Retsy Series 1 · Card 0888 · 00-TEC

Do Not Erase Memory Card

Your progress. Protected. Probably.

A small plastic memory card that held every saved game you owned, right up until a sibling erased it.

Card no.: 0888 of 1,280
Set: 00s Tech & Gadgets · 00-TEC
Year: 2001
Type: Console memory card
Found at: Game store accessory wall
Cost back then: $34.99

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Nostalgia8/10

Hype6/10

Weirdness4/10

Trade value6/10

The story · 2001

The story of Do Not Erase Memory Card

The Do Not Erase memory card was tiny, gray and worth more than gold. It held a hundred hours of progress across a dozen games, all crammed into eight megabytes. Lending it to a cousin was an act of deep trust. Somebody somewhere once pressed erase all by accident, and every kid has felt that phantom chill ever since.

Fun fact

Kids decorated theirs with stickers and nail polish so nobody could ever claim to have grabbed it by mistake.

Six finishes

187 copies of Do Not Erase Memory Card exist

Do Not Erase Memory Card comes in six finishes: 100 Base, 50 Holo, 25 Laser and 10 Gold copies, plus one Super Laser and one Misprint that exist exactly once. Every copy is minted to the wallet that rips it, with its own serial number.

Do Not Erase Memory Card, Retsy card 0888 in the Base finish — **Base**100 copies · Common

Do Not Erase Memory Card, Retsy card 0888 in the Holo finish — **Holo**50 copies · Uncommon

Do Not Erase Memory Card, Retsy card 0888 in the Laser finish — **Laser**25 copies · Rare

Do Not Erase Memory Card, Retsy card 0888 in the Gold finish — **Gold**10 copies · Very rare

Do Not Erase Memory Card, Retsy card 0888 in the Super Laser finish — **Super Laser**1 copy · 1 of 1

Do Not Erase Memory Card, Retsy card 0888 in the Misprint finish — **Misprint**1 copy · 1 of 1

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