Have you been backing up your games onto a PS2's HDD? Leave your tips below! Once everything was set it it is as simple as firing up the FTP on the PS2 and copying everything across. Any new games I get and backup can be added to the PS2 HDD quite easily now. It's just the initial set up that was difficult. Stay safe ❤
Let’s say if you have games on the ps2 hdd is there a way to take those games out for back? Like they already games in there and you want to transfer back to your pc
The PSX place and PS2 home forums actually have a pretty active userbase. PS2 game support is pretty great with freeMcBoot/OPL, but PS1 games are kinda poorly supported with that method. It's because popstarter is actually running the games in emulation. We need an optical drive emulator to replace the DVD drive assembly.
@@CMan-x7k from what I've tested pops isn't worth the hassle. It hardly runs any games at all. You're better off with a different PS1 system or running tonyhax to boot a PS1 backup disc on your PS2. I just started a new fan translation playthrough of FF VII this way. Works like a charm.
Can I just say, thank you for putting a circle and an arrow highlighting the hard drive in the thumbnail. I’d never have guessed where the hard drive in that picture was or even what the video was about if you hadn’t. So once again, thank you.
Once you get it setup, the loading times alone makes it worth it. I gave up on Popstarter to play PS1 games and just use emulation on the PC instead. It was fun and frustrating getting into the Homebrew PS2 arena.
POPStarter is fully compatible with, I'd say, about 70% of the entire PSOne library. I am currently compiling a complete compatibility list for all Japanese and U.S. NTSC titles and am about 50% of the way through. Some titles outright don't work, others require different combinations of the patch file fixes to be played and yet more can be fixed by applying fan-based bug fixes and mods to the ISO before conversion. Once the work is done I plan on publishing a complete list of everything that works, along with necessary patch configurations and a toolkit of fixes for every single game.
It's actually for the best that you went with the SATA hard drive instead of USB. The Ps2 was released years ago, and the USB inputs on it are only USB 1.0. Data transfer rates on USB 1.0 are ridiculously slow, so most Ps2 games won't work at all, and the ones that do will have major glitches and long loading times. Even Ps1 games have issues when played over USB 1.0. The Sata hard drive port is way faster than USB, so you're best off going with that.
Thanks for the video! You have the patience of a saint. I added a 128GB SSD to my fat PS2 last week, with a Free McBoot memory card, and got PS2 games backed up reasonably easily, and then I thought I could just drop a PS1 game on there & it would just work... and of course it didn't! After watching your video I'll just stick to PS2 games for now... but I will get myself a bigger HD. Great to see that a non-SSD HD will be just as good, and that I won't need to go over 1TB.
How about installed games? They worked or someone doesn't start? And most importantly, is needed an original PlayStation HDD or can I use a GameStar one?
Brilliantly proctored. Don't know that going into the PS1 would really be much help as I've only just a few disc in that platform, but the PS2 is an entirely different story as they are some of my favorite titles of all time anyways. Thanks for being a mate with this. Most helpful.
Wow, I'm so glad you walked us through this process. I'm wanting to do this exact thing for my PS2 and install both PS1 and PS2 games as back-ups. Do you think you could do a step-by-step guide on how to do this? I would greatly appreciate it.
This has been my week! I had done this before with an IDE drive that's now dying, so I decided to upgrade to SATA with a much largfer 500GB drive. I'm currently staring at a 395GB folder of PS2 ISOs, I have the network adapter and SATA drive here, I'm just waiting for the Free McBoot memory card and SATA to USB 3.0 adapter to arrive now. Thankfully, I won't have the PopStation faff as I have... "other solutions" for my PS1 games. Nice to see another British gamer on TH-cam. I often find the gaming space is oversaturated with US versions of games and US games history - even just seeing uniform white PS2 spines and chunky PS1 cases is a refreshing change!
Ooof yeah that doesn't sound like a nice prospect, transferring all your ISOs across. That's gonna take a while! What made ya opt for the SATA to USB option instead of IDE to SATA? One reason I steered away from that was the lower transfer rate of the USB1.1 ports, but admittedly I never tried loading any games from it so maybe it's not actually a problem? Completely agree, we need more game-playing British TH-camrs! It's one reason why I decided to start a channel. Our (supposedly fancy accented) voices need to be heard!
@@TheMultiGenGamer it's been a long time since I've had a way to connect the IDE drive to my PC, and some PAL games are still limited to 50Hz, so rather than ripping all of my discs, I "acquired" NTSC ISOs online for the most part.
Recently got a PS2 with a non-working DVD drive for 5.99. Took it apart, cleaned the lens, and it was reading discs. Chinese adapter from eBay, coupled with a 500GB pre-installed HDD of 300 titles (220 PS2 and 80 original PS1 games) for 50 notes, and I ended up with a pretty cheap retro solution. Throw in a tenner for SCART and memory card, and it is still a sweet deal.
about halfway through the video so far - couple corrections. You will absolutely see noticeable performance improvements with an SSD because they don't have seek time like a mechanical drive does. Maximum bandwidth is far from the only perceptible performance metric. Also, it's actually super easy to 'mod' a fat PS2 like this - you can download PS2 HDD management software that will set up any hard drive to boot to custom firmware, install Free HD Boot from a USB thumb drive and then your choice of ISO backup loader and it's off to the races. Aside from copying images to the drive (which can be done on the computer while you're preparing the HDD, over the network which is a bit of work, or directly on the PS2 from your legitimate retail discs but is slowish), the rest of the 'setup' process only takes a few minutes.
Your claim about the SSD is interesting. I'm open to exploring the use of an SSD but of course there's quite a price difference between those and a mechanical HDD. Do you know of any articles or videos to back up this claim that I can take a look at?
Backing up games using the PS2 itself in the manner that you did thrashes the laser, as it was never meant for sustained sequential reads of a game disc from start to finish. Additionally, as you've already mentioned, it can take some time to perform a backup. It is always recommended to hook your hard drive directly up to your PC, rip you game discs using a DVD ROM drive and directly backup to the drive that way. Saves on time and the wear on equipment.
That's a good point you raise about thrashing the laser. My main concern was whether the discs still worked properly on original hardware (luckily most of them did), but thankfully I don't have a huge library. In hindsight, yes using a PC to rip the discs instead saves wear on the PS2's already aged optical drive.
