Console Games (Nintendo, Sony etc.) and Arcade Games/saving ps1 to ps2

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hey, i have a ps1 game that im trying to save to my ps2 mem chip. my friend says this is possible, but after 12 times im having my doubts. can i or can i not and if i can how?(ps it is a crash banicoot game one of the favorite remakes)  

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PlayStation 1 games can only be saved to PlayStation 1 memory cards. Just put your PS1 memory card in your PS2 and save normally. Through Memory Card Management (on the default screen), you can copy PS1 games directly from a PS1 memory card to most PS2 memory cards- though strictly only for backup purposes. The PS1 game will not recognize the PS2 memory card so you cannot load the game from the PS2 memory card- only the PS1 card.

Let me know if I can help with anything else.

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Helen =)

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Ever since I played "Pong" in the early 80's, I've been a video game aficionado. I can answer hardware & games questions about PSP (PlayStation Portable), all PlayStation (1,2,& 3), Wii, Wii Fit, GameCube, Nintendo DS, Nintendo (NES), Super Nintendo, Gameboy/Gameboy Advance, and antiquated systems (ColecoVision, Atari, Sega, etc). I can answer hardware questions about all systems (including PS1 - PS3, Wii, NES, SNES, PSP, DS, GBA, GB, Xbox and Xbox 360). I can also answer PC game questions, especially CounterStrike: Source, Vampire: Bloodlines, Half-Life 1&2, Portal, Team Fortress 2, and all Sims & Sims 2 questions. I am ESPECIALLY knowledgeable in Square-Enix (formerly SquareSoft) games such as ALL the Final Fantasy games (I can even tell you really obscure things about these games). If I haven't played the game yet I will research it and help you find the answer, renting the game if necessary. I can even answer questions dealing with the consoles themselves (hardware questions). I cannot answer questions about Action Replay. I cannot answer questions about football, basketball, or wrestling sports games. I also have very limited knowledge about Xbox & Xbox 360 games unless they are cross-platform. If it is an independent game that has not been widely published and/or a game only released in some countries, I may not be able to help with it either (sadly!)

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I currently am employed as a supervisor for a large, national video game retailer. I am also an expert here in games/roleplaying games, weddings, childbirth, and doulas. My husband is a computer programmer and one of the forefront coders for CounterStrike: Source scripts & mods. He has his own forums for coders/scripters at Mattie.Info. I have been an expert here since 2000 (under the name of Helen Chipman) and also volunteer on numerous other game-related websites and forums.

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