Exploring Used PS1 Memory Cards And Finishing Their Save Files

[@MysticRyan]

Can’t wait to see people claiming some of these were their save files lol

[@jamesgodfrey8972]

KoK is Knockout Kings mate 😉👍

[@Neko-Rogers]

Please more of these and more ps2 memory cards🙏

[@ibrahimalatrash8008]

The gran turismo is actually mine, even though I never owned and played a PS1 because I was born in 2008🌚🌚🌚

[@lindah6954]

Nope. I still have all my PS1 and PS2 memory cards.

[@beelzeburbia]

Hey, thanks for completing my save file…in the form of this video. Always love watching you complete these for others!

[@grunkster]

It was so exciting to see Kutztown pop up in a save file honestly, out of the MILLIONS of memory cards you got one that was somewhat close to my corner of the globe and I think that’s pretty neato.

[@Imsopathetic]

The legend of Pissed off Dan: Shredding the Gnar into forever. The deepest lore.

[@dood1234DOOD]

Is this gonna be a on going thing? Buying used memory cards and finishing the games? Because I’m all for it. You should do a live stream ending some of the games.

[@Tsubx]

I think this is the second video. :) Yes, I hope it becomes a recurring series (it seems is becoming one).

[@GreenScreenBartender]

Ryan's best videos are these nostalgia ones like this or the ones where he plays old PS3 games to see who's still playing.

[@NoonDragoon]

There’s not many more consoles he could do it for. GameCube had memory cards but what else did?

[@avianon7654]

100%

[@Dec4AllTimeAlways]

​@@NoonDragoonPS2

[@adaMAntiumBounce]

When i used to rent games from the local video store i had to rent a memory card most times too and it would always be cool to see what other players were playing. It was like an unwritten rule to not delete anything unless you had to.

[@orly9246]

Got a weird fascination with this sort of thing, looking at peoples old saves / characters they’ve made. I can’t be the only one ?

[@Ducklesworth]

Its looking into another life. This is almost its own form of archeology or sumshit

[@lazcoroner1483]

The one save was for a THPS3 park - Kutztown Park. I live about 40 minutes away from Kutztown in Pennsylvania lol pretty cool. I wonder how pissed off dan is doing 😂

[@samcs06]

Its amazing after all these years that data is still readable and playable

[@mistrgiggls2554]

Not really?😂 floppy discs were held onto forever and a lot were still usable unless you treated it like trash.

[@VexAcer]

Fun fact about PS1 mem cards I didn't discover until recently: Files don't get truly deleted, just marked as such until it gets overwritten w/ another save. I know this standard w/ HDDs, but I didn't expect it on PS1 since it's usually a crapshoot trying to recover deleted files on flash memory. The XStation's memory card manager is the way I found out and it can recover any "deleted" file. So even seemingly empty cards can be fully recovered. The official bios also has a recover feature, but I believe it only works immediately after you delete the file.

[@incredibleflameboy]

Whoever did that FFVII file knew not to use knights of the round in the buildup to the crater. I cant remember the exact rules on it but using it earlier screws you over

[@Zontar82]

Please continue this series is amazing. It's also nostalgic, and you wonder where are these people now

[@etherealdreamerart]

PS1 memory cards bring back so many memories. I remember when I first had a game console and didn't have a memory card. Those were the days. Childhood innocence. ❤

[@khirasier]

i remember having to finish the entire shadow the hedgehog in one sitting cause i only had a 16mb memory card and that buggy ass game could only detect 8mb cards

[@Anubisviech]

Yeah, and putting a towel over the console so parents don't notice it's running over night... stupid kid me did stupid things. Took me 3 days to finish Rage Racer.

[@serenitynow85]

I had to start Spyro every day that summer because I had no memory card

[@cannedheat2264]

I had a red one for my PlayStation I was so young but I have such fond memories. Especially with the Army Len game. I remember that game because you play as those little plastic army guys.

