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Contents:					    Updated 06.05.2000
1: I want to contribute!
2: What's the trick?
3: What DVDs work?
4: What DVDs don't?
5: Where's my anime?!
6: Other sites with info?

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1: For Those Who Would Contribute:

Your input is valuable! Please add to this list, because it is what we
make it. If possible, identify a title with the release date and
version, such as Director's Cut.  This information helps to avoid
confusion about which version of "Dracula" we're talking about.  The
studio it came from can also be useful, as some studios' releases are
more likely to work than others.  If the DVD doesn't work, describe
how it fails, specifically whether it fails to boot up or gets to the
PS2 DVD menu but won't play (failing to boot may be because the trick
wasn't done right).  Post your findings in the PlayStation message
board here to add to the list.

If a title is specified as anime, it will be included in the anime
list, too.

Additional details, like whether special features work, may not appear
in this list now, but are collected if submitted (within reason) and
can hopefully be displayed when space allows.

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2: How do I play DVDs?  How do I know if a DVD works?

First, you must know whether you have DVD driver 1.00 or 1.01;  press
the "triangle" button in the startup menu to see.

Version 1.00:

Press and hold "up" on the D-pad as soon as you select the DVD from
the browser menu, and continue to hold up until the disc plays or you
see the PS2 DVD menu.  You may need to do this a few times and the
original digital (not DualShock) controllers seem to be the most
reliable.  You should at least be able to get to the PS2 DVD menu as
most DVDs that won't work will still  allow you to get this far, and
getting this far insures that you've done the trick properly.  Often
multiple attempts are necessary to get the DVD to boot, and trying an
orginal controller may be the ticket if problems persist.  You may
also have luck pressing in and holding the left stick (L3) of a
DualShock2, instead of up on the D-pad.  If you get to the menu and
the DVD won't play, to the best of my knowledge, it never will.

Version 1.01:

Same idea, but press and hold the "square" and "triangle" buttons
simultaneously.  Since this is a new method, do the compatibility
lists for 1.00 and 1.01 match?

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3: DVDs That Work (All Types):


