Christopher Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 From engadget:Another step forward in the race to crack open the PSP: ps2nfo.com user Paradox worked out how to get a dump from a UMD disc, and has released the ISO files for several PSP games (Wipeout: Pure US, Ridge Racers Japanese, and Vampire Chronicles: The Chaos Tower Japanese). Also of note, UMD discs use the standard ISO9669 format, so the released ISOs can be burned to regular CDs or DVDs. Know that the games are not yet playable in this format, but it’s a big step forward now that all the reverse engineers out there can get their hands on this stuff.Link: http://ps2nfo.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishiyoshi Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 This is brilliant news indeed. However, we will need either a UMD writer or some sort of emulator to test those .iso files. Nonetheless, great development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananatree Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 Sony wasn't just looking for a gimmick when they decided to use the UMDs in the PSP. Until the PSP can be hacked into playing the ISOs from the memory sticks, the ISOs will probably be left alone.Could that even work? The Memory sticks are 1 Gb max am I right? Split between 2 512mb drives, could 1 ISO be spread across the 2 and still function? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblin Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 not likely unless one takes apart the file logics of the game as im guessing that most games are coded to expect all files to be available and will crash badly if this is not the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted May 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 It'd probably be neat to play the games on a computer, i.e. emulation..maybe if you could port it to another device.It'd be funny if you could emulate PSP games on a DS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananatree Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 What fun that'd be for all eh Chris?Emulation would be really hard and would prove a lot of work for a hacker. I'm sure his wife and family won't mind the countless hours of coding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 It'd probably be neat to play the games on a computer, i.e. emulation..maybe if you could port it to another device.It'd be funny if you could emulate PSP games on a DS. ←geez why is everyone here such a nerd. lucky i'm cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvadragon Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 DS is crappy, y would u wanna emulate PSP on it newayz?i'm tech savy but lucky IANACN! (i.am.not.a.computer.nerd) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxigenicpoem Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 I wish they would have waiting, now this is only going to delay us using UMD in other ways... It is feesable to spread the ISO accross 2 sticks. Since it IS possible to execute binary code on the PSP, in essence someone could build a bridging app to make both mem slots combined. However, this becomes an expensive solution. You would have to constently upload your game to sticks, otherwise you would be better off just buying the UMD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breepee2 Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 The biggest stick is 2GB, a little bigger than the 1.8GB of the UMD, so it's possible. And the isos currently cracked are ~500MB.Very good that it's already cracked. Power to the people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxigenicpoem Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 The UMD being cracked already, makes me wish Sony would have been smart, and made Hi-MD the media choice for the PSP. At least then it could be an AFFORDABLE MP3 player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishiyoshi Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 It'd probably be neat to play the games on a computer, i.e. emulation..maybe if you could port it to another device.It'd be funny if you could emulate PSP games on a DS. ←Heh... you want emulation? How about a Gameboy emulator for PSP? According to this website, a PSP gamer from Japan has posted up a homebrew coded Gameboy Emulator for the PSP. Check it out! The biggest stick is 2GB, a little bigger than the 1.8GB of the UMD, so it's possible. And the isos currently cracked are ~500MB.←Aye... it's only matter of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishiyoshi Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 The UMD being cracked already, makes me wish Sony would have been smart, and made Hi-MD the media choice for the PSP. At least then it could be an AFFORDABLE MP3 player.←It would be most interesting indeed. In addition, had PSP adopt Hi-MD media, we would have seen a 2GB Hi-MD media since UMD disc has a 1.8GB capacity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblin Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 and the interest in breaking the drm on the hi-md would have spiked to hmm, strange that they dont have the emulator do a scale of the image... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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