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If you want to play Playstation-games on your PC, look at the PSEmuPro page. PSEmuPro is the best Playstation emulator around. Not all games are working, but lots are. Be sure you have a fast PC like an AMD K6-2 300 or an Intel PII 300 and a good videocard like a 3DFX card.
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Info (Special Thanks to Taran) Before you try and copy a Playstation CD, you should be aware that you cannot just copy-and-play. It is important that you understand the copy protection used inside the PSX, and what you must do to play copied CDs. Authentic CDs for the PSX have black bottoms, as compared to normal CDs with silver or gold bottoms. This is to distinguish authorized CDs from those made with a standard CD recorder. Despite the coloring, PSX CDs can be read from any CD-ROM. The black CDs are made with special recorders made by Sony, which are able to write special CDs (through the use of bad blocks). Bad blocks are segments of data on the CD which have been marked as invalid. Normally, you do not want these on a CD as any data which is located in a bad block is lost. Because of this, all consumer CD recorders are designed to correct bad blocks when they read them before writing them to new CDs. Only Sony's special development recorders will re-write these bad blocks on new CDs, and these cannot be purchased. Understanding bad blocks is the key to understanding the Playstation's copy protection scheme. When the PSX boots up, it performs two checks on the CD inside the PSX. One of these checks looks for the country code, which tells the PSX what country the CD was created in. If the code matches the code that is located in the PSX BIOS (Basic Input/Output System), the boot procedure will continue. For example, a Japanese CD is not playable on a US Playstation because of the country code check. The second check looks for bad blocks at certain locations on the CD. Since only Sony's CD recorders can produce these, the presence of bad blocks tell the PSX that the CD is authentic. If they are not there, the PSX halts the boot process. There have been several methods to get around this check. The first is the famous swaptrick method. Sony caught on and modified the BIOS further so that swapping would not work. The easiest way (and only way for newer Playstations) is to purchase a MOD chip for the PSX. The MOD chip causes the PSX to return the correct information when the PSX checks for the country code and bad blocks. It automatically tells the PSX that the country code passed and that the CD is authentic. |
MAC PSX Copying
MAC PSX Copying site URL: http://24.4.95.219/blackmagic/macpsx/
The Software
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Common Problems
| CD Wizard Pro / Gold http://www.vob.de/us/default.htm |
CD Burner Compatibility Listing - http://www.vob.de/de/Support/general/compatibility.htm |
| It is not luck that this program copies
Playstation CD's. VOB's CD-Wizard
page even brags that they created CD-Wizard to copy Playstation CD's along with many
other types of protected CD's. I have not had any problems copying protected PSX CD's with
this program. CD Wizard copies 4 second tracks as well. CD Wizards also is a great program
to create a CD from scratch, copy multiple CD's at one time, and packet write to CD-RW's. Stay with the defaults using this program. There is really no need to change anything unless you want to make an image first or read and burn at 1x. |
| Prassi CD Right Plus http://www.prassi.com/ |
CD Burner Compatibility Listing - http://www.prassi.com/support.htm |
| This program seems to be great for coping PSX
games. In fact when you put a PSX CD in the drive it even reports it as a Playstation CD
unlike most that say unknown CD. Prassi CD Right Plus does copy 4 second tracks as well.
