• Coveman releases ‘Open PS2 Loader’ as ISO for Cobra USB

    Emulators, PS3 Hacks , 16.01.2012

    Coveman has released Open PS2 Loader for Cobra USB, to quote:

    * You don’t need SWAP MAGIC
    * You don’t need any optical disc at all in your PS3
    * Works on PS3 non-BC (tested on my SLIM) (CobraUSB required)

    I created an “Open PS2 Loader” ISO file, so you can just load it from Cobra Manager or multiMAN.

    Just extract the .rar and transfer it to your internal HDD to /dev_hdd0/PS2ISO

    I included the cover so you can either put it in /covers_retro/psx/SLES_806.08_COV.JPG or rename it to “Open PS2 Loader.jpg” and put it along side the ISO in PS2ISO foler.

    coveman

    Note: This only works with CobraUSB Dongle

    [Source via Tortuga Cove]

    [Download Open PS2 Loader]

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  • 61 Comments

    1. H3avyRa1n
      01-16-2012
      02:09 PM
      1

      this would be great in case you didn't need the cobra dongle, so meh.

    2. VIRGIN KLM
      01-16-2012
      02:12 PM
      2

      What's the purpose of it? You have all of it's fetures already on Cobra, discless included, plus why would you load a game at 1.2 USB speed instead of 2.0 USB speed?

    3. /toto67
      01-16-2012
      02:29 PM
      3

      for example to load a patched cb first which boot up opl to load the game you choose cheats for.

    4. Pirate
      01-16-2012
      02:42 PM
      4

      Moved to front page.

    5. V6ser
      01-16-2012
      02:51 PM
      5

      Originally Posted by Pirate View Post
      Moved to front page.
      Link problem again.

      http://www.ps3hax.net/2012/01/covema...for-cobra-usb/

    6. RVX
      01-16-2012
      02:55 PM
      6

      Seconded H3avyRa1n's comment.

    7. funstuff234
      01-16-2012
      03:02 PM
      7

      Wait, so this allows PS2 backwards compatibility on slim ps3s?!?

    8. lewy20041
      01-16-2012
      03:03 PM
      8

      the purpose is to load the games by SMB. great thing i was in the middle of createing an iso by myself. this is opl v8? for anyone who wont i created a theme for it. if any one want some else send me a pm. here is the link and theme.

      https://rapidshare.com/files/4401313..._Aeon_16-9.zip

    9. Esppiral
      01-16-2012
      03:03 PM
      9

      Another useless release for those whot don't pay for a piece of ****.

    10. kokogambo
      01-16-2012
      03:06 PM
      10

      Now we can, so....
      Lets Play PS2 games, lol.....

    11. hamtah
      01-16-2012
      03:30 PM
      11

      Where is the news? I want to play with a normal USB, not the same Cobra dongle. People talk about cracking TB, yet we can't even crack this dongle? The devs just don't want to, even though this dongle is hardly piracy, devs still refuse to crack it.

    12. funstuff234
      01-16-2012
      03:36 PM
      12

      Well cracking it isn't easy.

    13. TitaniumL
      01-16-2012
      03:47 PM
      13

      Where's graf chokolo when you need him...

    14. FreakAlchemist
      01-16-2012
      03:54 PM
      14

      Something tells me that the teams who made jb-king and true blue may have reversed engineered the cobra usb and just implemented the protection features into their own dongles.

    15. carldenning
      01-16-2012
      03:58 PM
      15

      Originally Posted by TitaniumL View Post
      Where's graf chokolo when you need him...
      he's in prison i think

    16. Blaz0r
      01-16-2012
      04:07 PM
      16

      I've said this more than ones but I say this again....

      khemm....



      FU ALL THIS FAKIN' USB/DONGLE BULLSH1TS!!!

      PS3 SCENE IS DEAD AS LONG THERE IS NO FREE WAY/SOFTWARE TO USE THIS NEW FEATURES ON A NORMAL FW OR A CUSTOM FW

      SO AS LONG THIS NEWS ARE ONLY FOR USB's/DONGLES I WOULD LIKE NOT TO SEE THIS SH1T ON PS3HAX


      ...but I'm not the one who makes decisions so this is just my own opinion.

