![]() ![]() Update: See Online Beta Trial Part 2 post here. If you have one of these discs - and would be willing to make a perfect disc image for preservation, please reach out to me on the Contact page at the top of this website. It's not uncommon to see these pop up on ebay, but the prices are usually prohibitive for me to buy more. Twisted Metal Black Online (silver disc with black lettering).SOCOM US Navy Seals Beta (online Game Only, network adaptor and headset - white disc with orange text and a SOCOM logo at the top).Hardware Online Arena Beta (pink label).Fire Warrior ("Pre-Production", white lettering on a silver background). ![]() Destruction Derby Arena Demos (green/turquoise disc with silver lettering) And this got Vahkiti looking at other demo discs, so on top of all that the E3 trailer for the game (previously just labelled trailer 1 in our archive) is now.Secondly, also included in the program were at least a couple regular demos (with serial numbers matching demos commonly found on ebay). First of all, there are a fair handful of discs in this program. My research led me to a few more answers. This trial went on for a number of years as Beta Trial Codes were issued for a number of games throughout this time." spez061-ps2-demo-disc-p7d7dm Scanner vaporvault archiver v2.0.0. (Rather cheekily, Sony still asked the volunteers to pay £40 for a Network Adapter Trial Kit.) The volunteers registered their efforts on the Sony forum and a small community was built up over time as they agreed to attend Test Sessions and filled out their relevant surveys for Sony. EMBED (for hosted blogs and item tags).They advertised for participants on a Sony forum and of those who applied, some were chosen (apparently between 100-150) and issued with a Network Adapter and Beta Trial Code discs in order to test their network. Luckily eBay seller hellomachine was able to get me on a good path to finding more info, here are the descriptions from his past listings.:īack in 2003 before the official launch of the Network Adapter, Sony needed to try out the functionality and legitimacy of PS2 online gaming within their network and so required some volunteers to help test and iron out any difficulties. But I also don't expect anything to change for AAA publishers, or at least not any time soon.Discs have been "let loose" and will find their way into wider availability soon :) So maybe this stereotype of "demos bad" will finally die. Valve had data to show that demos in general increase user engagement. I think indie devs specifically started to see the benefit of having demos after multiple Steam Next fests. What has changed is that Valve said "oh, we have an event - free exposure if you make a demo" which pushed a lot of devs to just go and make one. If it's not, you have to do a polishing pass over a piece of an incomplete game. If the game is almost ready you have to cut the content correctly and disentangle it from what you show. Second, once you choose - you have to do it right. First of all it's hard to choose what to show, your piece has to be somewhat representative and not too short/long. I think the biggest factor why demos died over the last decade and only resurfaced now is that you need to put some effort into making one. More might go down later since sometimes they can linger for an extra week or so, but this is still much better compared to Steam Next a year ago, there half of what I played was taken down within a day. I've played ~18 demos this Steam Next and so far only three were taken down (two of which are online-only games). It's not obligatory and is up to the developer. However, not all of the demos are taken down after the fest is over. Like, technically if a demo is brought to a convention you can't play it after it's over. PS2: 3.71 (American) Unlicensed: Action Replay Max Demo Disc PSi Magazine Issue 36: Action Replay Max Lite: PS2: 1.00: Unlicensed: Action Replay PSP Online: PC: 1.01: Original: Action Replay Sblocca Codici PS2: Tutti i Trucchi per Need for Speed: ProStreet PS2 Action Replay per Need for Speed: ProStreet: PS2: 1. They take them down because Steam Next initially started as a substitution for in-person conventions back in 2020 when all of those were cancelled. ![]()
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