PS2 SNES emulator in private beta

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PS2 SNES emulator in private beta

Post by Holly Hasney »

I have heard from VERY reliable sources that the SNES emulator for PS2 is now in private beta and plays better than DreamSNES already! SOunds like it's gonna be fun!!!! :mrgreen:
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Post by Dr Zoidberg »

Cool, I guess it's time to start thinking about getting a mod chip for the PS2, pity it costs so much.
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Post by Holly Hasney »

Well there are other methods, most usually involve patching up the exe, putting in Action Replay 2 disc, getting the dis out WITHOUT pressing eject and swapping discs.
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Post by Dr Zoidberg »

I'd rather get a mod chip than have to do all that stuff everytime I want to play it.
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Post by The Biz »

That's good news. I wonder how mame on the ps2 will compare with the dreamcast.

PS2 mod's aren't my thing with all the soldering. I hope that a 100% external mod comes about someday. Do think it ever will? I mean they came so close with the neo key, but there was that one wire.
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Post by Holly Hasney »

Dr Zoidberg wrote: I'd rather get a mod chip than have to do all that stuff everytime I want to play it.
Not that tough really, you can just put a switch on the DC that makes the tray open when you press it, thus opening the tray without seleting the needed security code from memory
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Post by Mr Spoon »

Yay! Great news HH, Where the hell would said switch go? I mean where bouts would you need to solder it? ? ? ? Please post pics and help all us unlucky PS2 owners out 8)
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Post by andrewk »

Do yourselves a favor and get a modchip rather than messing around with a forced eject switch. The switch is a pain in the ass, and makes swapping discs even more trouble than it already is.

Neo2-type mods are not that hard to install. I wouldn't advise anything Neo4 or Messiah unless you are at least halfways skilled with a soldering iron though. They'd certainly be better though - no disc swapping.

And no, there will never be a fully external modchip - none of the necessary signals are present on any of the ports on the ps2 (wouldn't make any sense for them to be - unlike Sega, most companies don't put great big fat backdoors into their consoles...).

As for the usb key - there is really no point in getting one - the one connection you have to make is the hardest of the ones required for a neo2 - if you can do it, you can certainly just install a neo2.

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Post by Mr Spoon »

I just reckon the PS2 eject switch would be a good idea, If anyone knows of any diagrams on how to do this mod then please post here 8)
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Post by andrewk »

The switch is really not a good idea now that there are better solutions. You will be stuck either ejecting a spinning disc (not good), or having to track down particular versions of the ar2/gs2 (which you pretty much need to use the switch, but only certain versions stop the disc, and not all versions work with all ps2s).

Anyway, see http://duke.napalm-x.com for the original switch mod. When I did it nearly a year ago, I put in a second switch to switch between using the normal eject and the forced eject, and got +5v from the board. Theres a schematic of that floating about someplace, but I'm not sure where.

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Post by Bigboy »

Sony are now chasing mod chip makers. The Neo4 has apparently been pulled, and is very hard to get a hold of. The other, Messia is also very hard to get, but may still be available. A real bugger. I wanted one to start coding my PS2 at Christmass.. :(
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Post by Holly Hasney »

Bigboy wrote: Sony are now chasing mod chip makers. The Neo4 has apparently been pulled, and is very hard to get a hold of. The other, Messia is also very hard to get, but may still be available. A real bugger. I wanted one to start coding my PS2 at Christmass.. :(
Is it really that bad to stop coding? I thought with Naplink out and all it would be all cool.....
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Post by DuffMan »

So where would you get these Chips now? Lik-sang dosen't have them anymore?
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Post by DuffMan »

I think that this website still has some in stock http://www.modchipinc.com/pages/neo4.htm
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Post by Mr Spoon »

FYI The Messiah HAS been canned . . . . You can get the NEO chips from http://www.madeiragames.com or http://www.divineo.co.uk 8)
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Post by Mr Spoon »

Thanks for that andrewk, I think im gonna get a NeoKey instead, That job does look quite risky! :o
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