Is it possible to play Dodonpachi on my chipped ps2?

[Nakano]

I have a matrix infinity slim ps2, it can play ps1 games, but I could not get Dodonpachi (original) to work on it, can anyone help?

[Hohum]

It might be that either the game is incompatible with your PS2 model, or that your infinity firmware needs updating to the latest version. If you opt to try the latter, take care to do it properly, else you risk problems occuring.

[Kubrick]

Works fine on my chunky model.

[Nakano]

It might be that either the game is incompatible with your PS2 model, or that your infinity firmware needs updating to the latest version. If you opt to try the latter, take care to do it properly, else you risk problems occuring.

I've tried again with different titles, SOTN (US), final fantasy VI (pal) and image fight & x-multiply (JP), none worked! I just bought this over the xmas from ghost2fitter, its the V14 silver model and the chip is 1.93 (I think) Matrix Infinity. Ps2 games works just fine, is there a certain button I have to press? This is doing my head in please help guys!

[Kubrick]

I don't have to press any buttons on my machine but it's Japanese and was modded ages ago (v1.38 firmware). Maybe things are different with the slimline models.

Apparently, holding the O button on controller 1 should force the machine into PS1 mode. Infinty instructions

[Hohum]

I haven't run into that problem. I bought my machine from them too, and it has the same chip/firmware. The few PS1 games I have all seem to boot fine, however I opted for a black V15 model myself.

Try what Kubrick said, if that doesn't help then contact ghost2fitter with your problem. They are a decent bunch of people and will help you out I'm sure.

[Nakano]

Thanks for the replies guys, think I'll contact ghost2fitter and see if they can help.

[Salsa Party Animal]

I got it working fine on Messiah 2 PS2. Have you checked if the disc is ok ?

[Champloo]

I know that some modded machines won't play PS1 games. Mine won't unless I boot it up, wait for it to give me a disc read error, and then hold the reset button for a few seconds and then try restarting the machine. Its weird I know, and tricky to do, so I still have my modded PS1 hooked up my TV to play PS1 games.

My machine was done yonks ago mind, so i'm surprised that your having this happen now with a newer chip, this was an early problem.

[Nakano]

My machine was done yonks ago mind, so i'm surprised that your having this happen now with a newer chip, this was an early problem.

Yeah I know, I think the ps2 is faulty, as the games worked fine on my chipped ps1. Also with this new chip its suppose to auto detect the disk but it keeps asking me to insert a playstation disk, when I try a ps1 game. oh well I'm sending it & a couple of games back to the shop anyway for them to test, lets hope they sort it out.........

[Champloo]

You could try the reset trick. Its been a few years since i've had to do it since I just use my PS1 now as I was saying. But basically, wait for it to reach the disc error (the reddish screen) then hold the reset button for about 5 secs before restarting and for some reason the game then boots. Its tricky to do and usually takes me a few goes, but you might want to give it a try. I'm not sure if it works for any modded PS2 which won't play PS1 games or just with the chip I have.

Might be worth using a rubbish game by the way, as you could end up scratching the disc if you're constantly restarting the machine like that.