21st February 2003, 1:00 PM
The N64's memory card system was infuriating... it was a good idea gone bad.
Why? Two reasons. First, limited save slots on each card stunk badly. My main memory card is a first party one... I have all the data from 10 games saved on it, taking up 15 of the 16 spaces on the card (because of 3 Excitebike tracks and 4 Gauntlet characters)... but only about just under 70 of the pages.
So I have a memory card with 1 free space, but around 55 free pages... if only it had unlimited spaces to save in, I'd be able to fit in all of those Gauntlet saves that I had and plenty more Excitebike tracks too... but the stupid limitation means I only get a few of each because the card "fills up"... :( And my only other card is a third party one I'd never trust with a main save for a game.
And second, you can't copy a save file from one card to another... not fun at all if you want to back up savefiles on 3rd party cards onto a first party card...
Stupid Nintendo... thankfully all of those issues were fixed in the Gamecube, where there are unlimited saveslots...
Why? Two reasons. First, limited save slots on each card stunk badly. My main memory card is a first party one... I have all the data from 10 games saved on it, taking up 15 of the 16 spaces on the card (because of 3 Excitebike tracks and 4 Gauntlet characters)... but only about just under 70 of the pages.
So I have a memory card with 1 free space, but around 55 free pages... if only it had unlimited spaces to save in, I'd be able to fit in all of those Gauntlet saves that I had and plenty more Excitebike tracks too... but the stupid limitation means I only get a few of each because the card "fills up"... :( And my only other card is a third party one I'd never trust with a main save for a game.
And second, you can't copy a save file from one card to another... not fun at all if you want to back up savefiles on 3rd party cards onto a first party card...
Stupid Nintendo... thankfully all of those issues were fixed in the Gamecube, where there are unlimited saveslots...