PS1 Emulator Cracked on PSP [Archive] - Retrogaming Roundtable

norkusa

12-25-2006, 11:54 AM

I think Sony has pretty much given up on trying to keep homebrew out of the PSP. Just the other day, a way was discovered how to play copied PS1 games downloaded from the PS3 Store with a custom version of the 3.02 firmware. Now, the emulator has been fully cracked and you can now PLAY ANY PS1 GAME YOU WANT WITHOUT WAITING FOR SONY TO RELEASE THEM AT THE PS3 STORE:

http://pspupdates.qj.net/Dark-AleX-s-3-02-OE-B-released-/pg/49/aid/77278

I've always been a DevHook man since day one, but I think I'll have to flash my PSP with the custom firmware after reading this. I've been waiting for something like this to come out ever since I got my PSP at launch and it sounds way too cool not to try.

EDIT: Posted the wrong link earlier (that was the 3.02 OE-B pre-release info). Here's the correct one with the link to the OE-B release thread with the file for download.

Snapple

12-25-2006, 01:28 PM

I've been waiting for this day. I knew it was only a matter of time.

exit

12-25-2006, 03:42 PM

norkusa

12-25-2006, 04:39 PM

That's really cool to hear, there has been some really nice progress with the PSP and it looks like I'll find a use for mine again. I think I'll wait a little bit before I just into this head first tho.

Yeah, I think I'm going to wait a bit too. I haven't installed a custom firmware on my PSP yet, so I'm paranoid about bricking it. There will probably be an EZ installer released soon anyway, so I'll just wait for that.

s1lence

12-25-2006, 10:31 PM

Very cool there is a bunch of games I want to play. I got one of the releases from Sony, Crash, and it plays and looks very good on the PSP.

norkusa

12-25-2006, 11:15 PM

I can't believe it, I actually got this working. I found an EZ installer program to get the 3.02 OE-B firmware on my PSP. Was real easy to do and when that is done, all you gotta do is place the PS1 game folder in your PSP/GAME folder on your memory stick and it's all set.

Downloaded Hot Shots Golf 2 and emulation seems to be perfect. Didn't notice any slow down and the sound is perfect. I haven't tried ripping any of my own games yet but I'm going to try that next. I hear that's a bit more complicated since you have to convert them to and add a couple files to them but I think there are a few apps that help you do that, so it shouldn't be too hard.

-hellvin-

12-25-2006, 11:18 PM

Wait a minute...do you ACTUALLY MEAN I could be playing Symphony of the Night on my PSP? I never thought this day would come...the day I play my PSP again. I may finally have to update from 1.50.

norkusa

12-25-2006, 11:24 PM

Wait a minute...do you ACTUALLY MEAN I could be playing Symphony of the Night on my PSP? I never thought this day would come...the day I play my PSP again. I may finally have to update from 1.50.

Yeah, I've heard several people say SOTN works 100%. I think that's the next game I'm going to try out. :)

And don't be worried about upgrading your PSP to the OE-B firmware. Mine has been at 1.5 since launch and the whole process was soooooo easy to do. Plus, you can always go back to 1.5 easily if you want. You can actually do a lot more with 3.02 OE-B anyway, like make your PSP region free for UMD movies, skip the PSP splash screens, change dashboard fonts, and a bunch of other stuff.

Here's the install package/instructions I used: http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=58272

roushimsx

12-25-2006, 11:44 PM

Yeah, I've heard several people say SOTN works 100%. I think that's the next game I'm going to try out. :)

Any chance you can play around and see if G-Darius, R Type Delta and Einhander work well? :)

VVV edit VVV

Ohhh, I kiss you. If you didn't have 'em, I would have gladly ripped them for you :)

norkusa

12-25-2006, 11:55 PM

Any chance you can play around and see if G-Darius, R Type Delta and Einhander work well? :)

Sure. I've got the original PS1 discs to all 3, so I'll use at least one of them as my first rip tomorrow.

Ooooh....RE: Directors Cut plays great too :-P

Oobgarm

12-26-2006, 08:19 AM

I can now play Devil Dice on the go.

HOLY SHIT.

