Son of a Bitch! PSG2 delayed one month.

[Saner2]

well I dont read Japanese. <p> !@#$ <p>sniffle. <p>oh hey!!!!! <p>do you ppl modded your PS2 to play imports? what should I buy and where should I buy it to get my PS2 to play imports? no soldering required? and maybe even taking apart the system? <p>

[PSP]

<blockquote><i>Originally posted by Saner2</i><br>do you ppl modded your PS2 to play imports? what should I buy and where should I buy it to get my PS2 to play imports? no soldering required? and maybe even taking apart the system? <br></blockquote><p>I modded mine, but these days I'm tempted to say just get a Japanese system if possible. If you wanna mod, the chip I use is the DMS3. <p>-Corey

[Saner2]

whats a DMC3? and is that hard to install? where would I find a place where they sell them online? <p>there's no way I'm buying a Japanese system cause I already got a PS2 and buying a new system would cost around 100 bucks. and I only got 100 bucks to get mod stuff and a import game. <p>

[zoothe]

I only spent $35 to get mine to play imports.... but I've posted the process so many times I don't want to post it anymore. Here's the quote:<p> <blockquote>Those links aren't working for me... <br>I'll just post what I did to play the Japanese game on my US Playstation 2: <p>Researching the possible ways to "mod" my PS2, I found that they are few and quite complicated. Mod Chips are way too expensive and complicated. Plus, the possibility of screwing it up is pretty good, and your PS2 is now broken, the warranty is voided and so on. <p>The Swap Magic discs are the way to go. You get two discs (one for CD-ROM games and one for DVD-ROM games) which act as boot discs. You power on your PS2 with the disc in the drive and when the screen prompts you, you take the Swap Disc out and put whatever game you want to play in and off you go. The only catch is that you need to be able to open the cd tray of your PS2 without resetting the system. The two ways you can do this are: the Slide Card, and the Flip Top Lid. <p>The Slide Card requires you to pop off the front cover of the cd/dvd tray on your PS2. To open the tray while the machine is on, you take this plastic card and insert it under the left side of the tray, slide it to the right and then back to the left. The tray will pop open, you swap the discs, and then you have to repeat the slide card process in order to close the tray. It looked pretty tricky from the pictures and instructions I saw on the net. <p>The Flip Top Lid (the one that I went with) is WAAAY easy. The only complicated part is installing it (especially when mine arrived, it didn't come with any instructions). You are basically replacing the top cover of your PS2 with a new one that allows access to the cd/dvd drive via a flip top lid. You also have to pop the memory card slot covers and the reset and eject button assembly off your old top cover and put them in your new one, but it's really easy. Also, you have to remove the top cover of the cd/dvd drive itself (about 8 little screws). Once it's off, if you look at the underside, you'll see this little white, free moving disc of plastic. Take that out and install it in the underside of your Flip Top Lid. I bought the lid and the swap discs together for $33 shipped (which was only a little more than the Slide Card). <p>http://www.all4console.com/ps2_reference17.htm <p>I have no info on a translation of the game, but so far I've managed to get pretty far (I have the luveno, the landrover and hovercraft and am looking for the Laconian Sword) without being able to read Japanese at all. It's pretty similar to the original, with a few exceptions (like that stupid roadpass!!!) so if you know the original and you're as determined as I was, you shouldn't have too much trouble. <p>Sorry if this is a tad long or whatever. <br></blockquote> <p>Apparently you must check first to see if your PS2 is compatible withe the flip-top but if it is, I feel it's the best alternative to mod-chips. Also, someone told me they almost broke their cd tray trying to use the slide card, so the swap discs + flip top = best choice <p>[size=small][Edit by zoothe on [TIME]1106954759[/TIME]][/size]

[Benoit]

Modchips are teh suxs.<br>Disc-swapping is the way to go.

[PSP]

<blockquote><i>Originally posted by Benoit</i><p>Modchips are teh suxs.<br>Disc-swapping is the way to go.<br></blockquote><p>Say what you want, but I can also emulate on my PS2, which I don't think the disc-swap method can do. <p>-Corey

[Saner2]

so if I use disk swapping I have to risk messing up my tray with a slide card? or do I just open the PS2 case, slide in a chip inside then put the cover on and just use the bootdisk method I use with Dreamcast DC-X?<p>what kit did you buy Benoit? and from where?<p>My PS2 is the model I think before the Slim PS2. it's one of the newer models yet not the newest newest model they have now. it has the slide tray.<p>[size=small][Edit by Saner2 on [TIME]1107030686[/TIME]][/size]

[zoothe]

If you use the Slide card, you'll risk breaking your tray every time you use it. The flip top lid will require you to open up your PS2 only once and will be safe every time afterward. Mod chips require soldering onto your printed circuit boards or something equally as scary... but once it's done, you don't have to do it again.

[LaconianShot]

Soldering isn't tough, as long as you know where to do it... but I digress. You don't want to be messing around with a piece of expensive hardware when you could be safer.

[zoothe]

Soldering <i>is</i> easy, but it's also very easy to screw up, and not everyone knows how to do it. Sure adding a mod chip might give you more options, but unless you absolutley know what you're doing, I wouldn't recommend it.

[Benoit]

<blockquote><i>Originally posted by Benoit</i><p>Modchips are teh suxs.<br>Disc-swapping is the way to go.<br></blockquote><p><blockquote><i>Originally posted by PSP</i><p>Say what you want, but I can also emulate on my PS2, which I don't think the disc-swap method can do.<br></blockquote><br>That's because the disc-swap method is for commercial games, not for pirating. :p

[PSP]

<blockquote><i>Originally posted by Benoit</i><br>That's because the disc-swap method is for commercial games, not for pirating. :p <br></blockquote><p>Yeah, sure, keep telling yourself that. Both can be used and misused.<p>-Corey

[Tails99]

Ok, what is on PSG1?

[PSP]

<blockquote><i>Originally posted by Tails99</i><br>Ok, what is on PSG1? <br></blockquote><p>Just a remake of PSI, redone from scratch. <p>-Corey

[Tails99]

And what was supposed to be on PSG2? I need to catch up here.