Play PS1 Games From PS2 USB Using Popstarter and OPL Tutorial (2019)
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
- Today's tutorial showcases the latest and easiest way of playing PS1 games from USB using Popstarter emulator and OPL using a modded fat or slim PS2 running FMCB or similar. This is a newer process and replaces any older USB method video recorded in the past.
See links below for all the goodies that you need.
Note: Use google to find POPS_IOX.PAK needed for this tutorial.
USB path structure is as follows:
mass0:/POPS/POPS_IOX.PAK
mass0:/POPS/SLES_123.45.Game.VCD
mass0:/POPS/POPSTARTER.ELF
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Links For the Video
Collection of my files used in this video (no POPS_IOX.PAK): mega.nz/file/vpAyCBga#1kIZAfv...
Latest OPL daily build: www.ps2-home.com/forum/viewtop...
Latest Popstarter build: www.ps2-home.com/forum/viewtop...
Cue2Pops v2.3: assemblergames.com/threads/ps...
Mirror: www.ps2-home.com/forum/viewto...
(Optional) Latest WLaunchELF: www.ps2-home.com/forum/viewtop...
(Optional, Recommended) Latest OPL Manager: oplmanager.com/site/
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Thank you very much! It feels so cool being able to replay the original Crash Bandicoot that made me fall in love with gaming. Much appreciation for your efforts in a making a great step-by-step tutorial and all your time supporting us in the comments too! You're awesome :)
This is great, thanks! The games wouldn't show up until I realized I had to select OK at the bottom of the settings after changing them. Everything works like a charm now.
Thank you so much!! I'm trying to play an old Tiger Woods game with my old man (lots of memories) and I couldn't get them to work! Stupid me thought the OPL could just read PS1 games normally, as if they were PS2 .ISOs!!
I seriously can't thank you enough for this video, it means a lot to both me and my father.
its easy just download the boot ps2 without memory i dont know where get that boot if limit using progam 4
I was just looking for this , thanks ❗️
Thank you for this video man iv spent months trying to figure out what im doing wrong but now im using the OPL version your on and it finally works :-)
Been struggling to make this work for months, I'm so glad that I found your tutorial! Really nice video, it worked like a charm, thank you so so much man!!
Thanks for this tutorial. I thought playing PS1 games was just as easy as putting PS1 ISO to the drive and worked like PS2 did. I managed to play Nascar Rumble and it works great.
Thanks man. I realized I needed to update my OPL for this to work. Wasn’t sure how to do it until I ran across your video.
if i update OPL, the config files of games change or else?
great video men
Just for noobs (like me,) I tried to use the CUE2POPS you recommend, but I found it quite difficult to use in respect of things like multiple bin files and if the files are not in bin cue (I had some img files which CUE2POPS does not understand.) The one I recommend for ease of use is PSXVCD found here. www.ps2-home.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2895 . This handles multiple bin files with ease and other file formats as well. This also downloads cover art too. Good Luck. Great video Project Phoenix Media. Thank you.
What if i have a game that its file format is .mdf will it work on PSXVCD?
Thanks
Create a single bin file out of multiple bin tracks using CDmage, drop the cue file on the program > save as and that's it.
@@faker_sh bro Helpe me please, for me the games ps1 not apper why ?
@@turrinha9 if you did it like I said, it should have worked. Perhaps you happen to have a different version of OPL. I use the 10th anniversary edition, but I think there are more actualised ones.
As I said, download the roms, extract, usually comes with a bin and a cue file, (extra step: if there are more than two bin tracks, merge them in cdmage through the cue file), drop the cue file into CUE2POPS to make the VCD file and lastly batch said archive in OPL manager. Doing that, plus everything else the video said, should do the job. Tell me exactly what's the problem if it still doesn't work, or what you have done so far.
Thanks very much for this! Didn't realize how simple it was. Have been playing PS1 games off my PS2 HDD for the past few months but whenever I used WinHIIP to fix something with a PS2 game, it seemed to wipe my PS1 games off the HDD or mess up the POPS folder they were in. I finally thought I would just try them on USB so I can avoid this and it works perfectly. For some reason, the PS1 games load up faster too compared to when I played them off HDD and I would have a blank screen for 40-50 seconds.
Nice video mate. Super clear audio .
I had some compatibility issues with my Tomb Raider games using Popstarter, so I wound up using Mac emulation to play them instead. Great tutorial though, very straight forward.