I'm in the same boat as you nork, having been a devhook man since I got into the scene. Now all I need is a bigger memory card. LOL

Captain Wrong

12-26-2006, 09:57 AM

Sorry if this is kinda OT, but can someone hold my hand and point me to a PSP Emulators for Dummies kinda site. I'm not entirely unfamiliar with hacking (big fan of the PS2 memory card exploits) but I want to see what all this is going to involve before I buy a PSP and get to work.

Poofta!

12-26-2006, 10:17 AM

-hellvin-

12-26-2006, 11:31 AM

Yeah, I've heard several people say SOTN works 100%. I think that's the next game I'm going to try out. :)

And don't be worried about upgrading your PSP to the OE-B firmware. Mine has been at 1.5 since launch and the whole process was soooooo easy to do. Plus, you can always go back to 1.5 easily if you want. You can actually do a lot more with 3.02 OE-B anyway, like make your PSP region free for UMD movies, skip the PSP splash screens, change dashboard fonts, and a bunch of other stuff.

Here's the install package/instructions I used: http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=58272

Quite excellent. I liked emulation for classic systems in 1.5 firmware and I don't know much about what you can do in the newest, but I think I'm gonna go ahead and upgrade, because PS1 emulation perks my interest much more. Gotta check out the site and figure out how to rip my games. Thanks for the post!

norkusa

12-26-2006, 11:37 AM

im a big fan of the nes, snes and genesis emulators... those emulators run off 1.5. i use devhook for other games. my question is can i have this new firmware adn still be able to run 1.5 apps like my emulators?

Yes, you can still run 1.5 firmware with 3.02 OE-B. I'm a big fan of those emulators too and there was no way I would have upgraded if I couldn't play 1.5 homebrew any longer. All you have to do is place your homebrew in the PSP/GAME folder and it's all ready to play in 3.02. You don't have to keep toggling between 1.5 & 3.0x firmware to play emulators and iso's like in DevHook, which is another thing I love about this new custom firmware.

@Captain:
Use that link to PSP-Hacks that I posted earlier to get the EZ installer + instructions for 3.02 OE-b. The whole process only took me 5 minutes while using that. If you don't have 1.5 on your PSP though, you'll need to downgrade to 1.5 before you can install it. For that, check out the tutorials here:

http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=17935

And here's a link for tutorials and guides at PSPupdates.com. Their guides are pretty detailed but they don't always included all the files you need. That's because the PSP firmware eboots are copyrighted material and they don't want to host it on their site. PSP-Hacks.com doesn't care about that kind of stuff, so I just get everything I need thru them:

http://forums.qj.net/f-guides-hacks-homebrew-and-emulators-43.html/

Ponyone

12-26-2006, 02:01 PM

Yes, you can still run 1.5 firmware with 3.02 OE-B. I'm a big fan of those emulators too and there was no way I would have upgraded if I couldn't play 1.5 homebrew any longer. All you have to do is place your homebrew in the PSP/GAME folder and it's all ready to play in 3.02. You don't have to keep toggling between 1.5 & 3.0x firmware to play emulators and iso's like in DevHook, which is another thing I love about this new custom firmware.

So you're saying the new 3.02 can play the 1.5 emus by itself? No need to switch to 1.5? Is this what you're trying to tell me fine sir?

Or do you still need to go to 1.5?

One more question, seeing as how you need to have 1.5 firmware to install the new firmware.... my psp is 2.71 but my devhook has 1.5. Can I just devhook to 1.5 and install the new 3.02 or do I need to have the actual 1.5 on my psp to do this?

Poofta!

12-26-2006, 02:13 PM

One more question, seeing as how you need to have 1.5 firmware to install the new firmware.... my psp is 2.71 but my devhook has 1.5. Can I just devhook to 1.5 and install the new 3.02 or do I need to have the actual 1.5 on my psp to do this?

this will brick your psp.

you need to do it from a native firmware. either one of his custom ones, 1.5 or whatever else is supported.

norkusa

12-26-2006, 02:35 PM

this will brick your psp.

you need to do it from a native firmware. either one of his custom ones, 1.5 or whatever else is supported.

