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PS2 review code games? Can I play?
LewieP
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I have recently been able to aquire (well, they're in the post) some review versions of some PS2 games; Neo Wave – King of Fighters, Neo Geo Battle Colisium and Shadow of the Colossus; I have been told these wont work on a standard console, that they are designed for 'debug consoles'
I only got them coz they were on offer for dirt cheap (£2 for all 3) and I thought it would be a cool thing to have, for novelty value only, but does anyone know if there is any way to play them on a standard PAL slimline PS2?
Cheers.
I only got them coz they were on offer for dirt cheap (£2 for all 3) and I thought it would be a cool thing to have, for novelty value only, but does anyone know if there is any way to play them on a standard PAL slimline PS2?
Cheers.
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as I say, they are in the post, so I shalt know til I get them, however, the guy I am getting them off says they don't work in standard PAL PS2s
The reviewers have to play them.
Reviewers generally have debug consoles, duurrr.
AFAIK, it varies from game to game, based on the idea that some games come down right to the wire, and some games are held for months while a publisher waits for a good time to release them. So a review copy can either be a completely final version of the game that was just sent to reviewers early before release, or it can be an almost-final version that only works on debug consoles, because the developers are scrambling to fix all the bugs before RTM. It's pretty much a crapshoot, and the only way to figure out if they'll work is to try 'em.
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The legions of PA forumers who review games for sites that almost nobody reads don't have them.
Funny. I review games, have received review copies of games, and managed to play them just fine with an off the shelf PS2.
I assume you are asking because there is otherwise a possibility that they are copies, not review versions, which was a concern of mine too. He has said they have cases, and are not CDr/DVDr bootlegs, they are genuine review copies, he is also selling lots of merch, stuff that only someone in the industry would have access to. For the smal price I am willing to take the slim risk that they may be copies, but I highly doubt it.
edit: it's possible he simple hasn't got a PS2 himself and thus hasn't tested it on a standard one.
It depends on if they're signed and pressed or unsigned and burned.
For instance, Atlus stuff usually comes as signed code and pressed onto a DVD, which loads up without using Swap Magic on my unmodded PS2.
Nippon Ichi, ironically, sends out burned, unsigned code which I must use Swap Magic to load.
If anyone is intrested, I'll post pics in about a week when I am getting a new pc, with a scanner.
And you know the people that make a living doing reviews, like IGN, and review games a week before they hit shelves? Or have completed FFXII long before we ever see it? They play debug copies, that only work on debug consoles. It is the core of the commercial game review industry.
And no there is no way to get it to work on a retail PS2. A debug console has extra RAM and other features to support sloppy pre-release coding.
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At least I now have an awesome familly Heirloom for my kids!
I'm aware of that, but saying "Of course you can't play it; it's a review copy" is as ignorant as saying "of course you can play it; it's a review copy." Some review copies are signed code that will run on an off-the-shelf console; some aren't.
By the way, 'silver' isn't a term that describes the color of the discs, only a codename to describe retail or near-retail versions. I don't think the term is used by everybody, but most do. No matter what the discs look like, the only way to check is to check.
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Maybe you don't review games and got them by accident or something, but I don't see how that is possible. Good luck with getting them to work nonetheless.
"oh you can have review copies of these games there collectors items but you cant read the discs and they wont work in your ps2"
at least you didn't spend too much for them?
Well, I think Review Copy means, unless qualified, a debug build. This is a distinction from complementary retail product for review purposes which is what blogs and fan sites get.
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