After 27 years you can now softmod a Sony PlayStation 1 | MVG

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  • After 27 years TonyHax has been released - a softmod backup loader for the Sony PlayStation 1. This is a backup loader that leverages a save game exploit present on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 and 3 (more games are now available). In this episode , we take a closer look at the exploit and how it works.
    Credits/Sources :
    ► Download Tonyhax - github.com/socram8888/tonyhax...
    ► Detailed Writeup and Game List - orca.pet/tonyhax/
    ► CD Unlock Commands - problemkaputt.de/psx-spx.htm#...
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  • @noobiesmurf
    @noobiesmurf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2549

    27 years later, Hawks greatest trick yet.

    • @yashy2x
      @yashy2x 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Underrated comment

    • @Seekah_
      @Seekah_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I feel like if you said tony, even before I saw it. I’d know what your talking about. But unfortunately I have no clue what you just said.

    • @0xssff
      @0xssff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      hahahhah

    • @kurtg5405
      @kurtg5405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      he did a 540 McBoot

    • @stonent
      @stonent 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      "Hey kid! Do a Tony Hack!"

  • @SRC267
    @SRC267 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2068

    MVG needs to cover the leak of the 700+ PS2 prototype games from last week.

    • @theultimateninja
      @theultimateninja 3 ปีที่แล้ว +175

      Say WHAT??!

    • @slay3rgamingyt
      @slay3rgamingyt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Brah you are everywhere i go

    • @ModernVintageGamer
      @ModernVintageGamer  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1203

      Soon

    • @y2kjetters317
      @y2kjetters317 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I wish someone would find the resi 4 beta if its even available😞

    • @krazysk
      @krazysk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @Auþhyx id assume that was just for Gamecube since re4 was a gc exclusive at first for a year or so.

  • @jaymzraulfin2227
    @jaymzraulfin2227 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    In case anyone missed it, a similar swap trick was found in 'Alien: Resurrection' recently that doesn't require any mem card code, or mod chips. Just a small in-game cheat code the devs added for early testing and never removed and didn't report to sony.

    • @ButtaMilkBiscuitsGaming
      @ButtaMilkBiscuitsGaming 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      For some reason it isnt working for me...crazy..

    • @snowthearcticfox1
      @snowthearcticfox1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@ButtaMilkBiscuitsGamingskill issue

  • @EmblemParade
    @EmblemParade 3 ปีที่แล้ว +487

    "Playing backups." Yarrr, matey! I got me lots o' backups hidden in me peg leg, me eyepatch, and me parrot.

    • @IanNewYashaTheFinalAct
      @IanNewYashaTheFinalAct 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Polly wants a backup 🦜

    • @TheJimmys11
      @TheJimmys11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Me crew and I raided a ship, plundered some hard disks full of PS1 backups. That counts, right?

    • @damian9303
      @damian9303 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@TheJimmys11 Backups are backups, aren’t they matey?

    • @tuut1241
      @tuut1241 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Arrrrr... I hear ya matey!

    • @MykiiMescal
      @MykiiMescal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      peg leg is a backup

  • @XenoTravis
    @XenoTravis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1692

    When I was a kid my dad installed a mod chip and he just never told us. My mom would take me to our local blockbuster type store to rent games. My dad would copy them and we would return the originals the next day. I never understood why my games wouldn't work on friend's systems until like over a decade later when he finally told me. He accidentally made a nice memory into a cool story lol.

    • @waynosdaboss
      @waynosdaboss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      you never noticed the discs looked a bit different and were cdr's ?

    • @lmcgregoruk
      @lmcgregoruk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      @@waynosdaboss Maybe he printed labels for them. Still you would wonder why the disc wasn't black on the bottom.

    • @Fuckethead
      @Fuckethead 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      Yeah my dad did this although he told me and my brother what it was - we used to go to rental shops and rent out like 10 games to copy at a time

    • @cessposter
      @cessposter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      Coolest dad ever

    • @tobiaspauli
      @tobiaspauli 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      damn thats smart

  • @gensteps923
    @gensteps923 3 ปีที่แล้ว +589

    27 years later, and Tony Hawk's pro skater is still making waves. Tony and his game series is legendary.

    • @omnirhythm
      @omnirhythm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      He caught so much shade for being a sellout back then. 27 years later the guy is still humble, and still a great skater. And what used to be shunned as being a sellout is now lauded as being an entrepeneur (celebs selling water, perfumes, having fashion lines with their name..). What a weird turn of events :D

    • @damarfadlan9251
      @damarfadlan9251 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@omnirhythm2023 still is.

    • @omnirhythm
      @omnirhythm 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      so say we all :D Also what's up with youtube pushing these @s at the end? Eh whatever :D @@damarfadlan9251

    • @liamconverse8950
      @liamconverse8950 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Maybe they just picked this game because it was one of the best selling game for the system, I'm sure there were other games that had a similar save system, but if it was a really rare game it would be harder to do the trick with a real copy.