Yeah, you can do it from 2.71-C (custom), but I don't know anything about installing from that. I just did it from 1.5 and that's what worked from me. If you have 2.71, you'll need to downgrade to 1.5 first. You can do that with an EZ downgrader though. You can find that in the link I posted to Captains response up above.

And yes, the new 3.02 OE-b firmware can run homebrew by itself. No need to switch back and forth between 1.5 and 3.02. Everything is done in 3.02 with this custom firmware now (homebrew, iso's, umd's, etc.).

Ponyone

12-26-2006, 02:43 PM

nevermind

Ponyone

12-26-2006, 02:58 PM

Okay I just succesfully downgraded to 1.5

before I install this new firmware, should I delete any of these downgrader folders on my card so I don't risk accidentally hitting the photo viewer and doing something odd or did the installation take care of deleting necessary files?

and should I restore my psp to it's default settings? (a guide said you may want to do this after downgrading)

what about reformatting my mem card?

norkusa

12-26-2006, 03:16 PM

I'm not 100% positive, but I'm pretty sure you can remove all those downgrade folders on your card. Your PSP is officially at 1.5 now, so you shouldn't need them any longer. Re-formating your card shouldn't make a difference either. I didn't do it and 3.02 OE-b installed fine for me. Same goes for restoring default settings, but I always go by what the guides say.

Oh, and when you do get 3.02 OE-a installed, you'll need to upgrade to OE-b still obviously. That's easy to do and all you gotta do is download the update eboot folder, place it in your PSP/GAME folder, and run it (download it from the link in my first post).

Once 3.02 OE-b is finally on your PSP, I used these steps I found in a tutorial on PSP Updates to configure everything properly:

Turn your PSP off, and turn it back on, holding the 'R' trigger button. The PSP will enter recovery mode, don't panic. Scroll to configuration, and press 'X'. Scroll to Game folder homebrew, and press 'X' until it displays "(currently: 1.50 Kernel)". You may also disable hide corrupt icons and disable SCE logo.

Loading Homebrew in 3.02OE
Follow the instrunctions regarding the Recovery Menu above.

//To Load Homebrew, as you used to in 1.50, you should put the homebrew, kxploited or not, in the directory PSP/GAME (You will need to create this folder), and voila, you're done.

//To Load Homebrew made for 3.02 kernel, place it into PSP\GAME320

//You MUST have an ISO folder in the root of your memory stick, and a GAME and GAME320 folder in the PSP folder of your memory stick

Poofta!

12-26-2006, 04:09 PM

im confused... do all UMD iso games work? what is this NO-UMD deal?

Ponyone

12-26-2006, 04:18 PM

norkusa

12-26-2006, 04:20 PM

im confused... do all UMD iso games work? what is this NO-UMD deal?

Are you referring to the 'No UMD' option in the 3.02 OE-B recovery mode? That just means that you can play iso's like in Devhook but without the need of an actual UMD in the drive to load them.

Poofta!

12-26-2006, 04:37 PM

Are you referring to the 'No UMD' option in the 3.02 OE-B recovery mode? That just means that you can play iso's like in Devhook but without the need of an actual UMD in the drive to load them.

yeah thats what im talking about. my question is, if i put the UMD ISOs on my memory card, will they all run fine? must i enable that NO UMD option? have you tried any? i read a compatability list and got confused whether some work with NO UMD and others work with UMD...

norkusa

12-26-2006, 04:43 PM

thanks. Got everything running fine. The only thing is my emus are still creating the corrupted data files, and the recovery has an option to hide them, yet when I enable it, it doesn't seem to want to hide them.

Rude of it I say.

but this thing is sweet.

If the hide corrupted data files option doesn't work, try changing the folder names to __SCE__FILENAME and %__SCE__FILENAME and that should hide them. For example, if you want to hide the corrupt icon for NesterJ, re-name the folders to __SCE__NesterJ and %__SCE__NesterJ (that's *2* of those _ thingys in between the SCE part)

I think I remember reading that a few of the options in the OE-b recovery mode screen aren't available yet even though they are selectable in the menu. The corrupt icon hider could be one of them, so that might be why it's not working for you. I think the 'No UMD' option for loading iso's might be another but I haven't tested it out yet.

