[Tutorial] Making Suikoden 3 work on a PAL Ps2 without Mods
- True Wind Bearer
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You can eject the disc as normal, the only difference is that you will be able to do so without the little plastic cover on the front of the disc tray.Please reply to this A.S.A.P, somebody - once you do the trick with the slide tool and insert the Suikoden III disk, can u eject the tray as normal? Or will you need to do that every time?
I have a silver satin PS2 so it is fairly new still and a version 3 swap disc. I also just bought Suikoden 3 hoping that it would work.
Once I got the hang of how to actually use the slide card tool and the sequence order in which you need to use the boot discs I was away! Suikoden 3 works perfectly! Be aware that you will probably beed to purchase an RGB cable for your PS2, I picked one up from ebay for about £3.
Also one little tip I can give. Usually you will need to insert the CD boot disc, normally eject that disc once it is loaded and then normally insert the DVD boot disc. Once this is loaded then you need to slide open the tray, insert your copy of Suikoden 3, manually close the tray and then re-lock it with you slide card. Sometime the PS2 will throw out the CD boot disc saying it needs a proper compatible PS2 disc. If this does happen then use the DVD boot disc first, then normally use the CD boot disc and then normally use the DVD disc again, slide your copy of Suikoden in and done.
Good luck!
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- Arenegeth
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The RGB cable (also known as scart I think) is used to transfer the NTSC signal to your TV, that has to be compatible with NTSC in the first place and 60 Hz.
But don't take all I say for granted since my tech knowledge is limited if anyone care to correct me please go ahead.
But what I suggest to all PAL users out there is to get an American PS2, especially if you are a fan of RPG's since there many that didn't get a PAL version release.
And the PS2 is not that expensive anymore but if you don't intend to play other games than Suikoden III you better stick to the other methods.
But don't take all I say for granted since my tech knowledge is limited if anyone care to correct me please go ahead.
But what I suggest to all PAL users out there is to get an American PS2, especially if you are a fan of RPG's since there many that didn't get a PAL version release.
And the PS2 is not that expensive anymore but if you don't intend to play other games than Suikoden III you better stick to the other methods.
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My point exactly, if it is only for Suikoden III then swap or mod chip if that's your thing will suffice.True Wind Bearer wrote:I don't think I will buy another PS2, all I want is to play one import game, I wouldn't use it regularly, so I'm gonna stick with the swap-method. I'll just have to persuade my parents to let me buy it.
But if you intend to play all NTSC only released RPG games of PS1 and PS2 like Xenogears, Xenosaga and so on, it's really going to get bothersome swapping all the time, so an American PS2 would be wiser.
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after a bit of search i found out yeah there is a different tool for it so i figured i'd post the name of it here for anyone with the slimline PS2 instead of the regular one, instead of searching for swap magic, search for Magic Switch, you can find out about either swap magic or magic switch, along with a list of places to buy them from here : http://www.swapmagic3.com/default.htm
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Unfortunately I just recently found out from these threads, that you can't.
The only other feasible options would be to get and play Suikoden II on NTSC, or download a save using a Dex drive a device that transfers saves from the PC to a PS memory card, the Dex Drive can be found on ebay I suppose but not too expensive and you can download a save from Suikosource.
One other option is someone to send you a memory card with that save on, someone that has the NTSC version of the game, but if you ask me this is the harder option. I'm having the same problem and I will probably get a Dex Drive.
The only other feasible options would be to get and play Suikoden II on NTSC, or download a save using a Dex drive a device that transfers saves from the PC to a PS memory card, the Dex Drive can be found on ebay I suppose but not too expensive and you can download a save from Suikosource.
One other option is someone to send you a memory card with that save on, someone that has the NTSC version of the game, but if you ask me this is the harder option. I'm having the same problem and I will probably get a Dex Drive.
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Not if you're a perfectionist like me.True Wind Bearer wrote:Eh...too much fuss for something so small...
Edit:Is it really necessary when using Suikoden III to insert the CD and the DVD of Swap Magic?
By the way, Swap Magic 3.6 is out, but I'm gonna stick with 3.3.
But yes is too much trouble for such a small thing.
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