Vampire & SSF2X on PAL hardware?

[Brett Sinclair]

Hey there. I'm having a little problem over here for which I desperately wish to find a solution.

Just purchased Japan/NTSC originals of Super Street Fighter II X and Vampire Chronicle, but have run into the RGB protection (which I knew nothing about prior to this) and are on the lookout for a means to play these games in my PAL equipment. From what I understand it all works as usual if using standard RCA cables, but I guess (haven't tried really as all I have is the RGB cable) that'll give me an NTSC signal which my PAL-only TV can't handle?

I was thinking maybe a better boot-disc than my current Utopia 1.1 would do the trick, Blaze's DC-X does look promising but I can't find it for download online and I'm not about to shell out another $30 unless I know for sure it will work. Best bet so far is the $10 DC-IE sold by Lik-Sang, which they claim is just a differently labeled DC-X. I also have a higher version (1.3) of the Utopia on my harddrive, but can't burn it to CD myself (will try at a friend later today).

Has anyone successfully played these (or other RGB protected) games on PAL hardware, and how did you accomplish that? Or is my best bet to just search for de-protected versions of the games online and burn to CDR? I am thankful for any help you folks can give...

[Oxfam]

You can get dc-x from www.megagames.com under the DC section

I dont think it will bypass the protection but its worth a try as will only cost the price of a cdr

[roBx^]

DC-X will work bu they have RGB protection so they will not work properly with RGB cable, ie only black screen. Keep ur originals mint and play backups of them, or arrange another non-RGB scart.

[Brett Sinclair]

Originally posted by Oxfam
You can get dc-x from www.megagames.com under the DC section

Hmm, either I'm blind or it isn't there. The closest match is the Action Replay/GameShark CDX, which (AFAIK) is not the same thing.

[Brett Sinclair]

Originally posted by roBx^
DC-X will work bu they have RGB protection so they will not work properly with RGB cable, ie only black screen. Keep ur originals mint and play backups of them, or arrange another non-RGB scart.

I see... Too bad.

I have found what I assume to be Echelon's rip of Super Street Fighter II X, a CDI at 706.7 MB (741,040,553 bytes). Anyone know if this has been deprotected already? If not, where can I find a patch? I have Googled with no success so far.

For Vampire Chronicle I have found a RGB fix, but not the game itself. Any good Direct Connect hubs out there where one could get an account? I had one at Deftonzs, but they have been down for a while and I don't know if they're getting back online. Other places to look for it?

Thanks again. It is really sad that Capcom has chosen to do this with games that were never destined for a proper international release anyway...

[Megalexxx]

No patch needed for SSF2X, but you can find trainers here :
http://www.megagames.com/dc/dc_patches_s.shtml