Welcome! Thank you for ordering the tutorial. In this guide, you will learn the very easy method of making copies of your PS1 and PS2 games as well as playing your copied games on your system without using a Modchip.
1.1 About the CD Writer
If you CD writer supports RAW burning then you are in luck. You can pretty much use any good copying software available. If your CD writer deosnt support RAW data formats then you will have to select from a narrower selection of burning software. The best software I've used so far is the Nero Burning Rom Software. This software works on just about any CD Writer available(even the ones that don't support RAW data).
1.2 About Copying a disk
Next you must know about the structure of the CD. CDs are made from burning blocks of data onto the CD. There is usually about 3000 blocks of data on a cd(give or take a few hundred). Now usually on the middle of the CD there are broken blocks of data. These are put there to stop the Burning software to read the rest of the disc and it also prevents errors of the sound mixing with the game data and making the data unreadable by the PSX. You will notice that as you're copying the game, it may seem like the software stopped copying but it hasn't. If the percentage of reading done stops for a while, you know that the software is reading the bad blocks. This is the one part that takes the longest. If you use adaptec CD software, your software will not correctly copy the CD data in most cases. Once again get Nero.
1.3 Which CD-R to use.
Most people don't understand about the colors of the blank CDs and which CD's are better than others. There are 3 main colors used in Blank CD-R's. First is Gold, then Blue, then Green. I used to htink that the darker the CD the better. This is true to small extent. The order of the quality is Gold, Blue, Green (Gold being the best). The newer Green CD's are bieng mixed with a more reflective silver backing which makes the CD color turn light blue. Don't be fooled, this is still a green CD. The playstation reads all the CD's but it's best that you only use Gold CD's.
You will need the following things to burn PS2 games:
-a computer with a cdburner
-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.
2.1 Copying PS2 Games
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 ofthe 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.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”.
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.
2.2 Playing without a modchip
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 supper 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).
Now insert your gameshark 2 cd(make sure the gameshark memory card is in one of the 2 slots, doesn’t matter which one.)
In the gameshark options, choose “start game”, then “without”. Your screen should read “Please insert game disk then press X to continue.”
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.
Next, take the gameshark disk out of the PS2 and put in your burned game. Proceed as follows:
1). Gently push the PS2 cd tray fully back into the PS2 (Don’t press the eject button).
2). 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.)
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i no i bought it off ebay for 10 cents then i read it and says youvegotta have gameshark hats really really gay and i aint gonna buy gameshark damn i wasted my dime
Isn't that stuff stealing anyways? I mean, think about it, you have to open up your PS2 and change stuff inside it to play the game. Something looks a little fishy about that.
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i am not even gonna try that i don't wanta break one of my games doing that and i don't need to do that i will go out and by them because they would pry be better if you go out and buy them anyways
but everything it says is leagel you can do wat ever you want withur ps2 open it up like its says and getting gameshark its all leagel give me 5 reasonsits not leagel
But everything it says is legal, you can do what ever you want with your PS2, open it up like its says and getting gameshark, it's all legal give me 5 reasons it's not legal.
Now compare that to your post and try and do this next time
I do. He's saying that's a good example of how you should post.
Now, going back to you're question, no one ever said that you can't open up your PS2. We're saying it's illegal to copy games and play them on the PS2. Think about it, you have to trick your system into thinking the game is something that it isn't.
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What do you mean, "Who cares?" Sony can sue you if they catch you burning their games. They're all copyrighted so Sony can prosecute you if you try to burn them.
This thread is completly done and illegal
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