Australian Version

I live in Australia and wanted to know if i could buy the game over the internet when it comes out in America or will i have to wait until it comes out in Australia. if i have to wait when does it come out in Australia.
Thanks

I'm guessing if you're a PC user then you could get it from overseas....otherwise you'll have to wait like the rest of us....

nah im a ps2 user. so i cant get it. something to do with the region codes

Hey X, didnt Live come out earlier in Aus than everywhere else last year???

yes it did, that was awesome.....

It was also a mistake that's unlikely to be repeated.

And wade4325, you are correct. Here in Australia we need the PAL version and US stores only sell the NTSC version.

if you have a chipped ps2, you can run ntsc games, and i think action replay discs also have that functionality. not entirely sure though.

Yes, Koberulz is correct: a ps2 with a modchip is able to run NTSC games on a PAL version of PS2. However a chip is not something you can install yourself and would require a "professional" to install

An alternative (which I use) is something called a Flip Top cover combined with Swap Magic. It's for the new, smaller version of the PS2 (there's an alternative for the old, bigger version of the PS2, but I can't remember what it's called). Basically you remove the original top cover (you know the one you open to put in discs) and replace it with the Flip Top cover. There's a manual on how to do so with the product. The Flip Top can still be opened the regular way, but you can also flip it open without pressing the "eject" button on you PS. Now, every time you want to play a NTSC game you first put in the Swap Magic disc, which loads a program. When it says it's ready to boot you just open the Flip Top, put in the game and reboot via the controller. I've had this for quite some time and it works perfect. Here's a link - it's a Canadian site but I'm sure you can find a internet store located in Australia

BTW you need a RGB cable in order to get colors for the games, with a regular cable it'll be black-and-white. In Denmark I was able to buy a set containing the Flip Top, 2 Swap Magic discs and a RGB cable


Edit:
Because I'm a helpful guy (who uses every excuse to distract himself from his schoolwork) I researched what the equivalant of the Flip Top for the older model is called; it's called a Slide Tool and requires you to remove the front panel of your consol - don't have a link in english though

2nd edit:
Okay, just found out that there's actually also a Flip Top available for the old model. Here's a link

Last edited by Denmack on Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:51 pm, edited 2 times in total.

^^^ damn, it'd be nice if they had one for the 360 so I could get some college bball titles

Wait Andrew... why was it a mistake? I assume you're syaing they shipped it out too early in front of schedule?

Correct. It was not meant to be released that early.

so wat date r we lookin at in Australia for the Ps2

if we Australians hadnt got so excited and told the world we had the game before them, they never would have noticed the mistake. Damn our natural arrogance.

Natural Arrogance??? Talk about Americans

Ok then, Damn our natural one-upmanship. Any time we can get one over on the americans, we take it. And this time, it's cost us.

Only the PC version came out earlier in Aus, the ps/xbox came out october for live 06 so most likely the same time for 07

so wat date r we lookin at in Australia for the Ps2

My guess would be at least a couple of weeks after the North American release.

Natural Arrogance??? Talk about Americans

What the fuck, he isn't american...

Does nz get it the same time as our aussie friends?

I'm pretty sure NZ will get it within a week of Australia....

Natural Arrogance??? Talk about Americans

What the fuck, he isn't american...

he wasnt talking about me.

just to all the australians out there the game comes out on october 12th on PS2