Deffo worth puting your games on an HDD. Myself personaly i have my ps2 library on an external usb HDD. No lag or stuttering when playing videos or anything. The menu with the artwork in OPL is just awesome to look at. Not to mention no need to buy empty DVDs and using the laser. Im more into my PS2 than any of my other consoles. Just the best games. One tip i would give to anyone doing usb HDD. Format you hdd with fat32 Formatter GUI. No other program like Minitool or any other would format the drive properly to even recognize it in the first place. After i did that, it was easy. Just copy paste ps2 isos into DVD folder and for the files bigger than 4gb i used ubsutil to split the game into smaller chunks directly onto the hdd. Used OPL manager to download artwork and thats it. Oh and another tip, try to make your game names as short as possible, otherwise usbutil will not complete it without errors.
bro should i get ps2 fat or slim? i rather want to play games from external hard drive instead of usb because i heard the game becomes slow and fps drops sometimes using "plug and play" method
@@anonymousbro1413 I got my setup on a slim, the one with external psu. Cant remember model number. Not glossy one. Made my own fmcb from freedvd boot. Then just slap games on an external hdd 500g. Memcard must be magicgate for freemcboot. It wont install on fake ones. Then i got my saves on a 128mb fake one.theres tutorials on youtube.
A thing I learned was that the 1 TB sata HD would not allow more than 256 images. So I have 256 PS2 isos on my PS2 and that took up about 800 gigs. I almost used the full 1 TB. But I’m not sure what caused the limitation of 256 isos/images. Maybe it was the program WinHiip. That’s the program I used to get them on the harddrive. Anyone else come across this limitation?
I have heard that if you get a larger hard drive you have to format it using a special program that basically partitions the hard drive so that it can be fully utilized. I don't know anything about it. I'm just using the HD Loader to back up games and run them so I don't have to swap discs as often.
Wow that lookedvlike a real headache but very commendable. I homebrewed my Wii which I found relatively easy. I don't have enough ps2 gammes to warrant it myself.
This is my exact experience haha. Just got the adapter so I could play PS2 games but then wanted my PS1 games on there too, could never get them to show up in OPL though unfortunately
@@dathotbox you want the opl daily builds. The ifcaro builds will not have the popstarter support. This is the latest version and works for me.www.ps2-home.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=3&p=46542#p46542 Then follow this. Find and download POPS.ELF & IOPRP252.IMG ; Create a directory named POPS in the __common partition of your PS2 HDD ; Paste POPS.ELF and IOPRP252.IMG into the “POPS” directory you’ve just created. Then prepare to your vcd(popstarter game files), follow this bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/quickstart-hdd The tutorials from Project Phoenix aren't great at explaining this.
read up on using HDLBATCH and PFS HDD Manager 😊 these two tools will make your life a lot easier however, I found POPSTARTER to be rather crap, and it's easier to get PS1 games running on a PS3, with better performance, less glitches, and significantly better compatibility rates
My biggest complaint with PSOne compatibility on PS3 is that the system does not deinterlace 480i mode, making games that use it look terrible on HDTVs. PSP is far less powerful hardware and yet still properly displays these games.
@@TAGMedia7 yeah... that's what prompted me to just bite the bullet and get a premodded PS1 console with PS1Digital and xStation forcing 480i games to be downscaled to 240p eliminates the interlaced artifacts :)
ps1 vcd games on opl working only under composite or component connection, if you have ps2hdmi adapter on modern tv , usually the screen will remain black.
The only advantage to SSD is, it’s quieter and uses less power which produces less heat. I just bought an original PS2 Final Fantasy XI IDE hard drive kit and used it. Small size, but zero problems. I also saved a lot of headaches by just using the list on HD loader. To heck with box art. BUT - it’s 2023 and I now just use my Steam Deck to emulate my PS2 games.
The. original way of doing this was with Hd advance disc and Swap magic with a slide key that let you open the front tray,I still have my full setup from 20 years ago :)
I've bought an IDE to 44 pins adapter combine with a 44 pins to SD adapter. Finally I got an SD extender to try and run it on top of the PS2. I haven't received all the parts yet but popping out the SD card in and out seem the easiest method for me.
What windows settings did you need to change to detect your ps2 through the widows file explore? I can find my ps2 through OPL and the pull the game list from my ps2 using the sever but, when trying to snyc my files over FTP the connect can never establish. Any help?
Heya! The Windows settings I changed were under the Windows Features bit of the Control Panel. You can get right to it by going to the Start menu and type "Windows Features". It's called "SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support". I ticked all of the sub-options there to allow SMB 1.0 support to communicate with the PS2. I hope that helps!! Btw I hear it automatically disables itself after a couple of weeks if it's not used again quickly because SMB 1.0 is unsecure (but since you're just connecting locally to your PS2, it should be safe), so don't be surprised if you have to enable this again in the future.
I got a Gamestar SATA adapter off Aliexpress a couple of years ago, and most games I tried to run stuttered every once in a while (not only at FMVs but at any point in the game). I'd advise you to get an Official adapter, and then buy a SATA kit, the Chinese bootleg adapters are just not worth the headaches.
FYI SMB 1.0 has major vulnerabilities and enabling that feature leaves your PC open to easy attacks from outside. Lol. If you enable it, disable it after you are done using it. I would recommend not using it at all.
Agreed probably should've been mentioned. Only enable it briefly when transferring files across. Luckily it's not a process that needs to be repeated often. Plus it disables itself after about a week anyway if ya forget.
Great video. Quick question - did you have any trouble using HDL to copy your originals to hard drive? I have a 2TB Seagate Barracuda installed and formatted with the relevant partitions. If I put in a disc and try and install it to HD using HDL, it just comes up with "Initialising installation, please wait..." and then simply locks up.
I started a process of backing up PS2 games on a HDD using a 3rd party adapter without network support (It can be found on Amazon, it lets you use SATA instead of IDE), so updating the HDD with new games is a bit of a hassle. Backing up my games proved to be worth it as I can install patched games with true 16:9 aspect ratio and use GSM to force a 1080p image out of most of my games. You video helped bring to light how to put PS1 games on the system as that's something I've been dreading, and I don't want to add another console to my setup when there should be no need to so thank you for including that section! Do you have a Twitter? I've love to show you some of the footage I capped using backed up PS2 games, I'm wanting to make a second channel for gaming and I'd love to chat with you if you had any tips.
Hey that's great! Glad to hear you're backing up your games too, and that the PS1 section was helpful. There's a link to my Twitter account in the description of the video.
Funnily enough, I needed to do this to get PS2 ISOs onto my Steam Deck. Pop the drive into a compatible USB drive caddy and use WinHiip to access the drive and extract the games.