  • @AstralStriderZ
    @AstralStriderZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +326

    Tony Hawk: I'm about to do what's called a "Pro Skater Move"...

    • @TheDeadKingsRaven
      @TheDeadKingsRaven 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Here I am, doing everything I can…

    • @singletona082
      @singletona082 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Take your upvote and get out.

    • @breaktrace
      @breaktrace ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@singletona082 reddit moment

    • @awii.neocities
      @awii.neocities ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@singletona082 wait this isn't reddit

    • @RingOffRosie
      @RingOffRosie ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@TheDeadKingsRaven Holding on to what I am

  • @JCORR76
    @JCORR76 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    5:50 That text in Spanish is hilarious LOL It's some of the jokes that a humorist called "Chiquito de la Calzada" (he's dead btw) used to say on his shows haha! Whoever made this exploit, is a fan of him for sure XD

  • @MyCatTookOverMyChannel
    @MyCatTookOverMyChannel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1695

    Not only is tony hawk the world's greatest skateboarder he's also low-key the world's greatest softmodder
    Edit: MVG you owe me a dollar per like 🤣

    • @circa2008
      @circa2008 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Tony Hawk has never been close to the worlds greatest skateboarder, but I get what youre saying.

    • @just-fun-stuff6753
      @just-fun-stuff6753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@circa2008 Who's better ? Rodney Mullen ?

    • @justsomeguywithkaminasshad7145
      @justsomeguywithkaminasshad7145 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Probably a Nyjah Huston fan. Ignore em.

    • @Terkinstein
      @Terkinstein 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @Johnny Silverhand do you not understand that soft mod means software mod?

    • @MartinezFTW98
      @MartinezFTW98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @Johnny Silverhand what you're referring too is not soft modding. Soft-modding involves modifying software, disc tray sensors are hardware.

  • @christianguzman8228
    @christianguzman8228 3 ปีที่แล้ว +215

    "Experience in soldering"
    Buddy, this was my first experience in soldering.

    • @markm0000
      @markm0000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      “3 years experience required.” Gets the job with zero experience.

    • @SlackersIndustry
      @SlackersIndustry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      mine too i destroyed mine ops XD

    • @mainecrab
      @mainecrab 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The PS2 chip was fun 22 wires lol

  • @thecommenter578
    @thecommenter578 3 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    "Mistakes were made: How a PS1 game defeated the PS1 security"

    • @GumSkyloard
      @GumSkyloard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Ollie'ing our way into the console's security!

    • @lulkLogan
      @lulkLogan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      27 years later. I think Sony would be happy if that's how long it took all their systems to get software exploits.

    • @ADADIZZLE
      @ADADIZZLE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lulkLogan look up ps-x-change had one as a kid

    • @renanmonteiro316
      @renanmonteiro316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@lulkLogan At this rate Microsoft is obv going to one-up them - it has been 16 years and still no soft-modding for the Xbox 360 can be done.
      Nothing except modifying saves, which still isn't necessarily soft-modding.

    • @waltercomunello121
      @waltercomunello121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      technically games don't "defeat" themselves but rather they have programming flaws that can be exploited.

  • @basic086
    @basic086 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Honestly your content is always spot on mate and quality is unreal! Subbed

  • @thegreekweezel
    @thegreekweezel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    I remember using the swap trick on the original SCPH-1001 and was in awe when it first worked. I got so good at it that I could determine 1x and 2x first by ear alone then by timing LOL. Those were pretty primitive days.

    • @Michael-Archonaeus
      @Michael-Archonaeus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah, that should never have worked lol

    • @Neodestro
      @Neodestro ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yep me too lol 😁

    • @monkeyman767
      @monkeyman767 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Me too! After a while I had it down nearly perfectly

    • @RozzWilliamsScholarsSociety
      @RozzWilliamsScholarsSociety 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      yep...you internet drek heads caused a lot of broken disc readers back than.

    • @messiahmozgus
      @messiahmozgus 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yup. Helped me doing the double swap trick on Saturn model 2 where you don't have a CD access light to assist your timing

  • @ralifoux
    @ralifoux 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I haven't owned a PS1 in years, but I still wanted to watch just to support - this is honestly great, reminds me of the old Splinter Cell xbox mod! :D

  • @RENZEENO
    @RENZEENO 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The pirate ps1 games were always sooooo exciting to look thru when I used to go to carboot sale markets as a kid.... Like a whole sweet shop full of adventures ahhhh man the feeling can't be replaced...

  • @robowenmikels
    @robowenmikels 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Nice! A use for the PS1 my brother just dropped off at my house. It was one of the models with the a/v outputs on the back, the 1st model I believe, so a little better than the other 5 I have sitting around. My ps2 is softmodded and I was just about to set it up, yesterday, so it's only fitting that this video was recommended to me lol.

  • @desastreger
    @desastreger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    Funny bit about Argentina is that apparently there wasn't a PSOne to be found without a modchip unless you went to the very big retailers (who gave up on selling it as everyone used the chipped ones).

