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Sounds perfectly logical to me. Thanks for the advice, Nanner. I'll get right on that.

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C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Is there any way your roommate can get that PS2 repaired? If not, just fill the first slot with EZ-putty and never use it again. In fact, I don't think I'd trust either slot in that machine ever again to save my data - especially with a FF game. If the exact same thing happened with two different memory cards, either the guy you bought them from is knowingly selling you defective cards, or more likely the card reader interface on the playstation is defective and it's damaging your cards. Are you sure they don't sell PS2 memory cards in the stores anymore? You could buy one and do the old switcheroo...

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$25 is way too damn much IMO for memory cards - especially for old systems.

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Gaffer, holy crap. If I were you at this point I would have stomped the memory card into spare parts, broken my disk in half, and slung the halves randomly through the air.

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Originally posted by: Zion
Is there any way your roommate can get that PS2 repaired? If not, just fill the first slot with EZ-putty and never use it again. In fact, I don't think I'd trust either slot in that machine ever again to save my data - especially with a FF game. If the exact same thing happened with two different memory cards, either the guy you bought them from is knowingly selling you defective cards, or more likely the card reader interface on the playstation is defective and it's damaging your cards. Are you sure they don't sell PS2 memory cards in the stores anymore? You could buy one and do the old switcheroo...


I'm really not sure what the problem is. Obviously my first thought was the memory card itself since it wouldn't format from the minute I started using it and then dumped the data not long after and refused to format after. When I got the second memory card, and it worked only to not function in that slot and then lose data and not be able to format, my mind moved to the PS2. But the thing is, my roommates and I use that PS2 all the time, and it's never malfunctioned with memory cards before. Unless it only eats PS1 cards, because my roommates only play PS2. And my original (lost) memory card never had any problems in that slot. So I'm not sure. I'm not quite sure what you're saying, though, about PS2 memory cards. I have a PS2 memory card, but I was under the impression it could only save PS2 data. Old switcheroo...? I'd be interested in hearing more...

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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You'll have to excuse my ignorance when it comes to Playstations, since I've never owned any iteration (1, 2, or 3) and hardly ever played them. I was under the impression that your FF game was a PS2 game and you were trying to save it to a PS2 memory card. I take it that's not the case? It may still be a problem with the system, but since you know that PS2 cards work just fine with it, it's hard to say. If you haven't already done so, it may help to do some google research to find out if anyone else has ever had problems with PS1 cards in their PS2 and if you have to use the PS1 cards to save your games.

The old switcheroo - I've done this on a couple of occasions with different products. Say you buy something online or receive something as a gift that didn't come with a receipt and it ends up being defective. Go to Wal-mart or some other store that carries the item (make sure they issue refunds on returns and not store credit). Buy a brand new one and then the next day return your non-functioning one with the receipt. You get your money back and they do whatever it is they do with defective merchandise. If there's a restocking fee involved, you should decide before you buy whether it's worth it or not (and of course there's that whole thing about whether you can even afford to make another purchase). This is usually better than trying to return your defective item without a receipt because most stores usually want to give you store credit if you don't have your receipt, and may not take it back at all if you're missing accessories or the original packaging.

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I love the old switcheroo - I do that all the time. I hope I'm not blacklisted at Best Buy/Wal-Mart!

FFIX is a PS1 game. You can only save PS1 games (for some dumb reason) on a PS1 memory card.

If nothing else, there are great PS1 emulators around now that can play your games from your CD-ROM. Buy a controller for your computer, and the experience is fairly similar.
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A funny thing happened to me while playing the Phantom Hourglass last night:
















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Okay, so I was at the Temple of the Ocean King where you have to draw the "sacred crest" on the red door. Did that and made it into the room, where they tell me to place the new sea chart onto the old one. So after literally 45 minutes of trying everything in the book to figure out how to do it, I slam the DS shut out of frustration. "DAMNIT!" About an hour later, I open it to give it another try, only to find that the trick to placing the new sea chart onto the old one was to close the DS! Pretty silly but it gave me a chuckle.













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So thanks for all the comments and help, guys, but I think (and hope) the mystery has finally been solved. Last night, one of my roommates came home and decided to unwind with a game of Guitar Hero II. I wasn't paying much attention, but the conversation at some point shifted to my most recent memory card death, which I hadn't had a chance to tell him yet. I was just starting to tell him that I thought it might be Carl's (my other roommate's) PS2 that was causing the problem. Just as I got that sentence out of my mouth, he attempted to load his game data, and it came back corrupted. I jumped up and yelled with glee, "Yes! Yes! I knew it! It is the PS2!" Then I realized what I had just said, sat down and said, "Boy... I'm really sorry. That sucks." But it was just so nice to finally see an answer.

