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Rids · 17 Jul 2004, 19:35

Got a bit of spare money lying around at the moment, and I'm thinking of getting my greasy mits on a Playstation 2. Naturally, I'd want a chipped one, so I could play backups of games, as DVD's and CD's are not very durable.

Now, I'd just enquire, is it possible to buy pre-chipped PS2's over this here internet, and if it is, has anybody bought one before and can recommend a supplier?

Deathjam|wee · 17 Jul 2004, 19:46

good place to buy from and they have chips in them too

vampire_lestat · 17 Jul 2004, 20:08

insert standard PS2 is crap i hate sony consoles comment here.

Rids · 17 Jul 2004, 20:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deathjam|wee

good place to buy from and they have chips in them too

You prick

Phang · 17 Jul 2004, 21:31

incidentally, get a network adapter. they are nice and they make the PS2 startup sound cool.

ps chipping makes baby jesus cry

MrL_JaKiri · 17 Jul 2004, 21:36

Get a gamecube!

SilverSmoke · 17 Jul 2004, 21:41

Just out of interest, why a psx and not an Xbox or like Jakiri suggested a Gamecube.

I would go for the x-box myself, basicly for Ninja Gaiden and Fable.

MrL_JaKiri · 17 Jul 2004, 21:42

Rids is a DDR/FFX kinda guy.

SilverSmoke · 17 Jul 2004, 21:50

Rids · 17 Jul 2004, 22:10

WWE Smackdown Here Comes The Pain
FFX
WWE Smackdown vs Raw
GTA:SA
Ability to play old PS games
etc etc

If you can explain some benefits why I'd choose a Gamecube or Shitebox over a PS2, I'm all ears.

SilverSmoke · 17 Jul 2004, 22:15

Well it's all about a matter of taste I guess. As I already said, for me Ninja Gaiden and Fable would be enough reason to go for the box. I am not really that much into the console scene anymore but as far I noticed the Xbox is gaining more and more terrain over the said other two, which will result in a bigger diversity of games available eventually.

1-X · 17 Jul 2004, 23:49

to answer the original question, yes you can buy pre-chipped consoles over the 'net

eg. http://www.kanection.co.uk/

that's the result of a search, not a recommendation from a buyer

Zar · 18 Jul 2004, 00:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrL_JaKiri

Get a gamecube!

Phang · 18 Jul 2004, 02:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by SilverSmoke

Well it's all about a matter of taste I guess. As I already said, for me Ninja Gaiden and Fable would be enough reason to go for the box. I am not really that much into the console scene anymore but as far I noticed the Xbox is gaining more and more terrain over the said other two, which will result in a bigger diversity of games available eventually.

bollocks to that. the reason to get an Xbox can be explained in full with four words:

Jet
Set
Radio
Future

Blastoderm · 18 Jul 2004, 12:28

I used to buy my chipped PSX/PS2 from Hackney Sunday Market.

But now they're closed to make way for the Olympic Stadium & Village.

MrL_JaKiri · 18 Jul 2004, 12:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rids

If you can explain some benefits why I'd choose a Gamecube or Shitebox over a PS2, I'm all ears.

Because they have better games that are more fun to play.

vampire_lestat · 18 Jul 2004, 14:15

mario kart and zelda are the only things you need to know

Lupin · 19 Jul 2004, 13:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rids

WWE Smackdown Here Comes The Pain
WWE Smackdown vs Raw

do you also play them multiplayer..?

1-X · 19 Jul 2004, 15:08

better than a chipped PS2 might be one with a hard drive. From the limited amount I know*

, you get a sony network adapter for about £20, plug any regular HDD into it, and buy a disk for another £20 with the copy/boot software on it (so a similar price in total to having it chipped)

Then you borrow/rent games, copy them all across and just choose which you want from a menu with much faster loading speeds, no original disk required.

*http://www.hdloader.com/site.php?page=home
http://www.darkplanets.com/product_i...ype=5&prod=272

LHC · 19 Jul 2004, 15:19

It doesn't matter, they all have Soul Calibur 2.

1-X · 22 Jul 2004, 23:12

UK bans PlayStation 'chipping'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3915179.stm

This is because of the EU Copyright directive but the article says when Sony tried the same argument in Italy and Spain, it was thrown out of court because their judges ruled it's up to owners of a console what they did with it.

