So I just got the latest Playstation 2 model and I would like to play some overseas games without chipping my PS2. 
 
Any suggestions?

Sorry...but... 
 
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Chip?

Or Magic Swap, but that fucks up your drive.

" @NekuSakuraba:   You are going to have to get region specific PS2s if you don't want to chip your PS2. "

" Or Magic Swap, but that fucks up your drive. "

" Or Magic Swap, but that fucks up your drive. "

" @Jeust said:

" Or Magic Swap, but that fucks up your drive. "

Really? How? "

" @Jeust said:

" Or Magic Swap, but that fucks up your drive. "

i can't imagine that it fucks up your drive more than a mod chip does. my modded PS2 has been chipped for about 5 years and it runs like absolute shit now.  "

" @AjayRaz said:

" @Jeust said:

" Or Magic Swap, but that fucks up your drive. "

i can't imagine that it fucks up your drive more than a mod chip does. my modded PS2 has been chipped for about 5 years and it runs like absolute shit now.  "

Yeap, but i think that depends also in the chip, as there are several, and the quality of the technical service. Magic Swap is more hazardous as you have to change disks on the fly with the console working.    But this isn't my field of expertise as i never done it, although i thought about it. But by now if i did it my ps2 would collapse of old age.  "

" @NekuSakuraba: Probably not. I think overall chipping is better.  "

" @Jeust said:

" @NekuSakuraba: Probably not. I think overall chipping is better.  "

But I thought you only have to do it once for each game? "

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Jeust said:

" @NekuSakuraba: Probably not. I think overall chipping is better.  "

But I thought you only have to do it once for each game? "

With Magic Swap you have to do it once for each time you start the game cd.  "

" @Jeust said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Jeust said:

" @NekuSakuraba: Probably not. I think overall chipping is better.  "

But I thought you only have to do it once for each game? "

With Magic Swap you have to do it once for each time you start the game cd.  "

''  Don't wait for the latest PS2 games to be released in your country! You only have to swap the disc ONCE even with DVD games! Easy operation!''  So what does it mean by that? "

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Jeust said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Jeust said:

" @NekuSakuraba: Probably not. I think overall chipping is better.  "

But I thought you only have to do it once for each game? "

With Magic Swap you have to do it once for each time you start the game cd.  "

''  Don't wait for the latest PS2 games to be released in your country! You only have to swap the disc ONCE even with DVD games! Easy operation!''  So what does it mean by that? "

It means that each time you want to start the game you have to put first the magic swap dvd, and aftera minute or two the game you want to play. The idea of the procedure is to make the ps2 think it is reading a valid dvd each time the game starts.  "

" @Jeust said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Jeust said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Jeust said:

" @NekuSakuraba: Probably not. I think overall chipping is better.  "

But I thought you only have to do it once for each game? "

With Magic Swap you have to do it once for each time you start the game cd.  "

''  Don't wait for the latest PS2 games to be released in your country! You only have to swap the disc ONCE even with DVD games! Easy operation!''  So what does it mean by that? "

It means that each time you want to start the game you have to put first the magic swap dvd, and aftera minute or two the game you want to play. The idea of the procedure is to make the ps2 think it is reading a valid dvd each time the game starts.  "

Any other software mods? "

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Jeust said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Jeust said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Jeust said:

" @NekuSakuraba: Probably not. I think overall chipping is better.  "

But I thought you only have to do it once for each game? "

With Magic Swap you have to do it once for each time you start the game cd.  "

''  Don't wait for the latest PS2 games to be released in your country! You only have to swap the disc ONCE even with DVD games! Easy operation!''  So what does it mean by that? "

It means that each time you want to start the game you have to put first the magic swap dvd, and aftera minute or two the game you want to play. The idea of the procedure is to make the ps2 think it is reading a valid dvd each time the game starts.  "

Any other software mods? "

No, i don't think so. The ps2 doesn't have a internal hardrive, what makes it harder to conceive software mods.  "

" @NekuSakuraba: it'll work, but it's more hazardous than a mod chip because of how it works.  "

" @Jeust said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Jeust said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Jeust said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Jeust said:

" @NekuSakuraba: Probably not. I think overall chipping is better.  "

But I thought you only have to do it once for each game? "

With Magic Swap you have to do it once for each time you start the game cd.  "

''  Don't wait for the latest PS2 games to be released in your country! You only have to swap the disc ONCE even with DVD games! Easy operation!''  So what does it mean by that? "

It means that each time you want to start the game you have to put first the magic swap dvd, and aftera minute or two the game you want to play. The idea of the procedure is to make the ps2 think it is reading a valid dvd each time the game starts.  "

Any other software mods? "

No, i don't think so. The ps2 doesn't have a internal hardrive, what makes it harder to conceive software mods.  "

