Breaker Pro for PS2

[Poppa_Meth]

Quick question. Some people I know have a Breaker Pro for PS2 (import device) and there is an option in the menu for video signal, changin from PAL to NTSC. To my knowlege I wouldn't think a piece of software like this could actually do a PAL to NTSC conversion on the fly but these guys insist it does. Breaker Pro has virtually no service on their site so no reference to the option at all. Anyone have this device and know exactly what this option does?

[Hardcoreruss]

The man to be asked is a fellow called jeex, he was very clued up on everything ps2, he unfortunately was banned from this site. I think you may still find him over at politick.org (please feel free to correct me), I think.

[Capmaster]

The man to be asked is a fellow called jeex, he was very clued up on everything ps2, he unfortunately was banned from this site. I think you may still find him over at politick.org (please feel free to correct me), I think.

jeex is still a member over there but he hasn't posted in quite some time.

I think he has a web site: www.jeexlabs.com (or maybe .org) I think it is

[ps2daddy]

Nah AFAIK
That just means the disk can be used in either region but it wont change the video signals of the games that you load

Breaker Pro specs

THE WORLD'S FIRST C.D. BASED PS-ONE IMPORT GAME ADAPTOR for PS-One and Playstation 2. From now on, with Breaker Pro, you can enjoy the backup games and all the import games and from all over the world. Breaker Pro is easy to use and No soldering is needed.
There are two version of Breaker Pro: NTSC and PAL. So, you have to make sure what console you owned before you get a Breaker Pro.

* Allows the PS-ONE and Playstation 2 to play PS-One import games and backup games without internal modification
* No warranty issues - console remains completely intact
* No need for chips or soldering.
* No technical knowledge whatsoever is required.
* Works on all original PS-One and Playstations 2

PS. Breaker Pro must be used with Slide Card or Flip Top Cover when it is used on PS2. On the other hand, PVC card is needed when Breaker Pro is used on PS1

It doesnt mention it in the specs but the swap magic disk has the video signal selector and I think that it is the exact same thing

Swap magic 3.2 specs


This works on ALL PS2 Machines WORLD WIDE!
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Product Features

* Compatible with every CD-ROM based PS2 game to date
* For PS2 CD-R backups
* For PS2 DVD-R backups
* Multi-Language menu: English, Chinese, Spanish, German, Italian, Korea
* Compatable with DVDRips (632mb+ CD-R backups) via TOC Refresh feature*
* Includes built-in PAL/NTSC region selector
* Games start with the single swap method detailed below
* For ALL version PS2 consoles v4-v10
* Works with all models of PS2 from v9/v10
* Easy to replace PS2 Replacement Cover.
* Works with original import games
* No modchip for the games to detect
* No modification to the internal system
* No extra stress on the laser lens
* No soldering required - just remove the old cover and replace with our new PS2 Cover and in just 10 minutes or less you'll be playing your games.
* Play CDR & PS2 DVD-R backups of PS2 games on your PS2 console
* For PS2 CD-R backups
* For PS2 DVD-R backups
* Games start with the single swap method


Note 1: In order to play PS1 backups, you will need to purchase a GameShark or the Breaker Pro Disc.
Note 2: Swap Magic 2.0 Plays only 72-minute (632mb CD-R) PS2 backups, but will load all DVD backups but with the breaker pro disc, you can play games that are larger.

* Breaker Pro PAL or USA "TOC Disc" required for use of this feature (optional)

[adam]

Well this site specifically says that it can convert between PAL and NTSC. What good would it do to just bypass the regional protection to play a PAL disk on an American console? It'd either be in black and white or it would scroll. I would think that this disk would have to do the conversion, otherwise it's ability to play import disks would be useless in America since we don't have multi-scan televisions.

Actually converting between regions on a PS-One game is a trivial thing and could easily be done through a boot disk like this. They used to (maybe still do) release patches to convert regions of import games. The result isn't all that pretty; it just chopped off the excess pixels but the color information was maintained and it did play smoothly.

Now don't take my word for it, I am just guessing. The specs of these types of products are rarely advertised consistently. But I don't see any reason why it couldn't do some form of actual regional format conversion, and I can't think of what good it would do it if didn't.

[ps2daddy]

I know that its possible but I still think that it probably a false claim for this disk. However I dont own this disk so I cant prove it.

Ntsc\pal patches are easy enought to find though they have generic ones and some specific for lots of games. If you patch the game once you never have to worry about it again and patching is pretty straight forward

*Update It is true after checking around the ntsc\pal videomode does work with the swapmagic 3 disk so it is likely that the breaker pro will work the same way only thing though its for psone games but you can use it for dvd-rips as toc refresh for ps2 games.
I also think that there are 2 vesions of the breaker pro running around

[Poppa_Meth]

Thanks for the replies. I forgot I even posted here I didn't figure it would be able to do on the fly conversion since it would be dependant on the PS2 hardware to do the work, which I didn't think would be able to keep up and play the game smoothly as well. I could be wrong though. I don't have one either. I know there are various hardware converters that do this, but I never really spotted any software types before.

[ps2daddy]

Thanks for the replies. I forgot I even posted here I didn't figure it would be able to do on the fly conversion since it would be dependant on the PS2 hardware to do the work, which I didn't think would be able to keep up and play the game smoothly as well. I could be wrong though. I don't have one either. I know there are various hardware converters that do this, but I never really spotted any software types before.

try

www.consolecopyworld.com

do a google search on ps2chimps patches

ps2ownz has a generic patcher that should work for most any game also