    17. FreakAlchemist
      01-16-2012
      04:22 PM
      17

      i just tried it and it does not work for me (CEHE 2001A) but then again no ps2 games work for me.Oh i used both the Mm cobra manager v4.00 and the cobra usb manage 4.1.

    18. BobbyBlunt
      01-16-2012
      04:28 PM
      18

      Originally Posted by Blaz0r View Post
      I've said this more than ones but I say this again....

      khemm....



      FU ALL THIS FAKIN' USB/DONGLE BULLSH1TS!!!

      PS3 SCENE IS DEAD AS LONG THERE IS NO FREE WAY/SOFTWARE TO USE THIS NEW FEATURES ON A NORMAL FW OR A CUSTOM FW

      SO AS LONG THIS NEWS ARE ONLY FOR USB's/DONGLES I WOULD LIKE NOT TO SEE THIS SH1T ON PS3HAX


      ...but I'm not the one who makes decisions so this is just my own opinion.
      The only advantage I see to Cobra is the PSP support. I have been launching PS1/PS2 backups way before the PS3 was ever hacked. I am also able to load ulaunch through a bootable CD but it does require a hardmod. If anyone is feeling brave and do not wish to mess with a dongle then look up "ps3 swap switch".

    19. Caddyroo
      01-16-2012
      04:32 PM
      19

      This needs to be built into a CFW, would be so great if i could play PS2 games again !! Managed to buy the very first non BC ps3 model

    20. FreakAlchemist
      01-16-2012
      04:33 PM
      20

      Originally Posted by BobbyBlunt View Post
      The only advantage I see to Cobra is the PSP support. I have been launching PS1/PS2 backups way before the PS3 was ever hacked. I am also able to load ulaunch through a bootable CD but it does require a hardmod. If anyone is feeling brave and do not wish to mess with a dongle then look up "ps3 swap switch".
      would this only be for the 60/20GB ps3s?

    21. Blaz0r
      01-16-2012
      05:21 PM
      21

      Originally Posted by FreakAlchemist View Post
      would this only be for the 60/20GB ps3s?
      Good question actually. I myself haZ a new PS3 slim version so it would be nice to have this feature on EVERY PS3.

    22. Persian McLovin
      01-16-2012
      05:22 PM
      22

      Originally Posted by Esppiral View Post
      Another useless release for those whot don't pay for a piece of ****.


      Originally Posted by BobbyBlunt View Post
      The only advantage I see to Cobra is the PSP support. I have been launching PS1/PS2 backups way before the PS3 was ever hacked. I am also able to load ulaunch through a bootable CD but it does require a hardmod. If anyone is feeling brave and do not wish to mess with a dongle then look up "ps3 swap switch".
      I used to do that, but for the sake of a £20 dongle and booting everything region-free from internal HDD I wouldn't put myself through the torture of what you just mentioned again. What you claim to see as the only advantage being PSP games is quite frankly wrong.

    23. kristijan1001
      01-16-2012
      05:30 PM
      23

      it would be nice to have this on CFW

    24. zero233
      01-16-2012
      05:48 PM
      24

      this is very useful as ps2 games kill space on my internal hdd. has anyone actually got this to boot on a non bc ps3? tried it on my 160gb phat and all i got was the ps2 boot sound and then it stayed on a black screen.

    25. Nimation
      01-16-2012
      07:18 PM
      25

      Why won't somebody put these features on cfw for God's sake?

    26. TitaniumL
      01-16-2012
      09:21 PM
      26

      Originally Posted by Nimation View Post
      Why won't somebody put these features on cfw for God's sake?
      Hopefully in the near future mate. I refuse to believe it won't happen. And I refuse to believe Cobra and TB dudes are that smart that no one else can break open their work. Either the smart ones who can do it are taking a break, turned off buy the scene, somehow scared away by Sony, or are working behind the scene on something.

    27. riddleofthejynx
      01-16-2012
      11:03 PM
      27

      IMO, It would be neat if Coveman released a .pkg of this that could be launched in cfw for BC PS3s. Not excluding the slims but they don't play all ps2 games anyway.