This video is very helpful. I was able to play Asuka 120%, Mad Stalker, Panzar Bandit, Slap Happy Rhythm Busters and many more games through USB on OPL. I'm glad to finally play them on the big screen. I just wish whoever is responsible for the Popstarter emulator could update the program so I can play Tekken 1 without the sound glitches, and Tekken 3 without the visual glitches, and etc.
I followed your video just now and I'm playing Ridge Racer Type 4! 😃 Thanks man! 👍
Riiiiidge raaaacer!
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia BTW, the game glitches a lot while playing. The tracks appear hollow, you can see through them. The racing itself is also slow.
Is the game incompatible or is it another reason?
It works but the game's compatibility varies. It is best to check its remarks on any PS1 game you want to start so that you can find out their problems until the next update.
Hey man, thanks for the tutorial, and thanks for LaunchELF and OPL update...
To anybody having the issue where when you start a game it boots to the launcher make sure you have a good pops_iox file. Mine kept doing that until I downloaded a new one and now it works. Check that it is the same size as his in the video. The first one I downloaded was 921kb and the games wouldn't start but the other one was 917kb like in the video and it works now.
Thanks for the insight. I didn't realize I had the "good" one so that is the one I used all the time. Didn't realize there are different versions out there with different file size and that can be an issue.
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia yeah the file is kind of hard to find honestly so I just downloaded the first one I could find. And I always got the launcher then I noticed today our file sizes were different so I looked for a different one and got it. Saw a few others were having this issue.
@@hxclambfan I installed the latest version of OPL v1.1.0 but mine does not show PS1 games on display option. My pops_iox.pak file is 917kb. Any suggestions?
@@theoriginaljrest make sure the file path is correct. I accidentally had all the files inside of a second pops folder when I originally tried it causing issues. Other than that's all I could think to try.
Fixed my issue thanks! 😁
Thank you! This was very helpful!
Thanks my friend to spend your time and thanks all people create softs dev :)
My MC0 does not have a boot folder... when I tried to create one and paste the OPNPS2LD, when I try to open it, will just show a blank screen and lock up
Thanks for tutorial, its very useful
Thank you so much you just got a new subscriber
Here's some tips for component cable users, mostly YPbPr or Yipper cables and even PS2 HDMI adapter (the black ones) - use GSM to force PS2 to display PS1 games by setting it to NTSC/PAL depending on your game. There's also an option for PS1 HDTV settings but you're might want to stick to default NTSC/PAL mode if the PS1 HDTV settings displays incorrectly.
However, there's some caveat - missing colors but minimal and also 240p display tends to be in widescreen so you might need to use TV display settings to adjust the super-widescreen display.
It is best to use RGB component cables like SCART cables to enjoy PS1 titles or using good PS1/PS2 HDMI adapters like Pound and Hyperkin as well.
Pro tip, liked!
Yep my hdmi to ps2 doesn’t have any settings settings and my tv doesn’t even have a place for composite or component.
I’m a little late to the party but if you could help me I’d appreciate it a lot. I use a ps2 to hdmi converter so once I load a ps1 game it just goes black screen, I got the gmc thing and I’m wondering what settings do I put it to I tried the sdtv mode to NTSC but once I load opl the screen gets all glitchy before I can even boot up my ps1 game
WOW. It's like you bought me a brand new ps1 or a perfect ps emlator for my tv!
The OPL manager renames your VCD files to the "SERIAL.Game.VCD" structure so that OPL can load them. Unless you look up each serial id of each game and rename them yourself, the "batch convert VCD naming" part of OPL manager is mandatory.
You kinda mention the file structure in the description, but I was completely skipping this step at first because you mentioned OPL manager was optional (the art part is).
Still appreciate this video, just something that threw me off at first.
this really helped me out
Glad I found your comment couldn't get them to be shown, cheers
Works in 2024 I was having trouble with OPL not displaying the games in my POPS folder until I named them exactly how this comment said. Serial.game.VCD, the same serial number has the art OPL manager downloads. I’m using OPL 1.10 10th anniversary
wow, i was actually doing this for Twisted Metal 1 lol. now i can watch without worry.
know of a mirror for the OPL daily build? ps2-home is notorious for randomly blocking IP addresses for no reason (including mine)
I put my cue file in pops but wont show up on the menu what do i do? nm i got it thx
@projectphoenixmedia is there any way I can install it on my PS2 slim’s HDD and play the games without using a USB drive? Thanks for the video. Waiting for more.
what about games with 2 or more cds? i followed the instructions and decided to add in re2 but the game won't show up on my usb opl menu
Thanks for the awesome tutorial
One question how do i save my PS1 games files? Thru my old memory card? If by USB, can i migrate my save file from my old PS1 memory card?
