[How To] Boot Games Off USB With PS2
[Update: 1/15/08] I have gotten Viewtiful Joe 2 to copy to my hard drive, and I was able to boot off the hard drive and play it on the PS2. Now my laser will live longer! All help will be given in the comments as usual.
[Update 2/13/08] Added link to SKS Apps. Without that site, this tutorial is nothing. 
Let’s face it, the PS2 laser is not God, and it will not last forever. However, there are ways to extend the life of it by not using the PS2 laser, but by playing your games off a hard drive. How? Let’s view the tutorial below. Note that I have not tested it yet, but it appears to work. It is on one of my Versatile1 to do list for 2008 and test new waters with my PS2. I found this tutorial at Afterdawn, but I am going to clean it up my way. Enjoy! 
What You need
Usb Xtreme: Link
Usb Advance: Link
Swap Magic - Use google to find it , or just go to www.estarland.com
An iPod with at least 5 gb for dvd games and 800 mb for cd games, or a USB hard drive (40 gigs or larger), but it can work with a smaller hard drive I would think..
First You want to download Usb Extreme and open the folder and and drag the file to your desktop and set it aside.
Then you want to Download Usb advance and burn the cue file with Nero or Alcohol 120% onto a CD.
FOR MP3 PLAYERS OR HARD DRIVES Grab your Mp3 player or disk drive and connect it to your computer. Click on My Computer and right click on the drive off your device, and click format and click the box quick format.
FOR IPODS open Itunes or Ipod updater which ever one you use and Click restore.
Open USBExtreme and go to the tab that says Disk Format and click format. Next select your drive and click OK. When done, you can close it.
When that is completed, put the cd you burned in your PC’s drive and open it from My Computer.
Right click on your mp3 player or iPod or hard drive icon and click open. Right click anywhere in that drive and make a new folder with the name “SWAPMAGIC” in all capitols without the quotes.
Drag all your files from your burned CD to that folder, and rename the .ELF file to SWAPMAGIC.ELF.
Installing games onto your device
Open USBExtreme and click on the tab games installer. Put your games in the drive and pick your drive. It is in media type (blue bottom cd, silver cd Dvd) and give it a name and install. The installation is lengthy so give it some time.
After its installed, put Swap Magic in your PS2 and plug your drive in. Turn on the hard drive, and it will take you to the Usb Advance Screen . Pick your game and then play!
If stuck, please post comments here and I will try to help you as soon as I can. Like I mentioned before as of 1/12/08, I have not tried this tutorial, but I will soon, so please be patient.
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Tips:
1) Make sure to make your USB hard drive partition a primary. I am not sure if it needs to be logical drive, but I made my drive a primary partition.
2) To transfer the game files from the PC to the USB hard drive in XP, do this:
Goto My Computer->Properties->Hardware->Device Manager->Disk Drives->(external one here)->Properties->Policies->Optimize for performance. Speed varies from from 1MBps to about 10-15MBps, which is damn fast. Also, do not forget to unplug the device the proper way (that is Unplug or eject hardware)
3) Use CD Swap Magic and boot off of it. Use that to boot the burnt CD of USBAdvance. If done correctly, you will be taken to the USBAdvance (or maybe its USBExtreme logo screen, I forget :P). Turn on your USB hard drive, and within a few seconds, you will see your game(s) show up on the screen. Highlight your desired game, press “X”, and within 7 seconds your game will load! Enjoy!
Visit SKS Apps here.
I’ll so be trying this tomorrow. I actually have everything required, who would have thought!
I’ll be testing with my 20 GB Creative Nomad Jukebox II (2) MP3 Player and fat PS2. Thanks Versatile!
where do u get da swap magic
do u need it for the usb thing
Mousty, you have to buy it. You can not download it.
When I extracted the usbadvance files to get teh .CUE nero8 made it into a image file will that make a difference? Also would you need to burn the .bin file as well?
You can use nero to burn the .bin file, the .cue file is just like a table of contents.
Read this and brush up on your cue/bin knowledge.
http://versatile1.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/what-is-an-mds-file/
One more quick question. have everything on my Smartdisk Firelight external harddrive and USBAdvance comes up like it should but after it loads up it says I still need to insert a USB device. Any idea of what might be wrong?
Other then that it looks like its gonna work great thanks alot man ^_^
No idea, like I said, I need to fiddle around with this some more myself, but don’t have any time at the moment.
How large is your hard drive?
The harddrive is 60 gigs. Tryed reformatting it and now usbadvance does not even load. Just gonna mess around with it later this week.
thanks again for your help ^ ^
Yea, I really don’t know. I can’t comment on it until I tried it, and hopefully I can get it to work.
For the meantime, http://forums.afterdawn.com/forum_view.cfm/113 for all your PS2 hardware booting knowledge needs.
hey, isn’t the playstation 2 usb 1.1
Yes, it is usb 1.1. That part sucks.
According to afterdawn since the fat ps2 is 1.1 the games lag. Think it said that they upgraded the usb ports on the slim version to 2.0
Frickin success!
I figured out how to make it work. I got a copy of my Viewtiful Joe 2 to run off my hard drive, and it works like a charm.
Because of Usb 1.1, the in-game video movies will be choppy, but the rest of the game is super smooth. If you can live with that, then all is well. I have the FAT PS2.
