Psp Umd Image Dumped...

[Kop_007]

Is it true this time then?

Obviously I know little of this stuff but what's the possibility of running ripped UMD games from the memory stick?

 

[Vimacs]

yeah its tue, and the possibility is pretty high also as there is allready a execlude game from memorystick feture in the bios wich is ment for demos, the problem with running homebrew this way is currently that it needs to be encrypted/signed, wich the original propably alrleady are, we will see.

 

[kotd]

I don't know still seems hard to believe. We'll see...

 

[finty]

Heh, you didn't waste any time in posting after seeing it on IRC

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Of course not .

Credit goes to #gp32dev. Just don't be talkin' no dev.

 

[Jarska333]

Is it true this time then?

Obviously I know little of this stuff but what's the possibility of running ripped UMD games from the memory stick?

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Now why would you want to do that? :unsure: :blink:

I allways boffless me, how these "groups" seem so... proud of what they are doing... :huh:

From that text, you allmost get the feeling, that it is a legitimate business...

 

[Steve-O]

LOL AT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WOULDNT BELEIVE ME !!!

Yup... They are floating around IRC... so all the people that still think its a lie, its not... and its not Bull Shit "kotd"

There is an IRC channel dedicated to just PSP games, but Unfortunatly Im banned from the channel as I tried to xdcc list all the bots at once hehe

 

[Kop_007]

Is it true this time then?

Obviously I know little of this stuff but what's the possibility of running ripped UMD games from the memory stick?

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Now why would you want to do that? :unsure: :blink:

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So I can play games from the memory stick, like I said.

 

[c0ncept]

I allways boffless me at how these "groups" seem so... proud of what they are doing... :huh:

From that text, you allmost get the feeling, that it is a legitimate business...

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*sigh*

virtually everyone on this board uses roms released in the past by groups like this. Think of it as archiving.

 

[Squidge]

Hmm, from the (suggested) size of PSP games at the moment, you would need to buy 1 memory card for each 1 - 2 games that you want. Easier and cheaper to just buy the games.

 

[ratx]

They'll probally get compressed via the process of removing video / undesired languages etc like most other console "scene" releases. At least thats what someone told me anyway. Or something.

 

[Kop_007]

Hmm, from the (suggested) size of PSP games at the moment, you would need to buy 1 memory card for each 1 - 2 games that you want. Easier and cheaper to just buy the games.

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Vampire_Chronicle_The_Chaos_Tower_JAP_PSP-PARADOX [407.4MB in 29 files].
Wipeout_Pure_USA_PSP-PARADOX [132.9MB in 10 files].
Ridge_Racers_JAP_PSP-PARADOX [491.4MB in 35 files].

Wipeout looks pretty small.

A 1gb stick would do for a couple of games and a 2gb stick would obviously do for more.

I know I'd rather have multiple games on a memory stick than having to bring out and swap UMDs everytime.

Like the GP32, having everything on one memory device is a huge positive for me.

 

[Rico]

I know I'd rather have multiple games on a memory stick than having to bring out and swap UMDs everytime.

Like the GP32, having everything on one memory device is a huge positive for me.

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Yeah 'cos I'm sure that you'll buy a real copy of each game you download :rolleyes:

 

[Steve-O]

I know I'd rather have multiple games on a memory stick than having to bring out and swap UMDs everytime.

Like the GP32, having everything on one memory device is a huge positive for me.

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Yeah 'cos I'm sure that you'll buy a real copy of each game you download :rolleyes:

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but did you buy each real copy of the game roms you have on your GP32??

 

[finty]

I allways boffless me at how these "groups" seem so... proud of what they are doing... :huh:

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They should be proud, there is alot of work that goes into this sort of thing. I guess if you're not into warez you wouldn't care.

Squidge: Memory sticks are rewritable, so if you want a differant game on delete the old one but keep it and the saves on your computer.

This is all theory though, there is no way to run these yet.

EDIT: Sounded like I was talking to a kid there, I mean this is what I would do.

 

[Kop_007]

haha, the debate begins. :rolleyes:

However, assuming that you buy a copy of each game you download, am I the only one who prefers having it all in one place? When I use my PSP out and about, it's rarely on 'long trips' - it's always short journys on the train etc. I never bring more than one UMD (the one that's in the PSP). I like my PSP in the glove case since it's easy to fit in my pocket - it's all about the portability for me, and that means less things to carry, so if I can have a number of PSP games on one memory stick then hooray.

What about battery life as well? Games that require a lot of reading from the UMD wont need to do it, or have I got the wrong end of the stick (no pun intended) there?

 

[Kop_007]

Oooh, just read that the first PSP homebrew game has been released.

Only works on 1.0 Jap PSP. Nice one Bast for persuading me not to upgrade firmware.

 

[finty]

Yeah, saw that myself. Apparently it wasn't put together with the ELF2PBP tool either.

 

[spray]

damn me and my quick updating

not only is my net access crippled but now i can't run homebrew

 

[Kop_007]

Well, you're not missing anything...yet.

 

[Squidge]

Squidge: Memory sticks are rewritable, so if you want a differant game on delete the old one but keep it and the saves on your computer.

I know they are, but they can only be erased a finite number of times before they become useless, but it seems that they are much smaller than I've seen elsewhere anyway - 130mb is tiny!

Hmmm, I see that even though UMD image dumps are useless, people are distributing them all over the net already, and they are not exactly difficult to find. Maybe I should download one to see what the contents of a UMD is like.