    28. hamtah
      01-16-2012
      11:21 PM
      28

      Originally Posted by TitaniumL View Post
      Hopefully in the near future mate. I refuse to believe it won't happen. And I refuse to believe Cobra and TB dudes are that smart that no one else can break open their work. Either the smart ones who can do it are taking a break, turned off buy the scene, somehow scared away by Sony, or are working behind the scene on something.
      All of them are cowards (except for two or three). No one in the scene can help us. Everyday/week we see some new bullsh*tting team rise out of no where and tell us they are going to work on giving us something. What do we get? NOTHING. We need an attention whore, like Geohot. Someone who will just release everything for the sake of being "famous". I don't care if he/she steals someone else's hard work, since that person probably won't release it.

      Don't you guys think it has been long enough? One entire year has passed, and we have not been able to go anywhere further than 3.55. Sony has beat us once more, and considering us releasing another firmware will just result in the same mess, why continue? I may sound like a person who really needs to pirate his games, and play for free, but I'm not. I just got myself a nice gaming computer, and I have already bought a couple of games for it. Its just I feel that the PS3 is where I really belong. All my friends have a PS3, and I feel lonely being the only one not able to play new games or go online with my friends. But aside from any personal problems, the PS3 scene finished progressing long time ago.

      Mathielh is done with the PS3 Scene.
      Geohot works with Facebook
      f0f team are done with the PS3
      Gitbrew also finished with the PS3
      KaKaRoToKS is taking forever to finish his exploiter (I am starting to doubt he even has one or if he is ever going to finish)

      See the pattern? These guys are gone, and there is no more "scene" in the PS3, but "drama". We might as well wait for others, but it hasn't helped over the year so why are we thinking it will happen over night? People go around clicking 4.0 CFW threads like it just happened out of no where, and some random person gave it to us. There is a thing called Work In Progress (WIP); for the PS3 scene, it is RIP (Rest In Progress).

    29. anan_desni
      01-17-2012
      12:14 AM
      29

      I'm not trying to be a smartass, but i'm happy with current 3.55. Linux revived, and i'm not missing any PS2 games to play. Even if i want to play some PS2 games, my Slim PS2 would serve me well.

    30. VIRGIN KLM
      01-17-2012
      01:34 AM
      30

      Originally Posted by hamtah View Post
      Mathielh is done with the PS3 Scene.
      Geohot works with Facebook
      f0f team are done with the PS3
      Gitbrew also finished with the PS3
      KaKaRoToKS is taking forever to finish his exploiter (I am starting to doubt he even has one or if he is ever going to finish)
      Mathieulh was never belonging somewhere. He is just the typical d0uch3bag troll that convinces people to live a fairytale thinking it's real.
      Geohot (skips that guy)
      fail0verflow team decided to turn ignorant to the scene that made them worldwide famous, but as in minecraft: "fail0verflow poked a cactus but the cactus poked back."
      Gitbrew the guys that were making the real work left it because they were tired of making a name for others that do nothing so Gitbrew is not existant anymore technicaly atleast with the structure that is able to make any releases.
      KaKaRoTo he is actually nearly completion of his project believe it or not, I KNOW (and not ASSUME) it's real deal.

    31. dudl
      01-17-2012
      02:37 AM
      31

      I tested it with cobra dongle but display gets noize. is this compatible for ntsc? other PS2 iso looks boot normal. only OPLiso so noizey.
      that case only for me??