Tips which shall be put in tutorial later on:
I am not sure if this makes a difference, but install the games to a primary partition on your USB hard drive. If you want to improve your USB transfer speed from PC to USB hard drive, do this:
My Computer->Properties->Hardware->Device Manager->Disk Drives->(external one here)->Properties->Policies->Optimize for performance Speed ups from 1MBps to about 10-15MBps, but do not forget to unplug the device the proper way (that is Unplug or eject hardware)
w00t gonna try that when i get home from school today!!
I will lament though that game compatibility varies.
I don’t know which games will and won’t work, so don’t think the method is wrong because your game doesn’t work.
hmm Ill try a few more games so far none have worked or my usb drive just isnt compatibal. So far have tryed guilty gear accent core, in the groove, and gitaroo man.
Did you make sure that the partition you formatted is considered a primary partition on the USB hard drive?
You are getting to the menu selection screen, and you can see your games in the menu correct? If so, you are almost there, its just a matter of what games will work and which don’t.
USB extreme is cool, but it has alot of incompatibilities with alot of games,I recently just got Naruto Shippuden Narutimate Accel 2 and it wont read it. It sucks coz I dont think the people who develop USB extreme is ever gonna update the software. If you have a fat PS2, you are better off using HD Advanced.
Here is a site that shows the list of games that works with USB Extreme/Advanced http://www.elotrolado.net/hilo_Listado-de-compatibilidad-en-USBExtreme_744276?pagenumber=1
it is in spanish but you can pretty much understand what it says, Green means you can play it, Red means you cant and Orange has some issues.
BTW if you used to use HDLoader or HDadvanced, USBExtreme/Advanced wont read your HDD, like what the tutorial said youre gonna have to Formatt it still, which kinda sucks, coz I already had alot of games on my HD. Its too bad my PS2’s lens got messed up. So I have to live with USBExtreme since the CD loads everything fine.
I tried this a long time but never worked since I was and still I am a n00b.
I have this:
CD-R
Slim PS2
I have no !pod but I have a Philips GoGear, would that work?
Ok I have done this for fat PS2 and slim PS2.
As long as you got the swap magic files, it would work. If you can make your Philips GoGear act as an external hard drive, props man.
i have been trying this out and USBAdvance loads finds the games i installed on the Externial HDD. The problem i am having is when i pick the game is says “Please Wait Loading Game Title” and im still waiting for the game to load. The program seems to be not loading off the HDD. I have two lights on my Externial HDD the one is my power light Green and the other is Orange that light comes on when something is accessing the HDD. So when i pick the game the orange light never comes on like the USB Advance is not trying to get the info off the HDD. Does anyone have any ideas of what might be going wrong or something that i need to fix.
My Equipment
Modded PS2 Fat style
8GB Externial HDD & 8GB thumb Drive
USB Advance Global War Edition
USB Advance
Who didnt know this, you can do this with computer games as well, it’s freakin eazy!!!
Hi, just wanted to say thanks you Versatile1.
I also wanted to confirm to everyone that this method also works with the ulaunchelf menu, using the usbadvance.elf version found on sksapps.com
Simply load up ulaunchelf on your ps2 through whatever exploit technique/method you use and select the usbadvance.elf from either on the cd itself or from a usb like I did.
After that plug in your USB drive with the ps2 games on it and press “x” to play. I used a Kingston 1 GB Data Traveler and it works fine on my fat ps2. (for cd-based games anyway)
I just got one question. I tried using my 80 GB external harddrive that has two partitions on it, one with NTFS and the other with FAT32. UsbAdvance shows the FAT32 partition with the games on it, but when I press x to play, it loads, but nothing happens. I made sure the FAT32 partition is primary btw. Do you having two partitions on one drive matters? Thx in advance.
I really don’t know. If the primary is FAT32, then it should be good.
Care to try making it only one partition, a big FAT32 and verify what will happen?
First off, just wanna say Thanks Versatile1 for the ridiculously fast reply to my previous message.
Also, I did what you said and made one big FAT32 partition, made it primary and lo and behold, I finally managed to load a CD-based PS2 game.
You are definitely right. It’s about what games work and what games don’t.
However, I have another question. Did you install games on usbadvance that you actually bought or did you use a ps2 image from a downloaded game.
I ask because what I did was download a ps2 game, created a virtual drive and mounted the image. Then I used that virtual drive to install the game on my harddrive.
Also, you said that FAT32 partitions work. Does that mean we can’t load up games over 4 GB?
Thanks in advance.
Finally, to anyone that uses Datel’s action replay evo and max media player, you can load up usbadvance, by first loading up cdloader.elf and then swap disc with you burned usbadvance disc.
I have only tried it with FAT32 thus far. I am not sure if it will or will not work with NTFS drives. Do you want to try it out and verify it for me?
I have done it both ways. Tried it on games that I have burnt/own, and mounting virtual DVD images. Both methods work fine. All you are looking for is the game image onto the USB hard drive.
I have not tried games over 4GB. FAT32 has a filesize limitation so I suggest you try NTFS and see what would happen when you use games over 4GB. Actually, more I think about it, I think the USBAdvance only supports DVD5 games anyway?
