evil_ash_xero wrote:
Also, does the X-Station work well with the Memcard Pro? I remember hearing you didn't have to switch cards (with the buttons) on the Pro, with the X-Station. That would simplify things. As I tend to forget
what I have on what "card".
It works well enough for me... mostly. I mean, it saves and loads just fine and all, but one of the features was that for each game it's supposed to automatically create and switch to its own individual virtual memory card (specifically, page 1 of 8 of a game-specific virtual memory card channel). At least two of my games refuse to make their own unique memory cards: the Japanese versions of Tekken and Ridge Racer, which instead save to the first generic virtual memory card. And I don't know how to fix that.
Again, in the long-term, probably doesn't matter. It's still automatic and you're still not having to think about anything if you don't care exactly where your save is stored on the micro SD card. Those games only need one block each, after all. But for me, it's another thing I have to keep in my head, and what if there are enough "troublesome" games that it spills into a second generic virtual card? Then I might have to get up out of my seat and push the button on the card to switch, like an animal. I can't seem to manually make and rename memory cards specifically for those two games that the ODE will switch to either, even with the confusing (but probably useful) Wi-Fi functionality.
The other would-be fly in the ointment (now solved) is being able to find one particular save among the thousands of pages of virtual memory cards for backup purposes. Personally I'd still like to backup saves from my MemCard Pro to a
real memory card, to then backup to either my PS3 or PC via DexDrive. The solution I really like (because it uses the actual PlayStation memory card screen instead of the XStation one) was brought up in a recent
RetroRGB Q&A:
- MemCard Pro in Slot 1, other memory card in Slot 2
- Select the game in XStation (I don't think you actually need to start it); this is what creates the game's virtual memory card
- Power off and open the CD lid
- Power back on and you'll be taken to the Memory Card / CD Player screen
- MemCard Pro will still be on the memory card of your last game at this point so you could do whatever you need to do
All that being said, I don't regret getting a MemCard Pro, and you'll be better off getting one now than when I got mine;
Castlemania sez,
"In this latest hardware revision (HW3) there is no longer the need for a PS2 modification for the MemCard PRO to function. Simply plug in, load your favourite PS1 game and enjoy!"