region free?

[youthisoverrated]

i was wondering if there was any way i could make the dvd drive on my computer region free?

[Siertes]

Indeed there is.

There are only two ways to remove the annoying region protection on your drives that I know of:

1) Flashing your drives firmware and applying new firmware. This one is a bit dangerous and can really mess things up if you do it wrong.

2) Using a region free software like DVD Ghost. It's a lot safer and allows you to play other region DVDs without problems, but it isn't free, so how you obtain it is entirely up to you <_<

[VioletSkye]

http://www.pcreview.co.uk/articles/H...e_region_free/

or you could buy one of the numerous software products online.

[youthisoverrated]

i figured that it wouldn't be free, but i would like a point in the right direction of a good one XD that and would i be able to play any region game too?

[Siertes]

On 2007-08-26 21:25, iamgir42 wrote:
i figured that it wouldn't be free, but i would like a point in the right direction of a good one XD that and would i be able to play any region game too?

Well I personally use DVD Ghost and it works just fine for me. Also, I thought you could install games from any region on a PC. Maybe I'm mistaken.

[youthisoverrated]

i have no clue XP i'm just thinking about playing games on my computer and have no clue about any of it lol

[amtalx]

AFAIK, most games aren't region coded for PC. I think that's more of a console phenomenon. Movies are really where region coding becomes an issue.

[youthisoverrated]

ahhhhh ok. i've always played consoles pretty much, so this is a new thing to me XD

[Firocket1690]

Hm. Regarding region coding for PC games.

I have a copy of Ys Origin, and the Oath in Felghana, and they're both Japanese DVDs. I just change the language of Windows to Japanese, restart, and it allows me to install/play.

I'm pretty sure regions don't affect PC games. Either that, or Falcom is cool like that.

[UnderscoreX]

The regoin locking on console games have more to do with the TV sets being NTSC and PAL, so I doubt there's any need for it with computers.