Prassi also is a great program to create a CD from scratch. Stay with the defaults using this program. There is really no need to change anything unless you want to make an image first or read and burn at 1x. |
| Padus DiscJuggler http://www.padus.com/discjugg.htm |
CD Burner Compatibility Listing - http://www.padus.com/hardware.htm |
| Currently I am running Padus DiscJuggler version
1.01.199-FU. This program has no problems with 4 second tracks or any other protection
scheme out on PSX CD-Roms. Just put in the CD Rom and burn it. You can currently download their demo which is totally operational except it only burns CDR's at 1X. DiskJuggler works great but is a little temperamental with some CD's. |
| DAO http://www.goldenhawk.com |
CD Burner Compatibility Listing - http://www.goldenhawk.com/support/supported.htm |
PSX-Backup is a front end: http://alphaflight.com/psx DSWIN is a front end: http://www.privat.kkf.net/~frank.rosendahl/dswin.html |
| Ahead Nero http://www.ahead.de |
CD Burner Compatibility Listing - http://www.ahead.de/Recorder.htm |
| Nero is a good copy program that supports almost
every CDR burner. Nero v4.0.0.6 seems to copy most titles on the store shelf. Nero will
copy protection schemes such as 4 second blocks. The latest version of Nero v4.0.0.6 and
has a very nice interface and does a better job copying than earlier versions. Nero can do
much more then just copy PSX games. Nero can create CD's from scratch, copy MAC CD's, and
many other great options. Nero only has two problems that I consider worth mentioning. One is the fact that it is very slow doing a speed measurement and the second being buffer underruns. Stay with the defaults using this program. There is really no need to change anything unless you want to make an image first or read and burn at 1x. |
| CDRWIN http://www.goldenhawk.com |
CD Burner Compatibility Listing - http://www.goldenhawk.com/support/supported.htm |
| CDRWIN - Just stay with the defaults and CDRWin
should copy everything except 4 second tracks. To copy 4 second tracks life get a little more tricky. 1. Set Subcode Options: Analyze Mode to "AUTO" and start Copy Image to disk going 2. CDRWin will raise an Exception on the 4-second tracks (click cancel on track 1 to save time) 3. BUT!!!!!...here's the important bit, a valid cue sheet has been created for the PSX CD so rename it to something else. 4. Set Subcode Options: Analyze Mode to "NONE" and start Copy Image to disk going again. 5. This will succeed creating a valid RAW file but its cue sheet is invalid because there are no 2 second pre gaps. 6. Copy your renamed (valid) cue sheet over the top of your invalid cue sheet and load it. 7. Insert blank CDR into CD Recorder. 8. Now backup your image (still using Analyze Mode = "NONE") with valid RAW and CUE sheet for perfect backup. |
| Gear Replicator v1.2 http://www.elektroson.com |
| Not many options to set in this program. However
it seems to be a good copy program for PSX. Gear Replicator can copy 4 second tracks and
other protection scemes. One large problem with this program is that it requires you to
let the program simulate and verify the first copy (very time consuming). During this
first copy you are not allowed to set any controls at all. Note: that there is a big differnce between Gear 4.2 and Gear Replicator v1.2 |
| Adaptec CD Copier Deluxe (v3.5) http://www.adaptec.com/products/overview/ecdc.html |
| Yes you can copy playstations with this limited program. There are very few options to change. If you have trouble copying a CD using the default settings you might want to make an image file first and or burn at 1x. Easy CD-Creator Deluxe 3.5a can not duplicate 4 second tracks. Adaptec's CD Copier comes in both Adaptec Easy CD Creator and Adaptec Easy CD Audio they both work fine. |
| NTI CD-Maker Pro http://www.ntius.com |
| Coping a PSX CD with NTI is not too tuff. v3.1.6
now supports Disk-At-Once making better copies of PSX games. However NTI does not support
coping 4 second tracks. Most games can be copied by NTI's CD-Maker Pro. Step 1. Create an image file of the PSX game. This is done by putting in your PSX game, selecting the source drive, go to the target section and click on "browse" and select where to store your image. Next click on the "options" tab at the top and check "Ignore source CD medium error". Finally go back to your main page and hit "copy" the image will now be created. Step 2. It is a good idea to close and restart NTI to clear out the memory Step 3. Select the image you just made for the source window. Next select your burner as the target CD Writer then hit copy. Now under the options screen and check "ignore source CD Medium error". Finally Click copy and then "copy now" on the next screen that pops up. |
| Adaptec Easy-CD Pro for Windows '95 (v2) http://www.adaptec.com/products/overview/ecdc.html | |
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| Gear v4.2 http://www.elektroson.com |
| Step 1. After inserting your PSX game into CD-R recorder select disc info & highlight track 1 + copy track. Step 2. In CD type + setting select CUE SHEET. Step 3. Click on cue sheet editor & find copied track 1 file & drag it to my cue sheet. Step 4. Double click on track 1 in the my cue sheet and change from 2352 to 2336. Step 5. Click view CDR-Drive & copy all other audio tracks by highlighting & dragging them to the my cue sheet. Step 6. Click close & save the cue sheet. Step 7. Write and/or test your disc. |
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