Hey, Versatile1, again thanks for the ridiculously quick reply.
Anyways, when I tried used a NTFS drive like you said, UsbAdvance creates a message saying “Unrecognized or unsupported file system.”
Not only that, but I think when format your drive from USBextreme’s menu, it formats your harddrive back to FAT32. So yeah, I’m guessing only FAT32 works.
Also, I thought I’d post up a list of games that I have tried myself. (All NTSC games btw)
Crash Bandicoot: Wrath of Cortex –> Success
Kingdom Hearts: ——————-> Success
Tales of Legendia: —————-> Success
Megaman X7: ———————–> Success
Metal Slug Anthology: ————-> Success
Phantom Brave: (These three games all start-up with )
La Pucelle Tactics: (the “Now Loading” screen, but go )
Disgaea Hour of Darkness: (nowhere from there. )
Shinobi: (These three games are all unsuccessful for me.)
Shining Tears: (They show up on USBadvance, press x to load )
Crash Twinsanity: (but do not boot up/black screen. )
“PATIENCE” is the key word here. I gave each of these atleast 5-10 minutes loading time.
So yeah, if anyone could help by posting up their own list, it would be much appreciated
will this work with say a WD 120gb passport? u know the one thats usb bus powered? thanks in advance
Flameofrecca - Why reinvent the wheel, when the wheel is already invented? Check out this link and see all the games that are known to work with USBAdvance so far. http://www.elotrolado.net/hilo_Listado-de-compatibilidad-en-USBExtreme_744276?pagenumber=1
TqG: I don’t see why not. Just make it one partition using FAT32 and you are good to go. Oh wait, its only usb powered? I am not sure if the PS2 has enough power to power the device through USB alone. I’d recommend a USB device that has its own dedicated power supply.
Why not try it out for grins and giggles? Let me know if it works.
lol, sorry Versatile1
I didn’t realize there was already a list of compatible games made already. Sorry about that, but thanks for everything, anyway.
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Yo dude, Great work but quick question,
Is it ok if u put the Image directly on Your Flash Drive, Ma game is just 968.35 Mb and i am gonna put it on ma 1 gb flashdrive, so if it’s not ok to put on directly, can u plz Tell me how ya do it?
Thnx
Also, I have Fat ps2 and swap magic 3.6. So what shud i do? and how do i make ma flash drive work as a external drive?
plz Help me,
Thnx man.
Follow the tutorial, but instead of using an external usb hard drive, use a 1 gig flash drive.
It should work if you follow the steps correctly. Good luck!
Ok so all i gotta do is: Make folder name: SWAPMAGIC, den Rename the file to Swapmagic.elf right?
THTS It?
AVC - Did you even try the tutorial? Why ask a question in which you know the answer to already?
If that is what I wrote, then yes that is what you need to do. I tried this and verifies it works. If you want to question my actions, fine then so be it. I understand there are people who are overly cautious and paranoid.
Yo i cant git this to work with my ipod, every time i connect it, it wont show up on the USB advance screen. My ipod is at FAT 32 so plz can some1 help me
Hmm, how big is your hard drive?
Did the utility format your Ipod correctly? Ensure that windows can see your fat32 partition from your Ipod before you proceed.
its the ipod classic 80g model, i restored it with itunes and formated it with utility format and it still wont work. Windows does show that my ipod is FAT 32 so im not sure whats the problem. Though, it will start charging when USB Advance pops up but still it will only say “insert usb device”
I have never done it with a MP3 player device. I wonder if the PS2 does not give enough power and that is why it craps out?
Do you have an external hard drive to verify your method?
well i have a 2g flash drive i used (formated to fat 32) and that seems to work and i also tried my psp (with a 1g memory card i have nothing bigger than that0 seemed to work too. But yet my ipod doesnt. Btw if u have never done this with an mp3 why would u post the steps for it?
In all honestly, the iPod part was copied from another guy’s tutorial which I assumed would work. I thought I’d just throw it in the tutorial so that people such as yourselves could verify and perhaps determine why it would not work.
If you gotten your 2g flash drive to work, then it would seem to me you understand the process quite well. Why the iPod doesn’t work I really don’t know.
Oh wait, Google search has given me this new tidbit:
“As far as i know, iPod’s HD is from TOSHIBA, which is not supported by USBeXtreme. Therefore, using iPod with USBeXtreme is not possible.”
Here is another option: “Make sure that its in disk mode. You do this by holding Center and menu until the apple shows up then click center and play and it should turn black and white.” See if this works.
No luck
i tried disk mode and still doesnt work mabey an ipod really doesnt work on USB Advace. By any chance u know the link of the orginal tutorial?
I basically copied the original tutorial, and added my own flair to it. Trust me, his doesn’t say much on the iPod as well.
If it is true the iPod uses Toshiba hard drives, and that is not compatible with the program, oh well.
will hd advance work with memor32
I am not sure. Memor32 in itself is a memory card type exploit, so it allows you play backed up games?
I don’t use it, so I can’t comment how well it will work. I suggest you look into the Memor32 forum and ask your question there.
i was put the icmatrix “modbo 3.0″..
my optic is broken..
can i use usb enclosure to solve this..
but how it’s work..
thank in advance…
Next time write better please. If English is not your primary language, ok fine but c’mon!
