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| Krelian - Nov 6, 2003 |
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Krelian | Nov 6, 2003 | |
| Alrighty, my Panzer Dragoon Saga just arrived in the mail today and I'm oh so excited because I have a day off today too (sound perfect?), but I'm having some trouble... My Saturn is: Victor Saturn (BIOS version 1.01) RG-JX2 (JPN Import) + RG-VC3 VCD Card (JPN Import) + Pro Action Replay 4M Plus (version 1) Now I had to cut a trace and solder a wire on my PAR4+ to allow me to play my 4MB games like Street Fighter Zero 3 (since it was a faulty first revision cart), I did that a while ago and my SFZ3 and other 4MB games worked, mission accomplished... I put Panzer Dragoon Saga Disc 1 in my Saturn, hit A then A again (to go through the PAR4+ BIOS) and then in the typical Panzer Dragoon font it tells me: PLEASE REMOVE THE CARTRIDGE. Then I get kicked out to the CD Player screen and it says: Cartridge unsuitable for this system And of course if I try it without the PAR4+ the CD Player screen tells me: Game disc unsuitable for this system My other US games work as do my Japanese imports. So... Any thoughts or advice? ~Krelian "As above, so below..." "I try to lead the people 'in my own way'." My Collection @ ign.com... | |||
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slinga | Nov 6, 2003 | |
| This is a common problem. It's due to the fact that your using a non-official Sega cart. Search old threads, or use Antime's patch. | |||
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Scared0o0Rabbit | Nov 6, 2003 | |
| patch the iso to the region you are in, do a region switch, or find the action replay code that disables the cartridge check. | |||
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Alexvrb | Nov 6, 2003 | |
| Hmm... never had that problem. Was the one I downloaded pre-patched, perhaps? I certainly did not enter any PAR codes. | |||
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Krelian | Nov 7, 2003 | |
| Thank you About.com Boot Code: 06002EB0 0009 Note: This code requires a Pro Action Replay Plus 4 in 1 version 2.01. This code will defeat the cartridge detection (Please Remove Cartridge) at the start of the game. This may not work for everyone. ~Krelian "As above, so below..." "I try to lead the people 'in my own way'." My Collection @ ign.com... | |||
is this game so hot as people say? :huh Is it really the most rare game to Saturn?
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SegaTecToy | Nov 7, 2003 | |
| Thanks! :thumbs-up: This will help my decision.  | |||
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Scared0o0Rabbit | Nov 7, 2003 | |
| I too am rather unconvinced as to how good it is. I'd much rather take the money it takes to buy panzer dragoon saga, and buy several other games. | |||
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Krelian | Nov 8, 2003 | |
| Uhhh... this is an original US PDS that I had this problem with... Regarding it's worth: I've been skeptical myself... for a very long time... frankly I have a hard time believing in any game worth more than $75... but I bought PDS for $100 cause it wasn't a particularly bad deal (it really is in mint condition) and because I'm curious; if I don't feel it's worth the $100 after I play it, it won't be hard to sell and get my money back... =) ~Krelian "As above, so below..." "I try to lead the people 'in my own way'." My Collection @ ign.com... | |||
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slinga | Nov 8, 2003 | |
| I was actually *let down* by the game. I never bothered even finishing the second disk. Don't get me wrong, it's a good game, definitely by Saturn standards, but it's the greatest RPG ever as it's been hyped to be. | |||
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Tagrineth | Nov 8, 2003 | ||
I repeat: TAKE OUT THE FEKING CARTRIDGE. PDS will not boot if you have ANY cartridge other than a pure saving cart in there. Oh, and IMO PDS really is one of the best RPG's ever made, period, but it isn't worth $200. No game is worth that much, period. | ||||
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antime | Nov 8, 2003 | |
| I don't think that's true. The game only searches for the strings "ACTION REPLAY" and "X-TERMINATOR", and people have successfully used import carts to run it. | |||
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Tagrineth | Nov 8, 2003 | ||
Someone said official Sega 4MB expansions will stop PDS from booting, too. | ||||
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Krelian | Nov 10, 2003 | |
| It's Alive...! ALIVE! Alright, the Boot Code DOES work for Panzer Dragoon Saga! I was thinking I'd have to hook to my Comms-Link to input any new codes but Antipasta told me I could just enter new codes in the Code Select Menu... He was quite right (don't know why I thought I needed my Comms-Link), and the Boot Code works perfectly fine! ~Krelian | |||
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Amon | Mar 17, 2006 | |
| Sorry for the thread bump but I just tried the Boot code and it works well. I have the uk ver and a us saturn and it saves me ripping the games, applying an region changer, and burning the disks. | |||
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cgfm2 | Apr 21, 2006 | |
| The boot code doesn't work for the US NTSC version, sorry to say. :\ If anyone has the PAL version of the game and can dump the first 16 sectors (as 2048 bytes/sector, instead of any other funky option) for me to examine, I'd like to look at the cartridge check routine and see if a patch can be made. It might be impossible, but it's worth a shot. | |||
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antime | Apr 21, 2006 | |
| I can send the boot code, but have you tried the IPS from my page? | |||
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Borisz | Apr 21, 2006 | ||
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