You can trigger the debug menu on that screen; all I did was spam Start+Select to activate the (allowed) cheat patch until the debug menu came up. If that's not possible in other versions, maybe it's some quirk of JP 1.1 or playing on a virtual HDD or whatever. All I know for sure is that it works.
How'd you skip one of the loading screens? "Sony computers entertainment America presents"
You can trigger the debug menu on that screen; all I did was spam Start+Select to activate the (allowed) cheat patch until the debug menu came up.
If that's not possible in other versions, maybe it's some quirk of JP 1.1 or playing on a virtual HDD or whatever. All I know for sure is that it works.