[@severalwolves]

I’d forgotten all about the Create Skatepark feature of Tony Hawk. Me and my brothers used to design mazes using walls and spike pits, and leave them for each other to solve haha

[@Ammut6]

I completely forgot about it also until watching this! Talk about nostalgia!

[@YoDz-117]

@@Ammut6seeing all the bowls you can put it was crazy. Blast to the past right there

[@ArtyCollectz]

It's so odd and wonderful seeing this: at some point in time someone poured hours into these games. Creating memories.

[@vectoralphaSec]

Yet for some reason never actually finished the games.

[@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy]

@@vectoralphaSec life happens ... then again there were games we like to play just for the experience, completion was never an mandatory thing, instead playing and enjoying is came to the point of not even waning the game so starting a game is pointless because there is nothing to start let alone finish ...

[@cypher5009]

​@@vectoralphaSecwho knows what got in the way. I know when I was very young I would sometimes drop a game and just never pick it back up, sometimes because I got a new one other times because I got so mad at it I never touched it.

[@Steelflight773]

So mind blowing about the GT replays. They never knew over 150k people would see those a couple of decades later on the internet.

[@stark5679]

Miss the little animated icons for the ps1 and ps2 saves. I still have unused PSM memory card stickers as well, the ones i have stuck on my ps1 memory cards. I really miss the ps1 and ps2 eras, such nostalgia.

[@jason1339]

Nostalgia overload. Truly moments captured in time. So much time and effort, frustration and exhilaration captured in those cards. Well done

[@TheInfectiousCadaver]

it makes me wonder if maybe one of my memory cards is in some of these "old saves" videos.

[@cougar-town]

MOHU-AAAN is a Medal of Honor Underground save file. Just for the record!

[@TheInfectiousCadaver]

i miss doing this, as a kid i needed a memory card. and i needed a cheap one so i bought used all the time. the first time i plugged one in and saw games i never even knew about set me up for a lifetime of exploration. love this content man

[@ArcadianGenesis]

It's awesome that you uploaded this today, because just last night I was watching an old home video of 9-year-old me getting my first PlayStation for Christmas in 1997.

[@djmroom]

Would love to see more Gran Turismo replays, since people thought they were so good they are worth saving. Also too bad Final Fantasy VII characters were default named, always fun to see what names everybody give to them :)

[@milotaloneightyone5518]

Awesome idea. I beat ff7 every year since its release. I am 41. My favorite game of all time.

[@Hansy995]

Oh I recognized that MOHU icon immediately. Medal of Honor Underground, what an amazing game. Also, seeing all those saves made me realize that there has been a time when people played those games on maybe even on daily basis and then one day, it was the last time they turned it on and they probably didn't even know it. You know, maybe they made the save file and thought they will continue again tomorrow but then they never did.

[@shootinputin6332]

Underground was fantastic

[@PredatoryQQmber]

Original MoH duology is all-time classic and way better than PS3-era bastardization sequels. Its development documentary is a movie of its own. Now what's left of its development studio is ruining Battlefield.

[@Frank7G]

At someone who lives in Pennsylvania as soon as I saw Kutztown, I knew it was PA.

[@BW2077]

Imagine casually being on KZbin and you see this video and it’s someone playing your super old game save that you forgot about lol Keep it going Mystic, great content as always 🙌

[@serrotnodnarB]

me: hell yeah frogger was my favorite growing up! can't wait to see Ryan play it *Ryan plays 0% of Frogger*

[@philliesphan9364]

Was surprised to hear Kutztown. I used to go to a fleamarket out in Kutztown pretty often.

[@headegg290]

KOK stands for Knock Out Kings. I used to have that game, but I have no idea what happened to it.

[@ShellShock11C]

So many memories on those. I spent a lot of my youth on those same games with my brother. It's bitter sweet to have a glimpse back into such a memorable era.

[@dudefromtheearth]

Ryan this sure was another great trip down memory lane! I really enjoyed the last video exploring the used PS2 save files and so one had to be done for PS1. Man these memory card saves were some of PlayStations finest titles that made for a really good time. It really makes me want to buy a lot of PS1 and PS2 memory cards to see what lays dormant on them just waiting to be finished! It's also a fun way to learn about other games you may of not been aware of.

