How to Save Gamecube Games

[heresiarh]

I am a pc gamer and recently bought a GC with Metroid Prime. How do you go about saving a game ?

 

[Davegod]

AFAIK GC disks are proprietary, there's no copying them.

...you dont actually mean save your progress ingame??

 

[heresiarh]

yes save my progress game. whenever i die, i have to start all over. on the pc, saving is straight forword, but GC, i cant figure out how to do it.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: heresiarh
yes save my progress game. whenever i die, i have to start all over. on the pc, saving is straight forword, but GC, i cant figure out how to do it.

Depends on the game. I don't have Metroid Prime, but I believe it has save points at which you can save your game.

 

[Rankor]

There are save points but in order to use them, you'll need a memory card like this one here.

 

[heresiarh]

Thankyou, got it.

 

[GhettoFob]

Make sure you get the one from Nintendo. I've heard bad things about 3rd party ones.

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

You do have a memory card, yes?

 

[stndn]

this has been mentioned, but i'll type more anyways. .. ,p
1. you need to get memory card for gamecubes. There are a few choices, but i'd recommend get the 251 block nintendo brand (usually it's black). The reasons for that are: a). 251 block memory has more space, and it costs about the same with the smaller 56block memory card.

2. for most games, you have to wait until you reach a certain "save point" place before you can save the games. In the case of metroid prime, you will encounter save spots scattered around the game, where you can save and recharge your energy/ammo/etc. When you encounter these save spots, that's where you save.

3. When saving (and loading), make sure you have your memory card plugged in ,)

4. Each games has instruction manuals that give info on how or when you can save games. Look at the manual and find out

5. If you want to delete old save games (for example, you run out of space, etc), you can start your gamecube without any games in it, and go to the memory manager section. They will have the list of save games you have saved, and things you can do with them (copy, move, delete, etc).

happy gaming -)

 

[heresiarh]

Thank you guys for all your help. I do have a memory card and its shocking orange in color from NYKO. I did manage to figure out the saving method. I only had 10bucks so had to get the NYKO card from BESTBUY. It is working just fine. I believe it has save capacity of 123blocks.

I don't need a big memory card because I play one game at a time. I finish a game first before moving onto the next. Right now, I'm going insane playing Metroid Prime, a truly fun gaming experience. Something different from my favourite strategy genre on the PC.