Origachip for JAP and for US are currently available from Lik-Sang.com.

Version 2 may well go the same way as NEO4. We await the Court results between Channel Technology and Sony. Sony obtained an injibction to stop CT distributing their Messiah product. The Court hearing has to follow quickly because Sony will be liable for CT's losses if Sony lose.

In my opinion, Sony will win if CT have used Sony copyright material in their product. CT might win if that is not the case and the Judge accepts that abuse is by others (who download games for example and make backups) and thus not abuse by CT. The Judge will also have to decide in terms of UK law whether Sony can reach into the UK to prevent import originals from being played; I think there is no legal basis for this restriction, but that's up to the Judge who knows more about that than I do!