If your laser is broken, forget it. You need the optic laser to run the boot up disc.
Followed your instructions and have it all up and running first time…a BIG thank you.
Checked the Spanish website for game compatability which brings me to a problem with the Fifa 2008 game where it says to change the DNAS. What is DNAS and how do I change it ?
If you are trying to play online, it will give you some kind of error related to your DNAS number.
I have never went online with any of my ps2 games, but I suggest you go here as a start if you are really keen on playing online.
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/291526
Thanks for prompt reply. I dont want to play online so I guess that is what DNAS refers to. I added game to the HDD but not working.
Thanks again for your comments.
Some games work, and some just don’t. This is just a fact of life when using the hard drive booting method.
Hey i have a question, i can’t get my flash drive to show up in usb extreme so i can format it. any suggestions
How large is your usb stick?
If you cannot see it in My Computer, then of course USB Extreme won’t see it.
The other alternative is do the format manually via dos prompt. Go to the usb extreme official website to learn how.
it is an 8gb flash drive and it does show up in my computer.
Thanks i’ll try that
So we need to completely clear “Format” a HardDrive and our USB Drive…?
I dont get this part: Installing games onto your device
Open USBExtreme and click on the tab games installer. Put your games in the drive and pick your drive. It is in media type (blue bottom cd, silver cd Dvd) and give it a name and install.
~~~What does that last sentence mean?? How is the game put into the USB extreme program so it can be installed into the hardrive which ever that is???
This site gives slightly different directions using a command prompt which i got lost in after typing in “ul_format X format” (x being harddive letter) cause the command prompt said its not a command. WHy is that?!?
I’m going to have to re-write this tutorial, because it is not as clean as it should be.
Going the command prompt way, it is easiest if you put the format program in the root of your C drive, navigate there, and then run your commands.
Any idea if this will work with PS1 games? I’ve read some other sites that say it won’t. Thanks..
I’m with the crowd on this one and I will say that PS1 games aren’t going to work with this tutorial.
Hey, what PS1 game do you love so much that you want to put on a hard drive?
Hi.
I’ve tried to boot a ELF-File from Swap Magic. I have created a directory “SWAPMAGIC” and renamed the ELF inside “SWAPMAGIC.ELF” but allways I boot from the SM Disc, SM crashes…
Any Solutions?
Ok, verify this for me. From the USB Advance archived folder, there will be an ELF file inside.
Make a folder on your portable hard drive called “SWAPMAGIC” and put the contents into that folder. Rename the ELF file to SWAPMAGIC.ELF I believe.
Now you put your swap magic disc into the PS2, and then after it boots it will automatically load the fake “SWAPMAGIC” ELF file in the SWAPMAGIC folder, and then you are good to go.
This tutorial I will have to re-do, as I feel it is sort of clumsy and I need more screenshots, maybe a video.
I was thinking about Final Fantasy VII. I had a friend who did something similar to this, but he was also able to play old Nintendo games and such. ANy idea what he might have done?
why does the cue file need to be burnt to a CD?
can’t it be copied or moved to to the (ipod, ext-hard drive, flash drive, ect..) after the the file is extracted?
How about you ask your friend and ask him what he did? I am not familiar with playing psx backed up games from a hard drive.
Top_fuel29 - Like I said, I’m going to reinvestigate this tutorial, as I sort of copied it from another user but I’m currently dissatisfied as to how it is setup. Technically, you don’t have to burn it to CD. Just mount it with daemon tools, or whatever virtual mount disc program you want to use, and you are good to go.
Whatever works will work as long as you get to the bottom line. Thanks for clarification.
Uh, I don’t suppose there’s a way to play movies off a hdd with a ps2?
never mind my previous post- saw the forums at afterdawn link.=) duh!
I never tried it. I have a divx player that does divx, plus I have an xbox that plays movie files.
I heard you can make your PS2 play movie files like divx, but I never personally tried because its not worth it.
A divx player at walmart is 40 bucks, cmon and get one.
hey versatile1, i kinda need some help with this one.. c i have a modded ps2 slim, and i did what the tutorial that you composed asked me to do as far as making hd loader and buringing it via nero. i placed the cd into my computer and burned the cue image file as an image using nero onto a blank cd. when i try and boot the cd it recognizes that it is a ps2 disk but goes to a black screen and then flashes, and brings me back to the ps2 disc load screen.. any thoughts???
Interesting, how is your Slim PS2 modded? Is it using a dedicated modchip?
Have you gotten other backed up games to work on this particular console? If so, how?
yea my slim is modded. im not sure what your talking about when you say dedicated mod chip but if that means internally, then yes; that was professionally istalled into it about a year ago. works well, but i have siblings that also have ps2 systems of their own and scrath the disks.and i can only get so may disks (i have gotten ps1 and 2 back ups as well to load as fast and even faster than the originals on this ps2; something that i couldnt do with my ps2 chubby)… so i have a couple of hard drives around and thought i could ptu them to good use.The mod chip is very high quality as it has the capasity to be put into sleep mode when not needed… i hope that answers your question but i would appreciate it if you could help me out with my situation. if you have any more questions i guess we could arrange some other typof communication more private and i would be more that happy and tryand help you get your slim moded as well… could you please explain in detail which files after extracted should be put into the blank cd so it boots hd loader… i will be using nero to do this so please help me out as i would very much appreciate it.