    • @voltcorp
      @voltcorp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      same in Brazil. unchipped psx or ps2s are collector items with no real demand.

    • @4.0.4
      @4.0.4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I got all my games from a pirated games shop that sold them at a shopping mall of all places. And that's how I learnt English, so yay piracy.

    • @HuseynMemmedov
      @HuseynMemmedov 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Same in Azerbaijan. We used Russian pirated discs. Some of them even had Cracktro like Medal of Honor.

    • @adamadam6351
      @adamadam6351 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Wasn't as common for me but they were used enough here in Canada for me to notice as a young child. A local mall to me sold $100 mod chip installations and bootleg $5 games for years before they got busted. I was there when the police were closing their shop haha. That mall shop became a nail salon afterwards 😅🙁

    • @steelbear2063
      @steelbear2063 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same in Russia. Japanese didn't care to make games for us, back then they barely cared about Western Europe

  • @CarloxForever
    @CarloxForever 3 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    My inner kid is incredibly excited by this. Imagine having this back in the 90's.

    • @wcw209suck
      @wcw209suck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Have one in the 90, My brother know how to mod back in the day.

    • @ZuoKalp
      @ZuoKalp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      UNLIMITED POWAH

    • @RevCode
      @RevCode 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      For me it wouldn't have been that much of a difference, since my kind grand father soldered me a mod chip into my playstation. But I can imagine it beeing great for everyone who didn't have someone who could solder a chip in, or parents that wouldn't want to spend the money for a chip.

    • @user-yg4kj2mf1p
      @user-yg4kj2mf1p 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@RevCode This, I had a mod-chip installed by the local warez-shop before I even got the console on my hand. I just paid the dude the cost of a PSOne and his modchip work and told him I'll come to pick-up the finished console. I mean, what could I possibly do with an unmodded console and no genuine discs?

    • @RevCode
      @RevCode 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@user-yg4kj2mf1p Ah, I remember seeing such offerings for I believe the original XBox in a bigger city near me, that they modded it in some way. (I never owned own, my step brother did tho.. was fun whenever he left it to me for a few days. I believe he got his in about 2003 or so, which means I was about 13 years old and by then my parents were not as willing to give me money for another console, I had to work for that myself from 14 onwards :D )

  • @spladam3845
    @spladam3845 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really cool that this has finally come around. Leaving comment just to boost your channel engagement for the algorithm, you deserve it.

  • @NesrocksGamingVideos
    @NesrocksGamingVideos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The way you handle the cd sent chills down my spine.

  • @ultimateman55
    @ultimateman55 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    For anyone with a Playstation with an I/O port on the back, getting a Gameshark and softmodding it provides a much simpler and smoother experience for playing backup games. If you have that option, you should go the Gameshark route over this method. For anyone whose Playstation does not have an I/O port, this is is a gamechanger.

    • @chriswalls5648
      @chriswalls5648 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I knew I played backups on my ps1 but I wasn't sure of the memory. All I remembered was spoofing the console into thinking the door was closed. And then your post reminded me of the device in the back.

    • @Moved2Rumble
      @Moved2Rumble 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You don't even need the I/O port, just the Gameshark CD and you can do this. Also "Mistakes were made" in this video as the Gameshark method works on the ps1 slim. As shown in a video on TH-cam. It also does NOT work on ALL models of the PS1, such as NTSC-U PlayStation 1 SCPH-1000 consoles (BIOS predates the introduction of the CD unlock command).

    • @KeithPhillips
      @KeithPhillips 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Literally a "game changer" 🤣

    • @temporaryscars
      @temporaryscars 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Did you not watch this video?

    • @chuyuen441
      @chuyuen441 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@temporaryscars shut up

  • @MrMario2011
    @MrMario2011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +523

    Incredible to finally see this come to fruition.

    • @speedy2263
      @speedy2263 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      welp, didn't expect you here

    • @freerunner658
      @freerunner658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@speedy2263 Really? because he comments on just about every video like this

    • @GoTeamScotch
      @GoTeamScotch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The author just needed to fill his special trick meter with a sick grind for the past 20 years in order to get the exploit to work.

    • @speedy2263
      @speedy2263 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@freerunner658 seriously? I've seen him on 2 or 3 videos like this. Maybe I'm just blind lol

    • @andresmithe298
      @andresmithe298 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@speedy2263 He comments on a ton of his videos soon after publishing, if we're being honest it's likely for the free shoutout he gets.
      EDIT: I'm particularly cynical and negative despite not being familiar with his content. Please read his response to my comment and don't take my original comment as more than a grain of salt.
      Verified channel + audience crossover + early inoffensive comment = close to top comment.
      Close to top comment + audience crossover = channel growth and engagement.
      I doubt it's a lot but it's enough for him to keep coming back for that sweet, sweet cross-audience exposure. I sure as heck wouldn't know who he is unless he did this.
      Or maybe I'm being cynical and he's a giant fan... I do find it hard to believe he isn't doing it at least partly for engagement.

