Accepted entrants to the closed beta must be using a JP version of Windows, and only JP mailing addresses will be accepted.
3000 entrants will be accepted into the closed beta from the pool of available entries, based upon criteria that Sonic Team uses to determine eligibility. It is not a first-come first-serve basis. Part of the application process is requires providing your old PSO PC v2 serial number, so please have this handy. The closed beta is free.
Applications are being taken from March 25th at 7 PM JP time till March 31st 11:59 PM.
Applications, once signups begin, can be completed at this page:
http://sega.jp/pc/pso/closed_beta/
Future entrants will be accepted from inserts in various PC and game magazines sold in the future.
System requirements are listed on the page. Remember, JP operating systems only! Please note that they do say that play is only allowed in Japan.
Minimum | Suggested | |
OS | Windows 98/Me/2000/XP JP version or later | Windows XP JP version |
CPU | PenitumIII 700 MHz | Pentium 4 1.5GHz |
Memory | 128MB | 256MB |
Empty HDD | 1.3 GB (Future patches taken into consideration) | |
Graphics | Direct 3D Compatible & 32MB VRAM | Direct 3D Compatible & 64MB VRAM |
NVIDIA GeForce, ATI Radeon 8500 or later | ||
Sound | DirectSound Compatible | |
DirectX | DirectX 9.0b | |
Controllers | Keyboard, mouse, DirectX compatible game controller | |
Network | Internet Connection. 256 kbps or more |
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