Does anyone else remember the joy of going to a state fair, or local games market/festival/convention to gave their PS/2 modded to play international games? Anyone remember region locking?
Hell ya! I have a hard drive in mine too. There are definitely modchips on the market to get the hard drive to work, but the easiest way (and what I did) is to just use a memory card with some custom software on it called McBoot
It’s kind of a shame. I take it as a sign of the times, with non-portable consoles slowly losing their grip on relevance. I think they’ll be around for a long time, but it would be terrible to witness the death of the console during my lifetime.
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DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 1y
Does anyone else remember the joy of going to a state fair, or local games market/festival/convention to gave their PS/2 modded to play international games? Anyone remember region locking?
Fun times.
altima_neo@lemmy.zip · 19 pts · 1y
IBM PS/2?
PenisDuckCuck9001@lemmynsfw.com · 12 pts · 1y
I can't remember what I had to do to get modded firmware on my ps2 but I put a 80gb hard drive in it and everything was awesome.
Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Hell ya! I have a hard drive in mine too. There are definitely modchips on the market to get the hard drive to work, but the easiest way (and what I did) is to just use a memory card with some custom software on it called McBoot
Almrond@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
You don't need a modchip to get a HDD to work, you can flash the drive with FreeHDBoot and just plug it in to the PS2.
AlphaOmega@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y
Bad grammar is a dead give away it's fake as hell.
Sc00ter@lemm.ee · 24 pts · 1y
This is a text interpretation of a voice mail
altima_neo@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 1y
Also their emails always point out "if you feel this is a fraudulent purchase please call to cancel"
No real email receipts ever say that.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 1y
Kitboga makes refund scam calls VERY entertaining.
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 1y
There's a theory that it's deliberate. People who immediately notice it require more effort to scam, whereas people who don't are easier marks.
henfredemars@infosec.pub · 6 pts · 1y
It’s kind of a shame. I take it as a sign of the times, with non-portable consoles slowly losing their grip on relevance. I think they’ll be around for a long time, but it would be terrible to witness the death of the console during my lifetime.
blackris@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y
Why? In the past, consoles where their own, distinct thing. Nowadays, they are just locked-down PCs.
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
Lol