Sensible, tech advise Most folks want to default to an SSD, forgetting that SSDs did not exist 20yrs ago when the PS2 came out. There is no tech from 20yrs ago that can provide SSD speeds. The advise to save money, and stick with HDD is the best when modding PS2. I'd say use those $50 saving and put it towards a good HDMI adapter. The PS2 can put out digital signals at 480p? 480i? So it's a good resolution for upscalers
I upgraded my fan and now while I wait for my sata adapter I will make the decision for ssd or hdd. I almost got the 2tb barricuda hdd but with prime day around the corner I'm going to opt for ssd. The reason being is for noise reduction and it will be at a discounted price. I am also waiting for my 37000 ps2 to come in from japan for a shell swap. To your point though I'm sure hdd is fine.
Dude, any kind of SATA HDD up to 2TB will work with the Sata adapter options? I am about to buy one, but I am afraid at the end the HDD turned not to be compatible like on the IDE HDD days
I think many SATA hard drives up to 2tb should work. I've added a link to the hard drive compatibility list to the video description which should help.
You can also install free mcboot to your hdd. It runs slower than when booting it off a memory card (although the speed difference is negligable) but its always useful to have a copy hard installed to the ps2 hard drive as the memory cards that free mcboot is usually sold on arent known for their reliability. I followed mr marios tutorial on this here youtube when modding my ps2 hes deffo one of my go to tutorial channels when it comes to modding most consoles. Theres also (in theory) a way to back up and play back movies from the ps2 hdd. But im buggered if i ever figured out how to do it. Which is a shame as i wanted a cheap little offline multimedia system for the kids bedrooms. I managed to get mp3 files running just fine from the usb port though so thats another option if you like your music. Every time i use the word "backup" im mentally air qouting lol. Oh also you can run emulators to a lesser degree on ps2. But its not very well supported and i could only manage to get old 8 bit systems running to what i consider an acceptable standard. Even megadrive suffered servere sound glitching although nes and master system for the most part were perfectly playable
Hey ! I always use HDLoader to back up the PS2 games on the PS2's HDD in order to be sure that the disk can be fully read. Since I only have a SATA HDD adapter with no network capability, from time to time I plug the PS2's HDD into my PC and use OPL Manager in order to download the missing ARTs, copy the files on a USB stick, put the HDD back into the PS2 and copy the ART folder to it : seems boring at first but I'm got used to it lol
@@TheMultiGenGamer I also feel like San Andreas might have been running a bit slower? Can’t say for sure as I haven’t played it on ps2 since it came out.
its different for me I guess. I have my games stored on my NAS and basically configured OPL to connect it through there, whoala, all works fine, much faster as well, you can even update the boxarts and everything while PS2 is off. so my parts list is: - a FMCB - a ps2 slim thats it.... all you have to do is hardwire that PS2 to your router and configure the OPL setting to connect to it. backing up the games was done on PC, ive done all the PS2 ISO backups for like less than a day for 80+ games. seriously, having a NAS for your game backups is heaven sent, PS3 with ps3netsrv, PS2 with samba share (aka windows file sharing), my retropi is connected to my NAS as well with its various 16bit roms. I just wish that Wii have backup loading via network as well.
I tend to just press the power button. If the game allows the PS2 to restart, it will do. In some cases, I have to press and hold the power button to turn it off.
If youndo use an SSD in a ps2, just know that the side by side comparisons show only a few seconds (2~5 seconds at most) even on extremely large/ data intensive games like GTA San Andreas.
FTP can get pretty complicated, would have been much easier to connect the hard drive diectly. from there you just use the OPL manager to rename the games and it builds the art files for you.
My Network adapter looks just like yours, totally different from the guide I had found online. It seems that most original Sony adapters have some extra circuitry at the back. I am wondering whether or not my model of adapter can use a HDD whilst retaining online features using the ethernet. There are some games I intend to run on the HDD and play on using fan servers. Can you confirm whether your Sony adapter can still use ethernet when running off of the hard drive?
My original ps2 broke last year which sucks but I was lucky to get a phat ps2 for 60 $ on Ebay last year and I have been enjoying my 1 Tb hd and I modded my ps2 memory card with free mcboot and I did it with Swap Magic via usb method anyway still enjoy it greatly
I found it easier to use img burn on pc to backup games. Using the PS2 to backup games causes alot of wear on the laser. I then used WinHIIp software to transfer them to hdd.
That's more or less what I'll be doing from here on out. I only did it on the PS2 itself to check the discs were still ok but, I agree, it only adds strain on the already ageing DVD drive.
I got a PS2 for £15 the other day. Had my network adapter and IDE hard drive lying around for years gathering dust, surprised it still worked when i connected it all up. Still one of the best gaming purchases i made ahaha Want to get the SATA adapter someday but the lack of an ethernet port on them is a bummer. I know you can do it yourself on an official one to keep the ethernet port but i dont trust myself with stuff like that lol Just would save me having to unplug it everytime i want new games on it, shame there's no way (that i know of) to install to an iso to internal hard drive from USB
While using a ssd instead of a mechanical hard drive doesn't get your games loaded any faster, an ssd doesn't produce the heat that a mechanical hard drive does. Also, it's so easy to take an ssd out of your ps2 and hook it up to a computer , {no installing the drive in your computer or using a powered adapter} and transfer your iso's or whatever using winhiip and OPL manager as well. Easy peasy. I've found that PS1 games being on the smallish side, play just as well from a usb with popstarter, etc. no need for all that faff.
i use SSD in my PS2. why ? Less Heat, No Noise, Less Voltage, & Ever so Slight Speed Increase (barely noticeable) also that fact i had one laying around.. lol
Yea. SMB is no longer defaulted on in Windows because it has a major security flaw. For that reason I don't use it myself. Also, FYI there is a 1.0 release of OPL on github now. It does lack popstarter support without adding it in yourself. Popstarter sucks though, so you're not really missing anything. Game compatibility is awful with that method for PS1 games.
I think people easily skip over an SSD's lower power consumption and the fact that SSD has no seek times. It's been tested on the original Xbox and it came up to be an improvement depending on the game. When reading single large files it will make no difference but when reading lots of small files that could be anywhere on a platter is when SSD will shine. That said It's not worth it because that small improvement is not very cost effective.
Yeaaaah the ps classic is a better way to play ps1 games. Got 2 ps2s here with IDE drives and the best advice I can give anyone looking to do this is this: get the newbie package and flash it directly onto the drive.
This is something I'm gonna be looking into sometime soon. My PS Classic is stock at the moment and I was curious as to how easy it'd be to flash new games onto it. Luckily I've already got all the PS1 game images so it shouldn't take very long, I'd imagine.
buddy you unnessarily complicated the entire process both in time and making it look more difficult actually its v simple only you need 3 things freemc boot memory card a hard disc and a ps2 sata network adaptor ..in fat ps2 .just format hdd in laptop using program winhip and even doing backup of your game discs no need copy your games iso one after the other even backing up can be done super fast copying in laptop in ps2 copying will obviously take long time
With mechanical drives having a higher fail than an SSD I would opt-in for an SSD rather than a mechanical HDD. But since you already did the conversation if the HDD does fail you can just put in another one... I'm just lazy and power-hungry even if I am bottle-necked :D...
