General PSP homebrew discussion.

[Cosmic]

The last thread was lost in the server move so here's a nice new one.

So... there have been some pretty big developments in the scene since EP's downtime, most notably Dark_Alex's fantastic 3.02OEB firmware which allows us to use our own ISOs on the (say it with me!) FULL SPEED official PSX emulator. How many of you have tried it so far, and what do you think? I've been playing Crash Bandicoot 2 on it for a couple of weeks and am very impressed with the results. My PSP is currently updating to 3.03OEA, so when it's finished I'm going to see if I can get my PAL games working by converting them to NTSC with Popstation. A portable Tomb Raider would border on the sublime...

[polokitty]

i would but i douched out on my psp when i get it ... a ta-82 so im at the latest firmware so ill just have to wait for a downgrader... plus i posted all of this at false paradise

[kupo]

Yes, I have been on 3.02 from Dark Alex since the day it was released. Hehe, I could not believe my own eyes before I had played all the way through Tales of Destiny on my PSP . Lovely indeed . A lot of PlayStation games pre-converted for PSP have been uploaded on the net the latest weeks, but there is also a way to convert them back, so that they work on the real PSX and EpsxE (using Popstation GUI 225 beta).

Even more lovely - for me at least - is the possibility to boot PSP ISOs without even having to boot up an application like Devhook anymore .

[Jizzel]

i will become my white PSP next week (FW 1.50). My question is... Will the gba emu and the snes emu work with the 3.03 OE B ? if yes, then i will upgrade to 3.03 OE B

[polokitty]

i will become my white PSP next week (FW 1.50). My question is... Will the gba emu and the snes emu work with the 3.03 OE B ? if yes, then i will upgrade to 3.03 OE B

Everything works with 3.03 OE B, in essence it pwns firmware 1.5 x 324923904238049823048234-234

[Jizzel]

i have read that not all homebrew will work under 3.0x OE. 90 % or more will work. (don't know exactly )

[kupo]

i have read that not all homebrew will work under 3.0x OE. 90 % or more will work. (don't know exactly )

Everything works. Maybe aside from a chinese toilet-cleaner app . You see, the 1.5 kernel is included in the dark alex 3.02.
I've not seen anything that works on 1.5 that does not work on 3.02.

[Josh]

I'm still walking the line of whether or not I want to go to Dark_Alex's firmware from 1.5 or not. Do you maintain all of the 1.5 functionality of 1.5? How hard is it to upgrade and make your PS1 ISOs?

[kupo]

I'm still walking the line of whether or not I want to go to Dark_Alex's firmware from 1.5 or not. Do you maintain all of the 1.5 functionality of 1.5? How hard is it to upgrade and make your PS1 ISOs?

Its very easy. You maintain ALL functions.

[Cosmic]

I'm still walking the line of whether or not I want to go to Dark_Alex's firmware from 1.5 or not. Do you maintain all of the 1.5 functionality of 1.5? How hard is it to upgrade and make your PS1 ISOs?

Yeah, I was unsure about whether I should update from 1.5, but I just decided to go for it in the end. Turns out I had nothing to worry about since all of my old eboots still work perfectly on 3.03OEA. It's exactly the same as the current 3.03 firmware, except you gain the advantage of homebrew and lose LocationFree functionality. The upgrade itself is fine as long as you follow the instructions in the readme:

Copy oeupdatemaker and oeupdatemaker% to /PSP/GAME if you are in firmware 1.50, or to
/PSP/GAME150 if you are in 2.71 SE or 3.02 OE.

Get the 1.50 and 3.03 sony updates, and put them in the oeupdatemaker folder with the names
150.PBP and 303.PBP.

Run oeupdatemaker. It will generate the dxar file DATA.DXAR, whhich has the following hashes:

MD5: 03186D46D2F1B0ACD923098BEBC87281
SHA1: 3C80833A970EEA16A94D74DAFF6220889A9CEE4A

Copy 303oeflasher and 303oeflasher% to /PSP/GAME if you are in 1.50, or to
/PSP/GAME150 if you are in 2.71 SE or 3.02 OE.