I did everything on the video but my game doesnt shows up: Bloody roar 2
This section is pure gold
Just subscribed to your channel sir! Keep it up!
Can we switch to a seperate disc for the longer PS1 titles
Pretty nice video man! Now I can finally complete Crash 3 on my PS2 since my PS1 broke down...
Can you also use real PS1 Memory Card to load your saves with these roms? Or does Popstarter use virtual Memory Cards only?
Either should work I'd think.
How do you play multi-part games in opl?
Played RE2 on both discs no problem but...
scenario B on both characters does not allow me to continue.
Any suggestions?
Hmmm.. all the solutions I see are quite old. They involve writing a DISC.TXT e.g www.ps2-home.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1593&p=8413&hilit=Multi+disk#p8413 any help on that would be cool.
CD file 'mass0:POPS/SLUS_010.59.GAME' not found
Help!!
awesome video. question.. cue2pops is displaying an error when the game has more than one .bin file. [CUE sheets of splitted dumps aren't supported] any ideas?
ive been using popstarter with the POOOF thing that the developer once mentioned, i have a texture error while playing sotn that doesnt allow me to proceed through the game,any help?
IS ALIVE!! ty :D
Unable to use the new opl . It freezes up at load screen . Any suggestions on a fix ?
This is amazing! I bought Free McBoot a few weeks back and damn u can play PS1 too? Never knew that. I play PS1 on my classic mini atm so dunno how much I'd use it but hey pretty cool. Wonder if u can chuck PS2 and PS1 games on your IDE HD so u have the choice of both. That would b damn sweet, having them together. Kinda like my CFW PS3 does.
cue2pop doesn't work? I dragged the cue file on it and nothing happened.
IT WORKS 100% MAN THANKS
Can you help me I want to play old tekken 3 Ps1 game on my PS2 but both CD and USB methods are not working i have FMCB installed.
Hello, I got a freemcboot memory card but wanted to run PS1 games. It has OPL already installed on it and detects my files game and art, but when I press run game I get a "no disc" error and sent to a file browser. If anyones got a fix, I appreciate it.
Hi don't know if you'll respond but whenever i try to load the game through opl it takes me to ULaunchELF instead of the game?
Would it be possible to use a light gun on this like for area 51? assuming area 51 is on the compatibility list...
I did this all, it shows Castlevania sotn, but when I try to load the game it's just a black screen.
Boutta sell my ps2 along with the TP Link that you introduced. Got PS1 games working on SMB alongside the PS2 games. Thanks for the tutorials
Glad you got it all figured out. It's maybe a little cumbersome to get it all figured out, but once you got a working setup its pretty awesome to do and show off lol.
but what I do when the game ask for swap CD example and the game I wanna play : Legend of Dragoon
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia yea was bit dumb its all bout the save stats xD
I've been trying to run resident evil 3 in opl for a few weeks with other tutorials. Thank you so much!
I couldn't can you help me?
when i try to run a ps1 game with this (it appears correctly in opl), it quits to uLaunchElf with a message saying 'No Disc !'. Any ideas what the issue could be?
Could try using opl manager v21.6 to see if it can fix the issue.
Awesome video thanks a lot, dude. I have one small question, say I wanted to play a PAL ps1 game, what about this process would be different? Like do I change settings in OPL on the PS2?
I don't think it would be any different. I'm a NTSC user primarily so I don't think OPL has settings related to NTSC or PAL from what I remember.
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia thanks for the reply! Yeah I ended up just trying it and it worked no problem lol
Really great guide that shows step by step how to make this work!
My only issue is that the games are really laggy and slow. I've been trying to play a game called Final Doom which isn't really that graphic intensive but it's really struggling to keep up. Inputs and framerates are just very laggy. Any Advice? Other than that, this was a really good instructive guide, I've liked and subbed.
I mean, popstarter isn't perfect, it is USB after all. Try SMB or internal hard drive....or emulate the game on PC or android, lol. Or get old ps1 and use tonyhax or freepsxboot and play it like the golden days, on a CRT TV! :)
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia do u have a video that runs on internal HDD?
The pops_iox.pak file is impossible to find. Most of the sites that hosted it have it removed, reported or you need to risk some obscure sites that hid the link behind 18 ad-waiting sites just to redirect you to a hosting site where the link is either expired or you can't download for one reason or another.
Awesome tutorial
Greetings to everyone. I recently was gifted an unmoded fat ps2. I was looking to play ps2 or possibly ps1 rom downloads from the net, on my ps2. Would i be able to do so, with just a ps2 memory card with freemcboot, along with necessary files on a usb/flashstick? Or is there more items, or things i need to do so?
