Game Over x 2
21:50 Wednesday 27 Jul 05
My Dreamcast died. Won’t boot. Tried everything I could find online and it’s a no-go. This means that I now can’t play Metropolis Street Racer - the best console racing game of it’s time. A game that was superb in every respect and which M$ then bastardised for the inferior PGR/PGR2. So that was one bad thing.
Then the PS2 finally died. It’s been groaning and grinding recently, but with patience it would boot. The gameplay / sound effects were skipping a lot but some games (like Tempest) were perfectly playable. But it too has whirred it’s last.
Two consoles gone .. add into that a headache from hell most of the day and it’s not been the best recently. Now I’ve got to talk J into the purchase of a new PS2 and I can’t see how I can right now….
1
Try the old, ‘You lot got a dog, I need something to occupy me…… please!’ approach :razz:
22:00 Wednesday 27 Jul 05
2
That’s where the cash went!
22:02 Wednesday 27 Jul 05
3
Out of interest I have resurrected PS2 on more than a few occasions.
Get into the beast, you’ll be surprised at the amount of crap that gets in there. Get to the tray and the lens. Tin of compressed air comes in very handy here. Blast away and then clean the lens. worth a try eh.:wink:
22:12 Wednesday 27 Jul 05
4
The inside of my PS2 is cleaner than a shuttle circuitboard. It’s dead.
22:24 Wednesday 27 Jul 05
5
The laser units are notorious for going tits up. MrModchips sell replacements, but I don’t know how easy a job it is to change one. If its anything like the PS1, its 3 screws and a plug-in ribbon cable.
22:43 Wednesday 27 Jul 05
6
Why’d you pay for a dog? The pound give em away for free, and they more greatful :)
23:23 Wednesday 27 Jul 05
7
I know someone who’s selling an x-box + 30 games for 150 quid, if that helps! ;)
13:16 Thursday 28 Jul 05