MPH to Release New UMD Loader to play v2.0+ Games on PSP v1.5

[wraggster]

Finally some great news, im sure you know how disapointed a lot of people are and by that im talking about hardcore homebrewers when MPH released the ISO loader :(, but it looks like hes releasing a new UMD loader that will play games like GTA and others on V1.5 Firmware, this time you will need the original UMD to play it. Now that is great news.

Using this method we may be able to play all new games on the Homebrew friendly v1.5 firmware, more news as it happens :)

[Kaiser]

Now this is what I've been waiting for. Good stuff!

[DPyro]

Let's hope he can make this happen. Maybe then I could buy some new games to play on my 1.50.

[NeoXCS]

He already got it to happen but he just needs to fix the bugs for multiplayer and sleep! =) Can't wait to play my GTA on 1.5. I miss 1.5. =P

[babu]

errr, i sure wasn't one of thoese people that were disappointed by the release of MPH iso loader. But this is also great news :P


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Piracy is piracy, iso and rom all sit in the same boat, if you want to ban one then ban the other also :(

[b8a]

Deffinately good news. I was happy about the ISO version, but this is much better as it would mean that I could play a game right after buying it instead of having to mess around with trying to sort the files out for hours beforehand. Plus, maybe now I can go without buying a bigger memory stick for a while longer (!_!) Still using the stock 32MB!!! Some good looking games are finally starting to come out and I'm anxious to finally try out some games that were officially built for the system.

[Xarius]

*glee*

[Illegal Machine]

Hey, I think it's great somewhat.


But I'm thankful theres a version out there for those who want to play it for free too..

lol

[drew4237]

i wonder when this is gonna be release

[Ranmax09]

I hope this new loader is a UMD Loader and a ISO Loader :D

[YourStillWithMe]

This is great news. I WAS excited about the iso loader but then i realized that im sure that a UMD loader would be available soon, so like a good soul, (and plus i get to save space on my mem stick :D ) I waited.

Good job MPH!!!!

I support and understand both sides to the ISO loading aspect. and im both for it, and at the same time, not at all.

good luck to mph ! and thank you even if you fail, your efforts are appreciated (by me at least!)

[felonyr301]

well i like the iso loader because it can load the game much faster by the memory stick but i like this one too good to have both so when im trying out a game i can just load it up on my 1.5 and yes i agree why b!tch about illegal this and that when homebrew itself like emulators and roms are illegal and even if you own the game (yea right) sony doesnt care they are still going with their plans and by the looks of it they going to just not bother too much cause they trying to bring out another device kinda llike a modified psp and given sonys track no support to the psp which makes it worse for games (like the games is already garbage most of it) and they will just release firmwares to stop homebrew just to keep nintendo and other game companies from suing their a$$es anyways.

[ArugulaZ]

I'd be one happy camper if this will make the upcoming batch of Capcom releases compatible with my system. Can you believe I STILL haven't played Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX because of firmware issues?

JR

[Voltron]

I initially thought that this was going to be an ISO Loader that requires the original UMD for verification. This bummed me out because it takes a LOT of memory space for some ISO's. From some of the posts above, it sounds as if this will play the actual UMD disc without ripping, converting files, cramming the memory stick, etc.

Is this true? If anyone knows, please let me know.

Awesome work MPH! This would be donation worthy easily.

[Fr0sTy]

sweet... hopefully this will take care of multiplayer, sleep (as said before), and the custom tracks for gta... i use my 1.5 more than my other psp... i wish i could watch more videos on it too.... that's all i really use my other one for anyway... umd loaders are the way to go....

[mog]

good work mph
sounds amazing, but if like usual, the loader is only compatible with 1.5, then im still going to have to use devhook if i buy a non-1.0 game like lumines...

would be nice to get that of my memory stick, i cant fit all my old stuff on it anymore :(

[geise69]

This IS great news! To bad I decided to say "screw it!" to homebrew on psp and updated yesterday. I updated mainly cause I was tired of waiting to see if 2.5 firmware games was ever going to be able to run on 1.5. Plus it sucks buying two games (SFA3 Max and Ys Ark of Napishtim) and just looking at the boxes. I still think that some 2.5 games are going to have trouble running with the MPH umd launcher. I do hope I'm wrong though. Also with constant firmware updates it's just going to get worse. I wonder if you're going to have to have a certain firmware to use your psp with the PS3 when it "ever" gets released. I will miss homebrew on the psp but I'll be fine since I just ordered a GP2X. Gotta love portable MAME! Anyways this is great news from MPH and I hope he can pull this off!

[kcc86]

So will 2.5 games work on this umd loader? I wouldn't mind using that verification system thing because I rather play the game off the ms because it loads faster and it won't wear down the umd laser. Once this loader is released, my other psp will probably be useless.