Denoument: Carl doesn't seem to see the reason why he should pay my roommate back for the memory card it ate, but he agreed to anyway. Since C3PX was kind enough to send me his old memory card for free, I decided not to try to get any money out of Carl. However, I'm still convinced the first memory card I got off eBay was a dud simply because it didn't work from the moment I put it in the PS2.

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Originally posted by: Windexed
A funny thing happened to me while playing the Phantom Hourglass last night:















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Okay, so I was at the Temple of the Ocean King where you have to draw the "sacred crest" on the red door. Did that and made it into the room, where they tell me to place the new sea chart onto the old one. So after literally 45 minutes of trying everything in the book to figure out how to do it, I slam the DS shut out of frustration. "DAMNIT!" About an hour later, I open it to give it another try, only to find that the trick to placing the new sea chart onto the old one was to close the DS! Pretty silly but it gave me a chuckle.










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Man, I know exactly what you mean. That was so counter-intuitive. I actually closed my DS and went and looked it up on the Internet and found out that I'd already done the requirement.

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I just wanted to share what is, hopefully, the end of my story. So on Monday, I'd had a really bad day. Nothing really bad happened, but I was just really tired. Turns out I was about to get really sick, but I didn't know that at the time. And all day on campus all I could think about was playing video games. I got a text message from one of my roommates saying that I had mail, and I hoped that maybe C3PX's memory card had finally come in, because he was generous enough to send me one he doesn't use anymore. So I hurried home, and I saw the envelope on the kitchen bar, and I picked it up... and there was another one under it! It was another memory card from the eBay guy! See, I had received my replacement before I had sent the old one back, but I sent it back anyway, specifically saying not to send another one because I'd already received it. Apparently, he didn't notice. So now I have three memory cards: the second one that doesn't work, C3PX's, and this new one. But anyway, I started using C3PX's, making sure only to use the second memory card slot. I don't know how I've had this kind of time this week, but I've been flying through the game, already about 18 hours into it, just starting Disc 3. I guess I've been making up for all the lost time from having to repeatedly restart it. So thanks to C3PX for the memory card, and thanks to everyone else for listening and giving advice!

EDIT: And I've noticed that I've said the word 'memory card' enough times that I'm seeing an eBay banner offering PS2 memory cards. No thanks. ^_~

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Glad to hear your troubles are likely at an end. That third memory card from the ebay guy might be good to have around as a spare. Hopefully your room mate's PS2 has claimed its last and final victim when it killed your other room mate's PS2 memory card. Might want to rig up something to render the port unusable, just to be on the safe side.

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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Five days.

Five days until what?

Here is something I've been working on the past several months, in case anyone is interested:
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Originally posted by: andy_k_250
Five days until what?


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Originally posted by: andy_k_250
Here is something I've been working on the past several months, in case anyone is interested:


Looks cool. I assume those are screenshots of a custom Super Mario game you've made? I've seen youtube videos of others. How are people going about making them? I'd assume it's mostly students of programming courses and such but I've never looked into it.

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I and a lot of other folks are making games by editing the Super Mario World ROM. A GUI-based program called Lunar Magic makes it as easy as dragging and dropping. By using other programs, you can insert new enemies, music, etc. - it's pretty fun.

And, since you are just editing the ROM, it is compatible with most or all emulators - I can play mine on my PS2.
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I may play yours on my PS2 aswell. It looks most impressive, is it finsihed yet?

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Just out of curiosity, how come you're using the SMB3 (All-Stars) Goomba instead of the SMW Goomba? Just a personal preference of look, or is it because the SMW Goombas don't die when stepped on?

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Just out of curiosity, how come you're using the SMB3 (All-Stars) Goomba instead of the SMW Goomba? Just a personal preference of look, or is it because the SMW Goombas don't die when stepped on?


Maybe I'm misinformed, but isn't SMW the only Mario game where the Goombas were like that? Because from my understanding that's the only game that didn't have them as angry walking mushrooms, so it may have something to do with continuity.

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Well, technically, they're designed as angry, walking chestnuts, not mushrooms, as their original name, Kuribo, implies. Semantics aside, yes, that is the only game where stomping on them doesn't kill them, so I was wondering if he personally didn't like the unconventional SMW version, and maybe that's why he replaced it.

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.