I myself and am now curious as I want this issue to get fixed. We have similiar fellows like yourself in the same situation, and I’m sure there is a way to make this work.
Now I have both a fat PS2 and a slim ps2 (slim ps2 for my bro), and we have it modded through swap magic, not an internal chip like yours.
However, all is not lost. Reason being I say that is I suspect your PS2 can read backed up games, and that being the case, I have an ISO file of HDLoader, which is another utility to load off hard drives, but I never have worked with it. Apparently, there are patches to make it work with slimline PS2, but I have never ventured into that territory.
The way I’ve done it is use Swap Magic, in conjunction with USB extreme to load games off the hard drive.
Since you do not have swap magic, I’m thinking if there is an ISO of USB extreme, and if so, could we use that with your mod chip and boot off of it as if it was retail disc? That I do not know. I found a torrent of the file, and in the process of getting it now.
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We’re going to have to take this offline, as it has gotten to the point of underground. E-mail me at yahoo address so we can dive into this further.
sounds great and i am sure itwill work as i usually convert my games into iso images and burn them with nero.. works lke a charm… only problem is that i dont know you email address. can you send it to me?!?
Find me at versatileninja [at] [yahoo.com]
alright i sent you an email… guess we can communicate from there.
Hi! It’s me again, hehe! kinda curious what you and Nimmitation came-up with as I have a modded ps2 also and wanna know if there’s a way to play ps2 iso game files off a usb hd?
…using USB Exteme that is. =)
He does not have swap magic, so he can’t use any hard drive programs that I know of, unless he wants to patch his HD Loader, which I don’t know how to use.
If you got swap magic, you can do it off hard drive with the slim, as I have done it before.
Oh, okay. Thanks! I guess i’ll just burn the isos to dvd and upload them to the hd with usb advance/extreme.
hey versitile, i got the iso of hd loader to boot no my slim ps2 but now i have another problem, i can’t get the ps2 to recognize my hard drive.. i duno if this helps but my external hard drive is rock mobile disk 160 gb… please letme know how to get the gamesd rnning on my slim ps2, thanks in advance
Noimmaitation - Check this out and read: http://www.hdloader.org/
3.8C is not compatible with slim. You are going to need to go the USBExtreme route I think, if it will work.
How did you get your ISO of HD Loader to work, btw?
to tell you the honest truth versitile1 , i have no idea what i did to make the iso work since i burned like 5 at a time using different methods then tried all of them out at the same time; all i know is that it orks.. i used nero to do this. By theway, would you havppen to have an iso file of usbextreme??
Download it here: http://www.geocities.com/versatileninja/Download/usbps2.zip
It is not true .ISO of usbextreme though, but there is an .ISO of USB Advance. Not sure if it is .ISO file meant for PC, or also meant for PS2.
Good luck, this was something I used off of torrents ages ago.
thanks, i’ll let you know if it works…
do i have to use swap magic because i live jamaica and i can’t get it anywhere
Now shipping world-wide, so no excuses: http://www.estarland.com/Playstation2.cat..product.17111.html
If you have fat ps2, get that. Otherwise, get the DVD/CD version bundle and make your own magic keys.
I know this works with swap magic, but if you want to buy the retail USB Advance then so be it.
i have gameshark2 v1.1,IMGburn and a slim ps2 and want to play my ps2 back up games.
I want to now if i can use gameshark2 v1.1 to boot up usb advance
and play games off my 1gb flash drive
I have no idea, I doubt it would work.
Why not just try it out yourself and report the results?
can i use img burn to burn usb advance to a cd-r
Yes of course, why couldn’t you?
i have two more thing to ask, can gameshark2 v1.1 play burn ps2 games, and can img burn the games?
1) Not sure, but read this:
To Burn PS2 Games With NO mods you need to have:
a computer with a cd burner
a blank cd-r (don’t use the re-recordable type a.k.a. cd-rw)
CDRWIN – The version in this guide is 3.8D
FireBurner –
PS2 patcher –
GameShark 2 for PS2 - the GameShark 2 is available at most stores that sell video games, a few examples would be Best Buy, Circuit City, or Target. You want version 1.0 of the GameShark 2. I have heard that all other versions work, but I have only tested version 1.0. GameShark2 costs about 29.95. Believe me, its worth it!!!
and a PS2 to play the games.
Burning the PS2
The process of burning ps2 games is easy. It is really only a 3 step process.(read the game, patch the game, and burn the game.)
1) insert game into cd drive.
2) Open up CDRWIN and click on the extract disk/tracks/sectors button.
3) Your settings should be as follows:
For “extract mode” select disk image/ cue sheet
For “read options” select “raw”
For “error recovery” select “abort”
For “jitter correction” select “auto”
For “subcode analysis” select “auto”
Data Speed and Audio Speed should be the same
For “read retry count” type 0
For “subcode threshold” type 300
Make sure you selected the drive that your PS2 game is in
Make sure you typed in the file name (just type the name of the game) and Check the directory that you’re putting your file in.
