Those Pesky PS2 Imports

[MrSmiley381]

OK, the general concensus with the PS2 import scene is that you should just buy a Japanese PS2. Obviously, I'm not one to go that route. I'm planning to get a flip top mod and Swap Magic.

The real question here is compatibility. I'm looking around the internet and I somehow end up on Swapmagicfix.com, which tells me that I need to use an original large-TOC PS2 DVD when playing Vampire Darkstalkers Chronicles.

What the hell does that mean?

Can anyone help with this? Is this PS2 import method in reality just very unrelaible?

[smork]

Mod chips work like a champ as well -- never tried the flip top/swap method. My PS2 is a NTSC/U model and I got it modded -- it now plays anything I want it to (except non-Region 1 DVDs).

Didn't what you posted just mean you need an original PS2 to do the flip/swap trick instead of a slimline?

[MrSmiley381]

I have an original PS2.

There's also alternate flip tops for slimline PS2s, although I have no idea how those are supposed to work.

EDIT:

I figured it out. I just have to use a weird swap method with certain games. That's what all the TOC nonsense is.