Save and load to memory cards possible?

[kruuth]

PSIO has the USB port. I'd love to be able to copy my saves off my old pocketstation. Can we get something that can read/write to the memory cards?

[GrayGhost]

I use a PS3 Memory Card adapter. Plug it to my PS3 Super Slim, download data from Memory Card into the PS3 internal PS1 memory card, then plug a USB into the PS3 and transfer the data to PC.

My Super Slim has a 320GB hdd so I just the leave the PS1 save data into it.

You can find the Memory card adapters on ebay for about $30/£30 on ebay.

Also works for PS2 Memory cards too

[Jaggy]

I use a PS3 Memory Card adapter. Plug it to my PS3 Super Slim, download data from Memory Card into the PS3 internal PS1 memory card, then plug a USB into the PS3 and transfer the data to PC.

My Super Slim has a 320GB hdd so I just the leave the PS1 save data into it.

You can find the Memory card adapters on ebay for about $30/£30 on ebay.

Also works for PS2 Memory cards too

You can skip the PS3 entirely by using the free software on this page:

http://onorisoft.free.fr/retro.htm?psx/psx.htm

Playstation 1 Memory Card Manager using the official Playstation 3 Memory Card USB Adaptor

This tool allow you to manage your game saves from a Playstation 1 Memory Card on your Windows PC.

Read from or write to a real Playstation 1 Memory Card using the official Playstation 3 Memory Card USB Adaptor.
Load a Memory Card from multiple file format (*.mc *.mcr *.mcd *.mcx *.gme)
Save a Memory Card to *.mc file format.
Export a single save file to *.mcs file format.
Import a single save file to the currently loaded Memory Card from *.mcs or *.bin file format.
Delete a single save or create a brand new formated Memory Card.

New version allowing to show corrupted savegames !

Provided with a Playstation 3 Memory Card Adaptor USB driver compatible with Windows XP, 7, 8, 10, either 32bits or 64bits !

[kruuth]

Wow those aren't cheap on ebay. You'd think that would be something you could get on aliexpress or something.

[Cyke12]

a PS2 w/ ulaunchelf can do this for much, much less. You can copy the raw save to a USB for future use.
You also get a PS2, dime a dozen and extremely easy to find, also for cheap $$$.

[GrayGhost]

I use a PS3 Memory Card adapter. Plug it to my PS3 Super Slim, download data from Memory Card into the PS3 internal PS1 memory card, then plug a USB into the PS3 and transfer the data to PC.

My Super Slim has a 320GB hdd so I just the leave the PS1 save data into it.

You can find the Memory card adapters on ebay for about $30/£30 on ebay.

Also works for PS2 Memory cards too

You can skip the PS3 entirely by using the free software on this page:

http://onorisoft.free.fr/retro.htm?psx/psx.htm

Playstation 1 Memory Card Manager using the official Playstation 3 Memory Card USB Adaptor

This tool allow you to manage your game saves from a Playstation 1 Memory Card on your Windows PC.

Read from or write to a real Playstation 1 Memory Card using the official Playstation 3 Memory Card USB Adaptor.
Load a Memory Card from multiple file format (*.mc *.mcr *.mcd *.mcx *.gme)
Save a Memory Card to *.mc file format.
Export a single save file to *.mcs file format.
Import a single save file to the currently loaded Memory Card from *.mcs or *.bin file format.
Delete a single save or create a brand new formated Memory Card.

New version allowing to show corrupted savegames !

Provided with a Playstation 3 Memory Card Adaptor USB driver compatible with Windows XP, 7, 8, 10, either 32bits or 64bits !

This is awesome. Didn't even know this little app existed. Thanks for posting!

[GrayGhost]

Wow those aren't cheap on ebay. You'd think that would be something you could get on aliexpress or something.

They're quite rare. I've only ever seen them a literal handful of times when the PS3 launched in the first year, and then never again. Fairly certain they didn't sell very many of them which would explain why they are rare in the first place, also why they still fetch a sum

[GrayGhost]

a PS2 w/ ulaunchelf can do this for much, much less. You can copy the raw save to a USB for future use.
You also get a PS2, dime a dozen and extremely easy to find, also for cheap $$$.

idk... i have yet to find a PS2 for less than what I paid for my memory card adapter, for one that isn't a total bucket.

I've had my Super Slim PS3 since it released (one of a handful PS3's i own), so there was no extra cost and I kept seeing the adapter on my searches for different games and finally found one for a good price so I bought it.

[kruuth]

It's fine, I was hoping there was some way to read saves since the old caetla carts could do it.