Member "krHACKen" of Assembler Games has just unlocked the installation screen for the Multiplayer of Dirge of Cerberus!
It is not enough to run the actual game, but the installation screen sports much official artwork that can't be found anywhere else!!!
- krHACKen's video of the installation
PlayOnline Viewer footage from 0:45 - 4:05. Installation footage from 4:05 - 8:43.
- Download link to original video recording (290MB)
- Assembler Games forum thread
For a quick overview of all the artwork and Japanese text, here is an image album I uploaded.
It is not enough to run the actual game, but the installation screen sports much official artwork that can't be found anywhere else!!!
- krHACKen's video of the installation
PlayOnline Viewer footage from 0:45 - 4:05. Installation footage from 4:05 - 8:43.
- Download link to original video recording (290MB)
- Assembler Games forum thread
krHACKen said:Well, it's hackish.
Firstly, I've restored a HDD image (which contains just the HDD OSD and the PlayOnline Viewer) to my PS2 hard disk.
Then I started the installed POL Viewer from the HDD OSD, and installed the game from its DVD, using the disc installation option of the POL Viewer main screen.
So my video doesn't show the whole process, as the PlayOnline installation part (from the actual game disc) was skipped. Anyway, the PlayOnline Viewer that is installed by the game disc cannot be used as is. It requires patches to go online and update to the latest version, to bypass the DNAS authentication and the infamous termination screen :
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The installed game with not be bootable at all, since the launch script no longer exists, I don't have a DoC subscription and the server that hosted the mandatory game updates is probably down, just like the FFXI one.
Also, I used my japanese PS2 to install it, and the PlayOnline Viewer of the HDD image is tied to another console. So even if the game was still in service, it would not run until I put my HDD back to the console it belongs to...
For a quick overview of all the artwork and Japanese text, here is an image album I uploaded.
