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[The_Princess]

Silly, silly, foolish me - I've passed two FF games on my PS2 but I still know so little about the mechanics of the machine!

You see, having fallen in love with Final Fantasy X and X-2, I bought VIII, which, as you know, is a PS1 game. I didn't know that you couldn't save it on a PS2 memory card.

I've gotten through heaps of the first disc and then I got a game over. Now I have to start all over again.

Am I doomed to have to restart the game entirely every time I get a game over ? Furthermore, if I don't get a game over between now and the end of the first disc, I'm going to need a memory card to transfer the info over to the second disc, aren't I ?

What do I do ? Am I doomed ? Should I take the game back, do PS1 memory cards work on PS2s ? Has anyone else experienced this ?

Heeeeeeeeeeeeelp ! I really want to finish this game ! I love it so far!

[TheAbominatrix]

Use a PS1 memory card whenever you play PS1 games, no matter what system you're using. Yes, they work on PS2s.

PS1 cards for PS1 games, PS2 cards for PS2 games.

[The_Princess]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh thank you thank you thank you !

[Felldoh]

You can also transfer your PS1 files on to your PS2 memory card.

[Rusty]

Your not doomed! Just buy a ps1 memory card!

[The_Princess]

Thank you so much, guys ! I raced out and bought a PS1 memory card and it's aaaall good. Now I can sit back and enjoy Final Fantasy VIII ! Thanks again for the tip !

[Big D]

That's great
But be careful... only official Sony PS1 cards work on the PS2. I've got a cheap but good non-Sony memory card; it worked fine on my PS1 but the PS2 doesn't even know it's there. The real product, even though it's more expensive, will be more reliable.