Hi guys,
I only have Swap Magic 3.3 DVD version and I don't have Swap Magic 3.3 CD version. Is there any way to load PS2 CD backups(for Street Fighter EX3)?
Will these Tools help?
Cogswap, DVD loader etc. (For original PS2 CD games, I only have original PS1 Japanese games, and my PS2 is US version)
This is a tricky one... From what I'm understanding you have NO retail PS2CD games (which would technically make you a pirate :P )? If that is the case, to my knowledge there are no swap methods you can use. So Cogswap and Swap Magic 3.3 CD (if you had it) would be worthless without a retail game to load the TOS. However you're not completely out of options. Since you have Swap Magic 3.3 DVD you can create a homebrew installer DVD to install Free Memory card Boot (FMB) on to your memory card. Now most people know that the ESR booter that comes with FMB will only work on DVD games. What most people don't know, is that there are methods to convert a CD image to a DVD image that can be found via google. Once you have a DVD image of your CD game and ESR on your memory card, it's as simple as patch/burn/play.
Originally posted by nicevibe: This is a tricky one... From what I'm understanding you have NO retail PS2CD games (which would technically make you a pirate :P )? If that is the case, to my knowledge there are no swap methods you can use. So Cogswap and Swap Magic 3.3 CD (if you had it) would be worthless without a retail game to load the TOS. However you're not completely out of options. Since you have Swap Magic 3.3 DVD you can create a homebrew installer DVD to install Free Memory card Boot (FMB) on to your memory card. Now most people know that the ESR booter that comes with FMB will only work on DVD games. What most people don't know, is that there are methods to convert a CD image to a DVD image that can be found via google. Once you have a DVD image of your CD game and ESR on your memory card, it's as simple as patch/burn/play.
thanks, but the cd game I want to play (street fighter ex3) can not be converted from cd to dvd.
Damn that sucks, sorry I didn't check any compatibility lists before posting. I'm going to make another suggestion of which I'm not sure about compatibility. Using your Swap Magic 3.3 to boot, make a homebrew installer DVD-R, using the same method as SNES DVD. With an elf launcher on your memory card, you can launch OpenPS2Loader. I'm sure there are compatibility charts out there for OpenPS2Loader that you can check. With OpenPS2Loader you can load disc images from USB storage device, off the network, or from internal HDD. If you have one of those media storage options, this might be the only way. IF the game is compatible, I would recommend booting from HDD (if you have one), this will provide the best quality.