[@large.benjamin]

Kutztown is relatively close and they actually have a skatepark so it is most likely modeled after the real one

[@Strider-Ragnarok]

As for the Gran Turismo part, he had all bronzes on the B License. It’s just the minimum to unlock races. I always loved the idea that you could take your safe file copy it to any memory card, play it with any copy of the same game and on any console. No restrictions what so ever.

[@cheeeze6459]

I remember I left mine at a friends house and he moved to another state so I didn’t have one but when I got one from a local pawn shop it had some save files for crash! Loved that you played some games from the saves!

[@FifthOfNovember_Original]

This is such a cool concept for video series! Please continue! It’s really intriguing to think about all these save files: to whom did they belong to, when and where did the player live, what was their life like when they played these games etc etc. Such a cool little time capsule!

[@ronindebeatrice]

The PS game load is orgasmic ain't it? I wish I still had the parks that my late friend and I made in THPS2. We also clocked dozens of hour in Street Fighter Alpha 3 and Tekken 3. I named all my Final Fantasy VII and Chrono Cross characters on the girls I crushed on in highschool. I had a green official card which frequently had Street Fighter Alpha stickers on it.

[@thefelix420420]

my memory card would be : star ocean the second story, fft, legend of legaia, legend of mana , sotn , vigilante 8 . thats about right.

[@Rouz102]

You said “I may have only played this on pc” and immediately remembered that my parents bought me this as a kid from the staples checkout line. Then after seeing the gameplay, all the memories flooded back. Absolutely glad I got to get a peek at that again. Great content!

[@KingMar70]

I'm surprised we didn't see that many if any resident evil 1 & 2 and MGS 1 save games!

[@PredatoryQQmber]

At least saves of RE2 from 5:28 seem to be from endgame and fully cleared game. Too bad he did not load them to beat the true final boss and check out unlockable bonus modes. And it also was true canon ending with Leon's scenario 2.

[@Fluffy-Rose1993]

Ah, I miss seeing those cute little icons on our memory cards. I remember we only had the one PS1 memory card and it was very difficult trying to playing Harvest Moon because it took up A LOT of blocks and we had to keep deleting saves from games we didn't play as much.

[@gwivongalois6169]

Had a single card just for Civilization 2, it took 14 of the 15 slots for a single save, and the 15th slot was for the highscore list. Uff.

[@spyro_believer]

Thank you for %117 Spyro 3 😌Spyro is a part of my childhood (obviously) and still is a part of my life, makes me happy to see people still enjoying it! Especially on the week of the 25th anniversary

[@michaellamp4600]

One of the best original ideas in the gaming space straight up

[@golden-sun]

This should be a series! I loved this, I'm surprised it hasn't blown up yet. Next is PS2?

[@mikey123456789012]

He already did a PS2 video of the same thing a couple months ago

[@PacketWrangler]

MOHU 2:35 - Medal of Honor Underground

[@rjvthebest2000]

I am pretty sure that Final Fantasy Tactics is a rare that has special unlocked game data , items, summons, and saves that are normally not available through regular play. Think of it as kind of a precursor to DLC. I am not 100% sure though, as the only one I have ever seen was for Final Fantasy VII.

[@vvonser]

I just want hundreds of these videos. Opening up a snapshot of a person's life in the PlayStation just seems so romantic to me.

[@RallyLancer95]

16:28 I see you found Regular Car Reviews save file

[@geronimosantillan7067]

I went to Kutztown as well. I can confirm that there plenty of Dans and lots of pissed off kids.

[@TheGabrielSevero123]

this MUST be an on going series man

[@vectoralphaSec]

I used to do this too back in the day. Also used to buy the old pokemon games used and see what previous trainers teams were used and PC boxes were full.

