Posted by Sammy_boy
Apologies this is rather non-mobile related, but I am selling a phone in the for sale section (so kind of mobile-related!
), and have been offered a PS2 by a member in the US. Now, I suspect that PS2s will only play a certain region's games, but will the PS2 play British/European-bought games without modification? If not, what modifications are required, i.e. chipping, certain lids fitted, etc.? Are there any specification differences?
Also, would there be any voltage issues? Obviously I'd need a UK plug adaptor if I go this route, but are there any problems with different voltages/ampages?
Posted by MikLSP
Well my old UK PS2 wouldn't play US games so I don't think a US machine would play UK games either without being chipped.
Chipping them will let it play copies as well as foreign games but u risk it blowin-up!
Posted by Sammy_boy
That's something I don't really fancy doing, I'd probably bugger it up trying to chip it anyway. Why do they make things like PS2s and DVDs region specific, is it just to stop people buying games and DVDs from other countries where it's cheaper and importing them?
Posted by MikLSP
Thats exactly why
Posted by Merovingian
why should it blow up? A lot of my mates have both Messiah and DMS 4 innstalled.. no one got their PS2 blown up
Posted by Kwiksta
a uk ps2 wont even work in japan (even with uk games) something to do with different types of tv's used
Posted by Merovingian
it has to do with PAL or NTSC format
Posted by Kwiksta
exactly!
Posted by Sammy_boy
So it would be a bad idea to get a ps2 from the US then, as they also use NTSC don't they?
Posted by Davo_169
as you mentioned earlier the voltage would be different wouldnt it??
Posted by Bianca
you can use that ntsc ps2 in the uk (no voltage issues afaik) but you cant play pal (european games) on it. So basicly it means you have to import every game you want to play from the ntsc region. And for most or even all games you need to make sure your tv supports 60 hertz