The future of Gamecube Memory Cards is here.

[@DijaVlogsGames]

Imagine the pain you will feel when that first memory card inevitably corrupts all your saves

[@Fennecbutt]

I have the memcard pro for ps1, it's super amazing but it doesn't have write protect. I have a freepsxboot on card 1-1 and that's the default for ps1 booting, but if I forget to change to 1-2 or higher then it's possible to accidentally overwrite the freepsxboot one. Such an obvious feature they should've added

[@SteveDaBartender]

I've had the first card for a few years now and I haven't had any issues with save corruption

[@starwarsgamer388]

Sounds like a skill issue pal

[@willbowers8870]

I had the first one. One day, I tripped on a cable and pulled it off my dresser. It landed memory card first, smashing it and losing all my saves.

[@fernbear3950]

I feel like one could use a redundant storage technique, like how RAID encodes things, using two microSD cards semi-separated powerwise/etc Photographers do that with their cameras and I think that's really smart/wise personally. ;PPPP

[@zilog1]

This is called bank switching. It was a method used to get old 8 bit computers to use more memory than allowed by the CPUs address bus. A 16 bit address can only address up to ~64k bytes worth of memory. But if you do the same thing as the memory card in the video, but instead replace your finger-and-button with an electrical signal from the CPU or another chip, you can now make a program to switch to another bank of 64k memory. You lose a bit of speed because it takes time to switch from one memory chip to another but not you can have tons more memory!

[@jlco]

Isn't that basically adding an out-of-band signal to your memory addressing?

[@zilog1]

@@jlco kinda but not exactly. Same idea tho

[@TheQuark6789]

Great explanation

[@zilog1]

@@TheQuark6789 thanks!

[@cc_snipergirl]

I was just wondering if this could be done. Having to hit a button for something smart enough to have several different virtual cards seemed odd to me. And GameCube doesn't split the saves between cards, so speed shouldn't be a problem after you first load up the game.

[@Minecraftzocker135]

I still prefer a wii with rv loader. Its basically the same software expirence as a really decked out and mod chiped gamecube just way easier and cheaper

[@abbasraza2493]

The easiest and cheapest option would be just dolphin on a okay laptop or PC. But a Wii would be the cheapest hardware option. Modding old hardware is the fun part about modding old hardware tho, so looking for alternatives kinda kills the vibe for me. Yes I can play all these games with true widescreen patches, 60 fps patches, 8K resolution, deinterlacing forced on everything and a modern controller, but that real hardware feel will be missing. You really have to find what makes old games fun for you.

[@bok..]

I like original gamecube. I have both systems modded.

[@Minecraftzocker135]

@@abbasraza2493 actually if you want a separate device im not sure if a Wii wouldn't actually be cheaper, sure nothing can beat using a device you already have tho. I mean there is plenty of modding you can do with the Wii, you can literally build a handheld out of it, so no definitly no vibe kill.

[@abbasraza2493]

@@Minecraftzocker135 Different people different vibes. I personally play GC games with a GC controller, on a CRT on the original resolution but emulated and internally rendered at higher res. I've also never seen the point of playing console games on handheld and likewise, handheld games on consoles/Normal PCs. But again, to each their own. Play your PS2 on your phone, play PSP in VR, play game gear on a 4K TV. That's just the best thing about modding and emulation tho. Power to the player.

[@lolcat]

No, wii has worse signal quality technically 🤓

[@futurewario9591]

We need a 1 Terabyte GameCube Memory Card.

[@abetoday]

Folks are working on an m2 adapter for GameCube and Swiss can fake a memory card to a storage device so we’re not that far off!

[@MichaeltheChuy]

Did you watch the whole video?

[@RecklessVac]

Wait the last one could do that. U just make 10 000 cards tho

[@platinumgaming5763]

1 tb sd card, but I don't know why you would need it.

[@futurewario9591]

@@platinumgaming5763 So I can play every GameCube game in existence.

[@J_Kleb]

Dreamcast vmu was years ahead of it’s time.

[@jacktheprince5524]

Man that Gamecube had a lot of memory cards in it.

[@bcj842]

Lol yeah it just kept spitting them out

[@evanthienes]

It won't forget this

[@TotalDec]

Like your Mom. Just kitten, don't get mad.

[@ekenedilichukwuekeh4647]

He put a micro sd card into an sd adapter then put the sd adapter in the GameCube memory adapter. Then put that in the GameCube. Prepare to game in the 4th meta dimension!

[@meat-hook]

It puts the card in the card in the card in the console or it gets the hose, again!

[@codenamexelda]

It's 2023 and we still love the game cube.

