What is a 'chipped' playstation 2?

Question

why does one need it chipped? Does one need to chip a xbox360 also?

Answer 1

Yeah, you sure can get them chipped up. You can do it the stupid way, the nasty way or the easy and expensive way.



The stupid way is to get a "neo key" this requires you to solder 1 wire inside the PS2. Quite a few PS2 backups can detect a Neo key and stop the games booting so its a pointless escapade. You also need an action replay cartridge for this to work which is another £30.



The nasty way is goto a regional computer fair in the UK and buy a £3.50 "NEO2" or "NEO3" chip and fit it yourself. Its a icky job, requires a special cool very small 15W soldering iron, a steady hand and 8 bits of wire. The downside of this is you will need to have an action replay 2 card to boot your "backups", also some EA games won`t work on this chip. Also this chip can stress your PS2`s laser which means more wire modifications later. Sometimes the chaps at the fairs will fit em for you for anything upto £50.



The other method is find someone who has got a shed load of chips called "messiah-lite" (sony jumped on Messiah`s production crew before they could get it finalised but some of the last beta chips are still on the market). The messiah has over 20 wires, and involves the soldering skill of a genius but will play any ps2 backup including booting up and dvd games. The people who sell these are usually fitting them aswell. I`ve known people pay anything upto £100 for getting one of these sods fitted. The short supply means the chips change hands for anything upto £50-60. There is talk of a messiah 4.5 on the market but i`ve not come across any yet.



Personally, I`ll wait until someone comes out with a simple plug in card that allows you to do it with no hassle and less cost.

Answer 2

A chipped PS2 is a PS2 was a 'chip' stuck into it. I believe it was made illegal to do some time back in some places, though i'm not sure about the UK.



It's officially to allow you to play PS2 games from other regions, Japan, America, etc. Unofficially it also lets you play copied PS2 games.



It depends on the chip, but some also have nasty effects like not being able to play PS2 games online, not being able to play PS1 games at all, not being able to play DVDs at all and breaking down the PS2 faster. Different chips will have either some or all of these effects, so if you ever get one chipped, research the chip first.



There currently isn't an XBox 360 chip. On the original XBox the chip also stopped any online gaming, so it may do that if an XBox 360 chip is made also.

Answer 3

Chipped PS2 allows multi region games and backup( copied & a hell of a lot cheaper) )games to run it.

The xbox360 does not need chipping, the protection is not on the board of the 360, it is within the firmware of the dvd player, this can and is, flashed to let you do the same as you can with PS2 games.

Answer 4

Yep. It means that you are able to play copied games. I think "chipping'' hasn't developed much for xbox360 cause the titles are strongly copy-protected..

Answer 5

You don't need to get it chipped, chipping it basically allows you to play copied games on it, some people use it to back up their games in case they get scratched.

Answer 6

A chipped console is usually one that has been altered by an additional hardware unit to allow it to play copied/imported games.



It is not required for you to chip any console unless you wish to back-up your games and play the copies.

Answer 7

If you get it chipped it means you can play copied games on it.

Answer 8

Chipped means that you can play any game, not jusy PAL games. If it is cheap to chip, then do it as games are cheaper from America and are the same. It is the same as a DVD player, if that plays all regions, then it is cheaper to buy abroad

Answer 9

if you have any console chipped you can play copy games on it and they will work but it is a waste of money if you ask me, you are just going to break the law

Answer 10

playstations need to be chipped if you want to play pirate games or watch pirate dvds. i dont believe you need to chip an xbox as it works on a completly different concept ie is online.

Answer 11

To play dvd-r with copied games on

Answer 12

It's so you can play copied games that some people sell

Answer 13

they do something to it so that you can play copied games and out of region games

Answer 14

just means you can play copied games

Answer 15

its so you can play illegal copies of games like the ones you see on the markets for a fiver !!!!!!!!!!!!