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Game Forum / Action Games / Half Life / December 2004OT: US PS2 games in the UK?
Does anyone know if I can buy US PS2 games and play them on a UK console/TV? Or does it require modifications... I've been reading about Katamari Damacy: http://www.deadalfs.co.uk/reviews/1897/index.html which sounds great, but is apparently not available in the UK. I'm wary of importing it (especially since Amazon.com has just told me 'the item can't be shipped to your selected destination'). Any PS2 importers in the group? Cheers ___ Neil AKA HighVis >Does anyone know if I can buy US PS2 games and play them on a UK >console/TV? Or does it require modifications... [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Any PS2 importers in the group? I really don't get it when people do this. Since you know it's off-topic, why not spend a second or two searching for "playstation" in your groups list and post it there instead - thus getting far better or more accurate answers? andyt > I really don't get it when people do this. Since you know it's > off-topic, why not spend a second or two searching for "playstation" > in your groups list and post it there instead - thus getting far > better or more accurate answers? Knowing Vis he's probably scoured the internet and newsgroups about this little problem of his. What you are failing to realise is that a good lump of the people who post in this NG even spradacly know most of of that lump. They try to answer any Half life questions which come up, no matter how often, with friendlyness and knowledge. I like to imagainthat this NG is like a grouup of people who's favorite topic is Half-Life so talk lots about it, but sometimes they would like to ask the advice of other members who may know questions that other people will know. Look at it like the work place, the job is half-life and during the breaks we talk about what we've been up to. I think my point is, don't get on upset if a newsgroup goes of topic every now and again. It just means that people have more intrest than just the subject matter and are trying to make friends. THere are quite a few people in this NG who I have actually met in real life and consider them to be friends and have shared a beer with. They know that I can't spell good and I canget away with that. If you don't like the direction this NG takes you sometimes then you are more than welcoe to go elsewhere. I'm pretty sure you won't be missed. As to Vis, lo mate, how's the family. You will need a modded PS2 to play US games unfortunatly. It is illigal to do this iirc. If you do get your hands ona modded PS2 why not hav a word with one or two of our american chums. They might be more than please to end the game out to you. Bye then, Freek out. >> I really don't get it when people do this. Since you know it's >> off-topic, why not spend a second or two searching for "playstation" [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >sometimes then you are more than welcoe to go elsewhere. I'm pretty sure you >won't be missed. Hmm.. I'm not quite sure why you've chosen to post that particular tirade. Perhaps you have missed my point entirely - I'm not remotely upset about it (I'm a PS2 owner myself). I just figure he'd be much better off posting his question in the right group that's all. andyt > Hmm.. I'm not quite sure why you've chosen to post that particular > tirade. Perhaps you have missed my point entirely - I'm not remotely > upset about it (I'm a PS2 owner myself). I just figure he'd be much > better off posting his question in the right group that's all. No doubt Neil will do that if he doesn't get an answer here. In the meantime, he's just asking his mates. -- Paul > > Hmm.. I'm not quite sure why you've chosen to post that particular > > tirade. Perhaps you have missed my point entirely - I'm not remotely [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > No doubt Neil will do that if he doesn't get an answer here. In the meantime, > he's just asking his mates. Exactly. And freek answered it for me (thanks, dude). Andy, there's *too* much information out there - I got totally swamped trying to google any sense myself. I could go and check out the ps2 newsgroups, but then I'd have to check back regularly to see if anyone had answered, and even then I wouldn't know whether to trust their information. Alternatively, I could just post an OT question in here, and know that someone reliable would at least have an idea of where to go next. We've done it for years, on a myriad of different subjects, and I'm constantly surprised at the number of experts who pop up to help. I'm sure there are many regs who now know a lot more about PC components, for instance, and we certainly know which dark rum is the best. I won't even go into the current recomendations for MMO games, but thanks to other OT posts I've increased my knowledge of all these things without having to trawl through other newsgroups (I wouldn't have even known I *wanted* to know those things without reading them here - serendipity at its best). I guess my point is that for the asker it's a simple start, to the answerer it's their chance to give something back and for the rest it's at worst an easily ignorable distraction and at best a chance to learn something new as well. Thanks for the concern, anyway. ___ Neil AKA HighVis > I could go and check out the ps2 >newsgroups, but then I'd have to check back regularly to see if anyone >had answered, and even then I wouldn't know whether to trust their >information. >Neil >AKA HighVis In a.g.v.sony-playstation2, asking about modding goes over about as well as asking for a CD Key in here. Much safer in AGHL. :-) Erik >> I could go and check out the ps2 >> newsgroups, but then I'd have to check back regularly to see if [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Erik LOL! I'm sure there are *LOTS* of modded PS2's around, just like souped up XBoxes :) If you were to want to mod the consoles, where would ya go for serious info? Like running them from a PC? :) McG. > Exactly. And freek answered it for me (thanks, dude). > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > had answered, and even then I wouldn't know whether to trust their > information. That's why I asked my PC upgrade questions here (and got loads of help). Sure, there are more appropriate groups and lots of info out there, but a lot of people here are very knowledgeable about such things, and I already know and trust many of the people who answered. Plus, as you say, you have to check back on the unfamiliar newsgroup, and on OE at least, you have to download all the damn posts before you can do anything (which takes an age on dial-up). I don't think newsgroups are well suited to single enquiries, they need to be lived in :) -- Paul >Does anyone know if I can buy US PS2 games and play them on a UK >console/TV? Or does it require modifications... [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >Neil >AKA HighVis Unfortunatly, FreEk? is correct. The UK had a preview release of Gran Turismo 4 that I would love to see but it won't work here in the US. Here is a site that has all kinds of modding stuff. Don't have a clue on how it all works though. :-) http://www.modchip.com/ps2/ Erik > Unfortunatly, FreEk? is correct. The UK had a preview release of Gran > Turismo 4 that I would love to see but it won't work here in the US. > Here is a site that has all kinds of modding stuff. Don't have a clue > on how it all works though. :-) > > http://www.modchip.com/ps2/ Thanks, Erik. Interesting site - although the thought of applying a soldering iron to the insides of our ps2 makes me shudder! I don't suppose you know if the slide card idea works at all? (http://www.modchip.com/ps2/slidecard.htm) ... certainly looks a lot safer! ___ Neil AKA HighVis >> Unfortunatly, FreEk? is correct. The UK had a preview release of Gran >> Turismo 4 that I would love to see but it won't work here in the US. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > ___ Slide cards are a pain in the a.s. I know this from experience. If you want to go this route get new ps2 case that opens up from the top to expose your dvd player. |
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