[@joekickass8943]

We even play it's games in VR with Dolphin VR emulator. Sonic, Mario Kart in VR is a blast.

[@qassim_zr]

This is insane

[@maxwellyoung6578]

I got mine on Amazon for about $15, worth every penny.

[@qassim_zr]

@@maxwellyoung6578 you could share the link

[@kells9k]

Not really?

[@Dannymon]

In a good way

[@apocalypticpioneers2116]

The lights on that first one reminded me of some memory cards I had for my first console. I was a PC gamer in the 90s and in the mid 00s I got a PSone, around the same time the PS2 was coming out, but Blockbuster was still selling PSone games. They also sold these memory cards that you switched sides by pressing like 3 buttons on the controller. They were effectively 2 cards in 1 and I was so fascinated by that lol

[@L3monsta]

You're the first person I've ever seen call the ps1 the psone

[@apocalypticpioneers2116]

@@L3monsta that's what it was called during the PS2 days, cuz PS1 looks weird

[@L3monsta]

@@apocalypticpioneers2116 to you maybe. PS1 looks just ss normal as PS2. PSone looks as weird as PStwo. Arguably weirder cause it looks like p-sone

[@zacharyrollick6169]

​@@L3monsta The PSOne was technically the second model of the original Playstation.

[@Sevicify]

@@L3monsta The slim model PS1 that came out 4 months after PS2 came out in Japan was called "PS one" by Sony, that's where people got the PSOne name from mostly used to distinguish that particular model.

[@ts25679]

That last card has a wonderful retro futuristic vibe to it. It almost looks like a Fallout prop

[@oldtimegames96]

Funnily enough, the second SD card adaptor was using a Micro SD card adaptor too XD

[@ilfoxyy]

Yeah lmao at least I wasn't the only one to notice that. An adapter for an adapter

[@crefoo1166]

LMAO

[@WonderPOGS]

The flex of having a memory card that big. The good old days.

[@YungSteambuns]

Weird i was under the impression back in the day the official nintendo gamecube memory cards were smaller and square shaped when they had more memory, like the grey/black ones

[@TheFrantic5]

I'm just impressed you were able to fit all three of those cards in the same slot.

[@Dumy-Secondary]

everything this guy makes is incredible

[@Shnowz]

I don't think he made any of these but he is cool

[@erlkoenig90]

Well it's not rocket science using current technology. Series-production of something like that for a niche market and perhaps even making a profit is the main challenge.

[@GameInterest]

I swear that all the 8bitmods products are amazing.

[@Dyna-Myke]

Are they the same company that does the 8bitdo dongle for controllers?

[@lolcat]

​@@Dyna-Mykeno that would be 8bitdo haha

[@GameInterest]

@@Dyna-Myke 8bit mods is based in Tempe Arizona, while 8bitdo is in Denver Colorado. It's a conspiracy!

[@MrKrabs-mz9zj]

Just not amazing at keeping the GameCube variants of their pro memory cards in stock

[@GameInterest]

@@MrKrabs-mz9zj sadly, yes.

[@computersandgaming6664]

Wow, that first one as 8 partitions. The max I have seen is 4. The only other Full SD card to come with partitions like that was the Dreamcast. It was one without the screen. It had 4 like 2 mb for each partition, so 8 mb total. Like the rest.

[@Sevicify]

Back around 1998 I got an 8 partition memory card for my PS1, it even has a small 7 segment number display for the current partition and you change partition by using a button combination on the controller. After seeing mine my cousin bought a 4 partition card with a button and LED indicators.

[@WindowsDaily]

Realistically i'd imagine 8 files on one partition, rather than 8 seperate partitions, since that's easier to backup and readable by pretty much any system.

[@williamcarroll5402]

Just makes me want old systems ❤

[@commandosolo_193]

50 years from now they will find a gamecube and watch this video. you just saved history!

[@noahkrause2835]

There was a memcard to sd adapter officialy released by Nintendo. It was for Dōbutsu no Mori+ (Which is an upgraded version of the US Version) it was meant for exporting screenshots from the game.

[@BakuganBrawler211]

I actually thought about getting one of those fancier SD card ones for my PS2 definitely glad to know they work!

[@onpointgaming1070]

Each and every memory card you showed I was commenting on what they were irl, I miss the GameCube era of video games.

[@bladetheelectrowolf1554]

I need those I’m getting a GameCube that looks just like the old one I had. The gale of darkness one. But. I’m gonna need memory cards to play the old games I love. These will make my days so happy!😊

[@krayofenvieh5866]

Great clear memory card

[@krayofenvieh5866]

But I think if that's orange

[@davion4777]

Interesting. I have the PS1 Memcard Pro and I love it, but I never knew they also made one for the Gamecube. Might grab this one as well.