  • @mcbeardface
    @mcbeardface 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    MVG you always have top quality content. Loved the gameboy game dev video and looking forward to seeing more of them.

  • @hhectorlector
    @hhectorlector 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thanks for keeping the steady content up! Really enjoyed this one.

  • @gqfrisk5727
    @gqfrisk5727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    This is a true gamer moment

    • @refundreplay
      @refundreplay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I didn't hear any special words...

  • @sirlimen333
    @sirlimen333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +556

    It’s sad that there’s people who want to stop these kinds of projects , just because they think having a rom makes you a criminal.

    • @robertwarf3316
      @robertwarf3316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      It's cool and good actually

    • @spideybra
      @spideybra 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      And yet the bigger the piracy of ps1 games, the bigger the value of the original well preserved games.

    • @Spyderist
      @Spyderist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +178

      @Stay EZ My Friends most of these games arent even being sold anymore

    • @tylerdean980
      @tylerdean980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      @Stay EZ My Friends these games came out over 2 decades ago. None of the people that made these games are still making any money off most of them. It’s a victimless crime, like drugs.

    • @jamesduncan5493
      @jamesduncan5493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      But you probably think it's ok for them to sell us games we already own though huh?

  • @kimvonklvsgrd
    @kimvonklvsgrd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Nice, cool to see that things are still happening on the PS1 front when it comes to backup solutions.
    Back in the day, I used the Action Replay on a regular PS1 with the slot on the backside to do this.
    Just put in a regular game, boot the console and just listen to the laser, when it stops working you can open the lid and remove the original game. Then insert a backup/import, and use the Action Replay menu to start it up. Worked like a charm

    • @DoubleMonoLR
      @DoubleMonoLR 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's in the video.

  • @MegasXLR
    @MegasXLR 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am fascinated by your content and am binge watching lots of your videos the past week :)

  • @demonhighwayman9403
    @demonhighwayman9403 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    27 years since PS1 !! I feel so old now, thanks man.

  • @chinodigitalbath
    @chinodigitalbath 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Great to see that the community still keeps on investigating and "enhancing" these old consoles, reminds me of the Sega Saturn hack...Took decades to get copies running on it. Thanks for this great upload... Loving your channel! Greetings from Germany.

    • @tescobinliner
      @tescobinliner 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      unrelated, but it's cool seeing a deftones fan here haha

  • @TheLukesterGaming
    @TheLukesterGaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Woah that's quite an impressive achievement there indeed, and incredible to have something like this happen 27 years later!🤯👍👏

    • @googleuser4720
      @googleuser4720 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      As if this was never tried before? I knew this ages ago and I have PS1 backup games I could play since I knew in 2005

    • @antitorpiliko
      @antitorpiliko 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@googleuser4720Tony hawk games truly are some of the best lol

    • @phlhoran12396
      @phlhoran12396 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​​@@googleuser4720 Hooray, I'll shine up your medal real nice! Rude ass.

  • @SameytheHedgie
    @SameytheHedgie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks to this video I heard about the Memory Card Pro! Its exactly what i've been looking around for these past few years! :)

  • @lrussell887
    @lrussell887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    The Vintage Modern Gamer strikes again.

  • @dbilbie
    @dbilbie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Fantastic game too. He recently did his last 540 move whilst in his fifties! Little did we all he know that he’d pull one last blinder for us retro gamers years later! Cheers Tony.

  • @BoyProdigyX
    @BoyProdigyX 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    I mentioned this earlier, but I had a disc version of Action Replay for the PSX (fat) that is suspiciously reminiscent of this. I used it around 1996 or 97. I didn't use it for loading burned games, but for breaking the region lock so I could play imported games from Japan. It came with a spring that would always hold down the disc tray button even when opened. You would boot up the Action Replay disc, you could write stuff to the memory card, then when you were ready, you'd select the game you wanted to play and its settings (like translations and cheats), it would tell you when to swap the disc, and then it would load the import, bypassing the initial PS boot screen. I played Tobal 2 and DBZ: Ultimate Battle 22 this way! I wonder if it's similar in how it works, cuz it sure sounds like it.

    • @navi6463
      @navi6463 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Mom bought some kind of bootleg disc at a swapmeet that had that same spring mechanism you mention. You would boot that disc up, it would load to a “change disc” screen, and you could swap and boot up pretty much anything after. It was probably an action replay but it didn’t have a case or manuals or anything

    • @brodude3709
      @brodude3709 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      wow, it allowed it to translate the game, I never heard of that. So the action replay would change the text on the games from Japanese to English?

    • @majorg6065
      @majorg6065 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@brodude3709I can’t confirm but definitely possible, action replay has the ability to modify the games code

    • @FPV_LAB
      @FPV_LAB 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So many kids sold the chips for $75 then rented games and sold them for $5 a pop. Proaction replay was amazing.

