Re: Slightly early PWB

In article <gfhqt1lm9sfjndt0mssvbqh6jhcll4ei98@xxxxxxx>,
Chris F <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:30:28 +0000, mike.jenkins.no.spam@xxxxxxxxx
>(Mike Jenkins) wrote:
>>Kendrick Kerwin Chua <kendrick@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> >Want:
>>>
>>> A JPN-region Mega CD - I have a friend in Australia looking for one on my
>>> behalf, but my hopes aren't high. I have a pile of Japanese Mega CD games
>>> that I would otherwise love to try out that I can't due to the complicated
>>> method of getting around the region lock. Yes yes, I'm cheerfully ignoring
>>> the emulation options available to me.
>>
>>You can rip the games to a computer, use SCDCONV to change the region
>>code, then burn them to CDR and play them in a UK Mega CD if you fancy
>>it.
>
>or a US one, since he's in america :)

SCDConv isn't effective on the games in question (Tenbu Special and Aisle
Lord, if you're interested.) I believe that those two particular games
have the region data in a place that the program isn't able to convert 100
percent. There's also an issue of font and display data that's specific to
the JPN-region BIOS that obviously isn't present just because you switch
the region of the game.

Also, I'm a sucker for redundant hardware. Witness here my two Dreamcasts,
three Saturns, and a PC-Engine Duo R sitting next to a TurboGrafx CD
setup. The first step is admitting I have a problem. :)

-KKC, bemoaning human cruelty.
--
-- "I bought a house, it's a two bedroom house. But - kendrick
I think it's up to me how many bedrooms there are, - @io.com
dont you? F*** you, real estate lady, this bedroom -
has an oven in it!" - Mitch Hedberg, 1968-2005 -
.

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