7th July 2014, 2:52 PM
Wait I thought... *opens up an N64 memory card* ... Whaaa? I thought they were flash based, but they've been battery based all along? Well ain't that a kick in the head? I guess that settles the score then. Playstation memory cards were better than Nintendo 64 memory cards. At least Nintendo switched to flash for the Gamecube. Having a clip instead of a soldering point for the battery? I can dig it. That's how ALL old battery backup batteries SHOULD have worked from the start, and it's a shame one needs a high quality soldering station to properly replace those things (the soldering iron sitting in the tool drawer in your laundry room isn't going to cut it). That said, I still would never intentionally use an Interact memory card. Those things failed on me one too many times, and put me off third party memory for a LOOOONG time. (Only now, with the advent of consoles using standardized memory inputs like USB and SATA can I actually trust something "3rd party", and even then only because I'm putting my trust in well established pedigrees like Western Digital and Sandisk). So, as it stands, I'll go ahead and stick with the official N64 memory cards even if they need soldering to fix. Besides, replacing all those batteries is a long way off, at least 10 years if my NES games are any indication (they still have their memory intact).
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)