Breaking News: GameSpy Drops Support of PS2 Activision Games

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Re: Breaking News: GameSpy Drops Support of PS2 Activision G

Post by JamesCableCar »

Damn Cold Winter is off.... shame.
My PS2 YouTube account = http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesxfm1049?feature=mhee

Area 51 is the best... Got it for £1.50 (around 2.50 dollars and 1.90 euros) :D

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Re: Breaking News: GameSpy Drops Support of PS2 Activision G

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Mytho
Were the games you tested done through GameSpy or my DNS?
Specifically supporting Mortal Kombat, Midnight Club 3, All Star Baseball 2005, THPS, Tribes:AA and other games supported by OpenSpy.
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Re: Breaking News: GameSpy Drops Support of PS2 Activision G

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Bobz1993 wrote:Mytho
Were the games you tested done through GameSpy or my DNS?
All games were tested through GameSpy only.
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Let Battlefield 2: Modern Combat go!

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Re: Breaking News: GameSpy Drops Support of PS2 Activision G

Post by JamesCableCar »

Just getting my research across, this is the status for the following games (through GameSpy) :

Area 51 - ONLINE
Star Wars Battlefront - ONLINE
Star Wars Battlefront 2 - ONLINE
COD Finest Hour - OFFLINE
COD Bid Red One - OFFLINE
Cold Winter - OFFLINE
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat - ONLINE

These are the only games I have really
My PS2 YouTube account = http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesxfm1049?feature=mhee

Area 51 is the best... Got it for £1.50 (around 2.50 dollars and 1.90 euros) :D

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Re: Breaking News: GameSpy Drops Support of PS2 Activision G

Post by jacobgrocks »

Yeah, sounds like a publisher only thing.

Did anyone test Cold Winter through the DNS? It's Sierra/Vivendi which got bought by Activision.

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Flatout - Offline (Normal) - Online (DNS1)
Flatout 2 - Offline (Normal) - Online (DNS1)
Cold Winter - Offline (Normal & DNS1)
TOCA Race Driver 3 - Offline (Normal & DNS1)
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse - Offline (Normal & DNS1)
Last edited by xCrI$TiAhNx on Fri Oct 12, 2012 3:08 am, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: Breaking News: GameSpy Drops Support of PS2 Activision G

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xCrI$TiAhNx wrote:Flatout 2 - Offline (Normal) - Online (DNS1)
Cold Winter - Offline (Normal & DNS1)
TOCA Race Driver 3 - Offline (Normal & DNS1)
Do you get a different error between using gamespy and my DNS?
Specifically supporting Mortal Kombat, Midnight Club 3, All Star Baseball 2005, THPS, Tribes:AA and other games supported by OpenSpy.
To connect use my DNS server, 67.249.158.107

Visit http://bobzent.info for more info.

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Re: Breaking News: GameSpy Drops Support of PS2 Activision G

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Bobz1993 wrote:
xCrI$TiAhNx wrote:Flatout 2 - Offline (Normal) - Online (DNS1)
Cold Winter - Offline (Normal & DNS1)
TOCA Race Driver 3 - Offline (Normal & DNS1)
Do you get a different error between using gamespy and my DNS?
If, in the TOCA 3(DNS1) I get "The console can not connect to GameSpy. Checks the configuration of the Internet connection."

If, in the TOCA 3 (Normal) I get "Race Driver 3 not available any longer."

In Cold Winter, i get the same message.
DNS Server: 45.7.228.197

PlayStation 2 Online - Official Comunnity: https://ps2online.com/

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Re: Breaking News: GameSpy Drops Support of PS2 Activision G

Post by lazyhoboguy »

Sad news, but something like this happening was inevitable. Great that we have openspy and Bob's servers as an option for some of these taken down online games. Eventually more shutdowns for still online games are bound to happen, especially if DNAS ever goes offline, so one day the site will probably be more focused on LAN tunneling PS2 games through programs like Xlink Kai and XBSlink. We will have to make some guides for getting setup for those programs eventually to make it easier for new users. Enjoy the still online games while you can guys.

Thanks for all the testing you guys are doing, will update the site with this new information eventually.

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xCrI$TiAhNx wrote: If, in the TOCA 3(DNS1) I get "The console can not connect to GameSpy. Checks the configuration of the Internet connection."

If, in the TOCA 3 (Normal) I get "Race Driver 3 not available any longer."

In Cold Winter, i get the same message.
Checking my log, with TOCA 3 you are getting to GameSpy login. Try loading the game without your memory card, Make new in-game net settings and use my DNS. Your gamespy account doesn't exist yet on openspy and this may cause it to drop you.

Cold Winter doesn't get as far. Will have to be looked into more.

X-Men is not in my log at all.
Specifically supporting Mortal Kombat, Midnight Club 3, All Star Baseball 2005, THPS, Tribes:AA and other games supported by OpenSpy.
To connect use my DNS server, 67.249.158.107

Visit http://bobzent.info for more info.

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