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| insektmute:
I've been diving into my wishlist of PS2 imports lately, and have had good luck using Swap Magic to play them, but the waters get a bit muddier with other consoles. With a Genesis and PS1 due to arrive shortly, along with my old SNES, and a recently acquired Dreamcast, I figure it's time to get moving on it. Obviously, buying Japanese consoles would be the best way to go, but unfortunately, my apartment only has so much space :/ I've done periodic research on playing imports on each of these systems, but am wondering if anyone has first-hand experience with some of the usual options and can suggest the best method they've tried on these systems. Emulators are obviously an option, but I'd prefer the real hardware if possible. I'm also interested in running PC Engine CD, Saturn, and Mega CD imports, but won't be picking up any of that stuff for a little while. I know kimimi's a big importer, but I'd love to hear from anyone else familiar with this stuff, too! |
| scott:
Your best bet for playing imported Saturn games on a North American console is to pick up a Action Replay 4M Plus. Using a few button presses on load up it'll bypass the region encoding and the 4M lets you play games that need a RAM cart. Other than that, the only other system I have the most imports on is my DS, and that's region free, so there's no tricking the system needed. :) |
| scott:
Oh and PC Engine CD games are region free. So you can play them on a TurboDuo without any problems I believe. |
| tpugmire:
A TG-16 can be easily modded to play Japanese Hu Cards if you can solder. Oh and you can play Canadian NES games on a US system, but that doesn't really count. |
| redblaze57:
for the SNES all you need to do is just remove these 2 small tabs inside the game slot and that will enable you to play Super famicom games on your SNES. What I did to remove them was take the system apart and took a dremel to the tabs sanding them down. |
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