How to buy US and Japanese Games Without A Credit Card

[dalmatian]

For ages, I have been trying to figure out how to get some of the awesome stuff thats exclusive to the US PSN store. Well anyway, US Playstation Network cards (havent tried the Japanese store yet) do indeed work, and the PSOne Classics on the US Store DO work on Australian PS3s, provided you aint running them in SDTV. Bought Blood Omen 1, Suikoden and Wild Arms 2 last night and all work like a dream.

Ebay is the most obvious choice when it comes to PS $$ Cards, but some of them refuse to send them outside of the US, and some of them dont send the codes via a private message, instead choosing the method of physically posting them out which take weeks.

Amazon do post to Australia but they WONT send codes electronically, and theyre prices arent that flash.

I did however find a website that not only accepts payments from australia, they also PM codes electronically, and allow you to pay through paypal.

www.maximuscards.com


I can vouch that these guys are fantastic, and have US cards in $10, $20 and $50 amounts. I bought two $10 codes through my paypal account and they sent them instantly. Only reason Im posting this is I wish I had this info yesterday when I bought a Paypal VCC that didnt even work.

[klee123]

For the Japanese store, I recommend www.play-asia.com. They've got an extensive selection of PSone games and if you're into it, they've got a few PC engine titles too.

[Australian Ninja]

Is there a list someone of what PS1 games are available from the US and JAP PSN stores? That I can view on a PC I mean.

[dalmatian]

Cant read Japanese so cant be bothered searching there list, but here is a list of US PSone games available:

2Xtreme
Backstreet Billards
Blood Omen: Legacy Of Kain
Bloody Roar
Bomberman Party Edition
Bowling
Castlevania Chronicles
Castlevania Symphony Of The Night
Command and Conquer
Command and Conquer: Red Alert
Command and Conquer: Retailation
Coolboarders
Coolboarders 2
Coolboarders 3
Crash Bandicoot
Crash Bandicoot 2
Crash Bandicoot 3
Dead In The Water
Destruction Derby
Dino Crisis
Fighting Force
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy Tactics
Ford Racing
Gex
Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
Hot Shots Golf 2
International Track and Field
Jet Moto
Jet Moto 2
Jumping Flash
Jumping Flash 2
King Of Fighters 99
Legacy Of Kain: Soul Reaver
Medal Of Honor
Medal Of Honor Underground
Medievil
Metal Gear Solid
Mobile Light Force
Nuclear Strike
Oddworld Abes Exoddus
Oddworld Abes Oddysee
Pandemonium
R Type Delta
R Types
Rally Cross
Rayman
Rayman 2 Great Escape
Reel Fishing
Resident Evil: Directors Cut
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3
Silent Hill
Sim City 2000
Sno Cross Championship Racing
Spec Ops Airbourne Commando
Spec Ops Covert Assault
Spec Ops Ranger Elite
Spec Ops Stealth Patrol
Spyro The Dragon
Spyro 2 Riptos Rage
Spyro 3 Year of the Dragon
Street Fighter Alpha
Street Fighter Alpha 2
Suikoden
Syphon Filter
Syphon Filter 2
Syphon Filter 3
Tekken 2
Ten Pin Alley
Tom Clancys Rainbow Six
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider 2
Tomb Raider 3
Tomb Raider Last Revelation
Twisted Metal 2
Um Jammer Lammy
Warhawk
Wild Arms
Wild Arms 2
WipEout
XS Junior League Soccer


All in all, WAY better stuff on there than the Australian PS store :)

[Australian Ninja]

Are the loading times better for PS1 games from PSN faster or pretty much the same as playing on a PS1 unit?

[dalmatian]

Slightly faster. The NTSC ps1 games look WAY better than their PAL counterparts. If you have a 50hz only TV they wont work though (due to NTSC being 60hz). I have a 32" Samsung LCD TV running in 1080i and Blood Omen and Suikoden look fantastic (for a PSone game) on it.