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azuriteOkay, so yay for getting my PS2; nay for not being able to play the Persona 2: Eternal Punishment CD that ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pockyken sent me. Hey Kenny, were those CDs made for PS2/PSXs that are modded, or only for emulation on a computer? I suppose if someone would enlighten me on PS2/PSX emulation, I could work with that; I do have the PSX-controller plug in for my computer, but I don't know anything about emulators or loading games off discs/downloads for anything other than SNES/Super Famicom.
Ignore all of the above. I just tried booting the game CD into my ePSXe emulator, and it didn't even read. I looked at the CD in the DVD and CD-RW drives of my computer, and nothing showed up on the CD. It's either a faulty CD or it won't read in the computer because it's formatted for a PSX/PS2... o_O?
I think maybe I'll try and bid on some legit versions on eBay; see where that gets me. Sorry, Kenny! (max bid on a $6 set = $25! Bidding ends in 1 day; think I'll win?)
Really, the only things I wanted to be able to play (aside from legit PSX/PS2 games) are:
* CD-Rs of PSX games (Dance Dance Revolution 3rd Mix, 5th Mix, and Persona 2: Eternal Punishment)
* Import Games (Karaoke Revolution: Anime Mix, Para Para Paradise 2nd Mix, FFX-2 International/Last Mission, whatever else I can think of)
I don't have nor wish to buy/get any burned PS2 games (DVD-Rs), which Dave told me wouldn't boot well on my V10 anyway, because there's a risk of scratching up the lens... which would require a replacement of the whole system.
I googled around looking for stuff about the BootManager; apparently when the Firmware was installed, so was the BootManager. I know Dave supposedly made some modifications to the open-source coding of the Firmware, to allow it to support burns/backups/silvers/whatever, but I don't have his Firmware disk anymore... and he never updates his webpage or checks his email. If I don't get an email from him tomorrow, I'll call him up again and ask him how I access the bootmanager. I can supposedly burn the bootmanager CD on my own and "reinstall" (?) the firmware, which would work fine... but I don't think I can install JUST the bootmanager on its own. The site that it's supposed to be from, bootmanager.cc, is down. :(
On top of that, the firmware unpacks itself using makeit.bat. I ran it as instructed in the readme.txt file, but it said there was an error, and "any key" shut down the terminal window. So I don't know if the files it was unpacking are fully unpacked, corrupt, or what. I don't want to do anything to further screw up my PS2... and as I'm finding out, it's pretty much a done deal at this point; you can't undo hardware fixes. I always find out things too late/after the fact. Mike from anime club was saying it was much easier (and cheaper!?) to just get a PS2 hard drive and use HDAdvanced to boot any burned/backup software from the hard drive itself, instead of from CD. ;_;
...Help?
Coming Soon
Drabbles/Ficlets (especially for you,mklutz!)
FFX-2 goodness... ^_^v
pockyken sent me. Hey Kenny, were those CDs made for PS2/PSXs that are modded, or only for emulation on a computer? I suppose if someone would enlighten me on PS2/PSX emulation, I could work with that; I do have the PSX-controller plug in for my computer, but I don't know anything about emulators or loading games off discs/downloads for anything other than SNES/Super Famicom.Ignore all of the above. I just tried booting the game CD into my ePSXe emulator, and it didn't even read. I looked at the CD in the DVD and CD-RW drives of my computer, and nothing showed up on the CD. It's either a faulty CD or it won't read in the computer because it's formatted for a PSX/PS2... o_O?
I think maybe I'll try and bid on some legit versions on eBay; see where that gets me. Sorry, Kenny! (max bid on a $6 set = $25! Bidding ends in 1 day; think I'll win?)
Really, the only things I wanted to be able to play (aside from legit PSX/PS2 games) are:
* CD-Rs of PSX games (Dance Dance Revolution 3rd Mix, 5th Mix, and Persona 2: Eternal Punishment)
* Import Games (Karaoke Revolution: Anime Mix, Para Para Paradise 2nd Mix, FFX-2 International/Last Mission, whatever else I can think of)
I don't have nor wish to buy/get any burned PS2 games (DVD-Rs), which Dave told me wouldn't boot well on my V10 anyway, because there's a risk of scratching up the lens... which would require a replacement of the whole system.
I googled around looking for stuff about the BootManager; apparently when the Firmware was installed, so was the BootManager. I know Dave supposedly made some modifications to the open-source coding of the Firmware, to allow it to support burns/backups/silvers/whatever, but I don't have his Firmware disk anymore... and he never updates his webpage or checks his email. If I don't get an email from him tomorrow, I'll call him up again and ask him how I access the bootmanager. I can supposedly burn the bootmanager CD on my own and "reinstall" (?) the firmware, which would work fine... but I don't think I can install JUST the bootmanager on its own. The site that it's supposed to be from, bootmanager.cc, is down. :(
On top of that, the firmware unpacks itself using makeit.bat. I ran it as instructed in the readme.txt file, but it said there was an error, and "any key" shut down the terminal window. So I don't know if the files it was unpacking are fully unpacked, corrupt, or what. I don't want to do anything to further screw up my PS2... and as I'm finding out, it's pretty much a done deal at this point; you can't undo hardware fixes. I always find out things too late/after the fact. Mike from anime club was saying it was much easier (and cheaper!?) to just get a PS2 hard drive and use HDAdvanced to boot any burned/backup software from the hard drive itself, instead of from CD. ;_;
...Help?
Coming Soon
Drabbles/Ficlets (especially for you,
mklutz!)FFX-2 goodness... ^_^v
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Date: 2005-10-08 09:29 am (UTC)you'll msot likely win the game ^^. The game isn't as high in demand as for say... Suikoden 2 ^^;;
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Date: 2005-10-08 07:56 pm (UTC)After I go to Best Buy today and pick up a new controller (my other ones are pretty sucky, and there's only so much you can do with a DDR pad), then I'll call Dave up and ask him what's what.
If he DIDN'T install the bootmanager, I'll have to ask him for an over-the-phone how-to, because the bootmanager I downloaded supposedly either a) didn't work because of some error or b) can't be installed separately, from the package I got. And I'm pretty sure I need the bootmanager to run imports and burns... ;_;
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Date: 2005-10-08 01:10 pm (UTC)