▲ 189 ▼ Run Your PS2 Library from a $50 Memory Card Effortlessly (www.retronews.com) submitted 2 years ago by Kain1@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world 36 comments fedilink hide all child comments A new innovation in the retro gaming community now allows you to run your entire PS2 library directly from a $50 memory card, thanks to the Multi-Purpose Memory Card Emulation (MMCE) protocol.
[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Why is it a paid in the butt permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Redkey@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago Probably because it's pretty slow, and the custom drive format used by the PS2 isn't very flexible; game images have to be in one continuous block, and blocks can't be moved. You can overwrite one game with another, but only if it's the same size or smaller. So if you delete games off in the reverse of the order you put them on you're fine, but otherwise you're going to leave empty "holes" of wasted space. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Redkey@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago Probably because it's pretty slow, and the custom drive format used by the PS2 isn't very flexible; game images have to be in one continuous block, and blocks can't be moved. You can overwrite one game with another, but only if it's the same size or smaller. So if you delete games off in the reverse of the order you put them on you're fine, but otherwise you're going to leave empty "holes" of wasted space. permalink fedilink source parent