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Help with memory card - is 4MB big enough for 5 games?

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Old 27-07-2007, 2:23 PM   #1
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Help with memory card - is 4MB big enough for 5 games?

Hey,
I have just bought a 4MB official GameCube memory card from eBay. Will that be enough space for game saves of Resident Evil 0, 1, 2, 3 and Code Veronica X? Or will I need a bigger memory card? They are the only 5 GameCube games I will be using my Wii for. Roughly how many game saves do you get out of a 4MB memory card?
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Old 28-07-2007, 1:27 AM   #2
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Re: Help with memory card - is 4MB big enough for 5 games?

All Gamecube games tell you how many 'blocks' (as Nintendo call them) of memory each of them need to save games, and the numbers can vary a lot from game to game, some only use a couple of blocks, some, (e.g. Animal Crossing) take about 50 blocks.

A 4mb memory card has 59 blocks, and as far as I know, the Resident Evil games use the following amounts;

RE - 8
RE2 - 1
RE3 - 1
RE4 - 9
RE0 - 9


I haven't got all the RE games myself, so I've pulled these figures from one of the online games retailers, but they tally with the games I do have, so you should be okay.

Hope that helps
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Old 04-09-2007, 3:35 PM   #3
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Re: Help with memory card - is 4MB big enough for 5 games?

Just buy a 128mb card off ebay, has more blocks than any NGC user could ever need for next to nothing. it's only £7.27 inc. P&P from London i got one does me wonders & works with Wii too! -----> here
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Old 14-09-2007, 3:01 PM   #4
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Re: Help with memory card - is 4MB big enough for 5 games?

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Just buy a 128mb card off ebay, has more blocks than any NGC user could ever need for next to nothing. it's only £7.27 inc. P&P from London i got one does me wonders & works with Wii too! -----> here
so do you need a memory card to play gamecube games on the wii?
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Old 17-09-2007, 12:37 AM   #5
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Re: Help with memory card - is 4MB big enough for 5 games?

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so do you need a memory card to play gamecube games on the wii?
You do. BTW I personally wouldn't recommend any third party memory cards(I see the one you have is official), I've had 3rd party cards turn corrupted on both the PS2 and Gamecube, was gutting on both occasions
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