The How-To-Run-Imports Thread - Read the 1st post! (7.10.05)

diabloslayer469 · Trick Member Joined: 15 Feb 2003 Location: Neo-Geo Land

Whats the best site for getting a ps2 modded with a messiah 2? I heard psx-tech is good. Who do you guys recommend?
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Nugget359 · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jun 2002

Will a PS2 Codebreaker work instead of a Gameshark?
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SDSUMarcus01 · Trick Member Joined: 23 May 2003

I just had my dms3 installed today and all of my import ddr mixes pick it up and lock me out... anyway around this?

diabloslayer469 · Trick Member Joined: 15 Feb 2003 Location: Neo-Geo Land

Did you install the chip on your own? If you had somebody else install it from the internet, you can ask them if they allow chip exchanges. You should exchange it for a messiah2.
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MawgBuu · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 10:07 am Post subject:

I've got one, no problems booting, www.ps2case.com is where I got it and it was about $35...I play back ups and 7th mix no probs
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Nugget359 · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jun 2002

Has anyone besides Devil Warrior had problems with www.modchipkits.com ?
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MoPanda · Basic Member Joined: 24 Jul 2003

Im thinking about modding my PS2, I decided that it'd be easier to have PSX Tech to do the installation but I'm clueless on what chip to get. I heard the Magic 3.1 chip is good since of some of the posts I read, people said they got one and it works great. I also saw the DMS3 chip but it is much more expensive? Is there any real differences between the two? (Maybe this has been posted but I load each forum page mega slow sadly.)

Takuhii · Trick Member Joined: 25 Jun 2003 Location: Rhode Island

Ok, I'm having trouble telling what version my ps2 is. I ordered a Magic 3.1 chip because it's compatible with all ps2s... but I need the correct diagram to tell which it is. I *think* it's a V4 because it's serial starts with U0 and it has the diffrent screw arrangement in the expansion bay. I can't tell the diffrence between the gap and no gap systems... nor do I know how to figure this out. Any help is much appreciated.
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diabloslayer469 · Trick Member Joined: 15 Feb 2003 Location: Neo-Geo Land

Nugget359 · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jun 2002

If you are getting a fliptop, go to www.ps2fliptop.com. They are the absolute best service I have had, and I paid them via money order. As soon as they got the money, they told me they were shipping it the next day (wednesday) and it came on thursday. Fast shipping and great service, no problems at all with my fliptop either.

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N.N.T. Barton '1080 ~IIDX · Trick Member Joined: 02 May 2002 Location: :noitacoL

i realy think the PS2 case cover whatever has a lot of advantages over getting a modded system. but i also want to play imports of PSX games... and if the ps2 cover is 30$$ and a new PS2 is 170$$ thats like 200$$ whats the price of a new system pre modded with a v7 magic 3.1?
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revolutionZERO · Trick Member Joined: 15 Apr 2003 Location: Somewhere

Ok I see how flip ops have an advantage over mod chips, but what about fliptop vs. slide card? I want to get either a fliptop or slide card, but can't choose. Has anyone ever damaged their PS2 with a slide card? I hear people saying it could, but has it ever happened? Because I don't wanna open up my PS2 to install a flip top and have something go wrong. And do fliptops/slide cards really play imports (the next DDR game) even though they are easy to install?

wesstyle · Trick Member Joined: 12 Mar 2003

when i type in drumania in the search box at http://www.japanvideogames.com/ , an item comes up called Drummania Stick... its 29.99 im wondering wut this stick is... is it the controller?? they show a pic of the controller for the description... i was wondering if it was like drumsticks or something.. someone tell me?

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revolutionZERO · Trick Member Joined: 15 Apr 2003 Location: Somewhere

How much of the Japanese DDR games are in English? I'm thinking about getting a fliptop cover and the next DDR, but do you think it's gonna be easy to understand? Is the main menu and song selection in Japanese?

*EDIT* Also can I save a Japanese game to a US memory card?

Istari Asuka · Trick Member Joined: 27 Oct 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ

As much of the Japanese DDR games are in english as the arcade. So, no, you won't have any problems. The only things that can be problematic is if you've never made edit data before, and all the instructions are in Japanese -_- (same idea with 4th mix home's Challenge mode).

Memory cards are universal, so you can indeed save a japanese game to a US card.

Doctor McNozzle · Basic Member Joined: 08 Aug 2003

i may be jumping the gun here, but i see that www.ps2fliptop.com seems to be gone. anyone else getting a "server not found" message?

GoLeafs28 · Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2003 3:23 am Post subject:

Nope. Works for me.

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Larrikin · Contributor Joined: 17 Feb 2002 Location: Illadelphia

I still reccommend the DMS3 to everyone just because its upgradeable.
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Frags10 · Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 11:18 am Post subject:

I just ordered a fliptop mod from www.ps2fliptop.com, and I did next day shipping, so it should be here tommorrow. Just one question: Does anyone know if it will play games burned on DVD-RW's?