?s about N64 Memory Cards

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Re: ?s about N64 Memory Cards

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Jontendo wrote:
harper wrote:I was actually kind of hoping this thread would be about memory card management. I need a good idea on how to keep up with all my saves. With over 100 games and only 4 memory cards, it is no easy task. haha

I wouldn't recommend this to casual N64 fans, but you could hunt down an N64 "Adaptoid". It's USB and allows direct memory card save transfer to PC. 'Course, I got mine back when they were still just $20... :|

The Dex Drive is quite a bit cheaper for memory card only stuff.

http://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-64-DexDr ... d_sim_vg_3
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Re: ?s about N64 Memory Cards

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DinnerX wrote:The Dex Drive is quite a bit cheaper for memory card only stuff.

http://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-64-DexDr ... d_sim_vg_3

The price/availability is definitely better.
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Re: ?s about N64 Memory Cards

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This is random but I figured I could post in this thread since it's a memory card related question, but are those blue EA sports memory cards "official"? Anybody have any idea how reliable they are?
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Re: ?s about N64 Memory Cards

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You mean this one?...

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/EA-Sports-MEMORY ... ~60_57.JPG

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/EA-Sports-MEMORY ... ~60_57.JPG

Definitely is not licensed by Nintendo, there's no Nintendo marking any where on it. They call it a "memory card," while Nintendo's official product is the Controller Pak. Also, it's the same design as the Performance third party card. If you look on the label on the EA card, you can see it says made by InterAct for EA or whatever. I think InterAct and Performance are the same deal.

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Performance-MEMO ... ~60_57.JPG

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Performance-MEMO ... ~60_57.JPG

Is it reliable? That's hard to say. I've owned a Performance memory card, like the one pictured above, since back when. I'm pretty sure I had to reformat the card a few times. I don't usually use it, it's kinda just a back up or a temporary place holder.


edit: By the way, in case you're curious, I'm pretty sure those cards were designed like that so that they can easily be removed from Performance's Tremor Pak Plus. See here...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/714N9C0AT3L.gif

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71Y5TS30YGL.gif

That's how I got my Performance memory card, came with the Tremor Pak Plus. I made the mistake of sticking a regularly shaped N64 card in there once, it's really hard to get them out.
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