a save exploit, you will need a Memory Card – no way around this.

This is surely a good advise:

Just get an OEM Nintendo 251 block memory card.

The official Memory Card 251 is very reliable and not too expensive (at least it was affordable – didn't check the current prices). It has enough memory for some games.
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As for this statement:

U can't saves saves to a sd2sp2 or read and use them from it

It is wrong. Swiss can do do Memory Card emulation on SD-Gecko, SD2SP2 and others (must be activated in the settings). I have no idea how good, how reliable and how compatible it is, but the feature is there.