Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Nick Ferguson" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Alternative to chipping.. Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 18:13:07 -0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 28 Message-ID: <78nkos$gpd12@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <1dm7ls3.qm447l1psv9e2N@a1-88-127.a1.nl> <78k8j3$mtp9@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <36ADD8D4.DC30AFE@manc.u-net.com> <78ksgn$gpd2@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup137-120.saqnet.co.uk X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 George Bain wrote in message <78ksgn$gpd2@chuka.playstation.co.uk>... > >You don't need a Gold disc to swap in a NTSC game. Besides >everyone on these newsgroups owns a Net Yaroze which will >play import games. If people own a PS capable of playing NTSC games (chipped, AR thingy, Yaroze - whatever) and have the telly to run it then there is hardly an argument not to. When you can get games from extremely reliable US mail order guys (like Tronix) for less than 30 quid, why wait 2-6 months for the slower PAL version? Case in point - I'll be playing Silent Hill by the end of February, and it'll have cost me just over 30 quid. Metal Gear Solid? Beat that before Xmas. Maybe I'm just being a smug git, but people assume importing has to be expensive - it doesn't, it SAVES you money (unless you try to do something like, say, import a Dreamcast) I'm with Jim S on this one - PAL suX, NTSC rooLz! Of course, there's the odd 98% perfect PAL conversion, which is theoretically better than the NTSC one, like Wipeout 2097 or summat. Chipping isn't just for pirates, although the temptation is always there :-/ Nick F