[@Lank2thepast]

Doing things for "content" instead of actual enjoyment is one of many reasons humans are doomed

[@adamnicholls8708]

Surprised by the lack of a tomb raider and Rayman save file

[@MoviesNGames007uk]

PS1 and PS2 memory cards are in fact region free

[@gopooalreadyplease5842]

Can’t believe you didn’t get the skill points! I’ve completed those games so many times now but they are so fun and I keep coming back to them. Spyro 2 is my favorite though

[@ergheiz83]

As an RPG guy, it warms the heart to see those FF and Suikoden save files.

[@HollowRick]

Same...

[@bradford433]

This was super neat! It would've been interesting to see if the FF7 save had also beaten Ruby and Emerald weapons, and maybe their records at the Gold Saucer. But that would've required that long ass trek out of the Northern Crater. You should do more of these!

[@skeletor1259]

2:15 - MOHU = Medal of Honor Underground... Love It!!!

[@InsanityPrevails]

Nice, another one of these :3 Always interesting to see what other people have played before :D Hope you have a fantastic day Ryan

[@genorpg8397]

0:58 GT Steve’s memory card, is that @alex Albon’s memory card aka @supergt?

[@supersmallchibiwolf872]

I played many of these amazing classic PlayStation 1 games. I love Final Fantasy 7 , Crash Bandicoot , Spyro and other amazing games shown in these memory cards. This was interesting and wonderful to see so many retro games It's like time capsules of a cooler time in gaming. Cool video. ^_^

[@omnom6934]

This is such an awesome idea. I’ve always loved the idea of finishing used pokemon game save files but never got round to it.

[@dravenfaus2584]

Not my save file, but I am close to Kutztown Pa. I might have passed pissed of Dan in my daily travels and not even know it

[@syteanric]

Maybe you passed Dan off!

[@beautepley8352]

Was happy to see some Abe's Oddysee save files. Bummed about no gameplay. Such a great IP.

[@karanoelle4819]

KOK2000- Knock-out Kings 2000

[@Version0111]

I have an entire RPG maker game on a memory card out there somewhere. It took me almost 2 years to make the game using what the game provided. I hope so much someone somewhere finds it one day and decides to play it and enjoy it.

[@M.sami12]

PS1 is where i started my gaming journey. I love it to death.

[@Fireball_]

I live atound 15 minutes away from kutztown

[@Xylus.]

This seems like a very fun strategy. I find that I end up with a lot of abandoned save files and therefore end up playing the same early stages of games and never going back. This is a good way to kind of balance that out and play the later parts of your favorite games (I mean, other than going back and finishing my own abandoned save, but that's less exciting than this mystery box approach).

[@KirkOrion666]

I used to be a completionnist... my most prized save files where: FFTactics,FF7,8,9,GranTurismo1,Legend of Dragoon,RE2 and 3,Persona2... but that's all i can remember at the top of my head. So many games...

[@magicalpotatoeforces]

Spyro Year of the Dragon is also MY favourite PS1 game. First game I ever bought with my own money, back when it came out in 2000 and I played it into the ground.

[@Dec4AllTimeAlways]

PS1 was my favorite console ever before getting Vita and Switch and realizing handheld gaming is better for me but I hated PS1's memory cards. It lost my files during blackouts. Multiple times, I had to completely restart a game. Maybe at least 3 or 4x. I sometimes ended up taking out the memory card after I play a game. Only inserting it after I turn on the PS1. Probably got corrupted from electric currents from the outlet. And be careful to play when it's raining. While my PS2, Xbox, and GameCube never did that once. Thank goodness for emulators on Android smartphones. Listen, I miss the 90s. Nostalgia is bittersweet and all. But I love my current devices now.

[@DeadOmega]

An early iteration of the “digital footprint” we all leave, on the outset, unknowingly. Now days, it’s who we follow, content we share .. back then, I guess it was gaming memory cards. I’m not sure if “all-terrain guy” would necessarily get along with “Suikoden mega fan”.