I usually stream my games from my PC to my PS2 but games I play a lot I have installed on the HDD. Though I haven't used my PS2 since the PCSX2 and my hardware were good enough to emulate almost everything, though I need to find my video cable for my PS2 so I can hook it up to play some Guitar Hero. Also, doing this is not nearly as difficult as this youtuber makes it seem. But I've never tried to use PopStarter as I use my PC for playing PS1 games.
Seems like most of the Links it says we need are or have been Deleted... So again a Step-By-Step Video Guide on how to add PS1 games to the HDD would of been Nice, Otherwise I guess i'll just be sticking with PS2 games for now, Since can't find a Good Guide for PS1 games. Oh Well!
You Know you can buy the SSD upgrade cheaper then buy internal board. Amazon sells the HD/Network module.. cheaper,, and no tinkering the old module. 😝😝😝😝
using mcboot to backup and play all your ps2 games without disc's is so worth it. going thorough all those hoops to do the same with ps1 games is not so worth it lmfao 😂
@@TheMultiGenGamer lol yes I can still appreciate what you did here, I'm not talking crap at all. In fact I'm glad you showed all of this. Because it helps me know more what to do. I mean I love to Play ps1 still. But you can play almost any ps1 game these days in any way. From emulation, to ps1 classics in ps store. Or even just putting the physical disc in your ps3. They all work well, so I don't really see a need for this. But it's still cool to see how its done. So I decided to soft mod my ps2 with mcboot to only run pretty much every ps2 game I want from a hdd. And omg is it amazing since I have done it lol. I mean almost all games play mostly flawless with a few easy settings, right from a hdd or ssd. It's a crazy way to play ps2 these days for sure 👍
It would be Nice to Have a Step by Step Video on How to add PS1 Games to the HDD I can't find any Good Video's on TH-cam showing how to do this step by step for PS1 Games. A Step-By-Step Guide would be Nice. I got all my PS2 games Just need a Guide on PS1 Games. Aww!
I haven't checked in the last year or so but last I found, this method doesn't allow booting PS1 games. For some reason a PS1 emulator of sorts is needed and I am not currently aware of one that works well. I'd been hoping to get a big SATA SSD and keep all my games for PS2 and PS1 stored on it but since getting PS1 ISOs to play is not so simple I might end up just grabbing another 5501 model and modding it with that newish SD-card cd-rom replacement.
your cleaning your discs wrong. Which could be why they don't work anymore. Wipe only from the centre out in a straight line then rotate disc and wipe from centre out until you have been right round.. DON'T wipe in a circular pattern or around the disc. Do it gently while applying cleaning solution. Your trying to clean the disc and avoid putting scratches on the disc.
I agree with your approach (proper disc maintenance is very important), but the bit at 07:10 was recorded only as a visual aid to illustrate the story. That disc already wasn't reading properly 😄 Clean your discs properly, kids!
Genuinely curious, what's the easier method? Is it doing everything on a PC instead? I'm always on the lookout for alternative solutions. Edit: I suppose it would be, as I had to update the apps and debug the missing POPS partition on a PC anyway. We've proven the memory card solution works but it comes with its own set of problems.
@@TheMultiGenGamer Firstly, i want to apologize for the way i left my comment, it was in a very passive-aggressive manner and i shouldn't have done that... Basically you could've ripped half or third your games in one evening if you would've done it via the PC instead the console and once they're done you reconnect the ps2 HDD with the PC again and copy the .iso files to it. I personally think it's such a hassle to rip your games via the console, you said it took you like 2 or 3 evenings? Just way too much time
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Have you been backing up your games onto a PS2's HDD? Leave your tips below!
Once everything was set it it is as simple as firing up the FTP on the PS2 and copying everything across. Any new games I get and backup can be added to the PS2 HDD quite easily now. It's just the initial set up that was difficult.
Stay safe ❤
Hey man, looks like ps2-home is dead. Did you happen upon info anywhere else, guides, that you would suggest?
Great video by the way!!
If you want an SSD it will just be for less noise
Let’s say if you have games on the ps2 hdd is there a way to take those games out for back? Like they already games in there and you want to transfer back to your pc
@@DarkNeosX i dont think so unless you copy it to a USB. The ps2 HDD cant be read by windows as far as I can tell
I wish the PS2 had a dedicated community to make significant improvements. It's such a great system with such a horrible backup/homebrew experience.
The PSX place and PS2 home forums actually have a pretty active userbase. PS2 game support is pretty great with freeMcBoot/OPL, but PS1 games are kinda poorly supported with that method. It's because popstarter is actually running the games in emulation. We need an optical drive emulator to replace the DVD drive assembly.
@@middle_pickup What's worse is that in order to use pops you need two files that are copyrighted by Sony, and no one will link the files.
@@CMan-x7k from what I've tested pops isn't worth the hassle. It hardly runs any games at all. You're better off with a different PS1 system or running tonyhax to boot a PS1 backup disc on your PS2. I just started a new fan translation playthrough of FF VII this way. Works like a charm.
@@middle_pickup Tony Hax?
@@CMan-x7k it's a Playstation exploit. There are several TH-cam tutorials. Look it up.
Can I just say, thank you for putting a circle and an arrow highlighting the hard drive in the thumbnail. I’d never have guessed where the hard drive in that picture was or even what the video was about if you hadn’t. So once again, thank you.
Once you get it setup, the loading times alone makes it worth it. I gave up on Popstarter to play PS1 games and just use emulation on the PC instead. It was fun and frustrating getting into the Homebrew PS2 arena.
POPStarter is fully compatible with, I'd say, about 70% of the entire PSOne library. I am currently compiling a complete compatibility list for all Japanese and U.S. NTSC titles and am about 50% of the way through.
Some titles outright don't work, others require different combinations of the patch file fixes to be played and yet more can be fixed by applying fan-based bug fixes and mods to the ISO before conversion.
Once the work is done I plan on publishing a complete list of everything that works, along with necessary patch configurations and a toolkit of fixes for every single game.
@@TAGMedia7 Tomb Raider wasn't useable. Black Lara Croft. That's why I gave up on it.
for ps1 games I would say to get a used ps3 and install mutiman most games are able to be copied on there and ps1 games run natively on ps3
It's actually for the best that you went with the SATA hard drive instead of USB. The Ps2 was released years ago, and the USB inputs on it are only USB 1.0. Data transfer rates on USB 1.0 are ridiculously slow, so most Ps2 games won't work at all, and the ones that do will have major glitches and long loading times. Even Ps1 games have issues when played over USB 1.0. The Sata hard drive port is way faster than USB, so you're best off going with that.
