Garf(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Thursday, 5th June 2003, 11:53
Hi
One of the games I was working on was canned about a month from completion. I`ve managed to grab the last NTSC build we burnt to GC disc, will Freeloader let me play it on my PAL gamecube?
Cheers for any help,
Garf
RE: Freeloader - can it play "copied" games?
Richard_lench(Competent) posted this on Thursday, 5th June 2003, 14:26
No.
What game was it btw and who do/did you work for?
RE: Freeloader - can it play "copied" games?
Pistol(Competent) posted this on Thursday, 5th June 2003, 14:39
I guess it depends how "copied" it is. If you`ve just burnt it yourself onto a GC-style disc, no chance. But if it was properly burnt using whatever technology and methods they use to burn the production discs, it might.
RE: Freeloader - can it play "copied" games?
neal 73(Elite) posted this on Friday, 6th June 2003, 00:33
if it boots on an NTSC cube then yes, freeloader will play it on a PAL cube.
RE: Freeloader - can it play "copied" games?
Garf(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Friday, 6th June 2003, 12:43
We burnt the builds onto GC discs, which work with the NTSC devkits. Don`t think it would work on a "normal" NTSC cube though, so probably no chance of me ever playing it again :(
The game was BattleBots for THQ, one of about 20 products they canned due to their alleged financial difficulties. Bit of a shame, as we`d been working on it for about 16 months.. sigh. The company I work for is Creative Asylum
Mike G(Elite) posted this on Friday, 6th June 2003, 14:23
What are these GC blanks like? Do you burn them with standard hardware (such as a DVD-R writer), or do you have to use a special device made by Nintendo themselves?
Mike
RE: Freeloader - can it play "copied" games?
Pistol(Competent) posted this on Friday, 6th June 2003, 14:38
There was supposed to be a free Freeloader with the issue of Cube magazine that came out yesterday, so you might as well give it a try!
RE: Freeloader - can it play "copied" games?
Garf(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Friday, 6th June 2003, 15:32
Mike - not sure what they`re burnt on, it was usually our producer who handled that. I presume it`s some kind of special kit, but I could be wrong.
And I had a look at the free freeloader with the Cube magazine, it says it only lets you play Animal Crossing NTSC though :(
RE: Freeloader - can it play "copied" games?
Chris White(Competent) posted this on Friday, 6th June 2003, 19:03
Pistol the free Freeloader is only for Animal Crossing
RE: Freeloader - can it play "copied" games?
Pistol(Competent) posted this on Friday, 6th June 2003, 20:44
Yeah I found out after buying it... bummer. Still, the Metroid Prime cheats were useful. Looks like they`re going to do a one-game Freeloader each month - though at £4 a shot and at the rate they come out, it`d probably be better just to buy a proper Freeloader or Action Replay if you want to play imports when they`re released on NTSC.
