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How to Make a Swap Magic Card

The Playstation 2 is able to play backups of legally owned video games, providing that there is a way to stop the disc drive from running after a commercially made game disc has been loaded. Make a "Swap Magic" card (also known as a "Slide" card) that will let you remove the commercial game disc so that a PS2 backup can be inserted. A few supplies are all that is needed, in addition to an old plastic credit card that has already expired or has been canceled.

Things You'll Need

Newspaper
Credit card
Ruler
Masking tape
Utility knife

Instructions

- 1
  Place a sheet of newspaper on a table. Hold the credit card vertically. Place the credit card on the newspaper. Tape the left side and bottom of the card to the newspaper with strips of masking tape.
- 2
  Measure a 1/4 inch in from the upper right corner of the card. Make a dot with the pencil at the 1/4-inch mark. Measure an 1/8 inch across and make another dot with the pencil.
- 3
  Cut a 1/4-inch down from each of the pencil marks with the blade of a utility knife. Cut across the bottom of the two vertical cut lines with the blade of the utility knife. Pull the cut out piece of plastic from the credit card with your fingers.
- 4
  Measure down a 3/4 inch from the upper right corner of the card. Make a dot with the pencil at the 3/4-inch mark. Draw a horizontal line a 1/2 inch in towards the left side of the card from the dot. Make a dot at the 1/2-inch mark. Draw a line down the length of the card from the 1/2-inch mark.
- 5
  Cut out the two lines drawn with the blade of the utility knife. Remove the excess plastic. Remove the masking tape from the card. Remove the card from the newspaper.

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