"real" memory card question

pretty2tuff · September 3rd, 2005

hi peeps.. so im just wondering.. is there any way you can load your save games from a REAL memory card? i mean.. like i have a multitap, and a psx-to-usb thingy... i can just plug in my multitap with a memory card, and controller in it, so.. say i have a game on my computer, say final fantasy 9 for instance, and i play on my real playstation with saved games.. is it possible for me to load it on epsxe? like i beat the game and i like the ending video but there's like alot of text and stuff and it takes 15 mins to get to that part.. so is it possible for me to like load that part of the game on epsxe and i can just use a save state to load it or something?? heh hope that wasn't too confusing.... ok thanks

dbhankins · September 3rd, 2005

I don't know about multitaps, but I've used a DexDrive to do exactly what you're talking about. Last I saw, you could get them through Amazon.

I suspect that your multitap has a dual plug; it's designed to plug simultaneously into a controller port and a memcard port. And that when you plug it into your USB adapter, you only plug in the controller part. Is that correct?

If it is, then you're out of luck without something like a DexDrive; the multitap's memory card circuitry is connected directly to the memory card plug, and since that's dangling...

Dan

pretty2tuff · September 4th, 2005

lols aww weak.. it looked like it could work though.. heh... ahh now i'd have to finish the vagrant story game the real way

**hushypushy** · September 4th, 2005

Quote:

I suspect that your multitap has a dual plug; it's designed to plug simultaneously into a controller port and a memcard port. And that when you plug it into your USB adapter, you only plug in the controller part. Is that correct?

the PS2 one does that. the old school PS1 "boomerang" (as i call it) only plugs into the controller slot (and not memory card at all). i think this is interesting, it proves that memory card data does can through the controller port. hmm, i wonder if anyone has thought of that yet...you may be onto something pretty2tuff...

dbhankins · September 8th, 2005

Well, hushypushy, you're right - I checked it out and the boomerang multitap has four memcard slots but no plug, so the PS1 must access the cards directly through the controller port!

However, for that to work with a PC USB Dualshock adapter, the adapter driver software would have to support that function. I've never heard of one that does.

Which leads me back to my original recommendation: a DexDrive. Which can be had (new!) for under $20.

Dan

**hushypushy** · September 8th, 2005

i bought my dexdrive from Flare85 for like 12 bucks shipped

Caspian · November 16th, 2005

I have a boatload of DexDrives. You want one? $10 shipped.

**n_w95482** · November 16th, 2005

Please stop trying to solicit your DexDrives all over the forum in old threads.

September 3rd, 2005	#1 (permalink)
pretty2tuff Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 8	"real" memory card question hi peeps.. so im just wondering.. is there any way you can load your save games from a REAL memory card? i mean.. like i have a multitap, and a psx-to-usb thingy... i can just plug in my multitap with a memory card, and controller in it, so.. say i have a game on my computer, say final fantasy 9 for instance, and i play on my real playstation with saved games.. is it possible for me to load it on epsxe? like i beat the game and i like the ending video but there's like alot of text and stuff and it takes 15 mins to get to that part.. so is it possible for me to like load that part of the game on epsxe and i can just use a save state to load it or something?? heh hope that wasn't too confusing.... ok thanks

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September 3rd, 2005	#2 (permalink)
dbhankins Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Phoenix, Arizona, USA Posts: 654	I don't know about multitaps, but I've used a DexDrive to do exactly what you're talking about. Last I saw, you could get them through Amazon. I suspect that your multitap has a dual plug; it's designed to plug simultaneously into a controller port and a memcard port. And that when you plug it into your USB adapter, you only plug in the controller part. Is that correct? If it is, then you're out of luck without something like a DexDrive; the multitap's memory card circuitry is connected directly to the memory card plug, and since that's dangling... Dan

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pretty2tuff Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 8	lols aww weak.. it looked like it could work though.. heh... ahh now i'd have to finish the vagrant story game the real way

September 8th, 2005	#5 (permalink)
dbhankins Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Phoenix, Arizona, USA Posts: 654	Well, hushypushy, you're right - I checked it out and the boomerang multitap has four memcard slots but no plug, so the PS1 must access the cards directly through the controller port! However, for that to work with a PC USB Dualshock adapter, the adapter driver software would have to support that function. I've never heard of one that does. Which leads me back to my original recommendation: a DexDrive. Which can be had (new!) for under $20. Dan

November 16th, 2005	#7 (permalink)
Caspian Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Altamonte Springs, FL Posts: 4	I have a boatload of DexDrives. You want one? $10 shipped.