Until now nothing has surfaced so it seems to be more of a hoax than a "real" solution to play PS2 backups!

• Pow! Sony Gets Hit
  Gameplayers from all over Tokyo gathered recently to bash the machine Sony swore would change their lives—and yours too...
• Investigations into PlayStation 2 sales mount
  The PlayStation 2 was at the center of three police investigations into companies or Web site operators accused of not delivering the popular and hard-to-find console...
• Nintendo to Make 24 Million Game Boy Advance Units
  Japan's Nintendo moved aggressively to take a lead in the game machine market, saying it would produce 24 million of its new Game Boy Advance handheld players in the year after its March 21 launch...
• PlayStation Frenzy Wreaks E-tail Havoc
  The frenzy over locating Sony PlayStation 2 (PS2) video game consoles is fostering an online uproar, causing the police in the United States and Canada to work overtime to stop fraudulent Internet sales...
• Microsoft Pushes Into $20 Billion Video Game Market
  Microsoft said the top independent video game developer, Electronic Arts Inc. will make titles for its upcoming Xbox console, giving a huge boost to the software giant's push into the $20 billion-a-year video game market...
• Many video games "unhealthy" for girls - U.S. study
  Almost half of the top-selling U.S. console video games contain "unhealthy" messages for girls, including unrealistic body images, provocative sexuality and violent behavior, according to a study released on Tuesday...
• Jester's Music heads for Game Boy and next gen
  Jester has confirmed plans to bring seminal sound-creation package Music to Game Boy and other next gen platforms with Rage. Hit this right now...

• Old PlayStation tops holiday game console sales
  As expected, Sony has the top-selling game console at the start of the holiday shopping season. But it is the PSone, a repackaged version of the 5-year-old original PlayStation, that is topping sales charts, not the new and impossible-to-buy PlayStation 2...
• PS One Rescues Sony's Christmas; Re-Emerges as Best-Selling Console
  Sony remains the dominant name in the console industry, but its redesigned PS One is becoming the hit of this Holiday season instead of the upscale Playstation 2...
• Consumer officials warn about PlayStation 2 Net store
  Canadian and U.S. Better Business Bureau officials have issued an international warning to consumers about an online store that has sold hundreds of PlayStation 2 video game consoles, which customers say were not delivered...
• Infogrames Entertainment to Acquire Hasbro Interactive and Games.com
  Infogrames and Hasbro jointly announced today that they have entered into a strategic agreement, creating one of the foremost powerhouses in the mass market digital interactive entertainment world...
• Microsoft Buys Another Game Company
  Software giant Microsoft said it would buy privately held video game maker Digital Anvil, beefing up its portfolio of titles in preparation for the launch of its Xbox game console late next year...
• Microsoft forges acquisition of Xbox developer
  Microsoft moved to fortify its forthcoming Xbox gaming console with the pending acquisition of developer Digital Anvil...
• Nintendo keeps handheld gaming market under its thumb
  While some of the biggest names in video games and computing are struggling to take over your TV, Nintendo continues to rule virtually unchallenged in handheld gaming...
• Motorola Wireless Phones To Feature Sega Games
  Motorola and Sega have signed an initial agreement that calls for Sega to develop games for select Motorola next-generation multiple communication phones...
• Techbargains.com Launches PS2 Autoscanner
  Techbargains.com announced the launch of a web-based search engine that locates Sony Playstation2 game consoles at various vendors...

• Ready 2 Rumble Round 2 [PS2/UK/PAL] Swap Trick Patch

Thanks SmugMunkey for sending the patch!