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    I was wondering if there were any cheap ways to backup ps1 game saves to a computer? I know of the dex drive and this mod on gamesx.com. I have that max drive thing, but that appears to only be good for ps2 stuff. Is there anyway to just transfer ps1 save to a usb flash drive,floppy drive, or hard drive?
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    Well, that depends.

    There was the floppy disc drive for the PSX, but it was slow as shit and each floppy was only the size of a memory card.

    However, if you have a PS2, you actually have a nice size backup area already;

    A PS2 Memory Card.

    Though you can not save *to* the PS2 memory card, in the PS2 browser you can transfer saves from the PS1 card to the PS2 card as if it were a usb device. I have a spare PS2 memory card I use specifically for PS1 save storage.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dangerboy View Post
    Well, that depends.

    There was the floppy disc drive for the PSX, but it was slow as shit and each floppy was only the size of a memory card.

    However, if you have a PS2, you actually have a nice size backup area already;

    A PS2 Memory Card.

    Though you can not save *to* the PS2 memory card, in the PS2 browser you can transfer saves from the PS1 card to the PS2 card as if it were a usb device. I have a spare PS2 memory card I use specifically for PS1 save storage.

    Jason
    I know about being able to back up the ps1 saves to ps2 cards. The thing I was wanting to do is to backup the game saves and be able to transfer them to my computer. I have a rather expensive ps1 game with a bad disc 2, so I'm going to play a backup of disc 2 on a ps1 emulator. I just need that game save. I don't want to have to start this rpg over again.

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    why not just spend $2 and get the disc resurfaced? Or is it cracked?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dangerboy View Post
    why not just spend $2 and get the disc resurfaced? Or is it cracked?
    I've already tried that. I didn't work. I then thought to try the test where you hold the disk up against a light. I could see light shining through two little pin prick sized holes. The disk resurfacing wouldn't have helped that and I don't think there is anything I can do about that.

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    You could "softmod" a PS2 and install uLaunch. Through the filesystem of that, you can copy the contents of your memory card to a USB flash drive (which is how I recently backed up all of my saves).

    If you already have the Max Drive thing then you should be set. Just build an exploited save file, throw it on your PS2 memory card, and trigger it with a PS1 game.

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