    32. snowydew
      01-17-2012
      03:32 AM
      32

      Originally Posted by hamtah View Post
      Mathielh is done with the PS3 Scene.
      Geohot works with Facebook
      f0f team are done with the PS3
      Gitbrew also finished with the PS3
      KaKaRoToKS is taking forever to finish his exploiter (I am starting to doubt he even has one or if he is ever going to finish)
      Stealing work to post, is why most of the devs left this scene. That and the lying behind the scenes. I left gitbrew for a variety of reasons of which i will not say, however i am still working on the stuff i was working on while i was with gitbrew (minus some of the linux development stuff to make things easier for the norm due to no 3.55 ps3). I've been helping a variety of people with quite a bit of stuff. We're all behind the scenes because we got tired of being poked and proded asking for releases. The more we get poked and proded for releases the less likely we will have any motivation to work on them as they are our HOBBY. Needless to say though, things ARE being worked on behind the scenes. There will be no dates or no etas. We will work on things when we feel like it or when we get a thirst for knowledge that no one has. That is why I do what I do. People are working on decryption of the dongles, but it's not an easy task, that's all i can and will say on that subject though. Also, regardless of what people say. Dean is a pretty cool guy, regardless of what he has done or did or if he has done anything. Thank you for being awesome and helping the scene with your backup manager. /end rant

    33. advocatusdiaboli
      01-17-2012
      04:29 AM
      33

      Originally Posted by VIRGIN KLM View Post
      Mathieulh was never belonging somewhere. He is just the typical d0uch3bag troll that convinces people to live a fairytale thinking it's real.
      VIRGIN KLM -> I believe that you are pre-rookie/pre-n00b in the field of development process. In what you write you are so full of prejudice I would expect you to be a neo-nazi or black-panther.

      When it comes to making what was not, you will have to live your dream, or make someone else do it for you.
      Originally Posted by http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/T._E._Lawrence
      All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.
      Making progress on somewhat undocmuntet systems still go beyond that; more dreams have to be dreamt in order to succeed.

    34. adam2893
      01-17-2012
      04:32 AM
      34

      Originally Posted by VIRGIN KLM View Post
      Mathieulh was never belonging somewhere. He is just the typical d0uch3bag troll that convinces people to live a fairytale thinking it's real.
      Geohot (skips that guy)
      fail0verflow team decided to turn ignorant to the scene that made them worldwide famous, but as in minecraft: "fail0verflow poked a cactus but the cactus poked back."
      Gitbrew the guys that were making the real work left it because they were tired of making a name for others that do nothing so Gitbrew is not existant anymore technicaly atleast with the structure that is able to make any releases.
      KaKaRoTo he is actually nearly completion of his project believe it or not, I KNOW (and not ASSUME) it's real deal.
      fail0verflow They were all very famous hackers before they were hacking the PS3 and they most likely will be back with another hack since what they have been hinting lately on twitter, they said no CFW but I am assuming there is something PS3 related coming even if it isn't CFW.

      Gitbrew
      Don't know why they stopped but Snowydew is still working he needs a flasher or something though before he can continue with the PSP emulator, https://twitter.com/#!/Snowydew/stat...27242184445952

      And CrashSerious is still working with Kakaroto.

      What we need is Graf_chokolo to come back but until his lawsuit with Sony is over he wont be back, he is probably the best hope we have though.

    35. advocatusdiaboli
      01-17-2012
      04:34 AM
      35

      The best hope we have is probably a diamond in the rough, somebody with a natural talent, that has not realize it yet.

    36. snowydew
      01-17-2012
      04:39 AM
      36

      Originally Posted by adam2893 View Post
      fail0verflow They were all very famous hackers before they were hacking the PS3 and they most likely will be back with another hack since what they have been hinting lately on twitter, they said no CFW but I am assuming there is something PS3 related coming even if it isn't CFW.

      Gitbrew
      Don't know why they stopped but Snowydew is still working he needs a flasher or something though before he can continue with the PSP emulator, https://twitter.com/#!/Snowydew/stat...27242184445952

      And CrashSerious is still working with Kakaroto.

      What we need is Graf_chokolo to come back but until his lawsuit with Sony is over he wont be back, he is probably the best hope we have though.
      Gitbrew when i left was still working on linux development, but paused for quite awhile. I've been working on other things in the mean time (not emulator related, but still related in a weird way).

    37. mosstopher
      01-17-2012
      04:41 AM
      37

      Originally Posted by advocatusdiaboli View Post
      The best hope we have is probably a diamond in the rough, somebody with a natural talent, that has not realize it yet.
      and when that particular person comes out people will still yell "Fake" from the rooftops.