Thanks for the video! You have the patience of a saint. I added a 128GB SSD to my fat PS2 last week, with a Free McBoot memory card, and got PS2 games backed up reasonably easily, and then I thought I could just drop a PS1 game on there & it would just work... and of course it didn't! After watching your video I'll just stick to PS2 games for now... but I will get myself a bigger HD. Great to see that a non-SSD HD will be just as good, and that I won't need to go over 1TB.
How about installed games? They worked or someone doesn't start? And most importantly, is needed an original PlayStation HDD or can I use a GameStar one?
Brilliantly proctored. Don't know that going into the PS1 would really be much help as I've only just a few disc in that platform, but the PS2 is an entirely different story as they are some of my favorite titles of all time anyways. Thanks for being a mate with this. Most helpful.
Am thinking of doing this with my PS1 and 2 games, appreciate you being honest about the effort involved 👍
Wow, I'm so glad you walked us through this process. I'm wanting to do this exact thing for my PS2 and install both PS1 and PS2 games as back-ups. Do you think you could do a step-by-step guide on how to do this? I would greatly appreciate it.
It's not that hard of u need help or have questions I can walk you through it I just setup my ps2 with an ssd and it was a breeze
I may do it one day, but after watching this I'll stick with the discs for now.
This has been my week! I had done this before with an IDE drive that's now dying, so I decided to upgrade to SATA with a much largfer 500GB drive. I'm currently staring at a 395GB folder of PS2 ISOs, I have the network adapter and SATA drive here, I'm just waiting for the Free McBoot memory card and SATA to USB 3.0 adapter to arrive now. Thankfully, I won't have the PopStation faff as I have... "other solutions" for my PS1 games.
Nice to see another British gamer on TH-cam. I often find the gaming space is oversaturated with US versions of games and US games history - even just seeing uniform white PS2 spines and chunky PS1 cases is a refreshing change!
Ooof yeah that doesn't sound like a nice prospect, transferring all your ISOs across. That's gonna take a while! What made ya opt for the SATA to USB option instead of IDE to SATA? One reason I steered away from that was the lower transfer rate of the USB1.1 ports, but admittedly I never tried loading any games from it so maybe it's not actually a problem?
Completely agree, we need more game-playing British TH-camrs! It's one reason why I decided to start a channel. Our (supposedly fancy accented) voices need to be heard!
@@TheMultiGenGamer it's been a long time since I've had a way to connect the IDE drive to my PC, and some PAL games are still limited to 50Hz, so rather than ripping all of my discs, I "acquired" NTSC ISOs online for the most part.
It wasn't the easiest system to mod but it was worth it. I just installed a 500GB hard drive so I have plenty of room for more.
Recently got a PS2 with a non-working DVD drive for 5.99. Took it apart, cleaned the lens, and it was reading discs. Chinese adapter from eBay, coupled with a 500GB pre-installed HDD of 300 titles (220 PS2 and 80 original PS1 games) for 50 notes, and I ended up with a pretty cheap retro solution. Throw in a tenner for SCART and memory card, and it is still a sweet deal.
Great video. I like how you work through the entire process in narrative form. It’s informative too. I immediately subscribed.
This is just what i needed to see, i was looking at adding a hdd to my ps2, but i will just stick with the memory cards opl method.......thanks. :-)
Dude, you put so much effort into your videos and get so little views back. All I can say is TH-cam algorithms suck! Keep up the good fight though!
about halfway through the video so far - couple corrections. You will absolutely see noticeable performance improvements with an SSD because they don't have seek time like a mechanical drive does. Maximum bandwidth is far from the only perceptible performance metric.
Also, it's actually super easy to 'mod' a fat PS2 like this - you can download PS2 HDD management software that will set up any hard drive to boot to custom firmware, install Free HD Boot from a USB thumb drive and then your choice of ISO backup loader and it's off to the races. Aside from copying images to the drive (which can be done on the computer while you're preparing the HDD, over the network which is a bit of work, or directly on the PS2 from your legitimate retail discs but is slowish), the rest of the 'setup' process only takes a few minutes.
Your claim about the SSD is interesting. I'm open to exploring the use of an SSD but of course there's quite a price difference between those and a mechanical HDD. Do you know of any articles or videos to back up this claim that I can take a look at?
Backing up games using the PS2 itself in the manner that you did thrashes the laser, as it was never meant for sustained sequential reads of a game disc from start to finish. Additionally, as you've already mentioned, it can take some time to perform a backup.
It is always recommended to hook your hard drive directly up to your PC, rip you game discs using a DVD ROM drive and directly backup to the drive that way. Saves on time and the wear on equipment.
That's a good point you raise about thrashing the laser. My main concern was whether the discs still worked properly on original hardware (luckily most of them did), but thankfully I don't have a huge library. In hindsight, yes using a PC to rip the discs instead saves wear on the PS2's already aged optical drive.
Nice, I'm using PS2 catalog on my NAS drive to load games over the ethernet. It is not perfect but works good enough.
Deffo worth puting your games on an HDD. Myself personaly i have my ps2 library on an external usb HDD. No lag or stuttering when playing videos or anything. The menu with the artwork in OPL is just awesome to look at. Not to mention no need to buy empty DVDs and using the laser. Im more into my PS2 than any of my other consoles. Just the best games.
One tip i would give to anyone doing usb HDD. Format you hdd with fat32 Formatter GUI. No other program like Minitool or any other would format the drive properly to even recognize it in the first place. After i did that, it was easy. Just copy paste ps2 isos into DVD folder and for the files bigger than 4gb i used ubsutil to split the game into smaller chunks directly onto the hdd. Used OPL manager to download artwork and thats it. Oh and another tip, try to make your game names as short as possible, otherwise usbutil will not complete it without errors.
bro should i get ps2 fat or slim? i rather want to play games from external hard drive instead of usb because i heard the game becomes slow and fps drops sometimes using "plug and play" method
@@anonymousbro1413 I got my setup on a slim, the one with external psu. Cant remember model number. Not glossy one. Made my own fmcb from freedvd boot. Then just slap games on an external hdd 500g. Memcard must be magicgate for freemcboot. It wont install on fake ones. Then i got my saves on a 128mb fake one.theres tutorials on youtube.
The pain that sometimes comes with preservation.
A thing I learned was that the 1 TB sata HD would not allow more than 256 images. So I have 256 PS2 isos on my PS2 and that took up about 800 gigs. I almost used the full 1 TB. But I’m not sure what caused the limitation of 256 isos/images. Maybe it was the program WinHiip. That’s the program I used to get them on the harddrive.
