Where do you get .mcd files?

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Where do you get .mcd files?

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Hello!

I cannot find anything about the memory card files. .mcd

I tried making empty text files and renaming them from New document.txt into 1.mcd. Is that enough?
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Re: Where do you get .mcd files?

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Re: Where do you get .mcd files?

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There is one in the old repo and also in the current, updated one:

https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/PSX_MiS ... in/memcard
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Re: Where do you get .mcd files?

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Akuma wrote: Wed Dec 22, 2021 12:25 pm Do we have to use this empty memory card or can we just create one like this?

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dd if=/dev/zero bs=8192 count=16 of=memcard.mcd
Is there any objection to doing it this way?
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Re: Where do you get .mcd files?

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Creating an empty file does seem to work, although it's worth keeping in mind that PS1 memory cards need to be formatted before a game can save to them. I know some games are able to handle formatting the card (and might even nicely ask permission before doing so), but I don't know how widespread that is.

edit: It occurs to me that I didn't word this very clearly. I tried out a 128K file full of zero, not a zero-byte file.
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Re: Where do you get .mcd files?

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The english translation of Racing Lagoon kindly formatted my memory card and it worked perfectly after that.
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Re: Where do you get .mcd files?

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I have the dex drive software, works great for creating blanks for various emulators and for importing saves, too. Am I allowed to attach it here, if anyone wants it?
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Re: Where do you get .mcd files?

Unread post by FPGAzumSpass »

It looks like abandonware...probably it's better for users to search themselves if they need it, instead of linking or attaching here.

Can be easily found and we don't have a rights problem in the forum.
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