Title			Dates,Studio,Version		Source

101 Dalmations		Disney,animated?		NorowaretaMono
2001: A Space Odyssey					Invasion
8mm							NorowaretaMono
Absence Of The Good					NorowaretaMono
Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen, Columbia		jvgfanatic
Alien Seed						NorowaretaMono
Alphaville		Criterion			jvgfanatic
American History X					Invasion
American Pie		Regular Edition			PS2 Web
American Pie		1999,Special Edition		GUY2000
Analyze This						Invasion
And the Ship Sails On	Criterion			jvgfanatic
Apt Pupil						NorowaretaMono
Army Of Darkness	"original version"		Invasion
Army Of Darkness	Directors Cut			Invasion
Arrival, The						Invasion
Austin Powers		New Line			Importplayer
Austin Powers 2		New Line			GameFAQs
Batman And Robin					Invasion
Battle Angel						specialagentj
Big Daddy						PS2 Web
Bjork Volumen						Shinya Aoki
Black Mask		1999				Invasion
Blade							Mr P
Blade Runner		Directors Cut			Mr P
Blair Witch Project					Importplayer
Bone Collector, The	1999				NorowaretaMono
Bowfinger						spectre13
Brazil			Criterion Edition		jvgfanatic
Break Up						NorowaretaMono
Bugs Life, A		Disney				PS2 Web
Casablanca		MGM				PS2 Web
Celebrity		Miramax				jvgfanatic
Chill Factor						NorowaretaMono
Chushingura		1962/1998,Image			jvgfanatic
Cinema Paradiso						PS2 Web
City Of Lost Children, The				Shinya Aoki
Civil Action						Invasion
Clerks							Mr P
Contact							jvgfanatic
Corruptor, The						Invasion
Cruel Intentions	Collectors Edition?		Mr P
Dark City		New Line			PS2 Web
Dark Star		VCI				jvgfanatic
Das Boot		Directors Cut			Mr P
Deep Blue Sea						Shinya Aoki
Deep End Of The Ocean					Invasion
Desert Blue						NorowaretaMono
Desperado						Invasion
Dr Strangelove		Columbia			PS2 Web
Dragons Lair		Game				jvgfanatic
Dudley Do Right						NorowaretaMono
El Mariachi						Invasion
Embrace Of The Vampire					PS2 Web
End Of Days						Invasion
Enemy Of The State					Invasion
Enter The Dragon	Special Edition			Invasion
Eraser							Invasion
Eternal Evil						NorowaretaMono
Evil Dead, The						NorowaretaMono
Exorcist, The		25th Anniversary Edition	Invasion
Eyes Wide Shut						SONYPS2
Fast Times At Ridgemont High				medpref
Fifth Element, The					Mr P
Fishing With John	Criterion			jvgfanatic
Fist of Legend						Mr P
Five Easy Pieces	1970,Columbia			Mr P
For Love Of The Game					specialagentj
From Dusk Till Dawn 1, 2, and 3				NorowaretaMono
From The Earth To The Moon	HBO,Box Set		PS2 Web
Fushigi Yugi						jvgfanatic
Ghost In The Shell					Shinya Aoki
Godzilla		1998				Mr P
Green Legend Ran					jvgfanatic
Halloween						NorowaretaMono
Halloween 4						NorowaretaMono
Hard Boiled						GameFAQs
Haunting, The						Invasion
Heat			?				Invasion
Heavy Metal						jvgfanatic
Hercules		Disney				PS2 Web
Hideous Kinky						NorowaretaMono
Highlander		Directors Cut			Invasion
Holy Man						NorowaretaMono
Horation Hornblower	A&E				PS2 Web
House On Haunted Hill					Invasion
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer			Invasion
Inseminoid						NorowaretaMono
Insider, The						specialagentj
Inspector Gadget					Invasion
Iron Giant, The						specialagentj
Jason And The Argonauts					Invasion
John Carpenters Vampires				Invasion
King Crimson/Deja Vrooom	Discipline		jvgfanatic
LA Confidential		New Line			PS2 Web
La Femme Nikita						Mr P
Lain							specialagentj
Last Starfighter, The					Invasion
Legionnaire						NorowaretaMono
Lethal Weapon 4						Importplayer
Life (Eddie And Martin)					NorowaretaMono
Little Voice						Invasion
Lost In Space						Importplayer
Mad Max			Orion				PS2 Web
Mallrats						medpref
Man With Two Brains, The	WB			PS2 Web
Mask Of Zorro						Invasion
Matrix, The		WB				Shinya Aoki
Meet Joe Black		year?				Invasion
Mighty Joe Young					Invasion
Mod Squad, The						NorowaretaMono
Montenegro		1982/1998,Fox Lorber		jvgfanatic
Mouse Hunt						Invasion
Mystery Men		Universal			spectre13
Negotiator, The						Invasion
Night That Never Happened, The				Invasion
Nightmare On Elm Street					Invasion
Nightmares						NorowaretaMono
Ninja Resurrection					jvgfanatic
Ninja Scroll						jvgfanatic
Notting Hill		Collector's Edition		SONYPS2
October Sky						Invasion
One Night Stand						Invasion
Out Of Sight						Invasion
Passenger 57						NorowaretaMono
Perfect Blue						Invasion
Pi							jvgfanatic
Picnic at Hanging Rock	Criterion			jvgfanatic
Pokemon: The First Movie				Invasion
Practical Magic						Invasion
Professional, The					Invasion
Quick And The Dead, The		year?			Invasion
Ran			Fox Lorber Editio		jvgfanatic
Replacement Killers					NorowaretaMono
Robocop			Criterion			Invasion
Romance							Invasion
Rumble In The Bronx					Invasion
Run Lola Run		aka Lola Rennt			NorowaretaMono
Rush Hour						PS2 Web
Sakura Wars						jvgfanatic
Salems Lot						PS2 Web
Samurai,,,I, II, III					jvgfanatic
Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks			PS2 Web
Serial Experiments Lain 1, 2, 3, 4			jvgfanatic
Seven Samurai		Criterion Collection		NorowaretaMono
Shakespeare In Love	Miramax				Mr P
Shawshank Redemption					PS2 Web
Shes All That						Invasion
Shining, The						Invasion
Six Days, Seven Nights					Importplayer
Sixth Sense, The					NorowaretaMono
Slap Shot						specialagentj
Slaughterhouse Five	1972/1996,Universal		jvgfanatic
Small Soldiers						Invasion
Sniper							Mr P
So I Married An Axe Murderer	Tri-Star		PS2 Web
Soldier							Mr P
South Park TV Series Volume 1	WB			PS2 Web
South Park TV Series Volume 5	WB			PS2 Web
Spawn							Invasion
Splendor						NorowaretaMono
Star Trek (Original Series) Vol 1, Paramount		PS2 Web
Star Trek (Original Series) Vol 10, Paramount		PS2 Web
Stargate		Special Edition?		Importplayer
Starship Troopers					Mr P
Stepmom							Importplayer
Stigmata						Invasion
Stir Of Echoes						jvgfanatic
Street Fighter 2	animated?			Invasion
Stuart Little						specialagentj
Tarzan			Disney,Collectors Edition	NorowaretaMono
Taxing Woman, A		1987/1994,Fox Lorber		jvgfanatic
Teaching Mrs. Tingle					NorowaretaMono
Tekken							Invasion
Tenchi Movies 1, 2, 3					jvgfanatic
Tenchi OVA						jvgfanatic
Terminator 2		Live				PS2 Web
The Avengers 67 Volume 7	A&E			PS2 Web
The Jungle Book		Disney				NorowaretaMono
The Mummy		1999,Universal			Importplayer
Thief							jvgfanatic
Thomas Crown Affair, The	1999?			PS2 Web
Three Kings						specialagentj
Three Stooges		which one?			Invasion
Three To Tango						Invasion
Tin Cup							specialagentj
Trainspotting		Miramax				Invasion
Trigun							specialagentj
Tromeo and Juliet	Troma				jvgfanatic
True Romance		Directors Cut			NorowaretaMono
Twelve Monkeys						Invasion
Twister							Invasion
Two Days In The Valley					Invasion
U. S. Marshalls						Invasion
Ulysses' Gaze		1997,Fox Lorber			jvgfanatic
Usual Suspects, The					specialagentj
Wages of Fear		Criterion			jvgfanatic
Who Am I?		1998,Golden Harvest		jvgfanatic
Wide Awake		1998				NorowaretaMono
Wild Things		year?				Invasion
Wild Wild West						NorowaretaMono
Wizard Of Oz, The					Invasion
Yojimbo			Criterion Collection		Invasion
Young Guns 2						NorowaretaMono