[@Tango22022]

Woah I’m so glad we have this now 🙏

[@KingGameReview]

I had a memory card with switches like that for my PS1. It was awesome.

[@Giga1023]

Woah, I have a blue 512mb version of the first mc and I didn’t even know that you could do that!

[@PlushiePower]

omg i just realized i have the first one, it came with a gamecube i ordered and i had no idea what the button did so thank you😭

[@StolenPw]

My man you can fit a lot of memory cards in that thing

[@teadrinkerfication9160]

That last one sounds amazing 😮

[@111455]

finally a memory card that can hold my tony hawk pro skater custom parks

[@FredrIQ]

I remember having a card like the first one for the PS1 way back in the day. It was fairly convenient!

[@Tynansdtm]

I still have one lying around that's like the first one, but it only has two pages. I love that one with a screen!

[@CasualTS]

I'm glad we finally figured out solutions to all of the storage problems for a... *checks notes* 22 year old video game console.

[@Aerodeth]

Better late than never. I STILL remember the Gamecube storage problems like it was yesterday. ...and I am SOOOO glad I never got into Animal Crossing!

[@littlesisterlover9105]

The first bit sort of gives the impression that he's just pulling more and more cards out of the same slot and I was like "Damn this really is the future."

[@abberss]

reminds me of the dreamcast, which had the memory card plug into the game controller with a little screen on the card that would show info related to the game you were playing

[@tb.7788]

Oh dude, I found that one with 8 banks on it on a whim like forever ago on eBay and it’s the only gamecube memory card I’ve ever had. Mine only has four banks instead of 8 but it’s still way more space than I’ll ever need. Shout out to HDE, you make the shittiest off brand controllers but pretty damn good memory cards

[@Gamerboy29-s1j]

Im thinking of a gc memory card that can use micro SD yet it also can sync to a PC or phone or tablet at a specific website or websites to get gc games,mods,or homebrew on the microsd inserted or the memory cards system memory, plus,you can transfer data from the memory card itself. Also it has 1TB or 2 TB.

[@bandiddums]

It's interesting to see how much people still care about these decades old consoles even going so far as to make special cards for them

[@richardcharmington4124]

All the days of gamecube,thank you gamecube I love you gamecube. thank you gamecube.

[@PrinceSamTV]

I like this. Happy for you g

[@linkthastink]

Bro that freaking orange GameCube I need it

[@overratedname]

imagine Psycho Mantis looking through that first one… “oh and there’s more… another partition? And another partition? And six distinct Super Mario Sunshine saves - are you okay?”

[@enriquepageperez1305]

When you think about it this is the equivalent of saying “this is the future of a medieval relic”

[@RemyJustice97]

I once got an 8-in-1 Dreamcast VMU from my local retro games store for the same cost as a generic third party VMU. What a steal tbh

[@Mastermind8908]

I had a Mad Katz 8x memory card for my PS1. It worked well for many many years.

[@LuwiigiMaster]

I love the anesthetics of the GameCube and it's memory card. Such a neat machine, shame it got no mileage.

[@Professor_Ethical]

How I forgot my childish wonder! That last one is by all means COOL!!!

[@MorbidEel]

Now we just need a version with builtin wifi to access network storage so you saves cave be automatically backed up to multiple locations around the world. Your saves will be safe even if the rest of your properties get destroyed. :P

[@TacComControl]

So this was actually a common hack used for memory cards, so the console itself could only address so many "blocks" on a card, and would get really fussy if it saw more blocks that were actually there, so some manufacturers of memory cards, whether it be PlayStation or GameCube, got around this by making a memory card that could switch between chunks of itself, basically changing where the starting address was on the storage drive, which effectively tricked the console into thinking you were just taking out one card and putting in a new one, when all you were actually doing was changing where in the allocation table you were addressing. I had one of these for my PlayStation, not that particular model, and nowhere close to that large obviously, but yeah, it's a neat way to get around a hardware limitation.

[@thereallegend6990]

it looks like as though it's sticking it's tongue out when he puts the 2nd adapter lol

[@Qwackin604]

I used to have a purple gameshark memory card for my gamecube that had a mini usb port on the bottom that you could use to load saves on to

[@alicevioleta3184]

the first one is like the Mega memoryCard we had for the Dreamcast back in the day. 4 in 1.

[@SlipKoRnNinja]

playstation had a card like that with multiple pages too. was neat.

