HDAdvance is......
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That would be quite useful, ecspecially for people who systemn link alot like me. You could have 1 copy of the game and function just as if you had 4. I wonder what kind of limitations/complications this feature would have.........
discyy said:
I've heard about this and as a matter of fact my friend has one of these but he had HDLoader, which is the first one before HDAdvance. You can mainly use any HD you want and the PS2 will format it so it is capable with the PS2. But this software is just as bad as burning games! With this you can rent games and ripped them with the HDLoader/HDAdvance, its just an easier way of getting games for free.
All you have to do is just put the game into your PS2, load up HDLoader/HDAdvance and copy the game. It takes awhile depending on the size of the game and your done, but it wont work online cause of DNAS issues, dont know too much about DNAS.
Moltar said:would be nice, but many games don't have that bad of a load time. REutbreak is tough to play if you don't have the HDD. it's just annoyingly slow with so many doors to open.
i'm pretty sure it is 40 gb.
Yes, I hate that! One of the reasons why I stopped playing the game, the load times on there is just ridculous.
Oh I forgot to mention that when you have a game on the HDAdvance or HDLoader, the game loadtimes increases alot! It loads so fast that you think that your playing on a cartridge!
But the downfall for it is that it's illegal. :-\
Ben said:One questiong about the Hdd, see this thing on the back of the ps2?
I have that and it says HDD on it, but, i seen pictures on the hdd and they dont look like that, can anyone help me?
Yes that's a network adapter to play PS2 games online. In order to have your HDD to work you must have the network adapter, or you won't be able to use your HDD to your PS2.
someone mentioned earlier that you can use any hard drive with these two utilities....... not without modification to some. Certain hard drives WILL NOT PHYSICALLY FIT into the ps2 w/o clearance modification to either the machine and/or the drive. ALSO versions of hddloader I've played w/ does not support dvd 9 games (champions of norrath is one i can think of off the top of my head) w/o using yet another program and installing the game to the hard drive from your computer. Another set back to hddloader (again the versions I've played with) is that it WILL NOT support a hard drive over 160 gb and lots of hard drivers under 40 gigs.
Another thing, you do not need a flip top or slide card to use a hard drive loader. you can buy the hddloader online for about $18 and when you wanna use what's on your hard drive just boot off that disc. You do have to have the hddumb or similar utility so you can put the hard drive in your computer and dump all your games off to the hard drive that way. the flip top lids are made pretty crappy, even the expensive ones and make a god aweful noise loading because there's a lot less plastic between the top of the ps2 and the spinning cd.
As far as the legality is concerned that's still up in the air. All this falls under circumvention which I'd suggest looking up, if you've not already heard all the tech tv nerds gripeing about. Sony and Microsoft are adament about making any kind of modding and backing up illegal.
Another thing, you do not need a flip top or slide card to use a hard drive loader. you can buy the hddloader online for about $18 and when you wanna use what's on your hard drive just boot off that disc. You do have to have the hddumb or similar utility so you can put the hard drive in your computer and dump all your games off to the hard drive that way. the flip top lids are made pretty crappy, even the expensive ones and make a god aweful noise loading because there's a lot less plastic between the top of the ps2 and the spinning cd.
As far as the legality is concerned that's still up in the air. All this falls under circumvention which I'd suggest looking up, if you've not already heard all the tech tv nerds gripeing about. Sony and Microsoft are adament about making any kind of modding and backing up illegal.
I've got a hddloader on one ps2 and a fliptop on another one. I hate hate hate the flip top but absolutely adore the hddloader, it's kind of a crutch tho, when i rent a game i want to put it on there so bad just so i don't have to wait for that freggin loading time. it does make a seriously huge difference.
targetrasp said:
Yes I know that it makes a difference, I've experienced it myself. I was shocked on the loading times on HDLoader, makes me want to get one but I know it's illegal to have. When you copy the games onto the HD from the PS2, it takes a long time! I mean I hate waiting that long.
That's why you put the hard drive in the ps2 and use that disc that comes with it to format the hard drive, take it out of the ps2 put it in your computer, and there's a few programs that'll let you put the actual games on the hard drive via your dvd burner...
ONLY ADVISED IF YOU OWN THE GAME!!!!
The legality of this is completely up in the air, the people selling the stuff says it's legal if you own the games, sony microsoft etc. says it's illegal period.
Consoles aren't aerosol cans though, they don't say anything about using in a manner inconsistant with it's labeling is illegal......
last i heard you were alloud 1 single copy of the original (wether it be a cd, dvd, vhs, laser disc, etc. etc.) as long as you owned the original and your copy was to be destroyed or to accompany the original once the original left your possession.
ONLY ADVISED IF YOU OWN THE GAME!!!!
The legality of this is completely up in the air, the people selling the stuff says it's legal if you own the games, sony microsoft etc. says it's illegal period.
Consoles aren't aerosol cans though, they don't say anything about using in a manner inconsistant with it's labeling is illegal......
last i heard you were alloud 1 single copy of the original (wether it be a cd, dvd, vhs, laser disc, etc. etc.) as long as you owned the original and your copy was to be destroyed or to accompany the original once the original left your possession.
No.
You also have to have a disc that configures your machine/hard drive to do their thing together, and still you can only have game saves to the memory card. I've heard tell of new socom 2 maps that you supposedly can download (never fooled with it) but it's not like an xbox at all, game saves are (as far as anything i've played) put on memory cards still. Now I'm sure there either is or will be a game that allows saves to go on the hard drive but I've not seen one.
You also have to have a disc that configures your machine/hard drive to do their thing together, and still you can only have game saves to the memory card. I've heard tell of new socom 2 maps that you supposedly can download (never fooled with it) but it's not like an xbox at all, game saves are (as far as anything i've played) put on memory cards still. Now I'm sure there either is or will be a game that allows saves to go on the hard drive but I've not seen one.
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