This Month's Haul: August 2014

[YellerDog]

Ok, ugh, ok, done with my little PS2 Archiving Project. System taken apart, cleaned, broken controller ports and fuse board replaced, 250g HD installed via network adapter, and now a fancy controller to top off the damned thing. Ended up with a spare PS2 that I modded up for a friend, somehow have a small stack of network adapters to clear out now.

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$40 shipped on eBay, as long as a squirrel isn't living in it I'm pretty happy.

[GohanX]

That pad is badass,I like it better than the real Neo cd pad.

I want a modded ps2, I just have slims so no hdd for me.

[YellerDog]

You can still network-cable-load stuff, if you (or anybody) needs FreeMCBoot you can sent me a blank card in the mail and I'll hook that up. Get at me on PM.

USB HDs work on the slims, apparently! There IS a way to get a regular SATA HD on a slim, but it involves shenanigans.

[GohanX]

I think I'd rather just find a phat and put an internal hdd in it.

[Melf]

I have a fat PS2 and a network adapter. I need the HDD to mod? Those things are kind of expensive now, aren't they?

[ChaoofNee]

I'm curious now, too. Can it be done without the disc drive? I have the whole set-up with the network adapter and compatible HDD, but the disc drive is shot in my fattie.

[YellerDog]

You don't need a DVD to set it up (it's all HD/memory card/USB memory stick), but if your drive connectors are fucked up somehow that might make a difference.

Non-Sony SATA HDs work (I've got a Maxtor in mine and a FFXI drive for my friend's), there's a big compatibility list you can google to check it out!

[kingoffighters]

Found a couple of used games that are starting to creep up in price:

Lost Odyssey (360, missing instruction)
Dragon Quest IV (DS)

[Brianvgplayer]

eShop card arrived today. I used it for:

Shovel Knight Wii U
NES Remix 2 Wii U
Mysterious Murasame Castle 3DS VC

[A Robot Bit Me]

Dropped my gym membership. Bought a pull up/sit up/tricep dip/push up bar thing and a wire jump rope. Good enough.