[@-SiB-]

Game cube is inside our memory, that’s All !

[@theftking]

I'm surprised you don't have the ones that people used to dupe in PSO.

[@jkj9404]

The fact that sooo many people play old games and systems more than modern says alot about gaming today

[@functioningairbag3737]

I have one of these for PlayStation 2 back before ps3 released. Got it at Walmart. Its still my favorite card

[@ashtonhunt4402]

I have the first memory card, it works really well.

[@Goomity]

Idk if I sound insane but damn your voice reminds of Ted Nivison

[@ConspicuousLiveMedia]

I had one of those switching cards for my PS1

[@orang_cc]

I love the microSD to SD to gamecube memory card

[@iLLadelph267]

my buddy has one of those crazy cards with the lil screen for his PS1, thing even does save states!

[@BlazeOGlory]

I had one like the yellow one for PS1 but it had a slide switch on the top so you could switch between card 1/2. At the time I thought it was the greatest technological advance humanity would ever come up with. It was also gray.

[@haliac7117]

The "future" of a game console from the past

[@Pz916]

I had same memory card on PSOne in 1999. There was 16 "memory cards", 16 blocks in each.

[@LittleHayabusa]

I got the first one! Works as intended! :)

[@aer015]

I love the plain grey memory card. It reminds me of the PS1 memory card.

[@michaelslade4386]

The cube will never die

[@ChrisXPZ]

Some engineer upgraded their Dreamcast to a Gamecube and were sad their memory card didn't have a screen anymore and dedicated the next 25 years to fixing this problem.

[@MetalJuggaloYTP]

The first and last are so cool

[@Mick2184]

I have the orange one, and I never knew about the switching memory cards😂

[@ZukaMukaPwee]

i have the orange one and didnt know there were channels on it... wtf ty

[@bcj842]

I have the grey one from Swissing my Cube, but I went ahead and got the Serial Port SD reader so I don't use it anymore. Boy, it's nice to have my whole GC library built into my system. It makes the little guy that much more portable.

[@BreadStapledToTree]

Crazy that he got 3 of those in that one slot

[@JRSanchez93]

I finally looked up the crucified rat. I laughed for a solid 5 minutes at its somber face.

[@quartermaster6235]

Ah yes, the legendary orange GameCube

[@Slepepe]

never seen a gamecube in my life idk why this was recommended to me

[@MrDrSkittle]

I'm definitely getting the last card if I ever get a GC!

[@jwr2904]

I had a PS1 memory card like that orange one, but it was just 2 memory cards combined in one. It was awesome, unfortunately I haven't seen it in nearly 20 years

[@MoltenCreeper]

About time they dropped this

[@andrehooker3229]

Ahh I remember getting my first 356 block ps-one memory card. I felt invincible 😂

[@Slit518]

Back in my day we had larger sized memory cards for PS2 and GameCube without having to have a fancy button.

[@CornishCreamtea07]

And here I was thinking that my 64mb memory card was big.

[@SandbagsYoutube]

I remember when ps1 went to 16mb and I was blown away at the time, lile "how will i ever use all that space

[@Shivansh-qw5jl]

The wifi signal got me

[@mirabilis]

There was an official SD card adapter for the GameCube. Only two games were made for it: Dōbutsu no Mori e+ (an updated version of Animal Crossing) and Pokémon Channel.

[@xnamkcor]

I remember hearing about the SD Card on when I was doing Wii Homebrew, but I never used one because Wii has an SD card and USB port anyway.

[@Vasectomyjohn]

I can’t believe when I had Nintendo I just thought all the extra slots and plugins were nothing

[@chicknscratch]

Crazy to think how much data storage has changed in such a short time. In 30 years we’ll probably have terabytes stored on SD cards… and I just looked it up because I was curious what the largest SD card is and oh my god we already have 2TB cards for sale… i just needed yall to see my full train of thought here :z

[@JessicaFEREM]

the SD card memory card is kinda outdated now because there's a much better solution that goes under the gamecube, but that SD card brings back so many memories.

[@falconking9091]

Looked like you had all 3 in there at once

[@RevolutionFalls]

I have that orange one

[@Belrose19]

Thanks for the info!

[@Matt..S]

"The future" I had that switch feature on my first PS1 memory card in 2000

[@emmagerber9142]

It's the fact that throws me off is that all those memory cards came out all in one slot, tho😳😳

[@skydeadlocker1677]

The curse of me not having a functioning memory card and I had to play games that don't require saving progress.

[@gh5643]

gamecube surly was ahead of its time

[@wyatt2548]

I never experienced GameCube but I’d love to one day