US region Sanyo TRY 3DO
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US region Sanyo TRY 3DO
They never made one, but its quite easy to change it yourself. Just remove the Kanji ROM chip, and youre done.
Will post a couple pics soon.
Will post a couple pics soon.
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Re: US region Sanyo TRY 3DO
Maps 'O Death working now, which wont work on Japan region:
The opening BIOS screen:
The chip that holds the Kanji font is what needs to be removed:
The opening BIOS screen:
The chip that holds the Kanji font is what needs to be removed:
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Re: US region Sanyo TRY 3DO
Is it socket based or did you need to reheat all the solder to pull it off?
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Re: US region Sanyo TRY 3DO
Used my hot air rework station to remove it, takes about a minute or so to remove. The longest part is pulling the machine apart and putting it back together.
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Re: US region Sanyo TRY 3DO
Neat. Seems like it would redundant though considering US 3DO consoles are fairly common. I wouldn't want to mess with something less common like the TRY. But, hey, at least we know it works now.
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They might be in America, but theyre not common anywhere else, the most common here in Australia are Euro and Japan consoles.Austin wrote:Neat. Seems like it would redundant though considering US 3DO consoles are fairly common. I wouldn't want to mess with something less common like the TRY. But, hey, at least we know it works now.
I know it is widely claimed theyre region free as well, but theyre not always, the Japan and Euro regions wont run a few games i have here, and the gun does not work with any PAL version.
Its not like this cant be reversed in 5 minutes, but either way its zero loss by changing a Sanyo to US region anyway.
And its not like as if the Sanyo is any more sought after than any other 3DO is it!
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They typically sell for more, so that always equated to me as being more sought after than other models.CasetheCorvetteman wrote:And its not like as if the Sanyo is any more sought after than any other 3DO is it!
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Typically the "asking price" is more, it's buyer's call if they pay that, i paid under $150 Australian Dollars for mine delivered, complete boxed and pretty much as new. That was not long ago either.
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Good deal then. Looks like living down under has its advantages.
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Well its very little to do with that, i bought it from Japan on ebay! Anyone couldve done the sameAustin wrote:Good deal then. Looks like living down under has its advantages.
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I can also now confirm that this chip removal works on the early version of the FZ-10.
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Really? OK, in that case I guess you got lucky then. Everything I see from Japan is $150 - $200 before shipping (then tack another $80 on for that). Ugh.CasetheCorvetteman wrote:Well its very little to do with that, i bought it from Japan on ebay! Anyone couldve done the sameAustin wrote:Good deal then. Looks like living down under has its advantages.
Can't wait to get some funds freed up so I can sign up for a middle man service and start using Yahoo Auctions Japan.
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Yeah shipping out of Japan has gone through the roof of late.Austin wrote:Really? OK, in that case I guess you got lucky then. Everything I see from Japan is $150 - $200 before shipping (then tack another $80 on for that). Ugh.CasetheCorvetteman wrote:Well its very little to do with that, i bought it from Japan on ebay! Anyone couldve done the sameAustin wrote:Good deal then. Looks like living down under has its advantages.
Can't wait to get some funds freed up so I can sign up for a middle man service and start using Yahoo Auctions Japan.
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