Then just press “start”
If you get an error in the middle of reading the disk that says something like “can’t read sections xxxx-xxxxx of disk”, it is becase the disk is scratched and CDRWIN can’t read it. Try to clean the disk, if that doesn’t work you just have to use a different game (a different copy of the same game)
4) Once CDRWIN is done, click ok and then exit CDRWIN. Open up the PS2 patcher, select the game file you just created and patch it (make sure you select the “RAW” option.
5) Close the PS2 patcher, next open up Fireburner. Click on the visual cue burner button. When you created your .bin file (the game file) in CDRWIN, a .cue file should have automaticly been created. In that case, drag and drop the .cue file into the Fireburner window. If the .cue file was not created, just drag and drop the .bin file into the Fireburner window. After you have done that, right click (click with the right side button on your mouse) on your file in the Fireburner window, and select “Burn/Test burn”.
6) In the options window that appears, select your cdwriter, select your write speed(doesn’t really matter), and make sure you select “Track at once (TOA) for the recording method. As for the options on the right side of the options window, make sure only the following are checked: “eject cd” and “close session”.
When you have selected the options, click ok and your PS2 game will burn. That’s all you have to do to burn a game.
Burning a Playstion (PSone) game
1) If you want, you can spend 5 minutes using the same method as above to burn your playstation game, but its not necessary. For a playstation game (not PS2) all you need to do is use a program that lets you make an “exact copy” or a “backup disk (CDRWIN)” You don’t need any selected options, you just need to start the game on the PS2 the same way you would a PS2 game.
Starting the game on your PS2
1) Now for the fun part (and challenging part the first couple of times) This may sound a little complicated at first, but after you do it 3 or 4 times, it’s super easy. First things first, you must remove the front of your game drive on your PS2(not a big deal, it can snap on and off).
2) Now insert your gameshark 2 cd(make sure the gameshark memory card is in one of the 2 slots, doesn’t matter which one.)
3) In the gameshark options, choose “start game”, then “without”. Your screen should read “Please insert game disk then press X to continue.”
4) Now this part can be trickey for beginners, so I will provide pictures
-the main purpose of this starting method is to open up the PS2 and swap the gameshark disk with your burned game without the PS2 knowing you did it. DO NOT press the eject button on the PS2!!!
-with the PS2 cd tray cover removed, you will be able to look in and see a while tab inside the PS2. With a credit card (or something like it) gently slide the white tab all the way over to the right, if you did it correctly, this should allow you to manually pull open the PS2 cd tray.
5) Next, take the gameshark disk out of the PS2 and put in your burned game.
6) Gently push the PS2 cd tray fully back into the PS2 (Don’t press the eject button).
7) Now you need to slide that white tab all the way back to the left (its origional position). To do this you get a strong papper clip(needs to be a strong one) stick it into the PS2 on the right side of the white tab and push the tab back to the left.
If you pushed the tab all the way back to the left and did every thing else right, you are ready to play your game. Just press X on your PS2 controler and watch as your burned game loads. ( It may load slower than an original game, depending on the cd-r you are using, I use Verbatim cd-r’s and have no problems.)
2) Yes.
I have the slim ps2.
That is good news to hear, but did you even read the steps above for your gameshark?
Please do what the instruction say, and let me know how well it works, as I have no need for gameshark.
I have slim and fat ps2, and I use swap magic for both consoles. It works great.
Can i use img burn instead of cdrwin and fireburner?
Yes, you can use img burn. WTF, don’t you read my other comments? I answered this two times already!
where do i download ps2 pather?
Is that even a real ps2 game?
Go to isohunt.com or torrentz.com
sorry, i spell the word wrong so how do fit a 1.22gb game on a cd-r thats 700mb
Unfortunately, you cannot. You have a DVD burner right?
i’have downloaded toxic dl patcher, i have try to patch naruto uzimatki chr. and it says “Error: Not a dual layer disk”
And no i dont have a dvd burner. what kind of ps2 games can fit on a cd-r
Cd/Cdr Games
All-Star Baseball 2002
Arctic Thunder
Army Men Green Rogue
Barbarian
Bass Strike
Battle Gear 2
Biohazard Code: Veronica
Bloody Roar 3
Bomberman Kart
Capcom vs. Snk 2
Casper Spirit Dimensions
Championship Surfer
City Crisis
Cool Boarders 2001
Crash Bandicoot the Wrath of Cortex
Crazy Taxi
Cricket 2002
Dance Summit 2001
Top Gear Dare Devil
Dave Mirra BMX
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2
Disney Golf
Donald Duck Going Quackers
Driving Emotion Type-S
Eighteen Wheeler
International Winter Sports 2002
ESPN NBA 2 Night
Extreme G III
F1 2002
FIfa 2001
Fifa 2002
Fighter Maker 2
Fisherman’s Bass Club
Freekstyle
Frequency
Frogger The Great Quest
Gran Turismo 2000
GTC Africa
High Heat Baseball 2002
High Heat Baseball 2003
Half-Life
Hard Hitter Tennis
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Heroes of Might and Magic
Jake and Daxter
Jeremy Mcgrath Supercross World
Jonny MOsely Mad Trix
Knockout Kings 2002
Le Mans 24 Hours
Legends of Wrestling
Lego Racers 2
Lego Soccer Mania
Lotus Challenge
Madden 2001
Madden 2002
