GameCube owners: what do you think about 3rd party mem card?

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YeuEmMaiMai

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I have a question

I have 2 memory cards one is a nYko card (59) and one is a Nintendo (1024) that I bought when they came out for about $30.

It seems to me that the third party cards are crapola. After sitting around un-used for 1 year when I put the nYko card in my new gamecube all of the data was gone. (someone stole my NGC and the Nintendo 251 card that was in it- yeah i know it is a sick bastard who steals a man's gamecube). The card was stored in it's plastic case.... ever since I started to use it again it keeps getting corrupted and it is basically un-usable.. My Nintendo card on the other hand works flawlessly.

any ideas?
 
Well my 8MB (should say 8 megabytes since they also have an 8 megabit card :p) memory card from Interact hasn't given me one issue at all.
 
I have a 3rd party one that works fine and a Nintendo one that works fine. (Both the 1000+ blockers since I got my Cube recently.) Haven't really discerned any problems from either. (Though I have a friend who bitches that using 3rd party cards messes certain things up on occasion when he switches around. Refuses to read a card in another slot... stuff like that.)

Offhand, though, I mainly use the 3rd party one as backup.
 
pc999 said:
Dont buy one that say 16X

dont remenber the brand but it started with a "I"
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Well thats Interact prolly. Its got the I on it with the two like swirls around it or whatever?
 
They will without question fail at some point in time. It may not be anytime soon, but then again it may.

The best you can do is hope that it doesn't fail you too badly when it does (ie. you can put it back in again and it will not come up as corrupted, or only a few files corrupt rather than the whole lot).

If you want peace of mind go with the original cards 8)
 
I have heard a lot of complaints over the last couple years from 3rd party cards. I only own Nintendo cards for that reason. Never had any problems with them.
 
The only 3rd Party of ANY card I had an issue with was one of those old "switchable" PS1 ones, with, like, 24 15-block cards built into a single housing. I would eventually lose data from certain numbers (not always the same ones either, I think) but never the default one. Not sure what was going on with it; I kinda figure it just had an issue switching to or away that would make it wipe itself. <shrugs>

Regardless, other than that I haven't had a problem with any 3rd party cards no matter how long I've had them.
 
If your data is important to you then spend a little more for the Nintendo brand cards. They don't cost that much...
 
i've been using an 32 Mb Intec (not Interact) one ever since i got a cube 4 months ago. it was the only platinum card to be found at toys at that time, which was the only reason i chose it over the rest. i was not aware then of the 3rd parties cards problems. luckily, this one has been carrying its card job diligently.
 
PC-Engine said:
If your data is important to you then spend a little more for the Nintendo brand cards. They don't cost that much...
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The only problem for the longest time was Nintendo only had the Memory Card 59's.
 
Cryect said:
PC-Engine said:
If your data is important to you then spend a little more for the Nintendo brand cards. They don't cost that much...
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The only problem for the longest time was Nintendo only had the Memory Card 59's.
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That's true but what's the point of having one large memory card that holds ALL of your data and then loosing it due to poor quality? Wouldn't it be better to use two smaller Nintendo cards which would cost slighty more? Like I said if your data is important to you than spend a little more on the Nintendo card(s). Wouldn't it be funny if you had one huge 3rd party memory card that stored games like Shenmue, PSO, MGS or RE4? Sure you saved a few bucks, but now you have to play all of those games from the beginning. :oops:
 
But what is the point of spending a lot more on MANY cards to sort through, instead of one card that costs less and only might have a problem at some indescernable time in the future?

For a while, Nintendo was slacking on its memory cards itself and 3rd parties took up the slack. Now, they still remain high-priced in comparison. I picked up a 3rd party huge one because it was half the price. Then I picked up a Nintendo one because a KB Toys store was going out of business and it was 40% off. ;) This'll let me test out the quality of both anyway, so I'm cool with that. Hehe...
 
But what is the point of spending a lot more on MANY cards to sort through, instead of one card that costs less and only might have a problem at some indescernable time in the future?
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A lot more? You must be piss poor...I guess you buy used games for $10 too... :oops:

I have two memory cards a Nintendo 59 and a Nintendo 251. I purchased the 59 initially because the 251 wasn't yet available. Most people don't have more than 2 or 3 memory cards. I'm not rich nor am I worried about losing my hard earned game saves any moment of the day. I remember back when I used to go to computer shows and saw these cheap packs of no-name brand floppies. The guy selling them say they had a 5% defect rate. I wouldn't use those for important data either. Whatever floats your boat dude...
 
I also have a 256 block card and have no problems. And I got Wind Waker and everything. I do have problems with Madden 2005 game saves getting corrupted, but I think that's just a problem with EA games if you save a lot. PEACE.
 
Usually about twice as much. When they were first floating around, 3rd party cards were $20 and the Nintendo one was $35. (In fact, that still seems to be the case.) I count "a lot more" in relational terms, not absolute monetary value. And yes, to many people saving $15-20 on a memory card is certainly worth their while. (You get a memory card and an old, good game. ;) )

The point is, the 3rd parties are usually also recognizable names (in my case, MadCatz, which makes a slew of console peripherals. And while I don't like their controller shapes, on the whole, their GBA peripherals, cabling, and other products have been perfectly servicable), so it's not a "no-name cheap shit must be bad" thing. And since almost no one takes a real look at testing peripherals like that...

Point is, people tend to look for value in one form or another, and if something isn't obviously flawed, just why do you consider it foolish to look in other directions? Many times the chipware is exactly the same anyway, it's just one company is willing to take slimmer margins (or another thinks its name is worth more.) We certainly see THAT all over, too.

This has nothing to do with my personal buying habits (obviously I went an even more different route), nor the state of my wallet, but to point out what are general buying habits of all people, and why I can certainly see people buying other cards. Remember, that is why this strand of commentary came about to begin with.
 
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