Okay, so I wandered down and got myself a PS2 network adapter (shame there's no games, other than the one supplied - and we'll come to that). Traded a couple of old games in on it, so it was pretty cheap...
Anyhoo, got home, hooked it up, and had two little hitches - one with the DNS addresses (easily fixed), and the second - after the little network test the PS2 runs came out fine, no connection to Central Station (where you register). Called the support line, and they suggested deleting the initial file and setting it all up again, and it should all hook up - which it did! Pretty easy process, and I'm pretty hopeless on these things.
So - fire up Hardware Online Arena, and it has to be said, this is dirty big fun online. The game is pretty simple, looks reasonable and moves very quickly - I've not seen much lag - justifying the broadband only decision - and other player animation is solid. Good one to include with the network package.
So - if you're in Australia and got a broadband connection, I'd really recommend it. It's pretty cheap (about two thirds the price of a new release game) and you get a pretty solid game with it - and the promise of more to come.
Anyhoo, got home, hooked it up, and had two little hitches - one with the DNS addresses (easily fixed), and the second - after the little network test the PS2 runs came out fine, no connection to Central Station (where you register). Called the support line, and they suggested deleting the initial file and setting it all up again, and it should all hook up - which it did! Pretty easy process, and I'm pretty hopeless on these things.
So - fire up Hardware Online Arena, and it has to be said, this is dirty big fun online. The game is pretty simple, looks reasonable and moves very quickly - I've not seen much lag - justifying the broadband only decision - and other player animation is solid. Good one to include with the network package.
So - if you're in Australia and got a broadband connection, I'd really recommend it. It's pretty cheap (about two thirds the price of a new release game) and you get a pretty solid game with it - and the promise of more to come.
Load game. Hold reset for 2-3 seconds until it turns off. Let go. Hold Down again for 5-6 secs or until the starting screen (cubes) apears. May need to be done a couple of times to work. But if you dont have a deacdivatable chip. SUCK!
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