My initial attempt to solve this problem was to exploit the BASIC interpreter that came bundeld with early PAL region PS2s. For the best selling console of all time, it deserves better hacks. You need to either purchase a memory card with an exploit pre-installed (or a memory card to USB adapter), a HDD expansion bay (not available to slim consoles), open up the console to block the disc tray sensors, or install a modchip. I've previously discussed how the PlayStation 2 doesn't have any good entry-point software exploits for launching homebrew. With the CDVD drive fooled it is now time to mount the DVD using the second session, which contains the game itself, since we have already fooled the system into booting ESR and we have already fooled it into recognizing our disc, we can now freely load ELF files from there, so all ESR has to do now is read the SYSTEM.CNF file to obtain the path of the game’s main ELF and load it, effectively running our game.ĮSR no longer works on the PS3 (Sony is not that stupid this time around), but it still work on every PS2 model, with the difference that SCPH-9000X models have patched FMCB, so Swap Magic or a modchip are better options there, and if you have any of those then there’s no real need for ESR.īy Acid_Snake | wololo.Contact About Articles Home FreeDVDBoot - Hacking the PlayStation 2 through its DVD player Initial publication: June 27, 2020 Since playing recorded Video DVDs is allowed on the PS2 as the machine does no other check on the media, the CDVD drive gives green light to the disc as a supported disc. What ESR does is patch the ISO image of the game to include two different data sessions or tracks, the first one, and the one that is immediately accessible to the CDVD drive is a dummy track that resembles that of a Video DVD, fooling the CDVD drive into thinking that a Video DVD has been inserted.
The standard format used for DVDs on the PS2 is UDF (Universal Disk Format), which greatly supports multi-session discs. The way ESR plays backups is by taking advantage of two of the main selling points of the PS2: its DVD drive and its ability to play Video DVD. ESR is always used in conjunction with FMCB: FMCB loads ELF files like ESR and ESR loads backup games. gaming boy image by Wendi Evans from įreeMcBoot | FreeHDDBoot | HDD-OSD | Tools | Linux | HomebrewsĮSR is an application that lets you play certain PS2 backups without modifying the system as long as these backups are specially patched.No further action need be taken to use Free McBoot because of its ability to auto-run and work with the homebrew game. The game should launch properly with the newly installed Free McBoot files.
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