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The only PS2 model released on the Chinese market, available from December 20th, 2003, for a price of RMB 1988. | The only PS2 model released on the Chinese market, available from December 20th, 2003, for a price of RMB 1988. Its retail variant is always a satin silver fat H-chassis console. It has its own dedicated game region ("NTSC-C") rather than the NTSC-J region that is used on the other Asian PS2 consoles (Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan). The DVD region code is 6, which is also a dedicated China-only DVD region code. As another specialty, it is the only retail PS2 console to have a third ROM(-section) other than BOOT and DVD, which contains a Chinese character set. | ||
Another oddity: DTL-H50009 is the only PS2 | |||
Another oddity is found: DTL-H50009 is the only PS2 console that shares the ROMVER with a [[PSX]] (DVR). This console has 1.80 ROMVER like the 1st gen PSX. | |||
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The following Chinese PS2 models are confirmed to exist: | The following Chinese PS2 models are confirmed to exist: | ||
* SCPH-50009 | * SCPH-50009 (Satin Silver) | ||
* DTL-H50009 | * DTL-H50009 (Satin Silver) | ||
* DTL-H50009J (Black) | * DTL-H50009J (Black) | ||
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== Dragon Modchip == | == Dragon Modchip == | ||
The " | The "Dragon" was an exclusive Modchip made specifically for the Chinese PS2 consoles. | ||
It's also the reason why Sony stopped producing Chinese models. | It's also the reason why Sony stopped producing Chinese models. | ||
[[File:PS2_DRAGON_CHIP.JPG|200px]] | [[File:PS2_DRAGON_CHIP.JPG|200px]] | ||
Revision as of 14:44, 24 April 2024
The only PS2 model released on the Chinese market, available from December 20th, 2003, for a price of RMB 1988. Its retail variant is always a satin silver fat H-chassis console. It has its own dedicated game region ("NTSC-C") rather than the NTSC-J region that is used on the other Asian PS2 consoles (Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan). The DVD region code is 6, which is also a dedicated China-only DVD region code. As another specialty, it is the only retail PS2 console to have a third ROM(-section) other than BOOT and DVD, which contains a Chinese character set.
Another oddity is found: DTL-H50009 is the only PS2 console that shares the ROMVER with a PSX (DVR). This console has 1.80 ROMVER like the 1st gen PSX.
Only very few games were released in China, as the PS2's release for the Chinese market happened during a period where game consoles were heavily regulated and for the most part actually banned.
The following Chinese PS2 models are confirmed to exist:
- SCPH-50009 (Satin Silver)
- DTL-H50009 (Satin Silver)
- DTL-H50009J (Black)
Dragon Modchip
The "Dragon" was an exclusive Modchip made specifically for the Chinese PS2 consoles.
It's also the reason why Sony stopped producing Chinese models.
