/vr/ - Retro Games

nice

Someone must have been hard up for cash.

>>7778293
Go play it

be sure to get a bunch of games that are all grey and beige

>>7778332
?

>>7778331
One problem, I can't find my old CRT TV.

>>7778357
Its Magic

>>7778293
>40 gb HD and freemcboot

You're in for a good time. Enjoy.

>>7778293
Will freemcboot make you able to play out of region games?

I wanna play xenosaga but only 2 released here in europistan

>>7778378
From my understanding, you can play import games off of USB if you have a slim, or from an HDD if you have a fat

>>7778378
I play Japanese and PAL games on my slim using FreeMcBoot.

>>7778391
I have a slim but i was curious if there was a way to boot physical import discs
If not ill just use an usb and keep the discs for show,

>>7778378
I believe it does but don't quote me on it.

>>7778398
You can boot them with if your console is chipped or with backups patched as master discs with mechapwn.
Also don't use USB, SMB is almost as good as HDD and works with slims too.

>>7778397
From an usb or actual discs?

>>7778448
HDD

>>7778448
Burned Discs for me

>>7778293
Set up SMB because managing the hard drive is a pain in the ass.

>>7778609
Setting up SMB was one of the most frustrating but also one of the most rewarding tech experience I have ever had.

>>7778824
Depends on how you setup your server really. I ended up repurposing an old Acer netbook and slapped Ubuntu on it. Honestly the trickiest part was making sure the folder permissions were setup correctly.

>>7778869
Yes the folders permission was hellish. I had to forward ports and godknows what on Win10.
To be honest it sounds like even more work on Linux.

>>7778909
Also forgot to add, my PS2 is wired to my Router which is wired to my laptop. In my laptop there is an usb storage to which the PS2 has access.

>>7778824
My only problems with it are win10 magically undoing settings and breaking things, so I'm going to run it off an rpi4 I can transfer games to over wifi and never have to deal with any shit again. SMB is only getting better and so far I've seen no games that don't work as well as a hard drive does.

>>7778909
This is the tutorial I used: https://www.ps2-home.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6236

On a semi-related note, what the fuck is going on with ps2-home's website? It's slower than shit as of late.

>>7778921
Yeah I was very surprised how well SMB works, compared to what are now regarded as streaming services.
That Win10 magically doing things scares me, I don't want to go through setting up all over again. However I'm pretty sure it's because of the fucking automatic updates which mess things up.

Also there's some thing in Win10 where if you don't use SMB for certain period of time, it automatically disables it.

>>7778937
>I don't want to go through setting up all over again
All it did to me was disable SMB in the windows services and features menu. It was a weird frustration because I was checking everything back and forth, no information or permissions changed - then I basically redid the SMB setup from 0 and saw that in the features menu (a rarely accessed menu mind you) had it unchecked - and I knew I activated it in the past. Apparently an update fucked with it. That's why I'm going the pi route, a once and for all solution I never have to touch again except to transfer files to.

Regardless when the win10 setup worked, it worked great. Occasionally the network side of things wouldn't properly initialize on the PS2 and require a reboot or two, but when I was running win7 this didn't happen so I assume that was also win10.

>>7778950
I see. Sounds like a good option for me too, but I have zero experience with rasperry pis. But if everything automagically fucks up then I will try the linux route, fuck windows 10.

I used this tutorial instead:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjEx9xnqK9c
I tried to ask advice on ps2-home but they didn't allow my first post because the tutorial is not from the ps2-home. It took me 6 hours of figuring out all by myself but it was worth it. Based keeping the forum's quality, I guess.

All in all, when other kids my age owned PS2 I owned SNES, so can't wait to play literally all the games I missed plus Japanese exclusives.

>>7778973
Nice thread OP, I've always wanted a HDD in my PS2 but never bothered to try learning how. Maybe I'll give it another look, my physical collection is pretty big (got boxes of games for nothing a few years back) but there's some stuff I don't have that I'd like.
Obligatory recommendation for Ace Combat 04, first game I had for the console as a kid so obviously that makes it the best one.

>>7778391
>JAP

>>7778378
Once you have FreeMCBoot you can use that to run mechapwn, which does make import PS2 games work (albeit with a few hoops).
But mechapwn doesn't work on all consoles, sadly.

If you just want to pirate, and don't care about legitimate imports, they work on all consoles regardless. So it's funnily easier to pirate than to buy real imports.

How can I play japanese ps1 games on my FreeMcboot ps2? please, can someone help me?

>>7779502
install mechapwn or use tonyhax (depending on your model)

assuming you have an american console, if you're yuro you may be fucked

>>7779502
You can't. The best you can do is tonyhax for PS1 or get action replay and mod it.

>>7779494
recommending mechapwn after so many bricked ps2s is wreckless.
doesn't help that the author of it moved to bricking PSPs now and abandoned the repo and issue-tracker completely.

