Modding a PSP

[Krandor]

For PS1 games, go here.

PSX on PSP Compatibility List - TheGamersPress

There are a fair number of games that have compatibility issues with the emulation on the PSP, Xenogears is unfortunately one of them.

In your case it's because you need to change pops versions on your PSP, there's only a few versions of POPs that won't lock up the first battle screen

[Colenzo]

Xenogears freezes at the beginning battle is there anything special im supposed to do for psx roms? All i did was copy and paste it into the games folder and ran it.

its the download, my friend had the same problem, find a copy that has the CDs seperately

[LinktheDeme]

its the download, my friend had the same problem, find a copy that has the CDs seperately

What do you mean? I downloaded them from pspisoz and the DL was in one rar but the cds were in seperate folders. Do you know what type of file he dled? was it an iso? could you link me there plz ;o

[Arnwulf]

It has to do with the popsloader, you need to emulate the proper version of the OS for PS games to work properly.

[Fallyn]

I got an e-mail from PSPslimhacks.com the other day, I don't know if it will be any help to anyone.

Big PSP Hack news of the week:

This weeks been a huge week for TA88v3 owners and PSP-3000 owners with previously unhackable PSP's. As Davee and Team Typhoon have released their ChickHEN homebrew loader. So now even PSP-3000 users or PSP-2000 TA88v3 users can enjoy homebrew games, applications and emulators.

Read more about ChickHEN: ChickHEN Homebrew Enabler R2 for Frimware 5.03 | HEN for PSP-3000, PSP Hacks - PSP Slim Hacks

The ChickHEN release also opened up the possiblity to install Custom Firmware on PSP's without the need of a Panodra Battery (Service mode battery). Which in itself is another big break through.

Read more: Easy ChickHEN CFW installer (Without Pandora) Install CFW without a Pandora Battery, PSP Hacks - PSP Slim Hacks

Regards,
The PSP Slim Hacks Team.
Helping you do more with your PSP since 2007.

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[Krandor]

Can confirm that the above works perfectly.

[Hitoshura]

Question is, is it gimped? What can't it do that a PSP fat or slim can?

Edit: Sucks about the PS1 games, but better than nothing.

[Krandor]

Gimped? You mean the ChickHEN -> M33 thing? I hacked my roommates PSP with it and it works 100% PS1 eboots, ISOs, etc.

[Waef]

So does this mean I could mod my phat PSP without a Pandora battery?

[Fallyn]

Yup.

[Blubbartron]

I wonder if this ChickHEN thing will make it easier to break the IPL thing that's preventing CFW on the ta-088v3 boards. I hope so, because I have a whole mess of playstation games I've been meaning to (re)play.

[Arnwulf]

I wonder if this ChickHEN thing will make it easier to break the IPL thing that's preventing CFW on the ta-088v3 boards. I hope so, because I have a whole mess of playstation games I've been meaning to (re)play.

Did you read the quote about it above? Here, I pulled that part out of the 3 short paragraphs of the article, in fact it was in the first paragraph:

This weeks been a huge week for TA88v3 owners and PSP-3000 owners with previously unhackable PSP's. As Davee and Team Typhoon have released their ChickHEN homebrew loader. So now even PSP-3000 users or PSP-2000 TA88v3 users can enjoy homebrew games, applications and emulators.

[Blubbartron]

Perhaps I'm not as well read on the subject matter as I thought, but I was under the impression that no CFW (which ChickHEN still doesn't allow on the ta-088v3 board, from what I'm reading) means no ability to take an .iso, place it on the mem stick, and play directly from it. If I'm mistaken, hooray. I never really looked into the homebrew games and whatnot because I was only interested in playing real games that I no longer had.

[Rellikard]

Anyone tried this yet? Was just released.

Custom Firmware on PSP-3000's - 5.03 GEN-A CFW released!! | PSP-3000 Hacks

[Minions]

Took so long for the psp3000 to get hacked, I wonder if it will take a year+ for the psp go? Soon as they hack the PSP go i'm sold.

[Vile23]

Question! Im still rocking the 1.50 firmware and running an snes emulator. I never once purchased an actual game for my psp and don't really plan on it. Now if I upgraded my firmware from 1.50 what actual firmware version should I get if I wanna install a PSX emulator on it ? Or can I even stay with 1.50 if I wanted to ?

[Haiko]

I dont want to create another PSP mod thread so i am bumping this one...
So i have the PSP 1001 (phat) and i just modded my battery to be pandora and i have 2gb stick...what do i have to do to hack my psp...i been unsuccessful so anyone can help me out? I think the reason is the PSP version is 5.50..ugh

[Jefe]

I dont want to create another PSP mod thread so i am bumping this one...
So i have the PSP 1001 (phat) and i just modded my battery to be pandora and i have 2gb stick...what do i have to do to hack my psp...i been unsuccessful so anyone can help me out? I think the reason is the PSP version is 5.50..ugh

I'll help you for $20 bucks ;D

[Krandor]

If you have a Phat PSP AND a proper pandora battery, the version of your firmware shouldn't matter in the slightest. You just need to hunt down the files to make a "magic" memory stick. You should be able to find what you need on sites like psp-hacks.com or other similar websites

[Haiko]

yeah thanks i found a good guide to make a MMSX and the root files for phat psp....well let you guys know if i do this right