ps2 import games that do not work fine on a modded machine

[valkyrie]

Hi,
seems noone is collecting this info anywhere on the net,
the reviewer of the "strikers 1945 I&II" package
suggested it would be good material for a sticky thread
in "general gaming".

so here it begins, over all my import games only:

-strikers 1945 I&II
- initial D special stage

do not work properly on my ripper2 gold chipped pal machine,
they both play in 50 hz.

waiting for a moderator to consider it ...

[Yoshimoto]

Initial D does play in 60hz on my Messiah 2 chipped PS2. It doesn't however output digital audio from the SPDIF. Not sure what the game does on a proper Jpn machine though, so it may be the way its been designed?

[valkyrie]

on my pal machine, it boots in 60hz, the intro movie displays only a black screen, and it then switches to 50hz.

other witnesses of "annoying" import games?

[gossi the dog]

I've never heard of a Ripper 2? Is it a recent mod chip?

Anyway I've got a Messiah 1 modded PAL PS2 and it plays everything I've thrown at it perfectly including Initial D and DVD-9 (dual layered) imports such as GT4 and Xenosaga.

[Bleeders]

I've got a Matrix Inifinity modded White PS2 and mine has played everything I've thrown at it thus far with no problems.

[valkyrie]

from what I've heard the ripper 2 is basically a dms3 modchip;
only 2 out of 20 import games I own fail to boot in 60hz.

basically I've modded my machine a year and a half ago;
it's not that old. But if you say messiah works well with initial D,
it gets me interested !

[Yoshimoto]

But if you say messiah works well with initial D,
it gets me interested !

I wouldn't get too excited if i were you. The PS2 version of Initial D isn't a patch on any of the arcade releases. IMO of course.

[C']

Initial D does play in 60hz on my Messiah 2 chipped PS2. It doesn't however output digital audio from the SPDIF. Not sure what the game does on a proper Jpn machine though, so it may be the way its been designed?

When Special Stage came out the Initial D soundtrack was hot property so digital sound out was disabled purposely to prevent people from using the sound test to easily rip the OST. A few other PS2 games have done the same (Parappa 2 springs to mind).

As for my machine, never had a problem with any game whatsoever (including Initial D which regularly gets cained). Sound slike it may be your type of chip that is causing the issue, rather than it being games that don't like modded machines in general.

[Yoshimoto]

Cheers for that. Never even occured to me that it might have been disabled on purpose. I just thought it was either the chip or an oversight when Sega released the game.

[randombs]

I've got a Messiah 1 modded PAL PS2 and it plays everything I've thrown at it perfectly including Initial D and DVD-9 (dual layered) imports such as GT4 and Xenosaga.

and there i was planning on either changing my messiah 1 for a newer chip, or selling my v5 ps2 and getting a newer, quieter model (probably not slimline thanks to the laser probs) and modding that.

good to hear that the messiah 1 still cuts the mustard.

if it ain't broke...

[sj33]

Hi,
seems noone is collecting this info anywhere on the net,
the reviewer of the "strikers 1945 I&II" package
suggested it would be good material for a sticky thread
in "general gaming".

so here it begins, over all my import games only:

-strikers 1945 I&II
- initial D special stage

do not work properly on my ripper2 gold chipped pal machine,
they both play in 50 hz.

waiting for a moderator to consider it ...

Are there firmware updates for the Ripper range, like there are for the DMS range? This could solve your problem.

[Gradius]

Ripper

Is this an Australian chip ?