From June, 5438 to February, 2002, B's "Practical Technology of Game Machines" once introduced a recording card adapter, but because it used a printing port, the speed was very slow and there was no golden finger management function. The most important thing is that the price is above 200 yuan, so it is not easy to buy. Now Datel Company (formerly CODEJUNKLE), which produces AR2 gold finger, has launched a software called XPort2, which can realize the functions of high-speed transmission of PS2// computer records and gold finger management with USB cable, and most importantly, Xport 2 software is free! Players can have it all by spending 70 yuan to buy a USB cable!
Prepare in advance
1.XPort2 software download, the file size is about 3MB.
2.XPort2 Chinese version, just copy it to the XPort2 installation directory and run it directly, and fix the icon display error.
3. Download the 3.PS2 startup disk.
After unpacking XPortV2.zip, two files "XPortV2.bin" and "XPortV2.cue" will appear. Please burn them with alcohol 120%.
4. alcohol 120% download
Run Alcool120%, and there is a "Simplified Chinese" option in "View-Language".
Select File-Mirror Burn Wizard. (Figure 1)
Click "Browse" and select the previous "XPortV2.cue". (Figure 2)
Please note that the recording type must be "Normal CD", not the default "PlayStation2". (Figure 3)
Installation and use
1. Install XPort2 software and Chinese version.
2. Install the USB cable.
Plug one end of the cable into the USB port of the computer, and Windows will automatically find a new device for you to choose to install the driver. Select "Specify the location of drivers-display a list of all drivers at the specified location" (Figures 4 and 5) and set the type to "Universal Serial Bus Controller" (Figure 6). It should be noted here that when selecting the driver, do not install the driver contained in the disk directly connected to the Q drive, but choose the XPort2 installation directory \ drivers \ xlink.inf ... (Figure 7).
After the correct installation, you can see it in "My Computer-Properties-Device Manager". (Figure 8)
Note: USB driver should be installed in Windows 98 first, not in the later version of Windows Me. USB drivers can be downloaded from drivers.
3. Connect the computer and PS2 with USB cable, and pay attention to the USB interface on PS2.
4. Run XPort2, and the main screen as shown in Figure 9 will appear.
At this time, open PS2, put in the previously burned XPort2 startup disk, and press Reset. You can do this when the TV screen shows the "Waiting for Command" prompt. Does this blue interface look familiar? Yes, this is the product of DATEL, the AR2 Golden Finger Company that we often use.
Then go back to the computer to operate and wait until the command flashes. If there is no blinking during operation, please reset PS2 again.
Save. Record card management window.
PC database. Click this button to enter the computer records management window.
By default, the home screen is this window. Displays a list of records on the computer, which are saved in the SavedGames directory of the XPort2 installation directory.
directions for use
Restore: copy the selected records on the computer to the record card.
You can select more than one record at a time to copy together. If a record with the same name is detected in the record card during copying, you will be prompted whether to overwrite it.
Because it is a USB interface, the speed is much faster than the printing port, mainly depending on the size of the recording file. If your motherboard supports USB 2.0, it can only be described as "lightning"!
Delete: Delete the selected record.
Please use this function carefully. Generally speaking, XPort2 will come with some game records after installation, but almost all of them are American games, which is useless. Please delete it with the deletion method to see which one is not pleasing to the eye. Be careful not to delete useful records.
Send: Send the record as an email/save the record as a file. (Figure 10)
The record file extension of XPort2 is. Xps, which also supports. Xpo format of the old version XPort 1 Some players may say, if I have n records, isn't it troublesome to send them one by one? If there are too many files, it is also very troublesome to manage. Of course, considering the players' ideas, Datel invented a. db record library format, which can contain countless records in a file (in fact, there are not that many, and a record library can contain up to 32,767 records, which is enough). When sending records, a single record is one. Xps file, sending multiple records is one. Database file. Is it convenient?
Import and Save: Add records from files.
The above three formats are supported at the same time, and you can see them in the list after adding records. (Numbers 1 1, 12)
Website: the website connected to XPort.
English is good. Let's go and have a look, but it seems that the update has stopped. ...
MEM card: Click this button to enter the record card management window.
When connecting, the screen (Figure 13) will appear. After the connection is successful, a list of records in your record card will appear. (Figure 14)
If a picture appears after clicking the MEM card (Figure 15), please reset PS2.
