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

endless · Trick Member Joined: 28 Sep 2003 Location: highland, CA

Hey, larrikin I found a website for PS2's that has the modchip already installed. Here it is
http://www.modchipworld.com/product_info.php?product_id=33

Mikeweiser · Trick Member Joined: 15 Feb 2003 Location: Saginaw, MI

chewie69x0 · Basic Member Joined: 16 Sep 2003 Location: saline, mi

i just pre-ordered DDR Etreme and the flip top from ps2cover.com. And after reading numerous post about those

and now i'm confused.... can someone tell me if i wasted $40 on the flip top cover?

endless · Trick Member Joined: 28 Sep 2003 Location: highland, CA

Mikeweiser: I screwed up on the website this is the website.

http://www.modchipworld.com/product_info.php?products_id=33

discobiscuits · Trick Member Joined: 07 Sep 2003 Location: phoenix

magic 4.1 pre installed???? really???? sorry man its a fake... try to find one with 3.1 installed. hehe.... im ordering my 3.1 and extreme right now omg weeeee

.... man that extreme song list is one big mothaaaaa i hear. yeah anyway, this is the first time i've soldered and im wondering if its hard to do... i have a lot of patience though i'll tell u dat
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Uiru · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 1:36 am Post subject:

I just ordered Extreme JP... I feel really proud of myself. I thought that after aquiring two Cobalt Flux pads, I wouldn't be able to become any more of a ravenous DDR fanboy. I'm proving myself wrong as we speak. :) My planned attack method is fliptop lid; I trust that somebody will post information regarding compatibility with the 2.0 boot discs asap? I want to order one of them now but I don't want to blow cash on a disc that I won't even use.

ps. Canadian consumers, yesasia.com has the best price- $80.something CDN, after shipping (actually, there is no shipping) in two weeks. The next cheapest one was $74 USD. If you want it faster, you might have to check out the other ones for Extreme speeds (yay for bad puns) but if you're willing to drop piles of cash on shipping you probably don't care who has the best price. Heh.
~Uiru

chewie69x0 · Basic Member Joined: 16 Sep 2003 Location: saline, mi

I was in the same boat as you are in

but after talking to a couple of guys... they said wait it out till the game comes out to find out...
i guess the swap method doesn't work on DVD9 games but DDR Max 1 and 2 work perfectly fine. So i guess stick to a MAx intill it is known if extreme will work?

EMAGDNIM · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 1:11 pm Post subject:

Hey Uiru, you've got 2 Cobalt Flux pads??? and you're going to use a flip top??? spend a little more money and get your system modded or get a Japanese PS2 (if you're serious about importing).
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Uiru · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 6:21 pm Post subject:

That's the thing, I'm out of money.

~Uiru

TBxVividos · Trick Member Joined: 26 Dec 2002 Location: Farmington, MN

well...im convinced its time to mod my ps2 and start importing. DDR Extreme JP is the last straw. yeah i like my US exclusives, but man o man..extreme has a godly songlist and ONI MODE *drool*.

so anyways...looking at the different ways to mod my ps2, i think i'll get the magic 3.1 chip, but i got a couple questions.

first off, extreme will be THE FIRST game i import (a ps2 game) but im also thinkin i'd like to import a couple of the other mixes (namely 4th/5th/extra) from ps1 as well. if i get a magic 3.1, will that allow me to play ps1 imports on my ps2 as well?

and second, im not going to install it myself. so what do you guys reccomend for installation? what kind of fee's would i be lookin at? what are the best places to go? (i know there's a few places listed on the first page, but a couple sound kinda iffy and i sent a pm to that cmcm guy)

im an importing n00b so uh, help educate me

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Uiru · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 2:29 am Post subject:

It says on the first page that it will.
~Uiru

GhStRdR2k · Trick Member Joined: 25 Jan 2002 Location: Toledo, OH

I was looking at getting the DMS3 V2.0 modchip and was wondering if anyone else has this one and how difficult it is to install and how reliable it is as well. Thanks

-G2k

endless · Trick Member Joined: 28 Sep 2003 Location: highland, CA

On that website I posted you can get Messiah V2.0 pre-modded systems and a DMS3 V2.0 pre-modded system. If want to look at them go to the website I posted then go to the top of the page then on the left it should say PS2 pre-modded systems. They got a few pre-modded systems.

kidchameleon · Basic Member Joined: 16 May 2003

so does this game work with the Flip-top mod? is it a 9 layer DVD? i want a simple answer, not a lecture about betting a mod chip installed, because i already got Flip-Top. i just want to know before i open my game when it comes.

Uiru · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:09 pm Post subject:

I am also interested in news regarding compatibility with Swap Magic 2.0.

The sooner I get my fliptop installed, the sooner I can start planning the biggest DDR party to ever rock the Rock.
~Uiru

kidchameleon · Basic Member Joined: 16 May 2003

Hey Uiru i guess we are the only ones with Flip-top compatiblity questions. is it that hard for anyone to give us answers? is anyone else playing DDREX with Flip-top? is this a DVD 9 layer disc? please someone answer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Larrikin · Contributor Joined: 17 Feb 2002 Location: Illadelphia

GFBeach · Trick Member Joined: 08 Aug 2002 Location: Georgia USA

It'd be a waste of space and money in production costs, but the only reason I see to make DDREX DVD9 would be for copy protection. Put on the actual game then load up a few gigabytes of dummy data so part of it goes on the 2nd layer. I don't know how hard it is to rip PS2 DVDs, but I'd imagine it'd make things a little more difficult that way. That said, even then I'm sure people could find a way to trim the dummy data and copy the game.

That's not a very effective copy protection measure. It'd make much more sense to just find a way to detect modded PS2s and then stop the disk boot when a mod is found. I really doubt this sucker's DVD9.

But since I'm paranoid, I'm holding off on ordering this game until I hear that it DOES work with flip-top/Swap Magic. And once I hear that it does, I'm immediately placing my order. =D