Anyone else come across this limitation?
Yes it's winhiip limiting to 255 or so games. Use hdlbatchinstaller instead, I have loaded 298 games from my 1tb hdd. Have fun!
I have heard that if you get a larger hard drive you have to format it using a special program that basically partitions the hard drive so that it can be fully utilized.
I don't know anything about it. I'm just using the HD Loader to back up games and run them so I don't have to swap discs as often.
Wow that lookedvlike a real headache but very commendable. I homebrewed my Wii which I found relatively easy. I don't have enough ps2 gammes to warrant it myself.
This is my exact experience haha. Just got the adapter so I could play PS2 games but then wanted my PS1 games on there too, could never get them to show up in OPL though unfortunately
New opl doesn't show them, but older versions of opl work on showing the ps1 games.
@@LiQuidFlav I've tried a few different versions of opl and had the same issue. Probably look into it again when I really want my PS2 setup properly
@@dathotbox you want the opl daily builds. The ifcaro builds will not have the popstarter support. This is the latest version and works for me.www.ps2-home.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=3&p=46542#p46542
Then follow this. Find and download POPS.ELF & IOPRP252.IMG ;
Create a directory named POPS in the __common partition of your PS2 HDD ;
Paste POPS.ELF and IOPRP252.IMG into the “POPS” directory you’ve just created.
Then prepare to your vcd(popstarter game files), follow this
bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/quickstart-hdd
The tutorials from Project Phoenix aren't great at explaining this.
@@robbystrange4772 sweet thanks for the link! Haven't even tried again for the last few months but will give this a go when I can
@@dathotbox np hope this helps you or whoever else in the future. Took me way to long to figure this out :)
read up on using HDLBATCH and PFS HDD Manager 😊
these two tools will make your life a lot easier
however, I found POPSTARTER to be rather crap, and it's easier to get PS1 games running on a PS3, with better performance, less glitches, and significantly better compatibility rates
My biggest complaint with PSOne compatibility on PS3 is that the system does not deinterlace 480i mode, making games that use it look terrible on HDTVs.
PSP is far less powerful hardware and yet still properly displays these games.
@@TAGMedia7 yeah... that's what prompted me to just bite the bullet and get a premodded PS1 console with PS1Digital and xStation
forcing 480i games to be downscaled to 240p eliminates the interlaced artifacts :)
I have questions i got the sat hd and installed but the ps2 doesnt recognized the hd
ps1 vcd games on opl working only under composite or component connection, if you have ps2hdmi adapter on modern tv , usually the screen will remain black.
😁 this is so much work to get this working makes me lazzy to even contune once i get started
The only advantage to SSD is, it’s quieter and uses less power which produces less heat. I just bought an original PS2 Final Fantasy XI IDE hard drive kit and used it. Small size, but zero problems. I also saved a lot of headaches by just using the list on HD loader. To heck with box art. BUT - it’s 2023 and I now just use my Steam Deck to emulate my PS2 games.
USB on ps2 is like 1.1 so even if it was annoying, you made the right choice lol
Nice video man! 👍🏻👍🏻
I bought HDD Adapter works with newer hard drives about 6 months ago I added 120 GB I got all my ps2 games installed on it
The. original way of doing this was with Hd advance disc and Swap magic with a slide key that let you open the front tray,I still have my full setup from 20 years ago :)
I've bought an IDE to 44 pins adapter combine with a 44 pins to SD adapter. Finally I got an SD extender to try and run it on top of the PS2.
I haven't received all the parts yet but popping out the SD card in and out seem the easiest method for me.
Is the cinematic scene slow or fast?
I just bought a seagate 2tb baricuda harddrive will this hard drive work??
What windows settings did you need to change to detect your ps2 through the widows file explore? I can find my ps2 through OPL and the pull the game list from my ps2 using the sever but, when trying to snyc my files over FTP the connect can never establish. Any help?
Heya! The Windows settings I changed were under the Windows Features bit of the Control Panel. You can get right to it by going to the Start menu and type "Windows Features". It's called "SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support". I ticked all of the sub-options there to allow SMB 1.0 support to communicate with the PS2. I hope that helps!! Btw I hear it automatically disables itself after a couple of weeks if it's not used again quickly because SMB 1.0 is unsecure (but since you're just connecting locally to your PS2, it should be safe), so don't be surprised if you have to enable this again in the future.
@@TheMultiGenGamer Thanks for the reply! I finally got my artwork setup for me games
I would've given up on this lol. This sound like it was an absolute pain!
Oh it was 😓 I'm glad it's done but I don't wanna do that again.
I have a 1 tb hdd and would like to install iso on it which program would you recommend for it.
I got a Gamestar SATA adapter off Aliexpress a couple of years ago, and most games I tried to run stuttered every once in a while (not only at FMVs but at any point in the game). I'd advise you to get an Official adapter, and then buy a SATA kit, the Chinese bootleg adapters are just not worth the headaches.
I second this.
FYI SMB 1.0 has major vulnerabilities and enabling that feature leaves your PC open to easy attacks from outside. Lol. If you enable it, disable it after you are done using it. I would recommend not using it at all.
Agreed probably should've been mentioned. Only enable it briefly when transferring files across. Luckily it's not a process that needs to be repeated often. Plus it disables itself after about a week anyway if ya forget.
What’s the model/serial number of the Seagate 1TB hard drive you used for your backups?
Seagate BarraCuda, ST1000DMZ10, from Amazon 👌
Great video. Quick question - did you have any trouble using HDL to copy your originals to hard drive? I have a 2TB Seagate Barracuda installed and formatted with the relevant partitions. If I put in a disc and try and install it to HD using HDL, it just comes up with "Initialising installation, please wait..." and then simply locks up.
Fraid to say I didn't have any issues other than reading a handful of discs (which I replaced in the video).
I started a process of backing up PS2 games on a HDD using a 3rd party adapter without network support (It can be found on Amazon, it lets you use SATA instead of IDE), so updating the HDD with new games is a bit of a hassle. Backing up my games proved to be worth it as I can install patched games with true 16:9 aspect ratio and use GSM to force a 1080p image out of most of my games. You video helped bring to light how to put PS1 games on the system as that's something I've been dreading, and I don't want to add another console to my setup when there should be no need to so thank you for including that section!
Do you have a Twitter? I've love to show you some of the footage I capped using backed up PS2 games, I'm wanting to make a second channel for gaming and I'd love to chat with you if you had any tips.
Hey that's great! Glad to hear you're backing up your games too, and that the PS1 section was helpful. There's a link to my Twitter account in the description of the video.
