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"How do I play games from the US ?"

Admittedly I'm not a PS "fan" , but I was thinking of buying a PS2 .

My question is : does it need some kind of card or other utility to play games from all over the globe -- US , Japan and such ?

Much appritiate the help :-) !

-Gabi.

Yeah, I meant reigon 2... :)

You can't play Japanese games on a PAL PS2 but you can watch Jap DVD's because we share the same DVD region ie. region 2. You can't play jap games on a UK ps2 because UK ps2's are PAL and jap ps2's are NTSC and so are the games. Just like PS1.

Japan and the Uk are Region 2, but you probably meant that anyway.

I do believe you can play Japaniese games on your UK PS2. If my theory is correct, (Reigon 1: UK and Japan) then you should have no problem.

Reading the instructions is the main problem!

NOBODY GET THEIR PS2 CHIPPED!!! If you will, the gaurantee will expire and if it does not work, you are STUFFED.

region 4 dvd is aussie and new zealand-
i have played a couple of zone 1 disks on my NZ PS2 and they seem to go ok, not all zone 1 disks will play so unles you have a good friend at the video store who will try it out in the shop for you your stuffed. the gu at the shop around the corner from me says he has tried quite a few and it is more of the newer movies that wosk (dont ask me why) but im not complaining i could watch the x-men or chicken run while its only been at the pickys a week

There are sites that claim to have beaten the Ps2 security on playing US and back up games, unfortunately this means stripping down your PS2 and removing certain bits at £300+ it would be potentially painful if its attempted on mine.

Region 4 is Australia I believe.

Where is region 4?

It's UK games only. You would need to get it chipped (much the same way as you had to for PSOne). I don't know if anyone's offering this service as yet. I haven't looked, as I'm quite happy with UK stuff. And it's region 2 only for DVDs (Though I've heard rumours that some region 4 may work. Even if it's true, it's still not hugely helpful!).