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wazzaap19
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Location: Kanadia, you dont like it, fuck off!
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cacaro
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| Posted: Fri, 29th Feb 2008 15:16 Post subject: Re: [PS2] swap magic? |
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| mike- wrote: |
e/ and i understand no mod chip is required? with the particular tool majigger it comes with (could be just chopped from a credit card or something, if i cant get both the disk and the plastic majigger) |
Now, I know Swap Magic is cheaper, doesn't require modchip, etc. etc. But if you're willing to spend a bit more (I don't know exactly how much in the US, here in italy the difference in price between Swap Magic and a Modchip is 35-40 euros), mod your PS2. Swap Magic will become a major pain in the ass very soon, because EVERY time you load a game, you have to load the swap loader, do the swap and load it. It may not seem much, but you may do it in a wrong way (e.g. when the disc is still running) and you risk to ruin your PS2. I've been using swap magic for one year and never had a problem, but I can assure you my PS2 is slow starting to die and it's just annoying to load games in that way.
That's my two cents.
The post above has been written by a RPG elitist
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| Posted: Fri, 29th Feb 2008 16:22 Post subject: |
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is loading from hdd quicker?
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| Posted: Fri, 29th Feb 2008 16:45 Post subject: |
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Massively quicker, buy a cheap maxxtor 70gb HD, fill it with games, boot to HD from your memory card and you'll never look back
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| Posted: Fri, 29th Feb 2008 17:50 Post subject: |
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yeah i heard its way quicker but a hassle to have to connect the drive to your pc every single time you want to put a new game on
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| Posted: Fri, 29th Feb 2008 18:06 Post subject: |
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Been using swap magic for years, no problems and no chore at all for me. Mine a V10 and my cousin has been using it on a V4 ps2.. no problems, apart from when my cousin first did his we had to clean the lens before it would read backups.
If anyones ps2 is giving trouble, it's probably just a dirty laser lens, or worn worm arm (goes click a lot)
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| Posted: Fri, 29th Feb 2008 18:57 Post subject: |
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Got swap magic for my PS2 slim a 6 weeks ago, works fine and nothing to complain about exept that one of the 3 pieces you need to put is a fuckin pain in the ass to install. Also, you can play imports liek PAL on NTSC but its not like Xbox or X360, the game does not adjust to your screen so theres things you dont see. like PAL games on NTSC PS2, you loose a few inch at the bottom. Like for example, in Medal of Honor: Vanguard, i dont see the compass and Hud
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| Posted: Fri, 29th Feb 2008 18:58 Post subject: |
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Personaly I would get a modchip.
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| Posted: Fri, 29th Feb 2008 19:23 Post subject: |
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| Kommando wrote: | | Got swap magic for my PS2 slim a 6 weeks ago, works fine and nothing to complain about exept that one of the 3 pieces you need to put is a fuckin pain in the ass to install. Also, you can play imports liek PAL on NTSC but its not like Xbox or X360, the game does not adjust to your screen so theres things you dont see. like PAL games on NTSC PS2, you loose a few inch at the bottom. Like for example, in Medal of Honor: Vanguard, i dont see the compass and Hud |
Buy a RGB lead, then your telly should support NTSC mode in colour. Or use it on a newer telly, which supports ntsc signals natively. Basically forcing an NTSC game to run in PAL mode creates the same problems wether using chip or swap magic.
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cacaro
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| Posted: Fri, 29th Feb 2008 20:10 Post subject: |
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| Kommando wrote: | | install. Also, you can play imports liek PAL on NTSC but its not like Xbox or X360, the game does not adjust to your screen so theres things you dont see. like PAL games on NTSC PS2, you loose a few inch at the bottom. Like for example, in Medal of Honor: Vanguard, i dont see the compass and Hud |
You can choose between PAL and NTSC compatibility mode in the selection screen when you load the swap disc.
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| Posted: Fri, 29th Feb 2008 20:12 Post subject: |
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| cacaro wrote: | | Kommando wrote: | | install. Also, you can play imports liek PAL on NTSC but its not like Xbox or X360, the game does not adjust to your screen so theres things you dont see. like PAL games on NTSC PS2, you loose a few inch at the bottom. Like for example, in Medal of Honor: Vanguard, i dont see the compass and Hud |
You can choose between PAL and NTSC compatibility mode in the selection screen when you load the swap disc. |
If i select PAL, i get B&W and screen go crazy with lines
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| Posted: Fri, 29th Feb 2008 21:53 Post subject: |
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3 years, its a JVC D-Series
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd Mar 2008 05:15 Post subject: |
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I used Swap Magic for along time, with the magic card, and also the slim line 3 piece installation, worked good for along time, i also did the hdd kit, an that worked really well, best option, rather swap magic or hdd but that's my opinon, just read up about different modchip's/swap disk's/hdd loader's an you'll get your answer's very quickly, an plus there are many well done tutorial's for beginner's and intermediate's.
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i may look into modding it then aswell
