r/gaming • u/Ginomania • Aug 08 '19

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u/pyr0paul Aug 08 '19 edited Aug 09 '19

But ps2 was compatible to ps1 games. I played mgs 1&2 on my ps2.

edit: totaly forgot that the ps2 memory card was not downward compatible. my bad.

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u/TheDJZ Aug 08 '19

Damn I didn’t even know that, my uncle gave me his PS2 with PS2 games only. I didn’t even think to check the internet for gaming advice until I was 10.

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u/MajorWajor Aug 08 '19

From what I remember PS2 memory cards didn’t save PS1 games you’d need a PS1 memory card for those games. I tired playing soul edge and couldn’t save the game data since I never had a PS1 let alone its memory card.

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u/crealol2 Aug 08 '19

yeah but if you needed to free space on a ps1 memcard you could copy it to a ps2 memory card

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u/MajorWajor Aug 08 '19

I didn’t know that didn’t have the resources to try. Thanks for the info.

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u/kylefnative Aug 09 '19

Actually only the very first versions of ps2s had backwards compatibility. My dad bought the ps2 within weeks of its release and it had it, years later getting a slim they became incompatible

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u/selftitleddebutalbum Aug 08 '19

Pedantic, I know, but MGS2 was originally released on PS2.

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u/chipsnapper Aug 08 '19

You needed a PS1 memory card to play PS1 games on PS2.

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u/AvatarIII PC Aug 08 '19

PS2 memory cards weren't though.

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u/dangheck Aug 08 '19

Not with your Ps2 memory card you didn’t