-hellvin-

12-26-2006, 06:47 PM

Ugh...finally find something I'd like to do with my PSP and I don't have the ac charger for it ANYWHERE. Oh well, guess I gotta go buy a new one.

Ponyone

12-26-2006, 07:26 PM

figured out how to get rid of the corrupted files.

I believe the No -UMD thing is working because my isos are working without a umd inside. So yeah.

norkusa

12-26-2006, 07:51 PM

I believe the No -UMD thing is working because my isos are working without a umd inside. So yeah.

Yeah, I just tried it but I don't think it works that well. I tried loading Pilot Academy with the No UMD option enabled and the game froze up on me twice in a row at the same spot. Load times were really slow too.

I switched back to using a UMD after that and the game loaded with no problem and load times were a lot faster. :-/

norkusa

12-27-2006, 12:00 AM

Alright, I just did my first PS1 conversion rip and it turned out great:

http://home.comcast.net/~norkusa/einhander1.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~norkusa/einhander2.jpg

The process wasn't that hard. All I did was create a ISO image from the game disc. After that, I used a couple files that came with the Hot Shots 2 PS3 Store download (I got mine via bittorrent) and put them in the same directory as the conversion app I used (POPstation GUI). After converting the ISO to an eboot, I placed it in a folder along with the KEYS.BIN file from HSG2 and put the folder in my PSP/GAME folder. Thats it.

There are a few minor drawbacks about the conversion. Since you're using HS2 files to convert the ISO, the save and game icons will be of HSG2. This is unavoidable since the conversion app was built to use the files from HSG2, but you can hex-edit the eboot yourself and insert your own pics in there. I have no idea how to do that yet though. I am just happy that I'm playing Einhander on my PSP at full speed. :)

-hellvin-

12-27-2006, 01:15 AM

thanks very much for making this thread norkusa, as I never really look into what's happening with the PSP at all. I just ripped Symphony of the Night and used popstation to convert a BIN file. Works beautifully. I am really amazed at the full speed with NO slowdown as of yet and how pretty it looks. I think I'm gonna go try Silent Hill! Got about 90 games to choose from and test out ;D.

I have no idea how multiple discs work but I saw a thread about it on psphacks yet haven't read it. I've already seen that FFVII has been converted and works flawlessly.

norkusa

12-27-2006, 11:21 AM

No problem. I'm new to the custom firmware thing, so I thought it'd just let people know about it and show how to upgrade to 3.02 OE-b in case they wanted to do it themselves.

I really haven't looked into multi-disc games yet and how the disc swapping works, but it looks like it's doable since I'm seeing torrents for FFVII and Xenogears all over the place. Anyone know how that's done?

I'd also love to know how to edit the eboots so I can replace the HSG2 icons with the correct ones. It looks like the other eboot conversion GUI available lets you swap the pics but I see a lot of people are having problems with it and can't get the games to play after doing it.

Oobgarm

12-27-2006, 12:08 PM

I just can't get the games to load once I've set it all up.

norkusa

12-27-2006, 12:14 PM

I just can't get the games to load once I've set it all up.

Are you running OE-b or OE-a? What games are you trying to play and are you ripping them yourself or downloading pre-made ones?

Oobgarm

12-27-2006, 01:19 PM

Are you running OE-b or OE-a? What games are you trying to play and are you ripping them yourself or downloading pre-made ones?

OE-b. I upgraded it from 1.5 to OE-a, then finally to OE-b. All went well.

I'm ripping my own games with isobuster (Gran Turismo, Devil Dice, Roll Away, and Suikoden II thus far), making sure the document.dat and keys.bin files are in the folder with the converted eboot. I've tried both Popstation GUIs but to no avail. Tried ripping the games to both bin and iso, no luck either.

I get the screen of text before the game is supposed to start, then a blank screen. The memstick light flickers a bit before it goes black, but nothing happens. I can press the home key and bring up a menu, so I'm thinking that it has to do with my converted eboot file.

I'm doing a bit of research to find out why I can't get these to work. Any thoughts?