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Maximo
MDK 2 Armageddon
Metropolismania
Midnight Club Street Racing
MLB 2002
Monopoly Party
Moto GP 2
Mx 2002
Nascar Thunder 2002
National Hockey Night
NBA Hoopz
NBA Live 2001
NBA Live 2002
NBA Street
Ninja Assault
P.t.o 4
Pac-Man Fever
Q-Ball Billiards Master
Quake III
Rad Robot Alchemic Drive
RC Revenge Pro
Ready to Rumble Boxing 2
Real Pool
Rez
Ridge Racer 5
Road Trip
Robot Warlords
Rugby
Ruble Racing
Rune Viking Warlord
Shifters
Shox
Shrek Super Party
Silent Scope
Silent Scope 2
Silent Scope 3
Silpheed
Sled Storm
Smashcourt Tennis Pro Tournament
Smugglers Run
Soccer America
Space Race
Spongebob Squarepants Revenge of the Flying Duthcman
SSX Snowboarding
Star Wars Starfighter
State of Emergency
Street Fighter EX3
Stunt GP
Sub Rebellion
Sunny Garcia Surfing
Super Bust-A-Move
Supercar Street Challenge
Surfing H3O
Swing Away Golf
Taz Wanted
Tekken Tag Tournament
Test Drive Off Road Wide Open
Tetris Worlds
The Sims
The Thing
Theme Park Rollercoaster
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001
Timesplitters
Top Gun Combat Zones
Tripleplay Baseball 2001
Unreal Tournament
Virtua Fighter 4
Wave Rally
X-Squad
X-Games Skateboarding
What kind of games do i have to patch?
Honestly, I really don’t know.
I have a DVD burner, most games are DVD, and I don’t have to patch them.
It sounds like you don’t have a DVD burner, but they are getting cheap ~30 dollars on newegg.com.
Also, there are some games that are DVD9 that you need to watch out for. DVD5 game rips are what you need, and CD based PS2 games are hard to come by.
Sounds like you don’t have swap magic or modchip, and you are only stuck with gameshark.
I am not familiar with gameshark, and how it works with a memory card exploit, so you are on your own for that. Search google or afterdawn.com for additional info. I can give you guidance, but the trial and error work is going to have to be done by yourself.
i can get Tekken Tag Tournament i will try to back up that on a cd-r?.
How can i get the the cds in the ps2 the spin while th game is open?
1) If it is less than 700 megs, then yes, you can back up onto a cd-r.
2) Since you have a slim, and you do not have swap magic, read the guide above that I posted earlier in regards to the gameshark. Did you get a chance to read it?
Learn more about swap magic here with the slim:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP351AcD79I
Swap magic is cheap, ~ 30 USD dollars. It’s well worth the price. DVD burner ~ 30 USD dollars. Together that is 60 bucks, more than enough to get a collection of games worth more than 60 bucks, theoretically saying of course.
yes i have read it so How do i get the the cds in the ps2 the spin while th game is open?
Oshane, I really want to understand your question.
Are you saying how do you get your PS2 CD game to spin while the lid is open?
yes versatile1!!!
Sorry to interrupt…
Oshane, it depends on what ps2 you have.
If you have the fat ps2, you could always open up the ps2 so you can see the area where the disk is placed, which is the method I use. The CD or DVD would always spin because the ps2 has no idea the ps2 is open.
If you have the slim ps2, there are supposedly three sensors that you have to block in order for the ps2 to think the lid is closed.
Look up on youtube “ps2 slim sensors” and find videos that say “how to block ps2 sensors.”
Thanks Flameofrecca ihave the slim and i’m at youtube right now.
Guys, I have an awesome table of contents for the PS2 tutorials on this website:
http://versatile1.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/the-underground-ps2-tutorial-table-of-contents/
Yes, I already have a post on making your own slim tools for the slim ps2 to block the 3 sensors. My brother has done it for the PS2 slim. I watched him do it. I modded my PS2 fat.
We know what we are talking about. Bring the questions.
Yo verse! ’tis I again. I figured out a way to play movies off a hdd using my slim ps (modded) using a burned ulaunch disc and an sms elf file. My question is, can the elf file from usb advance be used to activate/boot usb extreme if i put it in my hdd and using the ulaunch disc that i already have? = )
Can anyone tell me what the jumper setting should be at on my usb hdd?
Keelo - That is frickin awesome. How about telling me what you did to make it work exactly?
I really don’t know, once again I am a swap magic person. I am not even familiar with the sms elf file either. What is that?
Randy - Make it master jumper.
sms is a media player for the ps2 of sorts- i stored the elf file to the hdd along with the audio and movie files, stuck it to the ps2, booted up the ulaunch disk which lets me access the hdd files after, browsed for the sms elf file. after the sms program runs, it lets you choose and play divx and mp3 files. = )
back to my previous question, i was able to run hd advance without burning the hdadvance cd by sticking the usb advan.elf on the hdd and browsing for it after booting-up my ulaunch disc. problem is, it gets stuck on the game load part without appearing to access my usb hdd. (no red light)
Please check the game compatibility list to ensure it works.
thanks dude! i’m kinda thinkin i have to burn a dvd or cd of usb advance, but my burner tray won’t eject right now. will check-out the compat list. thanks!
hi i just tryed this and i got it to work and all my games work like gt4 juiced 2 and nfsps and a list of outher game to long to list lol but grand theft auto vice city stories im haveing probs with i press start soon as it gos to load screen it stops working can some one try this game and let me no cheers!!!!
