How To Format a PS1 Memory Card With a PS2 Console

If you are using your PS2 console to play PS1 games, you may want to save your progress made in certain games onto a PlayStation memory card. This is so next time when you want to continue playing the same game, you can resume to the progress you made earlier on. To create save data using PS1 games, a PS1 memory card is required. This is because PS1 games have been developed to specifically only work with PS1 1 MB memory cards. A PS2 8 MB memory card will not work because it is only capability with PS2 games. If you are having trouble getting your trusty old PS1 memory card to work and it keeps giving copying errors, or saying corrupted data, you will need to format. What formatting does is wipes all the current save blocks from its memory capacity and gives it a fresh start.

1) Press the 'Eject' button on your PS2 console and remove the game disc. This will prevent the game from loading, which will allow the browser screen to come up. Ensure that your PS1 memory card that you want to reformat is inserted into a available memory card slot. Then press the 'Power/Reset' button to switch on the console.

2) On your television you will see two options on screen, 'Browser' and 'System Configuration'. The option that you want to select is 'Browser', so press 'X' on the dualshock 2 controller to enter into it.

3) You will see a small 'PS1 Memory Card Icon' appear onscreen, press the 'X' button on the dualshock 2 controller to enter into it. Find the 'Format' option from the list and press 'X' to proceed. When the format is completed, you will be notified onscreen.