DUDE U GOTTA HELP ME ,,,,I'M GETTING THE GAME NAME ALONG WITH ART COVER UNDER PS1 MENU BUT THE GAME IS NOT LOADING AT ALL.
I have the latest popstarter and OPL and I don't have those options for the ps1 games in OPL nor do I have the ps1 games tab, what's going on here?
HAY MUCHOS VIDEOJUEGOS DE PS1 QUE EL POPSTARTER O EL OPL NO ME LEEN TALES COMO POWERPUFF GIRLS, POWER RANGERS LIGHTSPEED RESCUE, YU GI OH FORBIDDEN MEMORIES, TARZAN ETC.... A QUE SE DEBE QUE NO ME LEAN LOS PROGRAMAS CASI NINGÚN ROM PS1 ?
I made everything as said in this tutorial with same game and also other multi cd game. Both PS1 games say, NO CD. I have everything named correctly and all covers downloaded and everything looks in order. So what might be the problem?
Latest opl version? Could use opl manager to fix any issues too
it says "no disk!" when i try to load in a game.
I tried playing FF7 on PS2 using the popstarter emulator. However, during battle, only the UI is shown in the screen and the rest is black(cloud barret and the enemies). You think you could help me out?
Hello how can i swap disc on popstarter like playing disc 1 of metal gear solid then swapping to disc 2?
Thank you!
I have a problem. Crash bandicoot 1 is black and white but the second game is not. Also GTA Vice city is black and white too. How do I fix this?
Thank you, very useful
What's with the sharpness? PS1 games on component are way too pixelated. Is there any image smoothess with this method?
All my PS1 games fail to boot. I'm using the provided OPL version (newer versions don't seem to have PSX support...). The provided POPSTARTER version etc. The VCD files are properly renamed for OPL to see them. But when trying to start a game all I get is a black screen.
The games I tried (Broken Sword 2, Harry Potter 1 and 2, all PAL) did the exact same. Notably with almost no USB activity (though not none, but for about 0.5 seconds at the very start, probably just POPSTARTER?)
I will soon try games the compatibility list notes specifically as working. But due to the way it fails I'm assuming I did something wrong in the setup, any idea what it could be? (/What information about my current setup is needed to diagnose the issue!)
Figured it out! Turns out I somehow forgot to copy the POPS_IOX.PAK file causing it to not work obviously!
i have modded ps2 with hdd matrix 1.93, i tried ur method and copied elf files and clicked O on OPNPS2LD.ELF after entire process but opl didi load. Got black screen.. Any suggestions????
Awesome tutorial! Is it possible that some games will run faster? In my opinion Resident Evil DC is running few fps too fast - any solution?
I can't comment on this, is the game correct region as your console, i.e. PAL for PAL console or NTSC for NTSC console?
Broooooo!!! You are a ps2 god!!!!
For some reasons the games that suppose to work (even the one you shown) the ingame visual is super glitched out and mostly grey or black lines, but the audio of the game runs like normal. Is it because of a faulty file conversion? Or does the emulator doesn't support component? (Despite the ps1 logo is the only thing work, before the visual glitchness).
Not sure I use NTSC games and they work fine with my component cables. Not sure if some TV's are goofy and you may need to use RCA
So could I convert my PS1 memory card onto a USB the same way??
For some odd reason my computer is block cue2pops file. it's saying it's a malware. Is it safe?
Having a small issue, whenever I enter mass:/, the browser freezes so I can’t install OPL manager. My USB is exFAT since it can’t format to fat32, but my PS2 games load fine off of this USB though.
I just solved that issue yesterday, you're in luck ;)
1. turn on (or restart) your ps2
2. as soon as you do hold the start button, you'll see something like 'infinity disabled'
3. restart your ps2 (don't press anything this time)
4. proceed to install opl as you normally would
Nice Work
I have a question on PS2 OPL stuff
how do i transfer saved games from the physical MC to VMC
in filebrowser i see its like a different format
i ve been searching everywhere
can anyone point me in the right direction
i would like to transfer as many to VMC to free up space on the Physical MC
What usb works well in this method?
I used an ssd USB 2tb n it didn't fork. I tried a 29gb sandisk thumb drive n work perfectly.
So my question is, what types n max side work with this method?
I think any should work as long as its FAT32. If it's one of those that doesn't have FAT32 as a default option, look up a program that forces it. I had to do so for my 250 GB Flashdrive
Hi!! Thanks for the very simple tutorial! I just wanna ask: Do you need a PS1 memory card to make PS1 games run with this method? Or does my PS2 memory card work?