-hellvin-

12-27-2006, 01:32 PM

As far as replacing the hot shots golf 2 picture, it looks like it requires a lot of hex editing and I"m not sure if I'm gonna be able to figure that one out, but I think I may try today as I gotta hang at the house for the garage repair guys. I can't believe how simple the game ripping is! I haven't encountered a single problem yet. So far I've converted Symphony and Silent Hill and they both look amazing! The FIRST thing I did in Silent Hill was change the movement to the analog nub, instead of the arrow keys.

Here's a quick screenshot of Silent Hill:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y20/hellvin/psp003.jpg

Not a great picture and looks a little washed out on camera, but the whole game looks sharp and excellent while playing.

spider-man

12-27-2006, 01:46 PM

I tried final fantasy 9 yesterday to see how well the emulator works and was blown away when it played flawlessly. The psp now has psx games added on to the list of its vast (unofficial) library :)

norkusa

12-27-2006, 02:19 PM

Oob, I hear people who didn't have any luck with their own rips switched to a different ripping app and they worked fine after that. Maybe that's what you need to do. Clone CD and Alcohol 120 are giving the best results. I used Alcohol 120 and danny kay1710's POPstation GUI to do mine. If that doesn't work, maybe it's a problem with the HSG2 files you are using?

I guess Quake's POPstation GUI has an option to switch game/save icons without any hex-edit but it sounds like there's a lot of problems with it. I bet there will be a few more GUI's released in the coming days that will improve on it, so I'm just going to wait for those.

Damaniel

12-27-2006, 04:50 PM

There are a few minor drawbacks about the conversion. Since you're using HS2 files to convert the ISO, the save and game icons will be of HSG2. This is unavoidable since the conversion app was built to use the files from HSG2, but you can hex-edit the eboot yourself and insert your own pics in there. I have no idea how to do that yet though. I am just happy that I'm playing Einhander on my PSP at full speed. :)

According to the docs from the popstation application (and from my own testing), you can place a copy of ICON0.PNG, PIC0.PNG and PIC1.PNG in the same directory as the application and ISO image, and the generated eboot will contain the replacement images.

I created eboots for Castlevania:SOTN and Azure Dreams (a couple of games I own and have always wanted to carry around in a portable format) and used custom graphics without any problems. Here's a picture of my PSP using the custom Azure Dreams icons.

http://www.damaniel.org/images/azure.jpg

The image sizes are:

- ICON0.PNG (save icon) - 144x80 pixels
- PIC0.PNG (title icon on right side) - 310x180 pixels, supports transparency
- PIC1.PNG (background image) - 480x272 pixels

A hex editor is still needed though, but not for the images. You'll want to modify the save directory for the game; otherwise, all of the save games will use the Hot Shots Golf directory, overwriting each other in the process.

As for the application I use to rip my games, I'm using UltraISO. I haven't had any problems with it yet, but I've only tried 2 games so far.

agbulls

12-27-2006, 04:53 PM

Ok, so the PSP finally has its killer ap --- a fully functional PSone emulator. But, a few questions:

1. What, if anything, can Sony do about it? Or, rather, do you think they secretly were hoping for this to happen? (highly unlikely I realize)
2. Does this in your opinion make the PSP a much more valuable item to own?
3. Will you be playing your DS less now that the PSP has potentially good games?

Griking

12-27-2006, 07:05 PM

norkusa

12-27-2006, 07:09 PM

OldSchoolGamer

12-27-2006, 07:15 PM

Well, as long as this thread lasts let me add.........YAHOO!!!!! The PSP library just improved BIG time and personally if anything I think this will help push PSP hardware sales, maybe sell to thoses still undecided, I mean the PSP is now a portable PS1 to boot, and people doing awesome jobs making new icons etc, hybrid Firmwares.....damn I wasn't that big on my PSP for the past 6 months but now, damn I'd never sell it!

ProgrammingAce

12-27-2006, 07:49 PM

I hate to piss on the parade but isn't this all you know....piracy? Yeah, you may have the original PS1 CD but if Sony is trying to RESELL the ability to play PS1 games on the PSP then how is this thread getting past the mods here?

Assuming you own the original games, there is no issue of piracy. All you're doing is converting the format from the original CD to a digital media.

