There's No Link Mode

Reenee · 10-04-2006, 11:37 AM

http://www.ddrfreak.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=121582

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Originally Posted by sfetaz

I have a definitive answer for the memory card slot situation.

I spoke with one of the heads of Betson who was a major part of the workings of Supernova. At this point it is pretty much a certainty that any linking feature with the home version will not be coming out. Plans were in the works back when the game was in development, but due to factors not explained to me, it never materialized.

I can tell you from my knowledge of Konami that the home version states a linking feature because the CS department of Konami is somewhat independant of the arcade division, meaning they basically don't work with each other. Therefore I assume in communications with the arcade division the discussion of linking features came up, however over time they never materialized and the CS department had really no easy way of knowing this would not happen.

Please don't kill the messanger

Arctic Wolves · 10-04-2006, 01:04 PM

I still don't consider this 100% accurate information; as reliable as sfetaz is, I'd love to hear it directly from Betson or Konami.

K0LD · 10-04-2006, 01:05 PM

I called Konami support about this, and apparently the option for Link Mode won't show up until you first create an edit library data and take that to an arcade first. Then the option will become available.

Amp Divorax · 10-04-2006, 01:36 PM

Honestly, this does not really surprise me.

The legend of ZAKU 0079 · 10-04-2006, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by K0LD

I called Konami support about this, and apparently the option for Link Mode won't show up until you first create an edit library data and take that to an arcade first. Then the option will become available.

Oh really, so this would back up my theory about Link Mode being outsourced. I hope Konami support is right since they usually read from whatever is fed to them, and I as much as I trust sfetaz in giving us NYC players accurate info, I'll call rumor on this one until I hear it straight from Konami.

EDIT: K0LD, exactly when did you call them, and also keep in mind that the arcade division and the CS one are two seperate entities that apparently do not communicate with each other, thus they might be feeding you cookie cutter info that might not be accurate at all.

K0LD · 10-04-2006, 02:48 PM

I talked to them on Monday afternoon (10/2/2006) and while they may be seperate divisions, I would expect them to maintain at least a *little* communication for a feature like this.

shadow0290 · 10-04-2006, 08:02 PM

Edit: Nevermind.

sylcmyk+ · 10-04-2006, 09:40 PM

It would of been a nicely added feature for people to start going back to the arcades again. Oh welz

Daggett · 10-04-2006, 09:43 PM

...welll.... the innards of an SN AC machine is a modified consumer PS2, correct?? Do they still have memory card slots embedded on it!?!

If so, I wonder what would happen if someone sticks a card w/ Edit Library data in there... O_o

K.AuthoR · 10-04-2006, 11:04 PM

Cause you know, every arcade manager in the country is going to let random joe's walk up and stick their memory card into the back of their $10k machine.

edit: I'm actually not supprised that there IS a way to get to it; it's printed in the instruction manual for a reason, I guess.

edit2: @daggett: yes, they still do. It's a fat (old model) ps2 with the hard drive and hardware boards attached to it. So far as I know, that's the only difference between it and a normal PS2.

Lvng · 10-05-2006, 09:34 AM

I'm sure Konami will make some sort of an announcement. Or maybe it'll be in the secrets section. Whenever that happens.

They better get the info out soon.

AmazingKenchan · 10-05-2006, 01:12 PM

Yeah I mentioned that someone should try sticking in a memcard. Now that I've seen this thread that's exactly what I'm going to do. The case the PS2 in is accessible by a sliding door that gives you access to the DVD drive. It makes it easy for you to stick a memcard in, but you'd have to unscrew the damn thing to get into anything else. The difference between their PS2 and a regular PS2 is the firmware; the boot file on the install disk is Kxxx_xxx.xx instead of the usual SLUS, SLES, or whatever you see on regular PS2 games. I haven't gotten a chance to test a HDD, but I know the disk does NOT work in a regular or modded PS2.

K.AuthoR · 10-05-2006, 01:56 PM

Also, the hdd has a suicide mechanism, so if you take it out and put it in a computer, it will erase itself when you put it back into the machine's PS2.

[I've seen it happen

]

AmazingKenchan · 10-06-2006, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by K.AuthoR

Also, the hdd has a suicide mechanism, so if you take it out and put it in a computer, it will erase itself when you put it back into the machine's PS2.

[I've seen it happen

]

That's news to me. I what we were gonna do probably wouldn't have affected it; good to know tho. Probably Saturday I'll have a result for plugging edit data into the PS2.

MagnetGenocide · 10-06-2006, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by K.AuthoR

Cause you know, every arcade manager in the country is going to let random joe's walk up and stick their memory card into the back of their $10k machine.

edit: I'm actually not supprised that there IS a way to get to it; it's printed in the instruction manual for a reason, I guess.

edit2: @daggett: yes, they still do. It's a fat (old model) ps2 with the hard drive and hardware boards attached to it. So far as I know, that's the only difference between it and a normal PS2.

The machine was $14 k and yes I have access to our SN machine.