Mailbag!
July 19th,
2002
OK, time
for another MAILBAG! This week has been different for me because
it was my first week of college at lovely Rutgers
University, but I’m still here to
answer all you questions, so ask
away!
Memory cards,
dual shocks, network adapters? This week it’s all about
peripherals baby, yeah!
Q: I have a
Memory Card from Sony (black, 8mb). Is it possible to save two
different games in one slot? I.e.: MGS2 on slot 1, and GTA3 on
slot 1?
A: I
think you are a little confused about what games mean when they
refer to "Slot 1" or "Slot 2". What this is
referring to is which memory card to save the file to, the memory
card in your PS2’s first controller slot or second controller
slot. So if you tell Metal
Gear Solid 2 to save a file to the
memory card I slot one you are telling the game to save to that
particular card, not some sort of slot system within the card like
the PSone had. The PS2 memory cards can hold a maximum of 8 MB
worth of game saves. You don’t need to worry about where the
file is saved because the PS2 will just keep pushing files onto
the card until it runs out of room. It is a wise idea to delete
unused files after you get down to a few K left, or just go out
and buy a second card.
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Q: I
started playing Xenogears
(a PSone game) on my ps2. I went to save it and I couldn't it said
I didn't have a memory card, but I do have a PS2 memory card. I
was wondering if I needed a regular ps1 memory card to save the
regular ps1 games that I play or what?
A: Yes, yes,
yes; a million times yes. I hear the same question all the time:
"Why can’t I save my PSone games to my PS2 cards?" and
the answer is always: Playstation games saved on slots within the
card, usually at a game per slot (which is what confused Question
One Guy). The PS2, however, uses a free memory system in which a
game can take up as much or as little space on the memory card as
they see fit. Because of those two differences you still need a
PSone card to save and load PSone games, so I hope you kept all
your old cards. If not you can always go out and buy one; the cost
is around $14 bucks.
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Q: I
currently have a PS2 with two Sony controllers. I would like to
have a multi-tap and two more controllers for four player gaming,
but I don't want to spend that much, since I would not use them
very often. Do you recommend buying a third party multi-tap and
controllers?
A: I’m sorry
but I really wouldn’t. First of all the majority of 3rd
party controllers actually cost more than the standard PS2 pad
because of extra features. The pads that cost less tend to be…well,
let me just say you get what you pay for. I have two pieces of
advice I can offer. The first is that you might want to dig out
your old PSone dual shocks to serve as extra controllers. They
will still work on PS2 games as long as they don’t require
pressure sensitive face buttons. My second piece of advice is to
have your friends either BYOP ("Bring Your Own Pad")
like I do, or ask them to pitch in for the cost. If you have
friends that are over often enjoying the fun of your PS2 it wouldn’t
be too much to ask them to pitch in $15 bucks or so to cover the
cost of a multi-tap and a few more Dual Shock 2s.
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Q: Isn't
the ps2 network adapter supposed to be released in august or
something? I saw it for $40 on this one website, and it is in
stock.
A: The
official release date of the network adapter is August 27th.
If you saw it "in stock" at an online store it was
either because 1) they were selling the Japanese version which was
already released, 2) it was an honest mistake on the part of the
site, 3) they were merely taking pre-orders and you neglected to
read the fine print, or 4) the site you were looking at is out to
run off with the money of suckers who think the adapter is out
already. Apply whichever explanation fits the best.
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