Where you start getting into legal trouble is with the hacked firmware. Modifying the software on an electronic device in order to bypass copy protection is illegal, even if bypassing copy protection is a side effect and not the main goal.

Running the 1.5 firmware and running homebrew is perfectly legal (assuming the homebrew itself isn't violating copyright). You cannot be penalized for Sony's mistake of shipping a flawed product. However, installing this modified firmware is, sadly, illegal as you're violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). What you're doing is modifying Sony's copyrighted software in order to introduce flaws that allow you to bypass copy protection.

Welcome to the digital revolution, you no longer have the rights to use items you've purchased in ways they were not intended.

RPG_Fanatic

12-27-2006, 11:01 PM

udisi

12-27-2006, 11:58 PM

man I'm pissed...I was gonna downgrade a long time ago, but I have the TA-082 motherboard, so I'm pretty screwed as far as homebrew goes.

-hellvin-

12-28-2006, 02:58 AM

How do you rip ps1 games to your psp or your computer? I had a friend put on the NES, SNES, GENESIS emulators but he doesn't know how to rip the ps1 games help me please i want to play suikoden on my psp

Use Alcohol 120%. Select image making wizard and keep the datatype custom. Start it up and it will rip the game to bin/cue format. All you need is the bin file, the cue file is just an instruction on how to reburn it do a disc.

I think it's quite hilarious how a couple people have said this new hack has made a kick ass library of games for the psp. Being able to play old PSX games we've all probably beaten a ton of times is making us all excited about the PSP. Kinda funny that I think about....I wouldn't touch my psp until I learned I could play SOTN on it. Then I rushed out to buy a ac adapter I'd lost months ago ;D lol.

Oobgarm

12-28-2006, 09:07 AM

Oobgarm

12-28-2006, 09:10 AM

Oob, I hear people who didn't have any luck with their own rips switched to a different ripping app and they worked fine after that. Maybe that's what you need to do. Clone CD and Alcohol 120 are giving the best results. I used Alcohol 120 and danny kay1710's POPstation GUI to do mine. If that doesn't work, maybe it's a problem with the HSG2 files you are using?

I tried using Alcohol 120, and turned off all of the error-skipping and whatnot. Works perfectly now. Dropped the icon and pic PNG files in the popstation directory, created the eboot, and sure enough, the image files were replaced with the new ones.

Yay for rekindling interest in my PSX library.

Captain Wrong

12-28-2006, 09:18 AM

Gaah. Stupid me needs to read more. Buying a new PSP and upgrading the firmware (so I can get my PS3 to stream to it) just knocked me out of the scene. :(

Hopefully I can return it to BB and I'll buy my buddie's used one.

norkusa

12-30-2006, 12:18 PM

stuffedmonkey

01-01-2007, 01:20 AM

Wow. I didn't think this would work so well. I upgraded to 3.02-oe b, and the games just work. I didn't rip the game myself - I pulled a pre-made one from the usual torrent sources (I do have that game before anyone gets on me). Gran Turismo 2 worked perfectly....

Dark Alex is a f-ing genius.

Ponyone

01-01-2007, 10:37 AM

the only problem I've ran into so far is when you beat Tekken 3, after the ending movie, the game freezes.

Other than that, it's beautiful.

suppafly

01-01-2007, 10:59 AM

Wait a minute...do you ACTUALLY MEAN I could be playing Symphony of the Night on my PSP? I never thought this day would come...the day I play my PSP again. I may finally have to update from 1.50.

Yes, and I RIPPED it already and placed it on piratebay.

I hope you enjoy it ;)

http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3585215/Castlevania_Symphony_of_the_Night_ready_to_play_on _PSP

Nature Boy

01-02-2007, 09:03 AM

The first thing I want to say is "I Told You So" - that's to all the morons who whined that Sony had PS1 games playing on a PSP but were 'forcing you' into owning a PS3. I said then be patient, someone will hack it, and sure enough there it was right before Xmas!

