Raiden DX ???

Rob79 · Post by **Rob79** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:25 am

is this game for Playstation 1 as Raiden DX Japan only ? Cuz I have The Raiden Project PS1 and it has much different music..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgknmvzt ... re=related

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:37 am

I think those are two different games. Raiden Project is RI and RII, and Raiden DX is a sort of combo between the two, right?

DX is older than Project too.

Rob79 · Post by **Rob79** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:39 am

No idea. This is the JPN Raiden DX for Playstation.
Do I have to mod my U.S. PS2 to play this ?

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:44 am

Rob. wrote:No idea. This is the JPN Raiden DX for Playstation.
Do I have to mod my U.S. PS2 to play this ?

Yes. That goes for every single PS and PS2 game; you have to use a boot disk or a modchip.

Rob79 · Post by **Rob79** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:45 am

If I get the system modded to play Japanese games, can I still play U.S. NTSC playstation games ?
Heres a pic of my PS2 Im a newbie when it comes to this stuff.

Augemitbutter · Post by **Augemitbutter** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:14 am

yes, you can.

Rob79 · Post by **Rob79** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:18 am

How reliable is the modchip ? how much does it cost ?

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:57 am

Rob. wrote:How reliable is the modchip ? how much does it cost ?

It's pretty reliable, of course that was mine. Depends on where you get it really. It's about... 30 bucks? Probably less.

If you want, you can aslo use boot discs. They work like cheat discs, except they do what a modchip does. They are also cheaper. The catch is you have to take care of them just like any other CD.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:23 am

Just buy a Japanese ps2 from www.play-asia.com or a similar site.

Raiden DX is awesome, way better than Project. Buy it

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:29 am

Swap discs will only allow you to play ps2 games region free, not ps1 games.

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:01 am

Why not just buy the game (quite a good one), set up an emulator on your PC, and save yourself some cash and modding for now? Most PS1 emulators read discs just fine, and Raiden DX plays without any real problems on epsxe and pSX. Sure, it's cool to have hardware to play it on (I use swap discs on my PS1), but get the game first so you can play it now. Worry about the hardware after you have that.

Mortificator · Post by **Mortificator** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:28 am

If you've got an original PlayStation, you could try one of the swap tricks. All you need for those is patience.

Cheat devices like Gameshark can let you play games from other regions in a PS1, also.

On the PS2 side of things, if you do a search for "mod AND chip AND swap" you'll find several topics about the various methods.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:02 pm

Zebra Airforce wrote:Swap discs will only allow you to play ps2 games region free, not ps1 games.

What about Breaker pro?

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:10 pm

LGB wrote:I think those are two different games. Raiden Project is RI and RII, and Raiden DX is a sort of combo between the two, right?

DX is older than Project too.

Nah, DX came out AFTER Raiden project.

And DX is a remixed and expanded Raiden II with a scoring system. Think of it as "Raiden II Black Label".

antron · Post by **antron** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:29 pm

MX7 wrote:
Zebra Airforce wrote:Swap discs will only allow you to play ps2 games region free, not ps1 games.
What about Breaker pro?

Breaker Pro and Gameshark both work in a PS2 for PS1 games, but you need a swap trick.

I have been told that the Memor32 memory card with memento firmware let you play PS1 imports and backups.

I asked this very question at killercabs:
http://www.killercabs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12701

here is the answer:

Girth wrote:
antron wrote:
Girth wrote:get this:
http://www.memor32.com/
and then get this
http://www.mementoteam.com/
and you will be fine.
I don't see anything about PS1 games. I did read somewhere else that support for this was coming in the future. Is it done now?
yeah it works just fine for ps1 games as well. You just boot into the memento screen (hold r2 at boot) and select cd boot.

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:41 pm

CIT wrote:Nah, DX came out AFTER Raiden project.

And DX is a remixed and expanded Raiden II with a scoring system. Think of it as "Raiden II Black Label".

Didn't Raiden DX come out in 1993/1994?

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:51 pm

LGB wrote:
CIT wrote:Nah, DX came out AFTER Raiden project.

And DX is a remixed and expanded Raiden II with a scoring system. Think of it as "Raiden II Black Label".
Didn't Raiden DX come out in 1993/1994?

The Raiden Project for the PS1 came out in 1995. Raiden DX was released for the Japanese PS1 in 1997. The original arcade games came out in 1990, 1993, and 1994 respectively.

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:59 pm

The Coop wrote:
LGB wrote:
CIT wrote:Nah, DX came out AFTER Raiden project.

And DX is a remixed and expanded Raiden II with a scoring system. Think of it as "Raiden II Black Label".
Didn't Raiden DX come out in 1993/1994?
The Raiden Project for the PS1 came out in 1995. Raiden DX was released for the Japanese PS1 in 1997. The original arcade games came out in 1990, 1993, and 1994 respectively.

That's what I meant. Though I admit, I though RP came out in 96.

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:05 pm

LGB wrote:
The Coop wrote:
LGB wrote: Didn't Raiden DX come out in 1993/1994?
The Raiden Project for the PS1 came out in 1995. Raiden DX was released for the Japanese PS1 in 1997. The original arcade games came out in 1990, 1993, and 1994 respectively.
That's what I meant. Though I admit, I though RP came out in 96.

You might be thinking of the "Playstation the Best" re-release in '96. The original "Project" came out in very early '95.

Sammy · Post by **Sammy** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:00 pm

This bit about Raiden DX is worth at least a cursory glance:

http://worldofstuart.excellentcontent.com/raidendx.htm