With newer versions of OPL, popstarter can make its own virtual VMC, so a PS1 memory card isn't required.
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia Thanks a lot!! That's really good. I'm now trying to purchase a portable router so I can hook it up to my PS2 and not have a huge mess of wires all the time haha. I wish this console had Wi-Fi. Ugh
It is 2000 era, it isn't about ps3 consoles and after that wifi made more sense (thank god)
My PS2 works great with PS2 games. The reason I'm doing this is for the PS1 games. I've done everything in this video and also updated OPl to the newest version as mine was very old. The problem is that once i quit OPL or restart the console it reverts back to the old OPl. How is this possible? I updated OPL and ran it and the 10 anniversary screen showed up and the PS1 settings were available in the settings. When I quit back to the PS2 menu and starter OPL again it had reverted back to the older version.
Do you have two different copies of OPL on the memory card, and running the wrong one by accident?
Question. My popstarter is written by japanese language everytime I exit from my game? I saw an English version but i don't know how to change it into it.
SharpShark I know exactly what you are talking about. I have it noted for a future tutorial
The are some files you need to replace.
Google IGR Textures, or wait for a tutorial from versatile. There may be videos about this on youtube too.
My downloaded game not come up with CUE file :/ What i have to do?
it says it is a 7z file and I have no clue what that means
Can I use another usb drive for ps1 games only? I have a spare 4gb usb drive and I don't want to mix the ps1 games with the ps2 games on my usb hdd. I have installed OPL (Funtuna) on mmc. PS2 games work great. Do I need to copy all folders from my usb hdd to the new usb drive? Except DVD and CD folders because they contain ps2 iso.
Yes PS1 and PS2 can live on two different USB drives, that is not an issue.
Did you manage to make a ps3 or ps4 joystick work on Popstarter? Thanks in advance, your videos were very helpfull!
Yes its possible , through pad emu on opl.
good tutorial btw! any possible chance you can do video on this but with multi disc games? like with the DISCS.TXT and using hot keys method. Its kind of confusing lol
Its on the todo list.
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia i dont know how to use multiple discs, like the game Final Fantasy IX, it has 4 discs, what to do in this situation?
i have managed to get tail of the sun to work but not digimon world 3 any help please
Bear with me here, I'm a little slow:P So if I understand this correctly as I've already have a setup for running PS2 games from a USB trough SMB (with OPL) for faster speed and performance thanks to your other videos. All I have to do to additionaly play PS1 titles is to take my already exisiting USB device for PS2 ISO's an create a new map called POPS and add a ps1 game as long as its a VCD file, and put the POPS_IOX.PAK and POPSTARTER.ELF files in the same folder. Right?
There is a lot of detail, but check this out: bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/usb-mode
There is a compatible list for all the ps1 games. I wanted to try ff8 but when i did it froze so ive went to google for a compaibility list its not working the first disc anyway. But ff9 works so yeah i wanted to play ff9 on my tv for quite awhile. Thx.
hi i tried this but the game didn't show up can you help me?
I can't get into the cue2pops link. The Page doesn't come up.
I found a different place. It's all good.
I followed this to a T and it wont update OPL just stays on old OPL 0.9.3.elf
Sorry, does cue2pops works for multiples "bin" files? I mean. I have some games that his "zip" file contains more than one "bin" file called "track 1", "track 2", etc. which are for example: Castlevania, Residen Evil 2, Dino Crisis 2, between others.
Anyway, excellent video tutorial!!
Do you still need help? if so i can help you
Hi. I need to know how return, reseting, to the OPL without came back to the Usb menù in ps2 backup (I have Freemcboot and OPL in the usb stick).
I think simplest is restart the ps2 and redo whole process
Ps2-Home seems down all the time. Anywhere else recommended for program downloads such as these? popstarter etc
Popstarter there is a bitbucket website (via google). Other homebrew check out psx-place.com
As I was having problems with sending files via USB I decided to give rad host a try. The connection keeps flashing between connected and in connected I've tried different ethernet cables. It won't connect at all as an admin. Often the PS2 just freezes up. Every attempt to get this to work is a nightmare. But I still keep trying.
Radhost is not the simplest way to go about this. I prefer USB or smb with ps1 game playing.
Doesnt seem to say bad iso and ask to convert when I open OPL manager. I've tried literally everything and it just wont work but will recognize fine in manager
Probably bcoz you're using the laatest opl manager. must use the same version of opl manager as the above.