DDR Region codes?

A good friend of mine is in London for the next couple years and said there is a DDR:UK version. I was going to have him ship me a copy, but he says there is a "region code" which means it will likely not work on our playstation here.

Is this true? I thought it might be a good stocking stuff for my son, but not if he can't play it.

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Not region codes, but different versions of the PlayStation. Just like Japanese PS games won't work on North American consoles, European games won't work on NA consoles.

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Tommy Penner
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I believe, though, that there are special "swap discs" you can buy to make those European and Japanese games work.

I was thinking about buying one myself so I can purchase the Japanese games. Over there, they have direct translations of all the arcade mixes, and much more...

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I have played with quite a few "mod chipped" and "swap disc-ed" PlayStations and really it all depends on how comfortable you are with modifying your PS. Mod chips require opening the PS case (voiding any warranty) and soldering in a chip. If you look online you could find somewhere to buy a chip, and possibly send it to someone to have someone who knows what they're doing solider it up.

Then of course you got the swap-discs. If I remember with the one I played with, there's a cartridge that plugs into the back like the old-school GameSharks, you also have to use a small object to hold down the "switch" that tells the PS that the cover is closed. Basically you start with a disc that is native to NA, then at one point during the PS startup sequence, you switch out that disc with the Japanese/Euro game you wanna play.

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Tommy Penner
Undergrads Online: Help Nitz!

I found info about the mod chips, but I'm not sure I want to open up the PS2 and try to solder it in. Thanks for the info!

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