    • @ForbiddenLinks
      @ForbiddenLinks 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I did this too so I could play a jp version of DBGT FINAL BOUT back in 2001 😂

  • @Xenodyne
    @Xenodyne 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I had one of those little devices that plugged into the back (plus the spring technique), which I mostly used for playing imported games but had a few copied games that would work. having a CD burner back in those days was a marvel

  • @Yamigata
    @Yamigata 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Some time before the PS2 released, I picked up something called PS X-Change. You had to put a spring in the console lid, and from there it would boot the PS X-Change disc to a certain point, then stop and tell you on the screen that it was ready. I think it was intended for playing imports but it worked on burned discs too.

    • @IanNewYashaTheFinalAct
      @IanNewYashaTheFinalAct 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I use a PS X-Change, but the adhesive used for keeping my slim PSone door closed is wearing out :(

  • @RanFire
    @RanFire 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    27 years. I love the dedication

  • @mariotaz
    @mariotaz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Finally! Been waiting for this for nearly 3 decades!

  • @RoXolid
    @RoXolid 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very cool man, hope you're doing well. Looking forward to running into you again at the next Convention!

  • @HayBombYT
    @HayBombYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I just found my PlayStation and PS One yesterday and for today being my birthday, this is awesome!

    • @aKuBiKu
      @aKuBiKu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Happy Birthday

    • @kenrickeason
      @kenrickeason 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Happy Birthday 🎉🎈

  • @chasesmay7237
    @chasesmay7237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Nice, this kind of progress is awesome no matter when it arrives. I found my action replay for the ps1 in my garage the other day, it was covered in rust lol. With the prices of some ps1 games being what they are, I’m glad this exists.

    • @springchickena1
      @springchickena1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      time travel tell kid me what anime is so i can be rich as a 20 y/o

  • @alonezlciel
    @alonezlciel 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always wondering and amaze how people found these exploit. Salute!!

  • @shinrafahell
    @shinrafahell 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The beautiful of this, you don't need to change anything in your original hardware and play your backup copies of your favorite games, it is amazing.

  • @madman407708
    @madman407708 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    And I needed something to do today, thanks for the idea!

  • @tyguy101a
    @tyguy101a 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    That explains why my store sold out of ps1s this week. We hadn’t sold one in months!

    • @khabib29-0goat3
      @khabib29-0goat3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      wait you still sell ps1? where your store located? in my country no ps1 left available especially if youre looking for one in good conditions

  • @A_Saboteur
    @A_Saboteur ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember doing something similar as a kid with an old 'Xploder pocket powerstation cheat cd back in the day (from a playstation magazine I had). It would do the regular boot process into their cheat menu, and while holding the case spring down (taping it) during this process, you could then easily swap the disc then close it. and simply without loading any cheats, just press start and you could load any backup CD you had.

  • @RichardWebster85
    @RichardWebster85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Picked up a memory card off eBay for £8 plus postage, with a PAL Crash 3 save. Worked a treat. Tested booting into another legit disc first to make sure the process worked. Burned a couple of games onto cheap discs (max speed) and they worked as well. Very impressed. Also using a PS One.

  • @aarongreenfield9038
    @aarongreenfield9038 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    The value and sales of those games just went up 1000%.

    • @prakharmishra3000
      @prakharmishra3000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same with the cubic ninja game lol

    • @watsonwrote
      @watsonwrote 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm curious who own a Playstation without Tony Hawk 2 or 3 though lol

    • @_raphatouille
      @_raphatouille 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@watsonwrote I do, never played them on PS1 but I do have a copy of THPS4 tho

    • @Isafell2001
      @Isafell2001 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@watsonwrote i only had THPS3 on ps2

    • @MistaCloudStrife
      @MistaCloudStrife 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I just stick a piece of paper on the PSone disc close detector and disc swap at the console load screen. Any official game works and I've played countless burned CDs back when I was a kid. This one is a cool alternative, but it's way too many steps and takes too long.

  • @CraneStyleNJ
    @CraneStyleNJ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Today I learned: PSOne has a completely different looking bios screen from the original PS1. Never seen that bios before.

  • @MatthewStout
    @MatthewStout 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Back around 2003, I had a Gameshark and a spring that held the lid button. Worked exactly the same.

  • @daleford9157
    @daleford9157 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved the music at the end!

  • @CameronVanNatta
    @CameronVanNatta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    I'm curious if Spyro 3's anti-piracy checks would catch this.

    • @lucario4483
      @lucario4483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Same here, but my guess (since I don't have ways to test/prove it) is that they will.
      One of the checks has to do with asking the CD drive to re-read the wobble groove at the current disc location. Here's where non-stealthy modchips are detected because these re-reads must not return the region string ("SCEx") required to authenticate the booting of a CD.
      So here I think it will obviously always pass since there's no modchip in the first place, unless it somehow detects the disabled authentication check of the CD drive.
      However, another check calculates a checksum of a part of the game's code, whose expected result is stored in the CD's subchannel. Here's where cracking attempts are detected (until this check also gets bypassed of course).
      So here I believe it depends on also having copied the subchannel data on the "backup" CD.
      If there are more check methods then I'm not completely sure, otherwise it boils down to how the game handles authentication disabling and if the subchannel is also copied.