[Voltron]

Question - I just got the new RPG game <b>Generation of Chaos</b>. It is a 2.60 required game. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I may get it to run on my 1.5 PSP. Can I Rip it and back it up with UMDGEN, would it work with the MPH Iso Loader for 2.00+ games? Any help would be appreciated.

[Takean]

Definatly..I just got that game too, and Y's..and do not want to lose my homebrew just yet either. Let us know if it works plz :)

[Corona]

No!!!
BAN THE FRIGGIN ISOs!!
Its you people that cause the need for firmware!!
YOU MAKE ME SICK!

[Takean]

No!!!
BAN THE FRIGGIN ISOs!!
Its you people that cause the need for firmware!!
YOU MAKE ME SICK!

??? Are you high? It has nothing to do with any iso loaders. Its to allow ppl who "OWN" the game, to be able to play it on their psp without upgrading. I own both games, but I just want to play them without upgrading...which is not wrong at all ;p

[babu]

corona u really naive, But relax!!!
if you don't like iso then don't use them, u ain't G.Bush who thinks he can change the world, since homebrewe works in all fw atm, then don't upgrade when sony release 3.0, besides you nor anyother ppl like you can BAN ISO, they will always exist. So sshhh mmmkay



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Piracy is piracy, iso and rom all sit in the same boat, if you want to ban one then ban the other also

[geise69]

I tell you one thing though, I downloaded and tried an ISO of the japanese version of Ys the Ark of Napishtim. It ran really nice at 333mhz and had really no loading time. I bought the US version of Ys on release day. Of course I updated it to play it and another game I bought that's 2.5. Anyways the UMD of Ys has crazy load times at some spots, and I don't think they clock this game to run at 333mhz. It ran a lot smoother as an ISO. I hope there might be a way that when the UMD loader by MPH is released it will be able to set the clock speed.

[Kaiser]

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Piracy is piracy, iso and rom all sit in the same boat, if you want to ban one then ban the other also

Since when did we allow illegal roms on this site?

[kyle2194]

Wait, isnt his loader technically already an umd loader? I mean a umdemulator just tricks it. It already boots my armored core umd fine, without an iso. So, how will this loader differentiate the gta umd, from a umdemulated one?

[slayer2psp]

even if the psp was never cracked we still would have firmware updates its how sony adds things to the psp. look at the ps2 it so easy to get any game you want for that it hasnt hurt it at all. the plain and simple fact is games run much faster and load faster off the ms mx vs atv has 40 sec to 1:40 load times off the umd off my ms its less then 20 seconds thats a huge difference companys need to learn how to make these damn umds load faster gta loads real good for a umd why cant they all be like that

[slayer2psp]

No!!!
BAN THE FRIGGIN ISOs!!
Its you people that cause the need for firmware!!
YOU MAKE ME SICK! if the psp was never cracked there still would be firmware updates thats how sony adds cool new stuff to the psp like the web browser isos will never go away they just work better

[StoneCut]

ISOs are not the problem and I can explain ...

Okay, you can only load ISOs on FW1.5, right ? So, if ISOs are what causes all these firmware upgrades from Sony why was there ever a need for any firmware upgrade after v2.01 ??? You can't run ISOs on 2.01, you can't downgrade. All you can do is run some homebrew. Yet still $ony reacted and tried plugging the hole with 2.5 and then 2.6 etc. Also, this way $ony gets to add new features like when the PS3 is finally out or I guess we'll also need new FW for the 8GB memory sticks ...

And if MPH is smart, and I'm sure he/she/they is/are, they will just make the new loader load the UMD which is presently "seen" in the drive. So, if you drop your GTA UMD in there you'll play that but if anyone uses UMD emu 0.8c to "fake" an UMD first and then starts the MPH Game Loader, it will also see that "fake" UMD, there's nothing it can do about it ...

It would be an easy way to satisfy all crowds as no copyrights are infringed since MPH's Game Loader itself doesn't load ISOs.

Just my hopes or predictions of what might happen, but mark my words ;)

[scarface350]

No!!!
BARK BARK, BAN THE FRIGGIN ISOs!!
Its you people that cause the need for firmware!!
YOU MAKE ME SICK! BARK BARK lol you relate to a Paranoid dog somewhat :D

[camel99]

This is good news...but if you can fool games to make it think that it is 2.0+ then why can't you integrate UMD Emulator 0.8c into the program?

[Nige]

Wait, isnt his loader technically already an umd loader? I mean a umdemulator just tricks it. It already boots my armored core umd fine, without an iso. So, how will this loader differentiate the gta umd, from a umdemulated one?

Yeah, I was thinking almost the same thing. The existing loader will already boot and play (for example) WRC fine - but some aspects of loading (and especially saving) don't work. I guess this is why the GTA PRXes have to be modified for full functionality. If this can be done in real-time (by some sort of magic) then it's go go go.

