The Mod Chips!

Simon Tibbett · Aug 18, 2002

I am getting ready to buy a mod chip for my PS2 and cant decide which one to buy. www.modchip.com . I want external but that one may not be as good. I also dont understand why I couldnt go buy a PAL PS2 game with a modchip and be able to play it. Why can I only play backups or am I reading it all wrong?

Tom M · Aug 18, 2002

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Simon Tibbett · Aug 19, 2002

Thanks!

F1man · Aug 19, 2002

what are they for?

Tom M · Aug 19, 2002

Originally posted by meme
what are they for?

Some allow you to play imported games, some allow you to play "backed up" (pirated) games.

Viper_Maniac · Aug 19, 2002

I'd only get a mod chip to play import games like GTC.

rjensen11 · Aug 20, 2002

There's no way I'd get a mod chip, unless it was plugged in. I'm not into soddering, and then if I mess up, I'm out the $200 for the PS2 & whatever the modchip costs. Also, commecial DVD's hold about 7GB at least, whereas residential DVD's can only hold 4.5GB, so you could only back up CD games, not DVD games...;(

Tom M · Aug 21, 2002

Originally posted by rjensen11
There's no way I'd get a mod chip, unless it was plugged in. I'm not into soddering, and then if I mess up, I'm out the $200 for the PS2 & whatever the modchip costs. Also, commecial DVD's hold about 7GB at least, whereas residential DVD's can only hold 4.5GB, so you could only back up CD games, not DVD games...;(

No commercial games have used anything other than a normal DVD. Xenosaga(PS2) is rumored to be the first dual layered DVD game ever. There's also a good chance that they will use 2 DVD's because of the problems inherent in using Dual layered DVD's.