Shouldn't they be either legal or illegal for the whole of the EU?

roadrunner_0 · 23 Jul 2004, 17:28

yes it should, but it isnt
apparently, if you take a chipped ps2 into a gamestation, they have to inform the police now

in theory, you cant buy chipped ps2's in the UK now, and it is always better to buy the ps2's pre-chipped, as a lot more can go wrong than with the original ps chipping.
you can almost certainly still get hold of one, you just have to know what you are doin and are probably better off asking any shady ppl you know in RL rather than on here

1-X · 23 Jul 2004, 17:52

it's like with a cable tv box, it remains the property of the company so clearly chipping it is a crime, but when you actually own the hardware (ps2), it's ludicrous that you can't modify it. Voiding the guarantee should be the extent of sony's power.

roadrunner_0 · 23 Jul 2004, 17:56

personally, i agree, and couldnt believe that they could actually get away with it, but apparently they can, don't know of anyone who has been taken to court over it like...

Dante Hicks · 23 Jul 2004, 20:46

And who says our personal freedoms are being eroded? Bunch of paranoid nutjobs, that's who!

Seth Mace · 23 Jul 2004, 20:55

I loved the PS1 and the games you could get but there are few PS2 games that make me wanna wet my pants (to put it bluntley).

* > PS2 and the DVD player is sh1t.

I got a PS2 when i should have gotten an Xbox but ProEvo3, & the silent hill's makes up for it a bit.

Stick to PC games if i was you or spend that cash on upgrading.

HL2 and Doom3 are just around the corner!

*donkie* · 24 Jul 2004, 00:26

GameCube and a PC and you're set.

And get a wavebird too. Thats a sexual peice of technology.

roadrunner_0 · 24 Jul 2004, 08:58

do what we are doing anyway, get them all

Sunday8pm · 24 Jul 2004, 09:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1-X

it's like with a cable tv box, it remains the property of the company so clearly chipping it is a crime, but when you actually own the hardware (ps2), it's ludicrous that you can't modify it. Voiding the guarantee should be the extent of sony's power.

No less ludicrous than someone putting a tap on a phone that they own.... if you are talking about how modding should be illegal.

Or modding the chips in sports cars to allow you to exceed speeds that were already illegal anyway.....

or...

roadrunner_0 · 24 Jul 2004, 09:30

but surely its not actually illegal?
the phone tap yes because you would be contravening the data protection act, so you would actually be directly breaking a law, but you can mod the chip in your car cant you?

Sunday8pm · 24 Jul 2004, 09:37

I dunno but I believe doing so is illegal, it'd certainly void your car insurance and stuff and you aren't allowed to drive without car insurance etc.

Modding your ps2 allows you to play pirate material, it serves no other purpose imo and hence why it was easy to rule in sony's favour.

If you are careless enough with your current copy claim off the home insurance.

roadrunner_0 · 24 Jul 2004, 09:48

from what i remember (someone correct me if im wrong, going off what a friend did to his car) you are allowed to do it so long as the insurance company is informed, as it is distinctly likely to put you into a higher insurance bracket
and i thought that there was a legit use for chipping a ps2 as well, but cant remember it offhand, cos im feeling useless this morrning

Sunday8pm · 24 Jul 2004, 09:59

Something to do with backing up your roms etc.

Tbh I'd be surprised if 1% of the PS2 Owning population had roms back up facilities.

LHC · 24 Jul 2004, 10:30

Chipping also allows you to bypass region protection on real games, although that is probably illegal too.

roadrunner_0 · 24 Jul 2004, 12:47

i thought that you could buy import games so long as they werent ever given a release over here? i have a mate who buys various american football games

MrL_JaKiri · 24 Jul 2004, 13:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by LHC

Chipping also allows you to bypass region protection on real games, although that is probably illegal too.

Although it shouldn't be, like most of the things in this thread.

Zh|l · 24 Jul 2004, 20:43

We arent allowed to discuss chipping or anything of the sort with customers, regardless of what knowledge we possess regarding it. To do so is grounds for an EPR and disciplinary action.

Naturally, when a customer tells us they're PS2 is chipped we diplomatically state we have no idea about such a thing. There is no "informing" of police since if a customer is stupid enough to brag about it in a shop, they are bound to get caught sooner rather than later.

Thats at GAME btw.