IMO the loader should support UMDs and ISOs. Give the users the choice. Not everyone using an ISO is doing so illegally.

[MadMonkee]

IMO the loader should support UMDs and ISOs. Give the users the choice. Not everyone using an ISO is doing so illegally.

I agree. If the whole ISO concept didn't exist, I wouldn't have Untold Legends still because I broke the UMD's case... and while trying to super glue it back I accidenly dripped super glue on the disc and it's not working anymore.

I lost 5 games in Books-a-million -_- ... I am sure someone just ****ing took it. I even had an extra PSP battery in it.

They should either release UMD copiers, or shut the **** up about ISOs. UMDs are the most easily breakable crap ever. Keep it in your pocket for one day, crack... it's gone, there goes 50$. I work hard for my money, 50$ actually hurts on my part.

Plus I still rather play GTA from the UMD rather than ISO. Edison Carter's cheat works, frameskip (magically) is better.

But I HATE to upgrade to 2.00 and then downgrade for homebrew... I fear somehow it ****s up the PSP, flashing the ROM like that.

[The_Ultimate_Eggman]

Any way they can implement ISO streaming from your PC so no need to have to store them locally on your memory card maybe a feature for future releases??

[ExIdOuS]

This is just a thought is it possible to just take say the 2.6 firmware and just put the code that 1.5 uses for homebrew back in it, then load that firmware. It would be the best of both worlds.
Now I dont know anything about firmware or even coding, but would this not just be the best fix. To have a program that just inserted the 1.5 homebrew code into any firmware.

[Voltron]

Well, I just got my 2GB Ultra II Sandisk and for the first time, I tried this ISO bit to see what all the fuss was about. I tried it with X-MEN Legends 2. MAN! I was impressed. Its not very practical since the ISO takes up over 1GB of space but it plays DAMN good with full functionality. Saving, Network Play, etc. Plays so smooth and fast with little to no loading times.

After this, I must say I support playing legally owned games in this manner. Especially if firmware limitations don't allow the UMD to play normally.

I'm angry. If there are ways to "TRICK" the PSP in playing Firmware Required games, that means the PSP IS CAPABLE of playing these games at 1.5 firmware. Therefore I am really angry at Sony for blocking games from playing on lower firmwares and trying to FORCE people to update. Very dissapointing.

Can't wait for this:
<img src="http://www.sandisk.com/Assets/Products/130/ultra2-mspd-4gb130.jpg">

[bill00000]

This is just a thought is it possible to just take say the 2.6 firmware and just put the code that 1.5 uses for homebrew back in it, then load that firmware. It would be the best of both worlds.
Now I dont know anything about firmware or even coding, but would this not just be the best fix. To have a program that just inserted the 1.5 homebrew code into any firmware.

Why didn't anyone else think of that? Christ, what happened to these forums? Will this be the first news posting that gets locked?

[finalfantesy]

so its suposed to work without isos now cuase thats awsome iv got a small stick

[Fragggle]

MPH Game Loader (Version 1.1.0) now available

http://mphwebsite.tuxfamily.org/index.php?program=19

MPH said
"Here the game loader 1.1 with support umd.

Because i have no time for the moment, the multiplayers and sleep bugs are not corrected for the moment, it will be for the next version.

The compatibility is likely to be reduced because decoding is performed in the loader and because of the memory I am limited (64ko) to decipher prx but the next version will not have this constraint."

[kurst3030]

i just tried it with megaman x..and well..












it worked great :D!!! just don't put it into sleep mode or it will scare the s*** out of you. it doesn't turn back on unless you get your charger cable, so don't freak, you didn't brick your psp.
i used the flash0 and flash1 folders from the 2.5 eboot......if anyone doesn't know how to use this, i'll give a tutorial. its really simple actually

[jason867]

I got GTA: LCS to start up, but it freezes about half-way through the loading bar...and then the psp shuts off after a few seconds

Any ideas? I'm positive I didn't do anything wrong because GTA wouldn't even start if you didn't install everything right...there's just no possible way...

[kurst3030]

try using the flash files from the 2.5 firmware eboot..or higher...that might work. either that, or i remember reading something like this situation somewhere else a little bit ago, and you might need to patch something..idk....

[finalfantesy]

i cant dycript 2.6 firmaware and i cant play katamari if i use the 2.5 firmware will that work

[phonsey]

HI THERE I HAVE GTA LOADED ON A 1.50 WITH NO PROBLEMS AT ALL IF YOU LIKE TO KNOW WHO EMAIL AT:

[email protected]

:cool: my name is phonsey :cool:

[Xarius]

Anyone having luck with 2.6 games? There have been a rush of 2.6 games that I want to play (Megaman Powered Up, Katamari, Worms Open Warfare), but there's no way I'm upgrading now that 2.5 and below works on 1.5.