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PS2 Memory Cards - Guidance and Suggestions (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello everyone! I was wondering what advice people have in acquiring PS2 memory cards. I recently acquired a PS2 slim for my birthday, and frankly my only experience with memory card based consoles is a backwards compatible Wii (where I have a memory card + virtual memory cards on the SD / backups of the memory card)

What is the safest route (in terms of longevity / corruption) to go (with or without homebrew).

Thank you for your feedback, looking forward to trying some classics I missed out when I was younger :)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

As far as longevity goes, I have been using the same 8MB official MemoryCard from a launch PS2 my dad bought, with no issues ever. If you have a big collection of games you might run out of space eventually, but deleting save files is pretty easy in the system OS.

I bought a separate 8MB official MemoryCard to install FreeMCBoot on a few years back, but I haven't used it to save any files. It should work the same, though, despite having the Homebrew on it.

If you live in Europe you can buy all sorts of MemoryCards at CeX, asking in the counter as they usually don't display them. I guess anywhere else where they sell and buy second hand games they have MemoryCards too.

I haven't tried any third party ones like MadCatz or the new MicroSD ones, maybe someone else can share their experience :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

For FreeMC Boot, would you put it on a secondary OEM Card? Or is it best to just use one card for everything.

Sadly I don't live in Europe, and the chain game stores here don't sell them anymore. But there is lots of local places here that have good return policies / testing of everything before putting it on shelves.

Thank you very much for your insight!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's recommended that you use a dedicated card for FreeMCBoot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Good to know that then! I'll look for a MemCard PRO as others suggested when I eventually expand my setup to unify both of my MemoryCards.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If you get a MemCard PRO2, you can put FreeMC Boot on the same SD card that you'll be saving your games to.

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