Newbie ----> play import-games on mod ps2, please help.....

[GunBlade]

Amazing. It's like you just told my story from a few days ago!
I also bought a PS2 PAL and Orderd Metal Gear Solid 2 from the US, and then went mad when I started hearing that it might not be possible to play it.
Well, I have some good news... And some bad ones...
The guy who installed my chip explained everything to me leaving me more or less knowledgable, so here it goes:

First the bad news - Currently, you can't play original NTSC imports on a PAL PS2. Don't even think about installing the NEO4, because it still has many issues and problems you DON'T want to face, and it probably won't boot your NTSC games anyway.

Now for the good news! You are lucky to have a PAL PS2 and not an NTSC PS2 for the following reasons:
1>You can play backups of NTSC games PATCHED to PAL, so in any case, you will be able to backup your game properly into a "PAL" version and play it.
2>Currently, the NTSC PS2 is not capable of Playing any region of DVD, while yours can!!!!!

So in conclusion, you can enjoy all the worlds with the current Mod Chip, while NTSC PS2 can't! So don't worry! When you get Metal Gear Solid 2, just start reading some instructions, and BURN BABY,BURN!