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.
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.
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.
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 :)
if i update OPL, the config files of games change or else?
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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.
@@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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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!!
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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?
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 :-)
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
@@seikokpop yes, emulator is not perfect :( many games have lag not found on original hardware. Sometimes its faster , but rarely. Ps1 have good fps in most games.
@@seikokpop Other than some emulator issues on some games. I use a usb3.0 stick so it fully saturates/maxes out the usb1.1 port on the ps2. Any game I play usually works full speed/like normal if they are compatible.
@claude Speed yeah and i dont have other options for that :( @@natr0n i have an external and internal hard drive for Ps2 and Ps1 games. Some do work fine but sadly many of the "good games" i like have issues with the speed like FF 7,8,9 and other RPG. nothing i can do about that right ? :/
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.
Edit: I got it working, thanks! 've been trying this for the entire day, and it literally does nothing. I tried it on a USB drive, and I tried it on an SMB pi. The game simply does not show in the apps folder through SMB, and it doesn't show anything on the USB drive I made for it. I literally just want to have one PSX game on it, Street Fighter EX2 Plus. It's in VCD format, followed everything to a T.
bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/quickstart-usb for ideas, or look into mechapwn and use that play burnt cd-r and be done with it.
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia Well I did kind of end up getting it to work, but not like how you have it. I can run the elf from ulaunchelf, whichl; you know what, is fine by me. Thanks!
@@SunnyBeeRandomTuber The latest version of OPL that's in the description box isn't the same one he's using. If you download the latest one, you wont be able to play PS1 games. The version he's using is: OPL_1392_DB-TA_all-2068ff-2019-01-04 Just google search the version above and you'll be able to find a zip folder to download. Cheers!
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.
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
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?
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
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! :)
Hello, I can play single-disc PS1 games thanks to this method but I have a question: How can I play games such as Driver 2 and Resident Evil 2 without separately downloading and applying all two discs? I mean, how can I merge them into one .VCD file and apply it to OPL Manager and if I can do it, how can I switch discs in-game?
@@ProjectPhoenixMedia Can I ask another question? After playing the game, can I return to OPL by pressing special button combinations on the controller instead of restarting the console? It sometimes becomes annoying to repeat the whole path to open OPL via Fortuna.
Got to do a restart. I asked same questions to the dev and they said no they are not going to implement that feature (I forget why if that is a limitation of architecture or something else)
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.
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.
I've followed your guide perfectly (except that I couldn't download any art), but OPL crashes back to the browser after I try to launch a game. I select a game, it says Loading Config, the screen turns black, and then I'm looking at my memory cards in the PS2 browser.
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.
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
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
Anyone using a hdmi converter or even component cables I think your tv is gonna have a hard time finding the signal and it might not even show the games at all, to fix this go onto opl manager and click on your ps1 game that won’t display right then click cheats and add the cheat “HDTVFIX” and click save. hope that helps it did for me :)
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?
Later OPL doesnt have the option for PS1 games (latest version 1.0.0), not sure if thats why I cant get it to work. doesnt recognise any games on the USB.
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?
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?
@@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
Please help anyone it says the game i want to play needs popstarter WIP06 b17 but dunno what the b17 means and can only find popstarter wip06 dunno if its a b17
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?
did everything games showed up but when i chose one it stayed black for about 5 seconds then it took me to the browser menu did i miss something? EDIT: I figured it out i need to have pops.pak and pops_IOX.PAK in the pops folder then it worked
@@BryanMendoza0419 hey man, i have both files in my POPS Folder on the USB but it is still not working, i get the black screen then it returns me to the browser menu
I had the same issue but I solved it by simply following all the instructions from the tutorial and then changing POPStarter's USB access delay value. To do this you have to edit the POPSTARTER.ELF file, located in the POPS folder in the usb drive, with an hexadecimal editor (xvi32 for example): Go to offset 0x413 and change the default value from 0x02 to 0x03 or to 0x04 or even continue to increase it to a value until it works for your usb drive, then finally save the file and try again in your console. Make sure your usb drive is a reliable one. A value of 0x04 did it for my usb drive. I have a ps2 slim model 90010 with a modbo 4.0 chip. It works fine now.
