Freeloader on Wii

scrapland

Doesnt seem to work for me.

Anyone had any luck?

GrumPy

lol, I doubt it will work man. It was designed specifically to alter the bios on a different console.

tman

I'll give my action replay a whirl in a few minutes

mr.noobie

i heard it does work but i gave a friend alone of mine so i can test it out right now

scrapland

Irish GrumPy wrote:

lol, I doubt it will work man. It was designed specifically to alter the bios on a different console.

Well datel are advertising the freelaoder works with US wii's for playing imports, i'm just wondering why pal would be different.

My version of Freeloader maybe NTSC so I'm thinking that's probably the issue as my gamecube is a panasonic Q.....

GrumPy

scrapland wrote:

Well datel are advertising the freelaoder works with US wii's for playing imports, i'm just wondering why pal would be different.

My version of Freeloader maybe NTSC so I'm thinking that's probably the issue as my gamecube is a panasonic Q.....

Your gamecube is panasonic what?

I think my freeloader is NTSC also, I'll test it later for a laugh.

scrapland

^ a pansonic Q





It's a DVD player and Gamecube licened by nintendo and maufacturerd by Panasonic.

They were only released in Japan

GrumPy

Weird, and cool. Does it do anything else? It's overly complicated looking if it's all you say it is.

scrapland

no it's not complicated at all.

Front has options for dvd like bass, surround sound etc.

It's a beautiful machine in the flesh..

GrumPy

full dolby digital 5.1 support though optical output with dvds I assume? But not for games obviously.

BlitzKrieg

yeah a shop in cambridge has one, but they ask too much for it (still over £100).


Looks impressive though.

I wonder if we'll see a similar release for the wii?

scrapland

probably not, seeing as though they are releasing a dvd player enabled wii next year anyway.

still doesnt answer my question though...

Freeloader on a Pal Wii anyone?

My version is 1.06b. I know newever models are meant to be out, so it could be just my version of freeloader I'm guessing, nay hoping....

scrapland

http://uk.codejunkies.com/news_reviews.asp?c=GB&cr=GBP&cs=%A3&r=1&l=1&p=0&i=9054&s=8

he world’s going Wii crazy, despite its ridiculous name. Ever since it hit the shelves in early December, games stores the length and breadth of the country winced as an endless stream of jokers walked up to the till and declared, ‘I need a Wii’. But then, having a stupid name didn’t hurt the Game Boy, and probably won’t hurt the Wii either.

What might hurt the Wii is Nintendo’s persistent insistence on region encoding. Unline their handhelds, Nintendo’s large consoles such as the Wii and its predecessor the GameCube will only play games released in the same territory as the machine. If you have an American Wii, for example, it will only play American games. A European console will only play European games. It’s really frustrating, especially when a game you’ve really been looking forward to is released abroad several months before it’s released in your own country.

But help is at hand. As you probably know, the Wii is backwards compatible with the GameCube – you can play cube games on your Wii. Back in the day, Datel released FreeLoader for the GameCube, a nifty software solution which let you play ANY region of game on ANY GameCube, regardless of region encoding. We also released Action Replay for GameCube, the ultimate game enhancer which also included FreeLoader. With Action Replay, you could use exclusive cheat codes to give yourself Infinite Lives, Infinite Health, All Levels and much more, as well as playing games from outside your Cube’s region. And both Action Replay and FreeLoader work on the Wii…

If you have one of the later versions of Action Replay or FreeLoader for GameCube, you can use it on your Nintendo Wii when playing GameCube games. It won’t work with Wii – titles – it’s a GameCube product after all – but those who trade in their Cubes and invest in a Wii can carry on playing their imported GameCube games with FreeLoader and enhancing the experience with Action Replay.

“But will there be a FreeLoader or Action Replay for the Wii?”, we hear you cry. “We want to play multiregion Wii games, and bust them wide open too!” All we can say at present is watch this space – we’re working on it, and if it’s possible, you’ll be the first to know.

I may have found the answer to my own question. My version maybe too early.

dimerocks

I can't believe you have a Q!!!! i wanted one so much for ages, thoguht it was the coolest thing ever, it just looks crazy!

scrapland

I couldnt resist buying it.

Cost me a small fortune to import and got landed with a £120 IR (it was before yo-yo's)




I've ordered a new copy of freeloader from Datel. Since they say

For more information on Action Replay for GameCube, see our exclusive feature. Get the lowdown on FreeLoader for GameCube here. Both are available from the CodeJunkies Shop, and if you order now, you’re guaranteed to get the latest disc, which works perfectly on both the Cube and the Wii in GC mode.

So if it doesnt work I'll demand my cash back.

GrumPy

Hmm.. does that mean my hopes of finishing my ntsc version of resi 4 aren't quite shattered yet?

tman

Just tried my action replay disc and it wouldn't read... guess I'll have to splash out on a freeloader, or keep my cube:(

koneko

Aw damnit. My freeloader is a really early version, suspected it wouldn't work..... and it doesn't. Might get another at some point, but for now my cube isn't moving.

scrapland

Well the new one cost me €30

When it gets here I'll let ye all know if it works.

I have over 80 NTSC cube games so I really want them to work on my wii...

scrapland

Well even though I got the 'order complete' notification from CodeJunkies on the 10th, it still hasnt arrived, so I rang them today.

Apparenly the PAL version is only just in stock and has just started shipping.

No cube games on my wii over xmas and I just got chibi robo.

AceCard Jones

My AR is fairly new so I'll give mine a whirl later.

***EDIT***

Nope no luck.

scrapland

Well according to the guy I was talking to today at codejunkies, the new version they just took stock of definetly work with pal wii's.

I'll post as soon as mine arrives, and it if doesnt I'll be demanding a refund

cormie

Is this the thing that allows you to play snes/n64 etc games on the wii without needing points? Is it ok to discuss the thing I'm thinking of here?

Retr0gamer

It isn't and it's not okay to discuss that other thing unless there are homebrew implications.

melekalikimaka

something like the 'super gameboy' on the snes... i still use it to play the original pokemon