Gamecube Memory Cards question

[s8n187]

hi GC scene and emu_kidid , i am buzzing about Gamecube Memory Cards.........i think i read somewhere that you cant Save Game Data from different Regions

ie........1 M/Card = 1 Region , if you save say a games progress and that game is JAP Region you cant save a different game being from US or PAL .......is this true ?



any info kicks

s8n

[AC_Orange]

not sure if that's entirely true, had two Pikmin 2 saves one PAL and other one NTSC(US) on the same memory card. they look identical in the memory card manager, they only way i could differentiate between the two is when i look at the date last saved...
however, it could depend on the game.
might be worth noting that there is a program that can convert saves from one region to another. i have used myself and never had any troubles.

[emu_kidid]

you can have PAL & NTSC, but not JAP + anything else otherwise it will wipe your saves.

[s8n187]

hi team thanks for the info supplied.........

roger that emu_kidid thats unfortunate but good that i can now confirm it.


thanks again to both of you for the replies

s8n

[mikog]

A Gamecube Memory card is really just a sd card with covering over it. ( I looked this up on the internet.) if u take the case off its a regular sd card, just able to fit in a gamecube memory card slot.

[emu_kidid]

mikeog, no, you're quite wrong, a memory card is a memory card.. however people have used them to create SD Gecko's because they utilize the connectors from them.

[mikog]

oh but ive looked it up and im only refering to gc memory cards....! I guess im wrong, nvm.

[emu_kidid]

nope, the memory used in official memory cards isn't an SD card..

[zoomx]

What are the differences between memory card and SDgecko?
The communication protocol? Inside an SD there is a controller and not inside a memory card?

It is possible for a PC to read a memory card?