Childhood play with a modified Wild ARMs 2 version

Hello I would like to share a short story about a modified Wild ARMs 2 disc I played back in my childhood. The story is that me and my cousin were a big fan of playing the original Wild ARMs 1 on the Playstation where we both sat down and watch the story unfold, work together to try and overcome the riddles and puzzles the game offered and try and strategise battles against bosses. This was back when we did not have access to the internet so we really had to work hard on overcoming the obstacles the game offered us.

Few years after completing the game we discovered our aunt has a copy of Wild ARMs 2, both of us were so excited that the game had what we presumed was the sequel. Wild ARMs was our first JRPG series so we did not know that it was a separate installment, but nonetheless we were both excited. Anyway the copy our aunt owned was a non-authentic disc so it would only run on a Modchip Playstation.

However it was this particular version that stood out to me because after the Sony Playstation screen but before the Sony Computer Entertainment and Media Vision screen, it would load onto a blue-ish background screen with a list of Cheat that can be toggled on or off. On the bottom of the screen would be a scrolling text that I recall saying: "the following cheats will only activate for Ashley", and it was a simple Trainer Cheat that gives Ashley max HP, Lvl, Stats etc. Of course both me and my cousin were young so we just toggled it on and proceeded onwards.

The game would boot up like normal but the one thing that stood out for me the most was that this modified version of the game actually plays the ORIGINAL JP OP. The game was in full English language like normal, we played through Ashley's Prologue and blitz through battles because of the cheats then we proceeded through Brad and Lilka's story. However after completing all three prologue we could no longer proceed any further because the game's disc was scratched in such terrible condition that it failed to load anything onwards.

Few years later would be when I finally got my hands on a copy of Wild ARMs 2 again but this time without my cousin playing with me as he had already moved out of town by then. It was here that I learnt the English version of the games Opening did not have lyrics and it was all instrumental.

After getting Youtube recommendations of the game pop up, it made me remember that particular modified version of the game that I played during my childhood. I thought it was something I would like to share.

If anyone happens to know anything about this version of the copy, please let me know. Of course please avoid sharing things that may be considered illegal (like ISO files).