>>7779663
what do you mean? including the psp thing

>>7779663
salty because you used a nvm.bin from a different console like a retard aren't you

>>7778293
Just blogged on the 4chan

>>7778293
Hope you have a CRT to play it on. Enjoy.

>>7778293
Cool! Now you can play ToD Remake.

>>7780250
This. If you connect a PS2 to a modern flat panel in literally any way you are doing it wrong.

>>7778293
i have a working ps2 also

>>7780250
>>7780969
I can’t find my old crt tv, all I have is a 4k modern flatscreen. How bad could the picture be?

>>7781005
The PS2’s component signal really isn’t very good and I doubt your modern 4K display has a component input anyway. A lot of them don’t now.
Composite on a screen like that will be ghastly. Not worth your time period.
Your options are shitty PS2 to HDMI boxes that will leave you wanting more, expensive external scaling solutions (make sure they can actually output a 1080p upscaled signal at least because input lag gets worse and worse at lower resolutions on any modern display, but it’s really noticeable with 4K displays - another good reason to not directly connect your PS2 to that kind of display without some sort of external scaler), or you could just connect it via composite to a good old consumer CRT the way Sony and God intended. It will look perfectly fine and you’ll have nothing to worry about with that method. In fact it will probably look better than you remember it being, if you haven’t seen a PS2 displayed on one in a while. Most games run in 480i and CRTs are really forgiving on the image. I hope you find yours.

>>7781005
You need a CRT to properly enjoy PS2, anon.

>>7779692
hello mechapwn dev

>>7781061
yeah it was awful experience on hdtv when getting used to emulators high crisp quality.

>>7781517
There's a reason why PS2 are sold by normies on the cheap because they can't play it on modern TVs.

>>7778293
My disc drive doesn't work worth a damn anymore, I'm tempted to spend around $60-70 for a controller since mine's missing, a HDD, a hub to plug the HDD to and some S-Video cables.

>>7782658
oh right and the damn SATA dummy adapter, people say "go for a converted genuine adapter" but I don't think I'm gonna be able to play jackshit online one way or another.

>>7782660
Just buy the chink knockoff one, it works fine for running backups

>>7778293
Great, I found a PS2 for free on the roadside

>>7783519
And? How did it work?

>>7783524
DVD drive is kinda broken but otherwise its ok. I install games to the HDD anyway.
Had to import the network adapter from fucking japan because they are overpriced here in Europe

>>7783532
Only DVD drive I had a problem with was the one in the PS2 I got that was pre-chipped at a thrift store. I took it to get repaired and now it can read discs.

It also came with a network adapter that I've since converted to a SATA adapter and now use with an SCPH-50001 PS2 as my primary PS2 equipped with a 1TB drive.

>>7783247
I dunno, I like being able to network-load my PS2 with the official adapter-plus-SATA board. Beats unscrewing it constantly whenever I feel like adding a game.

>>7783759
I guess so yeah, but I'm of the mind that you get a large enough HDD add everything you want on it the first go round then never have to touch it again

>>7779220
>"What's that? You want to see my ROM folder?"
>game regions denoted by NTSC-U, NTSC-J, and PAL
this is the way

>>7779220
NTSC-J is for JAPs.

Hook it up to a CRT and have a blast, OP. I've got a bubblegump pink slim running games over SMB and it's been a really great experience.

>>7778378
Yes, unless you mean real discs in which case you’ll need to mechapwn it

>>7784308
My rom folder only has USA games
Fuck JAP and fuck EUR the most

>>7779502
Use popstarter

>>7779502
if your PS2 is a model under 50k you have to use tonyhax with a compatible exploit game
if it's model 50k-70k you can use mechapwn and american consoles will play original japanese games or burned games, PAL consoles won't play japanese originals but they'll play burned games and you can patch the region then burn them
if it's 75k or later mechapwn will enable any region PS1 games whether original or burned

>>7787052
I've heard conflicting reports that you can use an import booting disc like action replay, import player, ps x change, to boot those games on a 50k or 70k in conjunction with mechapwn.
It hasn't worked when I tried it though. yuro consoles btw.

>>7780969
Looks fine with RGB.

>>7787201
No it doesn’t

>>7785024

>He doesn't have the PAL version of ICO

NGMI

>>7787215
t. RGBlet

>>7787419
>he fell for the rgb meme
time to go back soulless zoomie

Kind of a dumb question but I'll ask it here

Does the PS2 multitap work with memory cards? At least in the browser, anyway? The idea was to have slot 1 and 2 use regular memcards, then have a FCMB memcard in the multitap, but I'm not sure if that'll work.

>>7781005
you need a component input and cable and force games into 480p for it to look OK

>>7787478
mate, the system menu on PS2 has an option to switch between YPbPr and RGB

>>7787874
The multi tap will take up one memory slot anyways.

