Got Sony PS2!
Posted October 24th, 2008 by
Filled under: Video Games
I brought a Sony PlayStation 2 from EB Games this morning. I bring it home and to my surprise it has a mod-chip which would allow me to play imported games, and back-ups. I found this out by placing my copy of Tales of the Abyss in the drive and well, it actually played.
So I was playing Tales of the Abyss for over an hour, but I eventually died while fighting the Liger Queen. Since I don’t yet have a memory card or a AU PAL PS2 game and there is no possible way I could finish Tales of the Abyss in one sitting without saving, I went to place one of my older Sony PS1 games in the drive. To my dismay, it wouldn’t start or even get recognized by the PS2. I went on to try another PS1 game, and then 3 DVDs. None of them would play. Despite my initial success with Tales of the Abyss, it was now apparent that the laser in the Sony PlayStation 2’s DVD ROM drive was on its last legs.
Luckily, the PlayStation 2, despite being pre-owned, came with a 12 month warranty. So I went back and exchanged it for a silver PlayStation 2. I have got this one home and my PS1 games, and DVDs work. Unfortunately, unlike the other one it does not come pre-modded.
Now, I’m not great with a soldering iron and nor do I trust myself to open it up while it has a warranty, but next payday, I’m going to order a Swap Magic as was my original plan which should allow me to play imports like Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES and Tales of the Abyss among others. Its the role-playing games that have driven me to purchase a PS2 and unfortunately not many of them tend to get released down under.
~ Chris
Update: I’m going to be getting the flip-top lid case replacement instead of using the slide-tool which sounds more risky then actually replacing the case but not as risky as soldering a mod-chip. Unfortunately, this means it will be at least 4 weeks till I can play it. I’m tempted to go grab a game in the meantime while I’m saving although this would push back the acquirement of the requirements by another two weeks. So I’ll probably just wait. It’s Persona 3 FES and Tales of the Abyss, they’re worth it from what I’ve seen.
