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Well, I plan on getting my PS2 modded eventually so that I can play my "backups", but in the mean time:
Is there a way for me to play backed up games without a modchip? Couldn't I just use a regular PS2/PSX game as a bootdisc and switch which disc is being read really quickly?
Swap Magic is probably a really good bootdisk option, and it's cheap.
Swap Magic is what you're after. I think it's probably best to wait for your modchip though, because you'll only use Swap Magic for a little while.
However, there do exist memloaders:
- You first need to download the memloader source files.
- Then you need to use an original PSX game to build the memloader.
- Then you need to burn the memloader to disc.
- Then you need to load the disc into your PS2 using Swap Magic (or another boot disc), with a memory card that has some free space is in slot one, and the CD will save the memloader onto the memory card.
- Then you can use the game that you built the memloader with as a boot disc if the memory card is in slot one.
I resorted to using a memloader to play Xenosaga (which wasn't released here, so I imported it. :p), after I got sick of my hacked out, unstable version which I stretched across 3 DVD5s, and it worked well.
where do you buy swap magic except online? I'm not that much of a online shopper.
I heard of a "card trick" on an emulator forum. It involves shoving a card inside some part of your PS2 and making it think the thing is spinning or something... I don't know.
Get SwapMagic.
The card trick is a way of getting the disc tray open without the PS2 realizing; without pressing the eject button. It is used in conjunction with a swap disc, so it won't work on its own.Quote:
Originally Posted by rih29