>>7788057
I know. My question is will the PS2 still read more than two in the BIOS/Browser? The idea was to put the FCMB card on slot "3" and use 1 and 2 for games.

>>7788167
No idea, sorry.

>>7788046
No excuse for falling for the RGB meme like a dunce
You either play composite, or you have no soul

>>7778973
This game is SO good. Don't let anyone else tell you otherwise. Turn the lights out, good pair of headphones and prepare to be scared. Oh and to play a damn good game. Ps2 still blows me away at what was capable back in the day.

>>7778391
PS2 has abysmal USB speeds so its not recommended even if its possible.

>>7785024
based turbocringe underage

>>7788515
yes, use the ethernet connection on a slim for OPL

>>7778378
>He actually thinks about buying PAL Xenosaga games
I hope you're rich af, otherwise you're in for a disappointment

>>7788782
? only 2 released in PAL and it's not expensive

>>7781517
No. Composite is shit on PS2. I have distinct memories of being very frustrated that I had to sit really close to the TV to read anything.
>>7781061
What a retarded fucking post. CRTrannies are the fucking worst.
OSSC with 480i line doubled to 960p looks great.
OSSC pro is coming soon if you can't handle a tiny bit of flicker.
Many games run in 480p natively with GSM, like Rayman 2.

>>7787874
fairly sure there's a manual for the multitaps explaining this.
find it, read it.

>>7778293
Does it work?

>>7778293
Will freemcboot let me play burned import discs

Im europoor and wanna play some games not released here

>>7788782
I already own the only one released in europe

>>7784581
I do want to get the real discs one day, but for now just playing burned ones so i can experience the whole triology will do

So for that i would need freemcboot and anything else?

>>7789128
yes
pirated PS2 games don't care about region
also don't burn use a hard drive instead

>>7789136
I only have a slim ps2, cant use a hdd on that thing

>>7789139
you can use SMB
if it's a later slim USB might not be too bad either
but do as you will
also since it's a slim you can burn freedvdboot to install freemcboot or even play games directly

Retard here
If i put freemcboot on a memcard can i still use it to save games too or do i need to get a 2nd one for that

>>7789142
I see, thanks

Will probably not make use of burning games often since i dont want to strain the laser, but i just really want to play these games

>>7789143
yes. it takes up maybe a megabyte of space though.

>>7789139
what model slim? most of the later "superslim" consoles don't support fmcb. They have a different chassis to the early slims. The early slims have a stripe down the top like you see here.

>>7789154
they can use Funtuna though

>>7789154
Scph-77004

>>7789164
you're good to go

>>7789169
Thats good to know
Ill try it out and hopefully i can play the whole xenosaga triology soon

It pains me that europe only ever got the second game oficially

>>7789171
Freedvdboot is the method i used for getting freemcboot onto the card. Very simple to do. Then set up opl to run via smb if you can. And use opl manager

>>7789154
And you can delete it and your ps2 is back to stock right?

>>7789181
Yeah im gonna try network first, if i cant get that setup properly i'll probably just burn em to some dvd-r's and try to run those

>>7789183
Yeah. If you just use FMCB and ESR or OPL, it's gone as soon as you eject or format the memory card.

>>7789187
I use a crossover cable not a ethernet cable. Not sure if that is mandatory. For disc backups you need to use ESL and patch the isos first.

i got a ps2 recently too, although not as lucrative of a pick up. at least it's the SCPH-50000 model so it'll stay quiet for the most part. what's the most popular options for homebrewing on a SATA and FreeHDBoot? My DVD player is 3.02U and the github page for FreeDVDBoot says it's not gonna work. there's a lot of information that's hard to sort out regarding hard drives, like IDE-to-SATA 3rd party adapters, modkits for original adapters, SD card adapters, simply getting an IDE drive instead, all of it is a bit mind-numbing. My end-game is a 250-500GB drive for games and to have FMCB on the hard drive itself.

last question: hows the homebrew media player? im curious to know if this is a good option for watching anime on a crt

>>7789197
If you're connecting your PS2 to a router or computer made this side of 2005, crossover or not makes no difference.

>>7789204
You can just get a generic disk image containing FHDB and a few homebrew apps, write it to your drive, plug it into your console and it'll boot. No faffing about with burning FDVDB or purchasing a FMCB memory card.

>>7789120
It does. It even reads discs.

>>7778293
so i installed freemcboot, what do i do to run a burned game now?

>>7789647
option 1) for scph-5000x or later only
run mechapwn and convert your console to DEX. use discpatcher 3.0 to patch your iso to master disc. burn it. fmcb fastboot should run it. if it doesn't work, try ulaunchelf ps2disc option.
option 2)
use freedvdboot disc patcher with your iso. pop it straight into any ps2 slim and it should work. ps2 fats running correctly configured fmcb should automatically pick it up and run it with esr. only works for dvds, compatibility issues may ensue.