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4: DVDs That (Reportedly) Don't Work (All Types):


Title			Dates,Studio,Version		Source

Abyss, The		Special Edition			PS2 Web
Alien			Fox				jvgfanatic
Alien 3			Fox				PS2 Web
Alien Resurrection	Fox				Mr P
Aliens			Fox				Shinya Aoki
Apocolypse Now						Mr P
Armageddon		Criterion Collection		specialagentj
Backdraft						Invasion
Best Laid Plans						NorowaretaMono
Blue Streak						NorowaretaMono
Blue Submarine No. 6					specialagentj
Con Air							specialagentj
Cowboy Beebop						specialagentjInvasion
Crow, The						Mr P
Dantes Peak						PS2 Web
Diehard							PS2 Web
Double Jeopardy						NorowaretaMono
Dune							Shinya Aoki
Election		Paramount			PS2 Web
Face Off						Mr P
Flubber							Invasion
Friday							Invasion
Full Metal Jacket					Invasion
G. I. Jane						Invasion
Game, The		year?				NorowaretaMono
Ghost Busters		Columbia,Special Edition?	PS2 Web
Go			Special Edition?		Mr P
Goldeneye						Invasion
Goldfinger		MGM				PS2 Web
Good Will Hunting					Invasion
Happy Gilmore						PS2 Web
High and Low		Criterion			jvgfanatic
In And Out						Mr P
Judge Dredd		Hollywood			PS2 Web
Life Less Ordinary, A					GameFAQs
Lion King II, The	Disney?				PS2 Web
Lock, Stock, And Two Smoking Barrels			Mr P
Mercury Rising						Invasion
Metro			year?				Invasion
Mulan							Invasion
My Favorite Martian					PS2 Web
Natural Born Killers	Directors Cut			Invasion
Night At The Roxbury, A					NorowaretaMono
Office Space						cornfish
Out-Of-Towners, The	year?				PS2 Web
Payback							cornfish
Pulp Fiction						Mr P
Raging Bull						Invasion
Romeo + Juliet		1996				Mr P
Ronin							Mr P
Scream							Invasion
Scream 2						Invasion
Siege, The						Mr P
Snake Eyes						NorowaretaMono
South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut	Paramount	cornfish
Species 2						NorowaretaMono
Star Trek: First Contact				specialagentj
Star Trek: Insurrection		Paramount		PS2 Web
Strange Days		Fox				PS2 Web
Swingers						Mr P
The Jungle Book		Disney,Region 2			PS2 Web
Theres Something About Mary				Mr P
Thin Red Line, The	1998				NorowaretaMono
Tomorrow Never Die	MGM				jvgfanatic
Tron							jvgfanatic
True Lies						PS2 Web
Truman Show, The					PS2 Web
Varsity Blues						Invasion
Very Bad Things						Invasion
Waterboy, The						Invasion
What Dreams May Come					NorowaretaMono
Young Frankenstein	Fox				PS2 Web

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5: Specialty Titles

Anime (all work):
Battle Angel
Fushigi Yugi
Ghost In The Shell
Green Legend Ran
Lain
Ninja Resurrection
Ninja Scroll
Pokemon: The First Movie
Sakura Wars
Serial Experiments Lain 1, 2, 3, 4
Tenchi Movies 1, 2, 3
Tenchi OVA
Trigun

Music (all work):
Bjork Volumen
King Crimson/Deja Vrooom

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6:

Where else can I find information on this topic?

The PlayStation message board here has a good discussion, and PS2 Web
(PS2 Web.com) and Invasion's site (http://users.erols.com/invasion)
are good also places to look for more/related information.