Playstation 2 Memory Card 8MB 2PK Red/Blue

by Sony

Product Features

• memory cards in Red & Blue

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006F2EP
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5 x 0.8 inches ; 1.6 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: February 12, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (108 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,841 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #5 in Video Games > PlayStation 2 > Hardware > Memory
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Save game progress, hidden characters, high scores, special weapons, hard levels, and custom controller settings--and take it all with you.

The official Memory Card for the PlayStation 2 system stores up to 8MB of data and features MagicGate encryption. The PlayStation 2 delivers more data-intensive games, so this extra capacity is invaluable. This Memory Card moves data significantly faster than the original memory card, but can only be used with PlayStation 2 format software.

Product Description

8 MB - Memory Card

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

209 of 213 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Buy two and save, April 30, 2003

By 

Christian Wheeler "Husband/Father/Gamer/Proud... (St. Louis) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Playstation 2 Memory Card 8MB 2PK Red/Blue (Video Game)

With Sony-brand memory cards running at $25 a pop, buying memory cards for the PS2 system can get expensive. This package deal, which features one red and one blue card (green and gray are also available), allows the buyer to save a reasonable amount of money. But why would you need two cards? If you have a lot of games, it is easy to fill up a card, and having an extra gives you extra space. Or, one could be reserved for saving online games, or for cheat codes (which isn't a bad idea, since codes can sometimes corrupt your saved games if put on the same card). This may be somewhat expensive up front, but you'll save money in the long run. And, as an added bonus: If you have two kids (or more), multiple colored cards will allow each one to have his/her own different card, so no one fights over them or overwrites the other's games.

72 of 76 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sony Finally Listened. This is the result...., November 27, 2002

By 

Burke Schneider (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Playstation 2 Memory Card 8MB 2PK Red/Blue (Video Game)

After thousands of reviews and E-mails complaining about the price of a Sony Memory Card, this little packaged was created. Included are two colored memory cards. They are made by Sony and include Magigate Technology. The only drawback is the fact that they are colored so if you like everything to match then you gotta buy the black ones. This is a great product and is a needed item if you are going to be buying a PS2. All games need a memory card to save your progress. Without one, then you will always start from the beginning of the game. I highley recomend this product as it is made by Sony and works just as well as the original.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Have for Every PS2 Owner, December 18, 2006

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Lisa Shea "medieval swordfighting enthusiast" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Playstation 2 Memory Card 8MB 2PK Red/Blue (Video Game)

I still remember when the Sony PlayStation 2 first came out, with its 8mb memory cards. The game store owner was raving about them. "You'll never use one up!" he said. Now we have eight ... it really goes to show how every time new technology opens up, developers immediately find a way to fill it up.

First off, many games now take up massive amounts of save space. If you're playing a game like Final Fantasy, where you want to save every 1/2 hr to hour just in case you get yourself stuck and need to go back to build up your characters, you use up memory card space quickly. Believe me, I'd much rather spend a few extra dollars on memory card space, vs wasting weeks of frustrating time having to replay entire games to get past a difficult boss.

It's also critical, if you have more than one gamer in the family, to have separate memory cards. I can't tell you how many people email me at my gaming sites, wondering if they can "recover" lost save data because someone else accidentially overwrote or erased their save game. If it's a game you just started playing it's not so bad - but if you had been building your characters up over months, and had just about solved the entire epic game, it can be heart wrenching.

These memory cards work for all PS2 games. If you get yourself a PS3, then you definitely will want to also get the PS2 - PS3 memory adapter. This little unit lets you plug your PS2 card into it, then a USB connector plugs into the PS3 so that the save games all read right into your PS3. Now you can play all your PS2 games on your PS3 without having to start from scratch. Note that your PS3 does NOT natively let you "stick the PS2 memory card into it". There is no slot on the PS3 for the PS2 card.

Also, for games that you play for multiple weeks, I definitely recommend having a memory card backup of your current save games. Memory cards get lost, they get "borrowed" by accident, they do lose data occasionally if you step on them or drop them in the snow. Just like you back up your computer's hard drive occasionally, back up those important game save files. It only takes a few minutes and can save you months of replaying.

Well recommended!