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From: Craig Graham <c_graham@hinge.mistral.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Game Design UK
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1998 11:41:22 +0100
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Actually, all Playstations will play import games. The "swap trick" is
more complicated for recent machines (you swap twice), but it does
work......

Craig.
PS. I got a Jap N64 whilst I was in Hong Kong. The Jap one
will run US games no problem, but won't run UK ones.

Robert Swan wrote:

> My apologies for ranting quite so much. I get annoyed primarily
> because Im surrounded by people at uni who want to work in the
> computer industry, yet none of them mind copying huge amounts of stuff
> and dont seem to realise that behaviour mucks up there own chances etc
> etc. :)
>
> Im sure everyone has heard it all before!
>
> As far as Im aware, older playstations could run foreign discs, it
> just required disc swapping which I dont think is illegal, is it?
>
> Also, Im sure Ive heard of people bringing back japanese playstations
> and then altering the power supply etc which also gets around illegal
> things. I assume.
>
> Sorry for being obnoxious, its just that I am at times!
>
> Robert Swan