In 2022, what is the best new memory cart to buy?

[buckoa51]

So a friend messaged me last night to ask what the best place was to buy a Saturn memory cart from and I realised I didn't actually know these days.

In 2022, what IS the best cart and best place to buy it?

About his Saturn

1) He has an ODE so doesn't need CD-R loading
2) Would like Action Replay cheats
3) Doesn't care about those oddball games that require their own custom cart.

Oh and he's based in Ireland.

[zyrobs]

I'm not aware of anything that's better than the official Backup cart (for saving directly in-game) or the Action Replay (cheating and RAM expansion).

[buckoa51]

Where would you recommend to buy the AR cart in the EU? Will any old seller on e.g Aliexpress do? Aren't there poor quality knockoffs going round of it these days?

[zyrobs]

The carts aren't being made anymore as far as I know, so I imagine any place with a regular supply would use recently made "knockoffs" to keep the stock up. And weren't the original ones made in china anyway?
They are far more likely to have issues not because they are poor quality, but because Saturns generally need maintenance nowadays.

[buckoa51]

All right, thanks Zyrobs.