Is it possible to beat MGS? Since there's the Psycho Mantis battle where you have to plug your controller into Slot 2.

Also: Holy shit they've released 3.03 OE-A! This new one lets you generate COMPRESSED psx eboots, so you can put even more games on your memory stick!

http://www.psp-hacks.com/file/998

oh man I seriously need a v2.71 or lower

Do you think if I go to the store I can find one that's at most v2.8?

They said their releasing the downgrader for that sometime soon.

Is it possible to beat MGS? Since there's the Psycho Mantis battle where you have to plug your controller into Slot 2.

Also: Holy shit they've released 3.03 OE-A! This new one lets you generate COMPRESSED psx eboots, so you can put even more games on your memory stick!

http://www.psp-hacks.com/file/998

Chainer: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/441205

I can beat Psycho Mantis without plugging my controller into slot 2 because I am that hardcore

Is it possible to beat MGS? Since there's the Psycho Mantis battle where you have to plug your controller into Slot 2.

See the bust of someone's head in the room?  That's the source of Psycho's powers.  Destroy it and beating him is just as easy by switching the controllers.

To be honest, I used to think this was the normal method of beating him before everyone figured out about the controller swap.  The colonol messages you a few times if you can't figure out how to beat him and eventually he mentions that odd statue.

Also, if you have Castlevania saved on your memory stick he still reads it and comments on it.

You can also beat him without either method but it is pretty difficult.

Question that's almost unrelated: When I quit the PSP emulation scene for say, nice weather and a bag of clubs, some ten months ago, there still weren't any decent SNES-emulators that would run flawlessly, nor were there any GBA emulators that even had sound activated. Has that changed? May I finally beat Chrono Trigger without playing at constant bullet time speed in battles?

Answers would be most grateful, however, I'll find out by myself in two weeks or so.

OK GUYS I downloaded a file that is supposed to update me to 2.71. It is a .PBP. what do i do with it i have the PSP all hooked up and in USB mode and shit ok help GO

nevermind! hey if you guys have any questions about all this, the people on IRC at PSP-Hacks are some really helpful guys

I've just got a psp and I want to use some homebrew stuff however I'm not too sure what to do or how. Could someone give me a little help?

It's ay FW version 2.81, not a clue what the motherboard thing is. Also I think this PSP was made in 2005, if that helps.

Unfortunately, PSPs 2.81 and above currently CANNOT downgrade. However, they're working on hacking it. You may want to stay at this firmware and wait until they succeed. 2.80s can downgrade, so it shouldn't be too long until 2.81s can.

I'm wary of saying that not many PSP games appeal to me because people just link a list of good titles and say LOOK AT ALL THESE WHAT'S FUCKING WRONG WITH YOU, but that's the case. This does make buying one suddenly a lot more attractive though, shame I have no money to spare.

Here's my list of games that I've played and what I've experienced with them so you can know what works well or not.

MegaMan Legends: Some sprite clipping, disappearing textures (rare), and the game randomly (albeit rarely) goes to the start menu for whatever reason but this doesn't affect gameplay much.

MegaMan Legends 2: Some sprite clipping, rare disappearing textures

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night: No known problems.

Vagrant Story: Some sprite clipping.

Alundra: No known problems.

Dragon Quest VII: Some sprite clipping but is nowhere near as noticeable as MML.

Heart of Darkness:  surprisingly works.

King's Field 1 & 2: Very rare sprite slipping.


I'll keep updating as I play more games.

Okay, I own a PSP but I know nearly nothing about them. I don't have TA-082 motherboard (I think), and I don't feel like destroying my PSP just yet.
So how should I downgrade?

First of all, what is your PSP's firmware at the moment? If it's 2.80 or lower, you'll be able to go to 3.02 OE-B or the latest 3.03 OE-A (Which has better PSX compression), however, if you're 2.81 or higher, I'm afraid you'll have to wait.

could someone please post any kind of a guide on how to compress the ISOs as I am having a hell of a time trying to do it myself

Ok after playing a few playstation games I can, with a ball of fury tightly grasped by my fist, say that Legend of Legaia does NOT work, which sucks because I wanted to actually complete that game. 

Not so much that it doesn't work, just one single game breaking problem being that when you use an item in battle some effect won't happen.  This in turn causes the game to uh, I don't really know what to call it since it doesn't freeze so I'll say it gets stuck, with the camera spinning around whichever character used it forever.

So I'm playing Vagrant Story now since I've never beaten it, or even gotten all that far in it.  Also seeing as compression works wonders on it, from 733mb to 118, that's pretty astounding compared to the others.

Chrono Cross runs perfectly... with a few exceptions.

After your seventh or so character invite... you can no longer use the teleporter ( character swapping device ) without the game crashing. After Serge takes the form of Lynx, you are able to use it again... until about your 7th invite again.

Some non-essential party members cannot be invited without the game crashing. This includes Macha, Pip, Niofio, Funguy, and the like.

Norris, an essential invite ( the game doesn't progress without him ), crashes the game after he joins... thus ending Chrono Cross for the psp.

I have tried bin, ccd, and iso rips of my Chrono Cross Playstation Disk ( not a scratch on it ). I used Nero, Alchohol 120%, and Ultra ISO and ripped different versions. All give me the same shit. I used the 3.02b popstation to make the Chrono Cross rom.

I have not tried the 3.03 compiler yet ( as it forces me to start the game over ) so these problems may be fixed. The psp reads it as a diffrent game. I tried swaping mem card files... but it prevented the game to load so fuck that. If someone else want's to try Chrono Cross in the new compiler let me know how it goes. I give up on it.

Pretty much most games for the PSX don't use Analog sticks.

L2 and R2 usually aren't important but I haven't tried anything where they were required so far.

Shit, Oddworld Abe's Odyssee uses the L2 and R2 buttons I think!
There goes another game

Shit, Oddworld Abe's Odyssee uses the L2 and R2 buttons I think!
There goes another game

You still have L2 and R2 buttons available on the PSP. You can either map them to the analog nub, or to the d-pad. People have been playing Oddworld without any problems.