    • @lucario4483
      @lucario4483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      TLDR: unless there are check methods that I don't know, my guess is that it boils down to how the game handles authentication disabling (on the CD drive) and if the CD's subchannel is also copied.

    • @johnsimon8457
      @johnsimon8457 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      When I had a modded Ps1, CD-Rs never worked as well as well as commercial discs. I suppose there’s a way to detect that, but there is always a risk of false alarms especially if the disc is dirty; calling your legit customers pirates is Bad.

    • @fake12396
      @fake12396 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      if it's an accurate rip, then i think they wouldn't. as far as i'm aware spyro has libcrypt + it's famous custom protection, but the protection only kicks in if the game is modified, so if you have a untouched good CCD or other accurate format dump and can burn it properly then you should be good.

    • @lucario4483
      @lucario4483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@fake12396 correct, that's the checksum part i was talking about (but didn't remembered such technique had a name).
      So if the burner or ripper ignores the subchannel (since in most applications is only used for error detection of its corresponding "sector"), then such check also happens to detect burned CDs even with a modchip installed on the console 🤯.
      This is most likely the cause of John Simon's issue.

  • @Jorgespfear
    @Jorgespfear 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    At morning: ugh, it's monday, still have the whole week until weekend :(
    After MVG video: what a great monday :)

  • @oukitel7030
    @oukitel7030 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always a pleasure to listen to your explanation because without hacking knowledge we can understand the principle :) I have the feeling you need some rest you looked a bit attack by fatigue...

  • @TVRust
    @TVRust 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    luckily I have my ps1 slim in very good condition with the mod for backup copies and also the mini sony screen on it, but is good to know about this thanks for the information very appreciated.

  • @BowserZeki
    @BowserZeki 3 ปีที่แล้ว +346

    *INSTANT CLICK*

    • @DrKrFfXx000000000000
      @DrKrFfXx000000000000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Too slow. This one was a preemptive click.

    • @remasteredretropcgames3312
      @remasteredretropcgames3312 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      *Laughs in rainbow six OG raytraced*

    • @batorerdyniev9805
      @batorerdyniev9805 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      H

    • @remasteredretropcgames3312
      @remasteredretropcgames3312 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gigapixels upscaler can interpolate color as it perceives the 8 bit color im guessing as noise. Taking just a screenshot and processing that cleans it up a lot honestly. We need stuff like this in real time as a tool. Im not talking debanding nonsense but a legit reconstruction tech specific for stuff thats so ancient its the only way to get the textures to resolve with any sort of grace. I have no love for the warpy wobbly software bs of PS1.

    • @goldog1971
      @goldog1971 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@remasteredretropcgames3312 le le

  • @XeCuTioNR
    @XeCuTioNR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As I done with some testing, both with PS1 and PS2 Fats (not sure about slims and super slims), boots well. Just some issues with games not loading, or not catching the System.cnf file correctly. Excited to see more updates and fixes down the road.

  • @zakforradio2421
    @zakforradio2421 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is gold, i remember swaping discs in my youth

  • @waynerowlinson6177
    @waynerowlinson6177 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This gives hope of having a softmod that does not require swapping disks at all in the future. I've installed mod chips in a few PS1's, and it was very straightforward. Yes, you're taking a chance of messing it up, but in my opinion the risk is pretty low.
    I remember installing a mod chip in my first PS2 - that was a bit more complex, and I was very happy when the softmod came out. I don't think I'd be willing to install a mod chip in someone else's PS2.

  • @tyisafk
    @tyisafk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I can definitely see this as an inexpensive way to play prototypes and unreleased games. Someone out there is probably really excited for this to play something like Magic Castle on their actual PS1 without having to invest in something like the PSIO or XStation. (Really good game by the way!!)

  • @nullcircuit
    @nullcircuit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I like the idea of using one game to run another, it's like a funny key.

    • @meetoo594
      @meetoo594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You could use the swap trick to load tony hawks3 from a burnt cdr. So one game runs another that runs another....

    • @GumSkyloard
      @GumSkyloard 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@meetoo594 Turtles all the way down.

    • @CJ9007
      @CJ9007 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I did the swap trick with 007 night fire on ps2 to run freemcboot, it had the same funny key feeling

    • @imanoldurango8213
      @imanoldurango8213 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CJ9007 everything Sony was made to be hacked

  • @ProfCixot
    @ProfCixot 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This knowledge and how it was represented earned my sub 🔥🔥🔥🔥🚒🔥🔥

  • @5Backwoods
    @5Backwoods 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Been watching on and off for years. Love your content brodie

  • @LadBooboo
    @LadBooboo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Cool to see homebrew devs still working on such an old console

  • @D.J._S
    @D.J._S 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I still have my original Playstation that I modded sometime in the late 90's. Still works great, and it was easy to do. It was the first time I ever soldered anything too. I think the mod chip cost me $3.00. Good times.

