How to play PSX / PS1 games on PSP 3000

Alright I just had the time of doing this tutorial.

This is how to play PSX or PS1 games on your PSP 3000 / 2000 with TA-088v3 motherboards ChickHEN + CFWe 3.60 5.

Other PSP's like 1000 and 2000 is not covered by this tutorial.

Let's begin....

The files you need:

1. EBOOT.PBP -> This is 5.03 Sony Official Firmware.
2. new_psardumper


Instructions:

1. Rename 503.PBP to EBOOT.PBP
2. Copy EBOOT.PBP on the root of your memory stick (e.g. E:\EBOOT.PBP)
3. Extract new_psardumper anywhere on your computer preferably on your desktop
4. Copy new_psardumper on E:\PSP\GAME\ of your memory stick. (My computer assigns E as the drive letter for my memory stick yours might be different E:\PSP\GAME\new_psardumper)
5. Go to the XMB(main screen of your PSP)



6. Go to games and run NEW PSAR DUMPER



7. Press X and you should see something like the below:



8. Once done go to E:\F0 located on the root of your memory stick.



9. Now go to E:\F0\kd and copy pops.prx and popsman.prx



10. Paste the two files on E:\PSP\GAME\CFWEnabler\Pops of your memory stick



11. Go back to the XMB of your PSP and run CFWEbaler



12. Highlight Flas Pops Modules and press X



13. Confirm for the files to be written in flash (This will not brick your PSP so no worries...)



14. Sweet... So let's try a PSX game.

15. If you have a PSX game handy make sure to put it on E:\PSP\GAME\ (e.g E:\PSP\GAME\SLUS-00680\)

Post any questions if you have any...

How to use Yoshihiro's decrypter to play 5.55 / 6.0 psp games

This guide is pretty straight forward you should be able to follow it. I tried to be detailed as much as I can that it almost became like a dummy guide.

The files you need:

Yoshihiro's Decrypter V2: Download
UMDGenv4: Download
GEN-A / GEN 5.50 B2 CFW: For better compatibility and more chance of making the game work (you decide wether you want to upgrade or not) some say it works on M33 some do not.

1. Download all the needed files.
2. Open UMDGenv4 and
3. Select / Open the game you want to patch.




3.Click the + sign beside PSP_GAME to expand the folder
4.Click on the SYSDIR folder
5.Right click the EBOOT.BIN then choose “Extract Selected”
6.You can Extract the file directly on the root of your Memory Stick Pro Duo or on your desktop.



7.Copy the extracted EBOOT.BIN on the root of your memory stick if you did not extract it directly on your memory stick.



8.Copy GameZDecryptZ on E:\PSP\GAME\ (This is on your Memory Stick Pro Duo)
9.Run the decrypter from the XMB:



10.After running you should see the below:



11.Press X
12.Connect your PSP on your desktop or remove your memory stick then put it on your card reader (computer).



13. Double click DECRYPTOR folder from the root of your memory stick to open.





14. Drag the new decrypted file on UMDGenv4 Program just like below and select Yes to replace the existing EBOOT.BIN:



15. Click Save (You can either select: *.iso or *.cso):



16. Walaaaaah… Your game is ready, now put it on the ISO folder of your Memory Stick and Enjoy Playing…..


Note: The game I used is FIFA09 w/c is not really needed to be decrypted just for the sake of this tutorial as an example.