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Here's a list of games that don't support the vga box, but that can (or can't) be tricked in running on a monitor by means of a bootdisk (tested with the DC-X). Mind that this isn't a complete list of vga incompatible games as no one seems to have one (they all claim they have one, but so far all the lists I found on the web where wrong at a certain point), just the ones that I know can (or can't) be tricked from first hand experience. I'll update this as I find & test more games. Obviously this is a list of legit games, as most copies are patched
Aqua GT PAL - Yes
Army Men Sarges Heroes PAL - Yes
Bust-A-Move 4 - PAL - Yes
Conflict Zone PAL - Yes
Deadly Skies PAL - No
ECW Hardcore Revolution PAL - No
Evolution World Of The Sacred Device PAL - Yes (VGA logo on the case, but won't run on a monitor without a bootdisk)
Gunbird 2 PAL - No (it runs fine all the way up to the Capcom screen & then dies,I hate that)
Hidden & Dangerous PAL - Yes
Hydro Thunder PAL - Yes
NFL Blitz 2000 PAL - Yes
Pen Pen PAL - Yes (it runs, but I still can't play it since my monitor's frequency is out of range)
Psychic Force 2012 PAL - No
Railroad Tycoon 2 PAL - No (no message, screen just goes black, though it has the vga logo on the case)
Resident Evil Code Veronica PAL - No
Skies Of Arcadia PAL - No (sound only)
Snow Surfers PAL - No
Soul Fighter PAL - No (no loss there imo )
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six PAL - Yes
Last edited by mazonemayu on Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:36 am, edited 1 time in total.
Well yes; that place only says they're vga incompatible, not how to work round the issue. And as I said on the main post, just I tried grabbing lists from the net a few times, but they were always wrong about a few games. Anyway, I assume its still a good asset for the thread as I'm sure that someone will try that list out.
mazonemayu wrote:Well yes; that place only says they're vga incompatible, not how to work round the issue. And as I said on the main post, just I tried grabbing lists from the net a few times, but they were always wrong about a few games. Anyway, I assume its still a good asset for the thread as I'm sure that someone will try that list out.
That's my own list, I go by the name "Tweeg" on some boards and sites . All of the US, JP, and Un-Released (UR) games I tested out personally. Only the EU/PAL games list relied on input from other people.
Been waiting on actually completeing my collection before trying out booting the few games that don't natively support VGA mode.
I tested my NTSC/U games that did not have native VGA support. i used Code Breaker as the boot disc. If I succeed in tricking the games I put (yes) if I was unable to trick the game I put (no) I also tested some games with Game Shark and DC Hakker to see if they had better luck if Code Breaker failed.
1) Sydney 2000 (yes) Code Breaker 2) Qbert (yes) Code Breaker 3) Nightmare Creatures 2 (yes) Code Breaker 4) Show Time: NBA on NBC (yes) Code Breaker 5) South Park: chef’s love shack (yes) Code Breaker 6) South Park Rally (yes) Code Breaker 7) Hydro Thunder (yes) Code Breaker 8 ) Iron Aces (yes) Code Breaker 9) Ms. PAC-MAN: Maze Madness (yes) Code Breaker 10) CAESARS PALACE 2000 (yes) Code Breaker 11) Conflict Zone (yes) Code Breaker 12) Evolution: the world of sacred device (yes) Code Breaker 13) The Next Tetris: Online Edition (yes) Code Breaker 14) TNN Hardcore Heat (yes) Code Breaker 15) Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense (yes) Code Breaker 16) Army Men: Sarge’s Heroes (yes) Code Breaker 17) Evil Dead: Hail to the King (yes) Code Breaker 18 ) Roadsters (yes) Code Breaker 19) Trick Style (yes) Code Breaker 20) Rainbow 6 (yes) Code Breaker 21) Mortal Kombat Gold (yes) Code Breaker 22) Hidden & Dangerous (yes) Code Breaker 23) Max Steel (yes) Code Breaker 24) Tee Off (yes) Code Breaker 25) WWF: Attitude (no) Code Breaker, Game Shark, DC Hakker 26) Soul Fighter (no) Code Breaker, Game Shark, DC Hakker 27) MTV Skateboarding (no) Code Breaker, Game Shark, DC Hakker 28 ) King Of Fighters: Evolution (no) Code Breaker, Game shark, DC Hakker 29) The Ring: Terror Realm (no) Code Breaker, Game Shark, DC Hakker