    • @abc-ni9uw
      @abc-ni9uw 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You bloody liar
      You were born in 2002 lol

  • @Brodorsport
    @Brodorsport 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This has made my day Thankyou 🙌

  • @fgregerfeaxcwfeffece
    @fgregerfeaxcwfeffece 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Springs from a ballpoint pen have the ideal size to bypass the tray switch in the original ps1.
    Just attach the spring to the plastic thing that's supposed to push the switch when closed.

    • @Mageman17
      @Mageman17 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My cousin did this. We literally never had to close the lid as we changed discs. Although I feel that his console was already modded as all their game discs were pirated (I could mention how they looked like, but it's easier to just say that they don't look like genuine PS1 discs) and that we switch between Japanese and USA games with no problem.

  • @hiddentape2911
    @hiddentape2911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Another reason to love Tony Hawk...

  • @geemandem
    @geemandem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    PSone was the one, i genuinely loved that little thing.

  • @mixinginthebox
    @mixinginthebox 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh this is great,I remember back then using ​​PSX X Change boot disk.. Thank you.

  • @lahmyaj
    @lahmyaj 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another great video from MVG 👍🏻

  • @andi
    @andi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This soft mod works so elegantly, I love how simple it was to get into backup games.

  • @masonp1314
    @masonp1314 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    The funny part is how the older consoles were harder to soft mod than the newer ones..

    • @magfal
      @magfal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Thinner software stack, less use of seldom updated commonly used third party libraries with known vulns.
      Also less persistent state of the os means getting an untethered exploit is less likely.

    • @KaitouKaiju
      @KaitouKaiju 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Nah, really didn't need to softmod back then when a spring did the trick just fine

    • @Ebani
      @Ebani 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not really as newer ones are basically pcs while older ones used their own technologies which is why it takes a lot more reverse-engineering.

    • @danielanju960
      @danielanju960 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not really, i mean xbone is still pretty hard to mod isn't it?

    • @CorneliusTalmadge
      @CorneliusTalmadge 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@danielanju960 that's because of the hypervisor. Microsoft invested tons into virtualization and protecting the windows OS for the home and corporate markets and were able to easily utilize that same research for the Xbox.

  • @ArpeggioPegasusMusic
    @ArpeggioPegasusMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gotta love that MVG is a metalhead. The song at the end is dope.

  • @astupidmonkeyygaming544
    @astupidmonkeyygaming544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    When I saw Final Fantasy Tactics, I knew you were a man of CULTURE.

  • @joshbundy2501
    @joshbundy2501 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    When I was a kid, I learned that I could keep the original PS1 lid button pressed down with tape, use a code breaker disc to load up no cheats (just to boot a legit disc), insert a backup disc and then hit play and it would launch the backup. No muss, no fuss. Took less than 20 seconds to get into your backup disc.

  • @SlyCooperReloadCoded
    @SlyCooperReloadCoded 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I got around to testing this out. It worked perfectly.

  • @AECX99
    @AECX99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Method used for Twilight hack is still in use for Twilight Princess randomizer btw :) we use it to load a REL file from the Memcard which then contains the randomizer program

  • @inanestereo
    @inanestereo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Tony finally 900'd into the hacker-zone.

  • @regenjo
    @regenjo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Only a matter of time before Sony fixes this with a firmware update.

    • @rgm4646
      @rgm4646 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      yeah, im sure Sony will send out 'required 'serial port firmware upgrade sticks. This week :)

    • @mk-yg7op
      @mk-yg7op 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Seeing the upvotes on your comment, I'm so thankful that there are still people around who understand sarkasm.

    • @rgm4646
      @rgm4646 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mk-yg7op yeah I got what you were saying and thought it was funny lol

    • @RandomGuy-om1vy
      @RandomGuy-om1vy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mk-yg7op this is not reddit

    • @jonandbonnie1
      @jonandbonnie1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Omg ........

  • @SleepinInsomniac
    @SleepinInsomniac 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I still have my originally modding ps1 and ps2 from back in the day, along with original mem cards with game saves on both ps1 and ps2

  • @EAESPN
    @EAESPN 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    its nice to see this knowing I can play backups in in a PSOne model, but for me I have had an "gold finger" device for years as well as using the ps2 MCboot to play back ups on the PS2 and emulation and with the rise of black cds due to them being more of a novelty is the main reason I stick to emulation that, and most of my backups have gone the way side due to space issues and only the OG games I have left, but that being said the PS1 will always have a place in me heart and I will definitely try this on my own PS1

  • @TheDeadmandillon
    @TheDeadmandillon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice outro song MVG! 👌

  • @HoRnEyDvL
    @HoRnEyDvL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Awesome hopefully some more exploits are discovered for other consoles and devices.

  • @lamarcox1778
    @lamarcox1778 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Been waiting alot of years for this . Didn't wanna spend on swap magic and mod chips. Finding an ps1 now going be hard part

  • @leem4017
    @leem4017 ปีที่แล้ว

    Swap Magic I used back in the day, happy memories :)

  • @lactobacillusprime
    @lactobacillusprime 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Now this is quite something - a proper softmod for the PSOne. I'd never expected that to become a reality.