I'm trying to find a way to move my backup ISO collection from my PS2 hdd back to my computer.
Help?
Funnily enough, I needed to do this to get PS2 ISOs onto my Steam Deck. Pop the drive into a compatible USB drive caddy and use WinHiip to access the drive and extract the games.
Sensible, tech advise
Most folks want to default to an SSD, forgetting that SSDs did not exist 20yrs ago when the PS2 came out. There is no tech from 20yrs ago that can provide SSD speeds.
The advise to save money, and stick with HDD is the best when modding PS2. I'd say use those $50 saving and put it towards a good HDMI adapter. The PS2 can put out digital signals at 480p? 480i? So it's a good resolution for upscalers
I upgraded my fan and now while I wait for my sata adapter I will make the decision for ssd or hdd. I almost got the 2tb barricuda hdd but with prime day around the corner I'm going to opt for ssd. The reason being is for noise reduction and it will be at a discounted price. I am also waiting for my 37000 ps2 to come in from japan for a shell swap. To your point though I'm sure hdd is fine.
Dude, any kind of SATA HDD up to 2TB will work with the Sata adapter options? I am about to buy one, but I am afraid at the end the HDD turned not to be compatible like on the IDE HDD days
I think many SATA hard drives up to 2tb should work. I've added a link to the hard drive compatibility list to the video description which should help.
Can you use the optical drive with opl. Or use hd loader to add games to the opl list without a pc?
That's how I initially put the games on there. I used HDL to install the games.
You can also install free mcboot to your hdd. It runs slower than when booting it off a memory card (although the speed difference is negligable) but its always useful to have a copy hard installed to the ps2 hard drive as the memory cards that free mcboot is usually sold on arent known for their reliability. I followed mr marios tutorial on this here youtube when modding my ps2 hes deffo one of my go to tutorial channels when it comes to modding most consoles. Theres also (in theory) a way to back up and play back movies from the ps2 hdd. But im buggered if i ever figured out how to do it. Which is a shame as i wanted a cheap little offline multimedia system for the kids bedrooms. I managed to get mp3 files running just fine from the usb port though so thats another option if you like your music. Every time i use the word "backup" im mentally air qouting lol. Oh also you can run emulators to a lesser degree on ps2. But its not very well supported and i could only manage to get old 8 bit systems running to what i consider an acceptable standard. Even megadrive suffered servere sound glitching although nes and master system for the most part were perfectly playable
Omg
I want it to work but
It might just be better to buy the real stuff
Emulation is just not perfect
Hey ! I always use HDLoader to back up the PS2 games on the PS2's HDD in order to be sure that the disk can be fully read. Since I only have a SATA HDD adapter with no network capability, from time to time I plug the PS2's HDD into my PC and use OPL Manager in order to download the missing ARTs, copy the files on a USB stick, put the HDD back into the PS2 and copy the ART folder to it : seems boring at first but I'm got used to it lol
What is faster HDD or DVD ?
HDD is definitely faster, even taking the "not having to change discs" factor out of the equation.
I got mine set up recently. I played a bit of Devil may cry and the game crashed. Is this what I can look forward to?
I haven't encountered any crashes while playing games this way so far (touch wood). I wonder if there's a possible compatibility issue with DMC.
@@TheMultiGenGamer I also feel like San Andreas might have been running a bit slower? Can’t say for sure as I haven’t played it on ps2 since it came out.
its different for me I guess. I have my games stored on my NAS and basically configured OPL to connect it through there, whoala, all works fine, much faster as well, you can even update the boxarts and everything while PS2 is off.
so my parts list is:
- a FMCB
- a ps2 slim
thats it.... all you have to do is hardwire that PS2 to your router and configure the OPL setting to connect to it. backing up the games was done on PC, ive done all the PS2 ISO backups for like less than a day for 80+ games.
seriously, having a NAS for your game backups is heaven sent, PS3 with ps3netsrv, PS2 with samba share (aka windows file sharing), my retropi is connected to my NAS as well with its various 16bit roms. I just wish that Wii have backup loading via network as well.
How do you get back to the games menu from the game you're on
I tend to just press the power button. If the game allows the PS2 to restart, it will do. In some cases, I have to press and hold the power button to turn it off.
If youndo use an SSD in a ps2, just know that the side by side comparisons show only a few seconds (2~5 seconds at most) even on extremely large/ data intensive games like GTA San Andreas.
FTP can get pretty complicated, would have been much easier to connect the hard drive diectly. from there you just use the OPL manager to rename the games and it builds the art files for you.
My Network adapter looks just like yours, totally different from the guide I had found online. It seems that most original Sony adapters have some extra circuitry at the back. I am wondering whether or not my model of adapter can use a HDD whilst retaining online features using the ethernet.
There are some games I intend to run on the HDD and play on using fan servers. Can you confirm whether your Sony adapter can still use ethernet when running off of the hard drive?
I haven't tried any fan servers yet but the Ethernet works on the local network at least, so I would assume it'd be fine for online play too.
My original ps2 broke last year which sucks but I was lucky to get a phat ps2 for 60 $ on Ebay last year and I have been enjoying my 1 Tb hd and I modded my ps2 memory card with free mcboot and I did it with Swap Magic via usb method anyway still enjoy it greatly
I feel like disk corruption errors because of fat32 or whatever is a real issue.
lucky for me I had a 1 tb HDD drive already laying around collecting dust, so I didn't have to buy one
I found it easier to use img burn on pc to backup games. Using the PS2 to backup games causes alot of wear on the laser. I then used WinHIIp software to transfer them to hdd.
That's more or less what I'll be doing from here on out. I only did it on the PS2 itself to check the discs were still ok but, I agree, it only adds strain on the already ageing DVD drive.
I got a PS2 for £15 the other day. Had my network adapter and IDE hard drive lying around for years gathering dust, surprised it still worked when i connected it all up. Still one of the best gaming purchases i made ahaha
Want to get the SATA adapter someday but the lack of an ethernet port on them is a bummer. I know you can do it yourself on an official one to keep the ethernet port but i dont trust myself with stuff like that lol
Just would save me having to unplug it everytime i want new games on it, shame there's no way (that i know of) to install to an iso to internal hard drive from USB
They sell a sata adapter for the real network adapter for 12 dollars on eBay I just picked one up!
While using a ssd instead of a mechanical hard drive doesn't get your games loaded any faster, an ssd doesn't produce the heat that a mechanical hard drive does. Also, it's so easy to take an ssd out of your ps2 and hook it up to a computer , {no installing the drive in your computer or using a powered adapter} and transfer your iso's or whatever using winhiip and OPL manager as well. Easy peasy. I've found that PS1 games being on the smallish side, play just as well from a usb with popstarter, etc. no need for all that faff.
