Version and music are on the CD, but the version is also on the cartridge. Whenever you’re using a different version CD, all you have to do is “Rewrite Flash” or some similar option in the CPS3 menu and it updates the cart with the info from the CD (takes an hour or two).
Voice tracks and region are both permenantly stored on the cart.
So, there are no regional differences on the CD; both US and J version 3rd Strikes use the same CD. The only different CDs are Version 1 and 2.
damn that is shitty. i swear, cps3 is the oddest hardware i ever worked with
The CD isn’t even required once you flash to the flash RAM SIMMs AFAIK.
cd is still required, for initial security check, i believe, kinda like how pc games are
What about the “No CD” versions I"ve heard of?
Excellentcom.net does the same thing, it’s also only for the Asian version, a guy from a french arcade forum (neo-arcadia) got his dead 3S back to life (including the new battery) for 55USD + shippping.
Hmm… even if this guy is just a middle-man, something is better than nothing. I’d much rather have 3S at 90% accuracy than no 3S at all.
well, 100% accuracy minus a few minor flaws like sound and super names lol
He’s not a middleman, he returned my carts to me the day after he received them.
So what about this turning “rocks into gold”?
I had seen this auction today as well. Made me curious. I’d send him a dead cart if I had one. Dead carts have scared me away from cps3 so far.
So where the Asian boards actually made by Capcom? I never understood why it was fucked up…
Asian kits are cheap and readily available. So this news is disapointing.
Still good news though, especially for those with dead carts.
The bigger news though is that CPS3 is decrypted (or at least partially decrypted). So those with dead carts may want to hold off just yet…
Link?
I know this is an old thread, but is there anyone really working on reviving dead carts?
I’d like to keep original working arcade hardware. No emulated stuff for me.
Thanks.
How can you tell if a CPS-3 Third Strike CD is version 1 or version 2?
when it boots it will say either 990512 or 990608 in red text. 990512 is version A the other is version B. You can try to do unblockables as well.
I too have heard of this “No CD” version. So how does this version work without a CD?
Which version has the unblockables?
A does.
i’ve had my cart revived by excellentcom.net. they charge $95 for “fake” carts, which probably are some dead Jojo or whatever carts turned into 3s. that’s what came with my 3s kit, so it cost me that much. then i had the batt changed so they charged me a total of $110. pretty good, still.