    • @Neodestro
      @Neodestro ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i hope to see sega saturn softmod

  • @QruisS
    @QruisS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    So basically this is just a safer cd swap method. Nice.

    • @watsonwrote
      @watsonwrote 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah it's a shame they can't modify the firmware to load homebrew like the Wii and 3DS. I don't know how common it is to be able to softmod like that though (I've only done those + Gamecube)

    • @ronald4life1
      @ronald4life1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ya which makes me wonder how well it works with multiple disc games.

  • @afiliaassela
    @afiliaassela 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice Stuff to see, I am one of the lucky guys though to have a PSX that loads backup games without any modifications~

  • @MrBasspunished1227
    @MrBasspunished1227 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used the ps-x-change and still have it.
    It was a disc that came with a spring and a sticker.
    The purpose of the string or sticker was to hold the button down that said the lid would close.
    Then you insert the psxchange disc, boot it up, and then swap out your disc and pressed start. The disc would stop spinning as well.

  • @andrewdunbar828
    @andrewdunbar828 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    How the hell did they find / figure out the secret CD commands? I'd love to see a video on how that was done.

    • @rerewewrwrwrw
      @rerewewrwrwrw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      This!

    • @olegshkurenko-0448
      @olegshkurenko-0448 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Im guessing chip decapping

    • @olegshkurenko-0448
      @olegshkurenko-0448 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or some easier way to leak the detailed design for the cd reader

    • @bionicgeekgrrl
      @bionicgeekgrrl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Some very clever people. They either sniffed the signals or decompile and reverse engineering of the security chips I guess

    • @slamscaper128
      @slamscaper128 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Reverse engineering. Lots of memory dumps and analyzing assembly.

  • @king0elizabeth
    @king0elizabeth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The outro music took me by surprise.

    • @MrBigGStyle
      @MrBigGStyle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      all of his music is fire! 10/10

    • @kenrickeason
      @kenrickeason 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MrBigGStyle Sure is! Intro music 🎶 is fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @ATthemusician
    @ATthemusician 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    im glad I found my ps3 memory card adapter literally a week before this came out, gonna download that to my memory cards now!

  • @9279chomp
    @9279chomp 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It amazes me that this can be done just over a simple buffer overflow. Unreal

  • @WigWoo1
    @WigWoo1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So how do you get the hacked save on your memory card without a modded PS1?

    • @szczepa_n
      @szczepa_n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      PS2 with freemcboot

    • @doigt6590
      @doigt6590 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      watch the video

    • @DemiGodX
      @DemiGodX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’ve modded a PlayStation underground demo disc that bundles the save files if you’re interested. It’s on my TH-cam channel. U jus need a way to get the disc running on a Ps1. I use the classic swap method

    • @ShiningWingPony
      @ShiningWingPony 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also, If you have the USB Memory Card Adapter they made for the PS3, you can use that with a PC to put the save on there, but that seems kinda uncommon to find these days

    • @MStrickkk
      @MStrickkk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you pay attention to the video he told you how.

  • @friedgpu
    @friedgpu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I love how the community says """"BACKUP GAMES"""""

    • @Ephicx
      @Ephicx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      to be fair, i personally prefer having all my games on one cartridge for example for n64. i own dozens of copies of my games, i'd be lying if i said i didnt have copies of games i dont own too though.
      if you have a scratched up disc from year 2000 that you cant play on, at least you can feel like it really just is a backup since you do own the original disc, even if it doesnt work.

    • @BackPalSA
      @BackPalSA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They absolutely have to do this. For one thing, saying anything else would be an instant assumption of encouraging piracy, and easily provable beyond a reasonable doubt (Or rather, a reasonable person could easily believe that to be the case) in court. Being fair use is very important for this sort of thing, so saying 'Allows you to play pirated PS1 games!' is a really negative connotation, and could harm the community and the programmers who come up with this stuff.

    • @jonathanjenson5000
      @jonathanjenson5000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Not to contradict, but the percentage of people playing (real) backups is not as small as you might think.

    • @AlexxxPerales
      @AlexxxPerales 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thee paid TH-camrs have to do it. But when you're me and no one gives a sbit about you, you can say the truth. Yeah i STEAL games. Straight up PIRACY! what anyone gunna do about it? Lol

    • @jmtrad1906
      @jmtrad1906 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's the truth

  • @marcellobulgarelli379
    @marcellobulgarelli379 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great stuff and video too 😄
    ...a question, does this method works only for backup cd or even with original NTSC/UC and NTSC/J cd ??
    Thank you 👍

  • @maxpowers1085
    @maxpowers1085 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks man! Video helped a lot

  • @MMTrapsYT
    @MMTrapsYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    27 years, I’m going to be over 50 for the ps5 soft hack rip

    • @maxakabeast
      @maxakabeast 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      maybe nobody will care about that, ps1 was the jump in gaming history