>>7789658
just curious, do dual layer dvd-r's work? one of the games i'm trying to burn is 6+ gb

>>7789669
yes but you must use toxic's dual layer patcher before the other patch

>>7789679
good to know

its a chore setting this up but it'll be worth it

Klonoa 2 doesn't work on hdd

>>7789658
i have a PS2 slim, so if i just patch the isos with the patcher they should work if i pop em in?

>>7789690
works on my machine

>>7789692
The mechapwn method is rather new and reports about how it works are conflicting. Some people say it just boots from the main menu as long as you are using FreeMCBoot with the fastboot option enabled. Others say you have to do it through ulaunchelf instead. It may have something to do with the console model. If nothing else, the ulaunchelf way always works.
The older way is to use ESR. This way has lower compatibility with games. If you patch a game with the FreeDVDBoot+ESR Autopatcher, it will self-boot on a PS2 slim even without needing FMCB.

>>7789723
wait theres an autopatcher to run games without freemcboot?

>>7789728
Yes, it creates self-booting burned discs similar to what you have on the Dreamcast. Since it relies upon FreeDVDBoot, they only self-boot on slim consoles. However, they are still valid ESR discs that can be run using ESR on fat consoles. So there is no downside to using the auto patcher.

>>7789732
where can i find this patcher? i have a slim so this sounds like a godsend

only need to keep the dual layer patch in mind for the one bigger game i want to burn

>>7789743
https://www.ps2-home.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9778

>>7789762
sites down bro
keeps giving me Error 503 : Service Temporarily Unavailable

>>7789768
works for me: here is a mirror of the download
https://files.catbox.moe/bt7hvt.7z

>>7789772
thanks anon, you're too kind

>>7789768
you are banned by their retarded anti-spam-system

>>7788871
I'm not playing with composite lol, I'm playing with RGB SCART. I don't have any console plugged with composite.

With composite that photo would look a lot blurrier.

>>7790429
Ive never even visited thier website before lmao

So what is the best way to hook up PS2 to your TV? RBG or SCART?

>>7791045
SCART is usually RGB. And that depends on your TV.

>>7791054
My old CRT TV supports both. They are the same, yes?

>>7791062
I assume you mean your TV has YPbPr component, not RGB?
They're the same but component may support higher resolution on newer displays and SCART cables often haven noise. So go with the component cables.

>>7791079
> YPbPr
That's it!
Thanks for the help anon.

>>7790539
hence
>retarded

>>7791062
SCART is the form factor, it may support RGB or not. It's easy to see with this symbol.

>>7778293
>40$
Wow you got a steal its usually that just for the console alone without any controllers

>>7778293
Recommend me sone obscurer ps2 games that are worth playing

>>7793187
X-treme Express

Its train racan and tis fun

>>7778293
>HDD
lern2SMB
No seriously, you'll learn something and it'll make adding new games much less of a pain in the ass.

>>7791062
>They are the same, yes?
no

>>7778293
Worth it yes

I have a PS2 slim I bought pre-modded with a dying disc reader, what's the most painless way to get FreeMcboot on it with the least external tools possible? I do have a spare HDD but no way to access it from my computer so that's out of the way.

>>7797703
burn a freedvdboot disc and use it to run the fmcb installer from a usb drive.

>>7789679
any place where i can get this? the one on psx-place gets blocked by my antivirus for trojans

>>7789679
i did the toxic path first, and the freedvdboot patcher second but it keeps saying unable to read disc, one time it booted into the dvd player

what did i do wrong?

>>7798618
sounds like your drive is dying. burned dvds are harder to read.

>>7798625
it ran a single layer burned disc just fine
all retail games work fine too but those obviously aint burned

you got me worried tho, anything i can do to fix it?

>>7798625
>>7798639

its probably it tho, laser makes a real weird noise as its trying to read the burned dual layer disc

guess im not playing xenosaga 1

>>7798625
Like i get this when trying to boot it

Retail games run fine, dual layers too
Single layer burns take a lil while to get recgonized but do run
Only dual layer burn i did gave me this

Is it my laser dying or did i do the burn wrong?

>>7794862
I learned that doing this method means no chances of playing online with people.

>>7799273
>I learned nothing in my short insignificant life

>>7778824
>>7778869
>>7778921
im about to install freehdboot on my ps2 whenever the sata to ide thing comes in the mail. is there a way to just ftp everything over so i dont have to set up smb?

>>7799967
yeah you just install games on the hdd with hdl dump gui

>>7778824
SMB is worth it. Playing Berserk with sub mod is worth it. Most rewarding tech experience so far has been replacing thermal paste on ps3

Inb4 look up how to play Super Mario 64 on ps2

>>7799967
In theory this: >>7800751
In practice I couldn't get it working