Move the DATA.DXAR file to the 303oeflasher.

Run the program. When it finishes, it will ask you to reinit the psp. When you do that, you will be in 3.03 OE-A.

It might take a while to generate the DATA.DXAR file, so don't worry if it appears to have frozen. It will correct itself eventually. As for converting PSX games, all you really need is the latest version of PSX2PSP. It's a very easy to use GUI-based frontend for Popstation.

Good luck if you do decide to upgrade!

[Kazekage Gaara]

It might take a while to generate the DATA.DXAR file, so don't worry if it appears to have frozen. It will correct itself eventually. As for converting PSX games, all you really need is the latest version of PSX2PSP. It's a very easy to use GUI-based frontend for Popstation.

Good luck if you do decide to upgrade!

So does that mean I can may be convert my PSone games (that I own) into ISOs/Disc Images or somethin and use this "PSX2PSP" to make em playable on my PSP ??

In other words, can I load up images or ISOs of PSone games that I ACTUALLY OWN ON ACTUAL DISCS on a PSP and play em ???

The reason I ask is coz I own kinda like 250+ HK Silvers of PSone and it would be BLOODY AMAZING if I can just convert them into ISOs and load em up on a PSP

[kupo]

So does that mean I can may be convert my PSone games (that I own) into ISOs/Disc Images or somethin and use this "PSX2PSP" to make em playable on my PSP ??

In other words, can I load up images or ISOs of PSone games that I ACTUALLY OWN ON ACTUAL DISCS on a PSP and play em ???

The reason I ask is coz I own kinda like 250+ HK Silvers of PSone and it would be BLOODY AMAZING if I can just convert them into ISOs and load em up on a PSP

You will have to use an application called POPSTATION (there are many GUIs for it too) and then convert the ISO of a game into another format readable by the emulator on PSP. The emulator was developed by Sony themselves but has been cracked by the scene. The emulator is included in Dark Alex firmware.

[Kazekage Gaara]

You will have to use an application called POPSTATION (there are many GUIs for it too) and then convert the ISO of a game into another format readable by the emulator on PSP. The emulator was developed by Sony themselves but has been cracked by the scene. The emulator is included in Dark Alex firmware.

AWESOME!!! So, to install this Dark Alex Firmware, which PSP firmware should I get ? Aka, I still have to buy my PSP and its gonna take me at least a month and am going to buy one from the local Grey Markets (Smuggled Stuff) here in my area but nothing to worry about. The guy am going to buy my PSP from is a really good guy and knows me very well Also, he'll let me choose from all the PSPs that he might have at that point in time and let me decide which one I'll get. Of course, he'll let me open the boxes and check out the PSPs personally, so that resolves the TA-82 problem for me as I'll be opening up the PSP's UMD drive and will look for those numbers on the mobo

Now, what I want to know is, which firmware PSP should I get so I can then later on convert it to Dark Alex'es firmware

Thanx in Advance

[Cosmic]

In other words, can I load up images or ISOs of PSone games that I ACTUALLY OWN ON ACTUAL DISCS on a PSP and play em ???

You can indeed, as long as they're NTSC games. PAL stuff is kinda glitchy at the moment but it'll hopefully be sorted out in a future release.

As snkupo said, the program you need is Popstation, but it's command line based. The PSX2PSP program I mentioned is an easy to use frontend for it. You'll also need a copy of Hot Shots Golf from the PS3 store. If don't have a PS3 you'll have to acquire it through *ahem* alternative methods. You're on your own for that, I'm afraid. All I can tell you is that the release name is "Hot_Shots_Golf_2_USA_READNFO_PSX_For_PSP-DMU". There are alternatives floating around but I'm not entirely sure on their legality. I'll do some research and if they seem OK I'll most likely post them here.

[Kazekage Gaara]

No problem. I am very well versed in those "alternative methods" that you talk about.

About the other question of mine, which is the latest PSP firmware that has been cracked or which PSP should I get with which firmware to be able to load up Dark Alex's firmware ? so that I don't need to wait like other people