Does anyone know a good place to get a mod disk to trick a ps2 slim into playing Japanese games?I prefer the disk as I'm not good at souldering boards yet.I have a pile of import games and would love to play some of them.Any help would be gratefull.
Not the cheapest option (though, they aren't too painful on the wallet... 170-180 at Play-Asia), but I cut out the middle man and bought a JP PS2. Gotta say, t'was the easiest route.
REad up on this: http://www.ozmodchips.com/memor32-mementoteam-vast-ps2-plug-and-play-modchip-more-p-86.html
I read something about a set of small metal bits you plug into the slim PS2's door slots to keep various bits held down for the swap trick, but $40 seemed rather expensive for a few machine-shaped prefab parts.
There was supposed to be a memory card slot device that would act as a modchip. Was called VAST but I never saw it on the market even though it was supposed to be released at the end of Sept.
The mod chips are more expensive then the games. All the games I want are on the Japanese Greatest Hits list too, so they are affordable now. I might just break down and buy a Japanese Ps2.
Swap discs can be a pain in the ass. I installed a flip top, and used a swap disc for Fire Pro returns. It worked for about 2 weeks of and on, then the laser on my drive failed. Yay.