Sony PlayStation 2 - PAL Unlicensed List

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A miss list for Sony PlayStation 2 PAL unlicensed discs. The PAL region received a significant amount of region-specific unlicensed cheat discs as well as many unlicensed coverdiscs in different European countries. This list is very incomplete.

Standalone

PS2 unlicensed discs must be dumped with DIC's /sf flag. This may cause excessive read times, so use with caution.

Action Replay MAX v3.32 (Europe)
Action Replay MAX v3.60 (Europe)
Best Cheat Disc In The World..., The (UK)
Best Cheat Disc In The World... Volume 2, The (UK)
Cheat Code Demon - Zone Free DVD Software (Europe)
Cheatcode S Spécial Action/Combat/Aventure (France)
Cheatcode S Spécial Sports Extrêmes (France)
Cheatcode S v3.0 (France)
Codes Exclusifs pour Gran Turismo 4 (France)
Codes Exclusifs pour Metal Gear Solid 3 (France)
Codes Exclusifs pour Tomb Raider AOD (France)
Codes Exclusifs pour True Crime: Streets of LA (France)
DVD Region X v1.0 (Europe)
DVD Region X v2.0 (Europe)
DVD Region X v2.0 (Free with PSi-2 Issue 18) (Europe)
Junk TV
Mega Memory 16 v1.3 (UK)
Memory Manager Plus v1.8 (Europe)
Parental GameLock v1.0 (En/Ger) (UK)
Play Cheats Vol 2 [1]
Play TV: Let Us Play! (two sided, partial label side requires resurfacing to read full TOC)
Playcodes Disc #06 (France)
Playcodes Disc #07 (France)
PlayStation 2 Cheats (Action Replay) [2]
PS2 Action Replay Per Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (Italy)
Power Play for PlayStation 2: Top 50 [3] (two sided, partial label side requires resurfacing to read full TOC)
Swap Magic 3.6 (Europe) (CD + DVD set)
Swap Magic 3.8 Coder (Europe) (CD + DVD set)
Thrustmaster Cheat Code-Extreme Sports Selection 
Ultimate Cheats Platinum (UK)
Ultimate Cheats for Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (UK)
Ultimate Cheats for BMX XXX (UK)
Ultimate Cheats for Final Fantasy X[4]
Ultimate Cheats for Gran Turismo 4 (UK)
Ultimate Cheats for Metal Gear Solid 2 (UK)
Ultimate Cheats for Tomb Raider AOD (UK)
Ultimate Cheats for True Crime: Streets of LA (UK)
Ultimate Update for Pro Evolution Soccer 3 (UK)
X-Mem v1.0 (France)
X-Port v1.03 (France)
Xploder V4 Lite (Europe)
Xploder V6 (Europe) (Xploder V5 Mega Cheats disc)
Xploder v1.0 Build 011219 (UK)
Xtreme Cheats Volume 01 (UK)
Xtreme Cheats Volume 02 (UK)
Xtreme Cheats Volume 03 (UK)

Magazine Coverdiscs

Playable Cheats (UK) aka Spielbare Cheats (Germany)

Playable Cheats (UK)

Early discs have "P2" on them and may have been bundled with that magazine.

Spielbare Cheats (Germany)

• Spielbare Cheats 16 [18]
• Spielbare Cheats 20 [19]
• Speilbare Cheats 24 [20]

P2 Magazine discs

"P2" magazine (Paragon Publishing) was a PlayStation 2 focused magazine that included cheat coverdiscs.

Note: NOT to be confused with PSi2 magazine discs. Even more confusing, P2 cheat discs ALSO have the PSi2 logo on them (along with the PS2 logo).

Magazine Issue # does not match Disc Volume #. Magazine Issue # (sometimes?) on disc case spine.

PSi2 Magazine discs

"PSi2" / "PSi" aka "PlayStation Interactive" magazine included cheat discs with the issues. At least some of the releases included "Xtreme Cheats" discs instead of the "PSi2" branded namesake.

Some discs are double-sided (CD cheat disc + DVD-Video). The cheat disc side is partially covered with a label and must be dumped with DIC cli until failure. Jackal will manually correct the TOC.

UK

Disc number and magazine issue number should match.

Germany

• 05 [39][40][41][42]
• 07 [43]

Play magazine

Play magazine was distributed in UK and Australia. It is likely the Australia content is just re-release of the UK content, wikipedia notes a 1 month delay[44]. It is currently unknown what issue Play magazine started and stopped to include PS2 unlicensed coverdiscs, later replacing them with DVD-Videos.

The magazine issue number and disc volume number are on the ring codes (for at least some of the discs). The magazine issue number is also on the case spine.