Can this make the graphics better ??
i use SSD in my PS2.
why ?
Less Heat, No Noise, Less Voltage, & Ever so Slight Speed Increase (barely noticeable) also that fact i had one laying around.. lol
No use letting it go to waste 😂 May as well use it.
Yea. SMB is no longer defaulted on in Windows because it has a major security flaw. For that reason I don't use it myself. Also, FYI there is a 1.0 release of OPL on github now. It does lack popstarter support without adding it in yourself. Popstarter sucks though, so you're not really missing anything. Game compatibility is awful with that method for PS1 games.
USB hard drive is VERY slow on the ps2, no matter how fast the hard drive you use you still tranfering it through usb 1.2 at best
I think people easily skip over an SSD's lower power consumption and the fact that SSD has no seek times. It's been tested on the original Xbox and it came up to be an improvement depending on the game. When reading single large files it will make no difference but when reading lots of small files that could be anywhere on a platter is when SSD will shine. That said It's not worth it because that small improvement is not very cost effective.
USB HDD works like crap internal HDD on a fat only way to go.
So do you just sell all of your discs now ?
Who said anything about selling them? 😁 I'm keeping hold of them, of course.
@@TheMultiGenGamer I figured they’d be of use no more. But I agree. Don’t sell any. 💯
Yeaaaah the ps classic is a better way to play ps1 games. Got 2 ps2s here with IDE drives and the best advice I can give anyone looking to do this is this: get the newbie package and flash it directly onto the drive.
This is something I'm gonna be looking into sometime soon. My PS Classic is stock at the moment and I was curious as to how easy it'd be to flash new games onto it. Luckily I've already got all the PS1 game images so it shouldn't take very long, I'd imagine.
buddy you unnessarily complicated the entire process both in time and making it look more difficult actually its v simple only you need 3 things freemc boot memory card a hard disc and a ps2 sata network adaptor ..in fat ps2 .just format hdd in laptop using program winhip and even doing backup of your game discs no need copy your games iso one after the other even backing up can be done super fast copying in laptop in ps2 copying will obviously take long time
good work thank you
Also some games need to run in an older version of opl in order to work
With mechanical drives having a higher fail than an SSD I would opt-in for an SSD rather than a mechanical HDD. But since you already did the conversation if the HDD does fail you can just put in another one... I'm just lazy and power-hungry even if I am bottle-necked :D...
I usually stream my games from my PC to my PS2 but games I play a lot I have installed on the HDD. Though I haven't used my PS2 since the PCSX2 and my hardware were good enough to emulate almost everything, though I need to find my video cable for my PS2 so I can hook it up to play some Guitar Hero.
Also, doing this is not nearly as difficult as this youtuber makes it seem. But I've never tried to use PopStarter as I use my PC for playing PS1 games.
Seems like most of the Links it says we need are or have been Deleted... So again a Step-By-Step Video Guide on how to add PS1 games to the HDD would of been Nice, Otherwise I guess i'll just be sticking with PS2 games for now, Since can't find a Good Guide for PS1 games. Oh Well!
Which links are you trying? All the links in the description are working at the moment 🤔
Ngl, I don't think I'd have the patience to do this with my PS2
Maybe I should just stick with my original disks, haha
goto recycling centers and take the hdd pata or sata
it's working in 2016, I'm do it that...
You Know you can buy the SSD upgrade cheaper then buy internal board. Amazon sells the HD/Network module.. cheaper,, and no tinkering the old module. 😝😝😝😝
ps2 net box is better to use
using mcboot to backup and play all your ps2 games without disc's is so worth it. going thorough all those hoops to do the same with ps1 games is not so worth it lmfao 😂
Agreed, it wasn't worth it. But it's done now, and I'm taking advantage of it haha
@@TheMultiGenGamer lol yes I can still appreciate what you did here, I'm not talking crap at all. In fact I'm glad you showed all of this. Because it helps me know more what to do. I mean I love to Play ps1 still. But you can play almost any ps1 game these days in any way. From emulation, to ps1 classics in ps store. Or even just putting the physical disc in your ps3. They all work well, so I don't really see a need for this. But it's still cool to see how its done. So I decided to soft mod my ps2 with mcboot to only run pretty much every ps2 game I want from a hdd. And omg is it amazing since I have done it lol. I mean almost all games play mostly flawless with a few easy settings, right from a hdd or ssd. It's a crazy way to play ps2 these days for sure 👍
It would be Nice to Have a Step by Step Video on How to add PS1 Games to the HDD I can't find any Good Video's on TH-cam showing how to do this step by step for PS1 Games. A Step-By-Step Guide would be Nice. I got all my PS2 games Just need a Guide on PS1 Games. Aww!
I haven't checked in the last year or so but last I found, this method doesn't allow booting PS1 games. For some reason a PS1 emulator of sorts is needed and I am not currently aware of one that works well. I'd been hoping to get a big SATA SSD and keep all my games for PS2 and PS1 stored on it but since getting PS1 ISOs to play is not so simple I might end up just grabbing another 5501 model and modding it with that newish SD-card cd-rom replacement.
your cleaning your discs wrong. Which could be why they don't work anymore. Wipe only from the centre out in a straight line then rotate disc and wipe from centre out until you have been right round.. DON'T wipe in a circular pattern or around the disc. Do it gently while applying cleaning solution. Your trying to clean the disc and avoid putting scratches on the disc.
I agree with your approach (proper disc maintenance is very important), but the bit at 07:10 was recorded only as a visual aid to illustrate the story. That disc already wasn't reading properly 😄
Clean your discs properly, kids!
When a disc is scratched cleaning it with some solution doesn't actually do anything to help. haha
@@middle_pickup nobody said anything about cleaning scratches
Or you can use pcsx2 to play ps2 games
you literally made it very hard for yourself by simply being too too lazy but hey, you do you.
Genuinely curious, what's the easier method? Is it doing everything on a PC instead? I'm always on the lookout for alternative solutions.
Edit: I suppose it would be, as I had to update the apps and debug the missing POPS partition on a PC anyway. We've proven the memory card solution works but it comes with its own set of problems.
@@TheMultiGenGamer Firstly, i want to apologize for the way i left my comment, it was in a very passive-aggressive manner and i shouldn't have done that... Basically you could've ripped half or third your games in one evening if you would've done it via the PC instead the console and once they're done you reconnect the ps2 HDD with the PC again and copy the .iso files to it. I personally think it's such a hassle to rip your games via the console, you said it took you like 2 or 3 evenings? Just way too much time
Please don't listen to the video. Use a SSD. It's way better. Lower temps. SSD are cheap. More reliable, you don't need that much space for games. Ect