I was disappointed that I couldn't get Syphon Filter 3 to work properly, but I have been playing Crash Bandicoot 2 on my PSP lately (and Metal Slug X), so I'm *loving* this new custom firmware. I can't decide which of my PSP games to convert next :)

Honestly, once you get the hang of it, changing firmwares isn't a big deal. I've gone from 1.52 to 2.0 (which was legit obviously) to 1.5 to 2.71 SE to 3.02 OE. Each time I was careful about what I did, where I got the stuff from, and made sure I knew what I was going to do before I did it, and have had zero problems.

Now my 4GB card seems too small. I need 8 GB at least. Now where's that "Best PSX games" thread around here... :)

c0ldb33r

01-02-2007, 09:15 AM

Oobgarm

01-02-2007, 11:16 AM

Can anyone recommend some decent Popstation GUI's? I'd like to change the icons/bacground pics/game title so it's something other than HSG2 but there are dozens of different apps out that let you do that and I don't know which is the best.

Nork, I've been using the danny_kay popstation GUI, which I think is the same one you're using. All I've done is fashion the images I want to use in Photoshop, and drop them in the popstationGUI folder, along with the bin/iso I'm wanting to convert.

I've gotten it to change every game I've done. Easiest way, I think.

Dunno about hex editing the save, though. A nice walkthrough on that would be killer.

c0ldb33r

01-02-2007, 11:28 PM

Is there anything I can do?

I've got a TA-082 PSP running firmware 2.5 - Is there any way I can get this sucker running?

edit: holy crap! does the TA-082 firmware 2.71 downgrader on this page (http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=17935) actually work?? If so, I'll just have to upgrade to 2.71 then downgrade to 1.5 and I'm set! :D

Can anyone let me know whether its safe to use that method on my TA-082?

I tried it, and it worked wonderfully! :D :D :D

My PSP started as a ver. 2.5 TA-082 and now it can run UMDs (of course), PSOne games and homebrew. It's a total gaming powerhouse now! and it was incredibly easy (although completely nerve destroying)

RPG_Fanatic

01-03-2007, 12:05 AM

How do you convert a PSone image of a kitten to combat a RGB butter monster?

**Edited by PapaStu due to asking for romz help**

PapaStu

01-03-2007, 12:39 AM

How do you do naughty naughty things with software you don't own legally

By putting your PlayStation game disc into your PlayStation. Amazing aint it!We do not ask for teh help with teh running of illicit romz on the forum.

Captain Wrong

01-03-2007, 10:06 AM

By putting your PlayStation game disc into your PlayStation. Amazing aint it!We do not ask for teh help with teh running of illicit romz on the forum.

Might wanna remove the torrent link above then. ;)

c0ldb33r

01-03-2007, 01:48 PM

Yeah this isn't about pirating, it's just about getting to take around a bunch of PSOne games that you already own, on your PSP :)

RPG_Fanatic

01-03-2007, 02:26 PM

Originally posted by Papastu
---By putting your PlayStation game disc into your PlayStation. Amazing aint it!We do not ask for teh help with teh running of illicit romz on the forum.
__________________ Yes i was asking a question about the games i have using alcohol120% i'm not running illicit romz

Nature Boy

01-03-2007, 02:33 PM

I hate to piss on the parade but isn't this all you know....piracy? Yeah, you may have the original PS1 CD but if Sony is trying to RESELL the ability to play PS1 games on the PSP then how is this thread getting past the mods here?

If I'm not mistaken, the whole 'fair use' thing is still very much up in the air, isn't it? At least with a PS1 game I can (and have) physically create my own iso. The NES games I have on my PSP certainly didn't come straight from the games I own (although they're pretty much the same games, as there's a reason I bought 'em in the first place :) ).

Regardless, the way to go about this sort of thing is to report the thread to the mods, not to post.

PallarAndersVisa

01-04-2007, 01:55 PM

I had a psp, liked it for about 6 months then I sold it. The games that I played were fun, but always clunky, they felt rushed. The menu's were always slow and annoying. I just couldnt take it anymore. There doesnt seem to be a lot of fun games out for it. but this psx emulator interests me a lot.

