I have known this feature since I first had a PlayStation 1 in 2002 and first knew PlayStation 1 in 1999…………because in 1999 it was still something new and famous from Sony Products…………….
yes, I did know that Jack ass lol it's only taken you 26 years to know that old trick lol I wonder what you'll learn in the next twenty-six years. I'm amateur
Was only the second hand trade shops that told you stuff like this but was handy a couple times wasn't massive deal breaker back then, we weren't that carless that generation lol
This was the sort of thing that was documented in Playstation magazines in the 90s, it was certainly known about back in the day. I don't have the magazines any more, but I do still have many cover discs, and an excellent MGS walkthrough guide that came free with a magazine. It really saved my ass when I got stuck.
I remember this one coming from an gaming magazine or gamefaqs tutorial. Since it was never printed in the manuals or such, I do exptect it not to be widely known.
I knew about this, came across this video as I wanted to confirm what buttons did it. This works because the saves are never deleted, they are just marked as empty and can be overwritten. There is actually 16 save blocks and block 0 is the index. This is also the block that gets corrupted if you turn off power when saving and appears to delete all your saves. Also the memory card is not 1 megabyte but 1 megabit, aka 128K, so each save block is only 8k I remember reading about this in a magazine and even built a memory card reader for my Amiga so I could back up the saves. I still have them.
YEAH… there were literally articles on save file recovery on gamefaqs, my guy! And a frantic search via dialup back then allowed me to restore my Tomb Raider save file.
I know a lot of secrets about older consoles too, so let me know if you want to see them
known i had the PS1 a yesr before it arived to the US
No freaking way man!!
SONY DIDNT KNOW
After all this time!
why would they not tell us this!
7 years old me would have been extremely happy to know this
I have known this feature since I first had a PlayStation 1 in 2002 and first knew PlayStation 1 in 1999…………because in 1999 it was still something new and famous from Sony Products…………….
I remember reading this trick in PlayStation magazine back in 1998, so not really hidden.
yes, I did know that Jack ass lol it's only taken you 26 years to know that old trick lol I wonder what you'll learn in the next twenty-six years. I'm amateur
OK… Now what am I supposed to do with this? Try it on my Ps4??
Everyone knew this
Why didn't you do it with the official memory card, I feel like it's a feature of that knock off card
I wonder if this work on PS1 emulator ?
Was only the second hand trade shops that told you stuff like this but was handy a couple times wasn't massive deal breaker back then, we weren't that carless that generation lol
This was the sort of thing that was documented in Playstation magazines in the 90s, it was certainly known about back in the day. I don't have the magazines any more, but I do still have many cover discs, and an excellent MGS walkthrough guide that came free with a magazine. It really saved my ass when I got stuck.
Damn
Im 40. I had the first PS ever. EVERYONE knew about this…
Why would something so important not be in the manual
i can't believe i never know that before
I remember this one coming from an gaming magazine or gamefaqs tutorial. Since it was never printed in the manuals or such, I do exptect it not to be widely known.
Where can i get a memory card bc ive bought this os1 for 5 euros with everything without games and memory card
I knew this secret.
Why is this a hidden feature? I guess putting an "undo" button on the interface was just to much of a burden for Sony
I knew about this, came across this video as I wanted to confirm what buttons did it.
This works because the saves are never deleted, they are just marked as empty and can be overwritten.
There is actually 16 save blocks and block 0 is the index. This is also the block that gets corrupted if you turn off power when saving and appears to delete all your saves.
Also the memory card is not 1 megabyte but 1 megabit, aka 128K, so each save block is only 8k
I remember reading about this in a magazine and even built a memory card reader for my Amiga so I could back up the saves. I still have them.
Lots of people knew this
Bit to late now
LOL… It has always been very well known in France !!
If this was never published how was it discovered? There’s nothing intuitive about it. And why wouldn’t Sony put an “undo” option on the menu
YEAH… there were literally articles on save file recovery on gamefaqs, my guy! And a frantic search via dialup back then allowed me to restore my Tomb Raider save file.
This was in the instruction manual.
TAIL CONCERTO MENTIONED :333
Just a joke, but it's a good thing your parents didn't name you Richard, if you know what I mean
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why do you need the disc tray open tho?
Or you read the manual