Will the Swap Magic still work okay? It would be more convenient but I guess I have no other options but a mod chip? "

" @NekuSakuraba: it'll fuck the drive up, and shit won't work very well or at most-- they won't work at all.  "

" @AjayRaz said:

" @NekuSakuraba: it'll fuck the drive up, and shit won't work very well or at most-- they won't work at all.  "

So, if I imported an American PS2 how would that work with my TV, power sockets, etc? "

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @AjayRaz said:

" @NekuSakuraba: it'll fuck the drive up, and shit won't work very well or at most-- they won't work at all.  "

So, if I imported an American PS2 how would that work with my TV, power sockets, etc? "

Will probably work well with your tv, as most recent televisions handle ntsc and pal.   Power sockets, you might have to arrange an adaptor, depending of the region you live in.   Probably it would be better to get a ps2 at the place you live in. Or import all your games.  "

" @Jeust said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @AjayRaz said:

" @NekuSakuraba: it'll fuck the drive up, and shit won't work very well or at most-- they won't work at all.  "

So, if I imported an American PS2 how would that work with my TV, power sockets, etc? "

Will probably work well with your tv, as most recent televisions handle ntsc and pal.   Power sockets, you might have to arrange an adaptor, depending of the region you live in.   Probably it would be better to get a ps2 at the place you live in. Or import all your games.  "

I was going to get a PS2 where I live but the games I want aren't available here. "

" @Jeust: yep! totally forgot about adaptors. he lives in austraila so he has some weird power socket thing.  "

" @Jeust: i have no idea. i'm Canadian :P excuse my ignorance   "

" @AjayRaz said:

" @Jeust: i have no idea. i'm Canadian :P excuse my ignorance   "

No problem! I never been to Australia so i can say either, but it seems like it.  "

" @Jeust said:

" @AjayRaz said:

" @Jeust: i have no idea. i'm Canadian :P excuse my ignorance   "

No problem! I never been to Australia so i can say either, but it seems like it.  "

Well, I guess I will just get it chipped then!  Thanks for your help, guys! :D "

" @NekuSakuraba: you're taking the disc out while the disc is running.  "

Which model number is the latest PS2 slimline in Australia?    

" @AjayRaz said:

" @NekuSakuraba: you're taking the disc out while the disc is running.  "

But it stops spinning...>__< "

" @Jeust: Another thing is that Swap Magic doesn't void the warranty while a chip does. Any suggestions on that?  "

" @AjayRaz: I love you. <3 "

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Jeust: Another thing is that Swap Magic doesn't void the warranty while a chip does. Any suggestions on that?  "

True, but it wears out the hardware much faster.   You have to see what works for you better.  "

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @AjayRaz: I love you. <3 "

why, thank you!  "

" @Jeust said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Jeust: Another thing is that Swap Magic doesn't void the warranty while a chip does. Any suggestions on that?  "

True, but it wears out the hardware much faster.   You have to see what works for you better.  "

So...confused...must...PICK WHAT TO DO...ARRRGHHH! "

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Jeust said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Jeust: Another thing is that Swap Magic doesn't void the warranty while a chip does. Any suggestions on that?  "

True, but it wears out the hardware much faster.   You have to see what works for you better.  "

So...confused...must...PICK WHAT TO DO...ARRRGHHH! "

Choices, choices...  "

" @Jeust said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Jeust said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Jeust: Another thing is that Swap Magic doesn't void the warranty while a chip does. Any suggestions on that?  "

True, but it wears out the hardware much faster.   You have to see what works for you better.  "

So...confused...must...PICK WHAT TO DO...ARRRGHHH! "

Choices, choices...  "

Does it damage the disk or the console? "

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Jeust said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Jeust said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Jeust: Another thing is that Swap Magic doesn't void the warranty while a chip does. Any suggestions on that?  "

True, but it wears out the hardware much faster.   You have to see what works for you better.  "

So...confused...must...PICK WHAT TO DO...ARRRGHHH! "

Choices, choices...  "

Does it damage the disk or the console? "

Both, but the console damage is worse.  "

I'm not sure those of you saying that the Swap Magic + Flip Top solution damages the console and the disc are very educated on what it actually does.  The Flip Top simply blocks out the 3 sensors on the PS2 to make the console think that there's a disc inserted when there really isn't one.  The Swap Magic disc, after being inserted, will automatically stop when it boots to its menu, so opening the top and swapping a disc does no damage at all .   It's technically the same thing as swapping a disc when the console is shut down because absolutely no activity is happening with the system that makes the disc spin once the Swap Magic disc stops spinning.  
 
Using the soft mod, Swap Magic along with a Flip Top (I wouldn't recommend a Slide Card as that could actually damage the PS2's drive), is probably your safest and most effective solution.