MikeHattsu
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What kind of PS2 Slim? The one with external or internal power supply?
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What kind of PS2 Slim? The one with external or internal power supply?
Internal.
MikeHattsu
Member
Look underneat the console. There should be a label that says if it can only do 100V or 100-240V. Same label as the serial number and stuff.
speedlolita
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MikeHattsu
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speedlolita
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Honestly? I've yet to find concrete evidence. I've read they're all multi voltage like the external PSU was but I've yet to try one. Should have tried my 90003 with 100V when I had it. ;p
sixteen-bit
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car boot sales
speedlolita
Member
You get crap all at boot sales. Everyone is too savvy now, stupid internet.
Plump up the £20, they're worth it.
Also that shmups thread seems to have been deleted. SD card solutions seems cool, what about CF?
One thing I'd like to do is get a software that is modified with the correct load timings so that games like IIDX and DDR don't screw up, as they do with HDLoader.
Also doesn't help that both of my consoles don't support FreeMCBoot. lol
i've tried carboot sales but everyone seems to have crappy kid games or anything of actual interest is priced according to near enough the highest buy it now price sadly
they were £15 a couple months ago but they've jumped up to £30 now unless it's a cheap chinese one and looking at the american listings they're like $10-$15 which i would do but i don't wanna risk it on being hit by customs
The days of finding good deals in the wild are at an end I'm afraid. If you do, its the result of a lot of energy and time that would be better spent doing other things.
I'm an eBay guy, convenience and prices are competitive to tradional retail these days.
Ravage_Hydra
Member
Well today after almost 10 years my PS2 kick the bucket. Had it since 06 played it everyday mostly with my favorite ps2 game ff12. Thankfully i had a backup.
speedlolita
Member
How on Earth do you get a console into that state? lol
Ravage_Hydra
Member
Well after it didnt wanna read ff12 i got mad and
ps2 meet floor/floor meet ps2
So yea that's how. I know not the right thing to do. but it wasn't the first time it didn't wanna read my games.
Nice. Been playing dead souls on ps3 myself.
Read this as Dark Souls at first so I was like, lol alright
How's Y
S? I've heard mixed things but I can't wait to play it - I know that the villain of Y2 is one of the main characters so I figured I would play through that before playing it.It's still gels like a yakuza game. Lots of character specific missions, similar to 4 in a way. The story dosent make a whole lot of sense most times but its a wacky zombie flavoured yakuza game at its core.Read this as Dark Souls at first so I was like, lol alright
How's Y
And I certainly can't predict future value but that's one game I'd jump on sooner rather than later if you're interested. Comes recommended if you liked 4
marcincz
Member
Good luck with this model in pristine condition. My fat died 2 years ago (had it from the European launch) besides emulation in few/many games was broken. Better buy PS2. No problem with BC and you can always buy wireless gamepad, too.
speedlolita
Member
The European launch PS3 has software BC anyway and it is TERRIBLE.
The Japanese and American ones have hardware BC which is supposedly better. Anyway, if you wanted that PS3 fixed just get a BGA re-ball.
A chipped PS2 is obviously the better solution though as you say. Better yet, a debug.
It is definitively better, because they pretty much put a PS2 on the board.
Ivan Amiibo
Banned
yowza, all the Sony branded ones are like $50-$60 on ebay
is there a good place to find these cables?
Ivan Amiibo
Banned
Not outside the usual places like pawn shops. Honestly, before i got dterminal for my xrgb, i used gamestop component cables that looked fine.
sixteen-bit
Member
I lucked out and got first-party PS3 component cables for 50 cents at a yard sale. They're compatible with PS2 and they work well.
RGB will give you slightly better color separation than component video, but unlike component, RGB won't support progressive scan or higher resolutions like 1080i on games that support it like Gran Turismo 4 and Valkyrie Profile 2 JP.
Also, you can't play DVDs over RGB but you can with component. I have some 90s and early aughts anime on DVD and they look darn good over component to my Trinitron CRT.
In the end, I went with component for my PS2.
RGB will give you slightly better color separation than component video, but unlike component, RGB won't support progressive scan or higher resolutions like 1080i on games that support it like Gran Turismo 4 and Valkyrie Profile 2 JP.
Also, you can't play DVDs over RGB but you can with component. I have some 90s and early aughts anime on DVD and they look darn good over component to my Trinitron CRT.
In the end, I went with component for my PS2.
NormalFish
Banned
Pretty sure it should be lossless quality wise? Assuming good cables and converter.
speedlolita
Member
Actually, slim machines can play DVDs via RGB - I think the macrovision (or whatever it is called) was stripped from later system software. Or you could use a modchip on earlier machines.
On my LCD I use my official PS3 component cables, on my CRT I tend to use my official PS1 RGB cables as they're more flexible than the official PS2 RGB cable.
I should buy some RCA to BNC so I can use component cables on my 20M4E anyway though. Want some for Wii, Xbox and GameCube too.
I would be interested to hear more. Would it be lagless or near that? I could move the PS2 to my room since I have a TV that only has an antenna plug in there but also a CRT monitor.
NormalFish
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okay, did a bit more research. It actually isn't a direct conversion. I always forget that Component is an oddity. Seems like there are some good converters, though.
Jimnymebob
Member
Dunno if the latter is any good, but it's not really a standard game to see in a store and it won't be worse than Oneechanbara anyway.
Pray for your square button.
speedlolita
Member
At least Black is pretty decent, for an FPS on a console.
sixteen-bit
Member
That's neat. I remember doing the same thing with a Zenith TFT Gamecube monitor and Ikaruga like a decade ago.
John Blade
Member
Today i modded a ps2 slim into a fully portable tate ps2 shmup station.
well not exactly modded but hey! i love it
Kinda late for the party. I own one of those last year. Decent screen for the PS2. Might sell it with the Ps2 one day as I am consider to sell my collection soon.
speedlolita
Member
I always thought the image looked awful compared to my old PSone screen from Sony. My brother still has one kicking around I think. Used it to play IIDX in college one time but that's about it.
dragonyeuw
Member
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004C4U1VI/?tag=neogaf0e-20
These are good and very well priced, if you can't find a decent priced first party cable
£930 Rule of Rose went for in the end, woaft.
Also I still love that it comes with a shitty postage option that only insures it for one nineteenth of that amount should anything happen.
Also I still love that it comes with a shitty postage option that only insures it for one nineteenth of that amount should anything happen.
speedlolita
Member
If you're stupid enough to spend that much money on a bad game then you're probably going to overlook that anyway.
Jimnymebob
Member
I just got my RGB cable for the PS2 tonight and holy crap it's amazing.
Guilty Gear X legitimately looks better than BlazBlue sprite wise. It's a mix of me preferring its artstyle, it not having those terrible backgrounds that BB has, and the RGB cable making everything look so clean.
Guilty Gear X legitimately looks better than BlazBlue sprite wise. It's a mix of me preferring its artstyle, it not having those terrible backgrounds that BB has, and the RGB cable making everything look so clean.
speedlolita
Member
The reds in the title screen of GGXXAC+ look pretty incredible.
It's a great game with average gameplay. The atmosphere and soundtrack are excellent.