Help please I don't see the "batch convert vcd naming" whenever i open the opl manager. It scans the ps2 games and my ps1 game but that batch convert doesn't appear 😔
Hey I followed this 100% to the exact things you did, but once I copy the OPL build to the memory card and boot nothing happens. Just a black screen. I tried a few different OPL builds and none of them loaded. Do I maybe need to erase the very old (0.93 or something) build currently on my PS2? Because I tried just loading OPL from the main menu in FMCB and it wasn't the new build but just the same I've had on there for a long time
Give that a try, follow the text guides at ps2 home. Not sure why you are having issues, just make sure got all necessary required files, and use opl manager v21.6 to rename game files properly
I've tried this multiple times and have struggled with this issue for at least a month now. So I've done all the steps - converted the files to vcd-format, renamed them through OPL-manager, created the right folders and inserted the right files in them but I still can't see my PS1 games on the ps1 games list in OPL. They just don't appear at all, whatever I try to do. If I refresh the PS1 Games page, OPL freezes and I have to restart the system. Tried 4 different versions of OPL daily builds (1.641, 1.609, 1.392, 1.406). Still doesn't work. Some other things I've tried: - trying another POPSTARTER.ELF file (POPStarter_r13_RIP_06) - also putting POPS.PAK in the POPS folder - tried another cue2pops converter (PSXVCD) I don't know what to try anymore. Is it possible that the fault is in my usb stick? It's just a regular 16gb FAT32 usb 2.0 stick.
Update: tried once again with 1.609 after redownloading everything and I get the ps1 games list now! Too bad any of them don't still work. What the fuck
@@bman8363 UPDATE 2: GOT IT WORKING! - Using 1.609 daily build: www.ps2-home.com/forum/download/file.php?id=13695 - POPSTARTER.ELF which is way newer, a work-in-progress from 2019, from here: tinyurl.com/y4r6nt4s (thanks to Olivier Deleauvive B.) - POPS_IOX.PAK from here: filelayer.com/1cQE Just follow the tutorial otherwise. This should make it work!
Pops isn't making a VCD on my computer... I turned off all my virus protections ect. Some odd reason I have a different Cue2pops also, but no files is being made.
Bro, my OPL Launcher disappeared from my menu after I copied and pasted it on the ps2 lol. What do I do? Edit: okay so apparently OPL just got deleted off my menu, but I can still launch it within ULaunch. But my game is not showing up though
OPL problems So I recently purchased a free mcboot memory card so I could play psx and ps2 games without having to hunt down rare games and spend absurd amounts of money for games that came out over 10 years ago. So I’ve pretty much figured out how to play ps2 games using OPL. Now I’m having problems trying to figure out how to get ps1 games to work. I’ve followed multiple RU-vid tutorials, read 100 message threads on the PlayStation home website, and now I’m coming here to hopefully have my problems solved. Basically what I’ve done is updated my OPL to the newest version, I’ve downloaded all the things I need for popstarter, OPL manager, etc. I did everything the tutorials said to do. So I finally manage to get the original Crash Team Racing to show up on my games list, and when I press run, it goes black and closes out OPL and goes to my memory card screen. I also converted the .cue file to .VCD. Anyone know how to fix this before I break my computer? Lol
It doesn't work for me i can't see any PS1 games in PS2OpenLoader why? Did i have the wrong Version OPL 1436? I have this version because all my PS2 Games works there. With the older Version not all games works... Do I need a special Version of OPL for PS1 games? I don't have the PS1 Games option on the settings for Default menu and no PS1 Games display mode to set....
Where are you storing your PS2 games? If it is an SD card formatted as exFAT that could be part of the issue. I noticed that the OPL version that could read my exFAT sd card (and show my PS2 games) could not load PS1 games. Switching the SD card to fat32 and using an older version of OPL loader made the games show up, but I still have not figured out how to get them to work yet.
Check the popstarter compatibility list, perhaps not all games are guaranteed to work. If that is the case, use an emulator on PC or android etc to get your game fix.