[@robe.2424]

This is the most cool KZbin video I've ever seen. I almost wanted to cry seeing this and I don't know why. This was super fun to watch. Thanks for this upload! I subscribed because this was so awesome lmao.

[@tigglesbruh]

Spyro 3 is one of my favorites too

[@thonyarrieche]

This is a great content idea. Imagine the stories behind all those playthrough. Good memories! GB

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

The best use of memory card from a game on my PS1 was Metal Gear Solid 2 when the psychic character (apologies it's been awhile since I played it) has optional dialogue if you had any other Konami PlayStation game data on your memory card. Completely threw me back in the day and one of the many things that made that game special

[@FlavioCrusiGrisari]

26:00 thanks for the perfect jump cut scare, mystic

[@sparedge8409]

Love this kind of content!

[@vvonser]

My heart goes out to the people who were managing multiple save files and final fantasy tactics. I got stuck at Weigraf once. And from now on my policy is to always manage to save files per play through

[@GreenScreenBartender]

PSM was the BEST video game magazine! God I miss them! Those lid and memory card stickers were awesome.

[@alonzor.2912]

Anyone remember MadCatz memory cards? Those were some of the most volatile memory cards ever lol.

[@lemming9984]

I had one which had 4 "pages". You pressed a tiny button on the card to get to the next 12 memory slots!

[@darioramirez6180]

This was a trip down memory lane!

[@EJD339]

Basically like a digital time capsule. This was so fascinating. Not sure what people thought of this video who didn’t grow up with these games

[@Jedavis05]

It’s nice seeing you complete some of the games I grew up on 👍🏾👍🏾.

[@KushWookie13]

That frogger game was my second ps1 game, damn that brings back memories seeing that op and menu

[@khill64]

It's wild seeing a place labeled Kutztown Skate for THPS3, considering I grew up like 20 minutes from Kutztown

[@modest123]

I had a neon green transparent one like that, great memories

[@TheBlockerNator]

I just love looking at the actual save icons, i wish their was a way to see what every ps1 and ps2 games save icons looked like.

[@erichlee3305]

Wait nobody's made a list of that yet?

[@TheBlockerNator]

Not that i'm aware of@@erichlee3305

[@PegLegManlet]

I didn’t have a PS1 but my cousin did, we were playing a game called Covert Ops Nuclear Dawn and he wouldn’t let me use his memory card to save the progress cause he wanted to use it for Driver. Him and his sister both thought you could only use the memory card for one game.

[@donwilson]

Love these videos. Kinda curious how you transferred save slots from the PS1 memory cards over to your PS3

[@28_Spokes]

You can get a memory card adapter for the ps3 to use PS1/2 memory cards. Pretty obscure and probably rare today.

[@alexarteaga8506]

next level Ryan: Buying old ps3 consoles and finishing the games in their hard drives

[@levipayne801]

I found one of these memory cards once and it had a Colin McRae Rally save with all bonus cars unlocked (especially the Ford RS200)

[@dmarmartin]

People missing out on that Rogue Trip. I didn't have a memory card, so that good ol' pause and a prayer helped me beat Spyro

[@shivasthong4924]

Just because its empty doesnt mean the data is gone, its simply in a state ready to be overwritten. I've archived a few on my MemCard PRO

[@Dracknus]

The radioshack clear one sounds like what i had as a kid. It didn't keep memory once unplugged from system. I unplugged it once and lost my moms spyro save. Sad day.

[@Plumtopia]

Steve if you're reading this, you don't need to buy a new memory card for every game Sorry if this is 25 years too late

[@caphowdy666]

KOK I would assume is Knock Out Kings, another EA title. MOHU is Medal of honor underground (EA again)

[@macdesjarden8180]

Crash bash is one of my favorit games of all time I used to play it with my gma when I was very very young

[@TheActionjackson3000]

Scott Maslen who plays Jack Branning in Eastenders in the gta 2 opening film that’s mad!

[@Major-_-Gaz]

I love watching these flashback content . Just brings back so many good memories. Love your work Mystic. GG's. 👍 👍 👍