It is quite possible that vice city stories is just not compatible with the HD solution.
Not all games work on the hard drive, just to let you know. Thanks.
please help me i am stuck in loading tittle loading my games on hdd i used ps2 slim a pal version and i am totally screwed up doing this thing why does it hangs loading in the damn tittle of the game in usb advance pleas help me pls reply any one pls
It is very possible that the game is just not compatible. Not every single game is guaranteed to work off the hard drive.
Works perfect for me using a Western Digital 3200AAJ (320GB). Very clear instructions. Good Job Versatile1. Also will try to test GTA Vice City and Vice City Stories.
Well, Vice City did work and Vice City Stories couldn’t even get installed. I also installed 7 more games and only 2 worked. So I would rather stick with swap magic cause it seems like the usb compatibility isn’t good.
Yes, game compatiblity is low, but when it works, it works great.
I got ps2 slim with modchip I burnt the CUE file separately from the Bin file and when I put it in my ps2 nothing came up only the playstation logo so should I burn both these files ( cue and bin )?
This is how you verify. Look at the contents of your burnt game.
Does it only have the CUE file, or is it a bunch of files (aka game files)?
I am trying to verify if you burnt the game correctly.
Did you try on your new slim PS2? I tried this on my bulky older generation PS2 and the game hung in the beginning of loading…I wonder what’s the reason..
can any one please list the games that are running trough usb advance and hdd becoz i tried lots of games i did the instructions correctly but still hangs up at the loading in tittle… i want to play final fantasy X and final fantasy 12 granturismo 4 burn out 3 fatal frame 1 2 3 silent hill 1 2 3 4 i tried those games but still it hangs up in loading please help please reply with almost correctly answers my hdd is samsung SP0411N 40 gig pls HELPPPPPPPPPP!!
hey how do i install the games from my pc to my usb hard drive. i followed the instructions to set it up but when i go to use usb extreme installer it wont let me select my pc for the game.
Here is the list. http://www.elotrolado.net/hilo_Listado-de-compatibilidad-en-USBExtreme_744276?pagenumber=1
Green mean it works, anything otherwise mean its not totally working and don’t count on it working.
Gamer - Are you saying that you cannot access the USB extreme installer to format the hard drive?
here i followed the directions from every single details i am happy that my ps2 reads the usb advance up to screen menu then i formatted my hdd the i put some games then i plug it into my ps2 slim then my ps2 slim reads my hdd when i pick a game and start it hangs at loading tittle then i let it run but it still hangs i dont know what is my problem my ps2 my hdd or the games i ripped
It hangs at loading tittle…. what should i do… pls help
Please note that not ALL games are guanteed to work on the USB hard drive. Do you have a game that is known to work?
http://www.elotrolado.net/hilo_Listado-de-compatibilidad-en-USBExtreme_744276?pagenumber=1
i have the list of games that i can play using hdd but stil why Final fantasy 10 PAL does not work but in the list u can play it suing hdd any reply pls
i am using 40 gig samsung is there any problems with my usb port what does ps2 slim port 2.0 or 1.1 it totally hangs at the loading in tittle
PS2 slim port is 1.1.
I don’t know if it is related to the hard drive, or the PAL version of the game is incompatible?
I have Final Fantasy 10 NTSC. I’ll play around with it this weekend and see what happens.
can any i experience hangs in loading in tittle for an hour still dose not work
pls help what did you do?
what are the things i need to consider?
what are the the things should i do?
what can you do to help me pls reply
I do not have all the answers that you seek. I just know that game compability is not too great, and when it works, it works.
There is nothing wrong using the traditional method with the laser way. USB hard drive is convenient, but usb read speeds are slow on the PS2, version 1.1, not usb 2.0.
With that said, your in game movies will skip. If you require further help, please go here and make a post.
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/348187#2100927
and
http://forums.afterdawn.com/forum_view.cfm/113
Great guide you’ve got there, but I have a problem.
When I boot my PS2, this is the normal boot pattern
1. “MATRIX” splash
2. “SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT” splash with those comet-things
3. “PLAYSTATION 2 infinity” splash
4. Game boots
Now, I burned this USBadvance, then this was the sequence:
1. “MATRIX” splash
2. “SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT” splash with those comet-things
3. “MATRIX infinity” splash. Not PLAYSTATION infinity, like it happens on a normal CD game boot.
4. Black screen, nothing happens
http://www.hdadvance.com/usb_extreme_how-to-use.htm
Try that out. Please note that I am not familiar with the Matrix infinity chip, so I am not sure how to make it work.
As long as you got a “USB Extreme” disc, can you trick the PS2 into loading that then?
does this work on xbox 360s? i know stupid question. just wondering
Is there know way to download swap magic and it still works?
No, only for PS2.
You cannot download swap magic ever. The structure of it is jagged rings, not circular rings. Even if you could somehow download it (which you cannot), how are you going to make the PS2 read it? You need the disc to be silver factory pressed!