I always found it funny how a lot of people were spending $250 so they could play SNES games on a handheld. Now people are spending $200 (or however much a psp is these days) to play playstation games on a 4.5" screen. Kind of ironic.

norkusa

01-04-2007, 04:33 PM

3.03 OE-a just came out today. This new version allows compression of PSX games, which is going to help out a ton:

http://pspupdates.qj.net/Because-there-is-a-god-Dark-AleX-s-3-03-OE-A-released/pg/49/aid/78218

Like 3.02 OE, I'm just going to wait till an EZ installer is released before I update, which should only be a few hours hopefully.

NE146

01-04-2007, 05:38 PM

Finally got around to trying this after wanting to for a while.. it rocks.

I got jumping flash, sotn, konami arcade classics, msx classics 1 & 2, and a bunch of other crap running and am definitely digging it. Funny how we're seeing a flood of converted psx games showing up now on the psp ng's sort of outnumbering the psp games themselves LOL

c0ldb33r

01-05-2007, 12:56 AM

norkusa

01-05-2007, 02:22 AM

Will there be a new popstation version released that will compress the games?

Yup, it's included with this EZ installer update package:

http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=58272&p=1

If you already have 3.02 OE-b installed on your PSP, then installing this will be real easy. Just run the extractor and when when the files are on your stick, run the 3.03 OE-a updater from your PSP. When it's finished, your PSP will be updated. Took me 3 minutes to update.

Nature Boy

01-05-2007, 08:43 AM

So how's the compression? Anybody tried it? How much smaller are the games? And have you noticed any difference in performance?

I don't use compression on anything, as the newer stuff doesn't perform as well and the older stuff doesn't really save you much :)

norkusa

01-05-2007, 10:47 AM

I didn't try the compression yet (waiting for an updated version of Prometeus OSX to do that) but someone said they got Vagrant Story down to 200mb from 500mb using compression, so I guess it works pretty good.

In one of the PSP forums I checked out, someone said if there is a lot of FMV's in the game, it's not going to compress well. Guess that makes sense since the same pertains to UMD compression too.

walrusmonger

01-05-2007, 11:09 AM

Nothing sucks more than having a psp@ 2.7
updating it to 3.03 because you want to get the PS3 features
seeing a brand spanking new metal gear camo psp
selling your original japanese launch psp (1.0 originally to get to 3.03)
and finding out your new psp is 3.01 with the new mother board.

it's a shame sony can't get US gamers an official metal gear solid or SOTN download, then I wouldn't need to feel bad about being stuck.

glad to see everyone's finally enjoying their psps :)

NE146

01-05-2007, 11:26 AM

If you already have 3.02 OE-b installed on your PSP, then installing this will be real easy. Just run the extractor and when when the files are on your stick, run the 3.03 OE-a updater from your PSP. When it's finished, your PSP will be updated. Took me 3 minutes to update.

Hmm that seems to be different than what the readme is saying (it says to "set game kernal to 1.5 if using SE or OE"?) Are you saying we can not bother with that if we're already on 3.02 OE-b and just extract & run the 3.03 OE-a updater?

norkusa

01-05-2007, 11:53 AM

Hmm that seems to be different than what the readme is saying (it says to "set game kernal to 1.5 if using SE or OE"?) Are you saying we can not bother with that if we're already on 3.02 OE-b and just extract & run the 3.03 OE-a updater?

I asked the guy who made the EZ installer if anything special needs to be done to 3.02 OE-b PSP's before running it. All he said was "just instal and then flash".

I already had my PSP set to 1.5 kernal before the update. I don't think you can even run the update app if it's not set to that anyways, so yeah, make sure 1.5 kernal is enabled.

Oh yeah, one more thing....DON'T UPDATE TO 3.03 OE-A IF YOUR PSP ISN'T ALREADY AT 3.02 OE-B. If you're still on 3.02 OE-a, grab the OE-b update folder and install that before going to 3.03. There have been reports of people screwing up their PSP's using this update, and they all sound like they were at 3.02 OE-a before running it.

dbiersdorf

01-05-2007, 03:34 PM

Can someone please help me? I'm really close to getting PSX games to run on my PSP, however I'm like one step away. I was recommended to use this program (http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/about60371.html) to convert the PSX games over. However once I downloaded it where do I put these files within my PSP? I can't figure it out. Any help would be much appreciated.