Backup: copy the records selected on the record card to the computer, and save the records in the SavedGames directory under the XPort2 installation directory. (Figure 16)
Delete. Delete the selected record.
Same as above, but this is to delete the record in the record card. Of course, this function comes in handy if there are damaged records in the record card that PS2 cannot delete by itself.
Format: Format the record card.
Don't say anything, please use it carefully. This is the only way if you encounter a "stubborn" damaged record that the deletion function cannot delete (almost impossible). Remember to back up useful records first.
Manage the golden finger
Because it is a product of DATEL, the company of AR2 Gold Finger, XPort2 certainly has the function of gold finger management, but it only corresponds to AR2 Gold Finger+Gold Finger Card, and the version is not limited. It is natural that other companies' products don't support it.
Code: computer golden finger management window. (Figure 17)
Click on the AR2 dongle to enter the golden finger card management window.
Attention. Please insert the gold finger card into the record card socket 1 before using the AR2 dongle management function. Other precautions are basically the same as using a record card.
Similarly, when managing the record card, insert the record card into the record card slot 1.
Restore: copy the selected records on the computer to the gold finger card.
You can also select multiple copies at once. If a game has multiple golden finger codes, you can select the golden finger codes to be copied separately in the right window. If it is detected that there is a gold finger with the same name in the gold finger card during copying, it will not be overwritten and the non-duplicate part will be added automatically. The same is true for copying from a gold finger card to a computer using the backup function.
For example: FF 10-2, the golden finger on the computer has three items: "main code, money and 99 items", while the FF 10-2 on the golden finger card only has the main code and money, and "99 items" will be automatically added after restoration, while the other two items remain unchanged.
After selecting a game, you can click the right mouse button in the right window and select "New Code" to manually add a new golden finger code. Of course, it can also be deleted separately.
Delete: Delete the selected golden finger.
Similarly, after XPort2 is installed, it will also bring some golden fingers of American dramas and delete Dafa again.
Send: Send Goldfinger as an email/save Goldfinger as a file.
XPort2' s golden finger file extension is. Xpc, but the old version XPort 1 has no golden finger management function, instead. Gsc format of "peer" GameShark company. )。 There are two reasons. No db record library format is required. First, repeated delays may cause management confusion; Second, because. Xpc itself has it. Db record library, to put it bluntly. You can save multiple golden fingers as. Xpc file with sending function (there is also a limit of 32,767 gold fingers).
Manual input: enter the gold finger code manually.
I believe that the biggest headache for players who often use gold fingers is to input gold fingers one by one. Generally speaking, the golden finger of the game is obtained from the internet or the golden finger book. A game has at least five or six golden finger codes, such as FF and computer warfare, and there are nearly a hundred. If you add all the props, then … any RPG must have dozens or hundreds of props, right? No wonder some players joked, "I don't change games because I don't have time to change, but I have time to lose my golden finger." If I don't change it, I've already passed the customs three times ... "
Now, the "nightmare of players" is gone forever. Manual input function is for these "lazy people" (such as me). It's certainly much more convenient to input by computer than to find one word at a time on PS2. If you find the golden finger code from the Internet, don't forget to copy and paste the Dafa! It's just that each golden finger needs to be divided into two sections. Note, you can also add a note below, so you don't know what the function is ... (Figure 18)
Import code: add a golden finger from a file.
It also supports multiple formats and list refresh.
Website. Connect to XPort's website.
Tip: When selecting Record/Golden Finger, right click Select All/Cancel All.
After my test, this device is extremely safe. During the writing operation, if it crashes, loses power or even forcibly unpluggs the connecting cable, the recording card will not be damaged! Of course, I advise you not to try it easily. Although the record card will not be damaged, the records in it are not safe. ...
appendix
XPort2 currently supports two kinds of connectors: the prolific PL230 1 and BAFO BF- 100C, but the price of the first one is higher than that of 200 yuan, and it is hard to buy in China. This paper takes BAFO BF- 100C as an example.
BAFO BF- 100C is available in general computer cities, but there are fakes. Please be careful, JS. There is really a trademark in the upper right corner, the logo texture of BAFO can be seen vaguely in the package, the connector has a label, and the drive disk inside is directly connected to Q, and the price is about 50-60, with the maximum price not exceeding 70. (Figures 20, 2 1, 22, 23, 24)