    38. GregoryRasputin
      01-17-2012
      04:42 AM
      38

      Originally Posted by adam2893 View Post
      fail0verflow They were all very famous hackers before they were hacking the PS3 and they most likely will be back with another hack since what they have been hinting lately on twitter, they said no CFW but I am assuming there is something PS3 related coming even if it isn't CFW.
      You obviously don't follow their twitter very well
      They basically said they didnt give a f*ck about the PS3 scene, probably due to fear of being raped like Sony.
      Originally Posted by adam2893 View Post
      Gitbrew
      Don't know why they stopped but Snowydew is still working he needs a flasher or something though before he can continue with the PSP emulator, https://twitter.com/#!/Snowydew/stat...27242184445952
      [MENTION=190503]snowydew[/MENTION] just stated above what he was doing, also, there never really was/is a Gitbrew, it was 90% glevand, Snowy, moogie and all the other guys left, i think because of Math

      Originally Posted by adam2893 View Post
      And CrashSerious is still working with Kakaroto.
      O.o what gives you that idea, they are working on different projects, where do you see that they are working together


      So much disinformation and so many clueless people

    39. snowydew
      01-17-2012
      04:48 AM
      39

      Originally Posted by GregoryRasputin View Post
      [MENTION=190503]snowydew[/MENTION] just stated above what he was doing, also, there never really was/is a Gitbrew, it was 90% glevand, Snowy, moogie and all the other guys left, i think because of Math
      :P 80% was from glevand. We had random developers who came and released stuff, which was what gitbrew was originally made for, anonymous releases. the other 20% was a gigantic collection of other devs that came in to help further research, there is literally too many names to list, and i wouldn't want to start listing and feel like a dick if i forgot any. so regardless it because a group effort from everyone, and i thank them for doing what they did to further the scene , I didn't leave because of math, and i'm pretty sure no one else did. (just clearing that up)

      Also i'm guessing people are assuming stuff since i posted a few days ago asking for both of them to join a irc channel to discuss things. so :P

    40. GregoryRasputin
      01-17-2012
      04:55 AM
      40

      Originally Posted by snowydew View Post
      I didn't leave because of math, and i'm pretty sure no one else did. (just clearing that up)

      To be part of a team you should know and understand what your fellow team members are feeling, people were fed up with Maths actions, like deleting information from PS3 Dev Wiki, keeping tools to himself, show boating what he has and not releasing, the constant teasing of the PS3 scene, i could go on and on and on, but the fact remains, that without glevand, there would never have been a gitbrew.

      PS
      You know i love you, so nothing said above is meant as disrespect towards you

    41. snowydew
      01-17-2012
      04:57 AM
      41

      Originally Posted by GregoryRasputin View Post
      To be part of a team you should know and understand what your fellow team members are feeling, people were fed up with Maths actions, like deleting information from PS3 Dev Wiki, keeping tools to himself, show boating what he has and not releasing, the constant teasing of the PS3 scene, i could go on and on and on, but the fact remains, that without glevand, there would never have been a gitbrew.

      PS
      You know i love you, so nothing said above is meant as disrespect towards you
      None taken, I thought of the idea, and we did it to help graf with his research, that's when / how it was started. As i stated it was just supposed to be an anonymous releasing tool for the ps3 devs. It turned into something entirely different though. Not saying anything relating to math other then what I have. I'm leaving at that.

    42. VIRGIN KLM
      01-17-2012
      05:22 AM
      42

      Originally Posted by advocatusdiaboli View Post
      VIRGIN KLM -> I believe that you are pre-rookie/pre-n00b in the field of development process. In what you write you are so full of prejudice I would expect you to be a neo-nazi or black-panther.

      When it comes to making what was not, you will have to live your dream, or make someone else do it for you.Making progress on somewhat undocmuntet systems still go beyond that; more dreams have to be dreamt in order to succeed.
      That has nothing to do with my post so I won't comment to that.
      You have somekind of obsession with me that is about time to end.
      Stop it now otherwise I'll take my measures, nobody calls me a nazi, and you make no exception to that, but if I want to be one, be sure that I can do it really well.

      Sony are Nazis, not me.

    43. chibiwings
      01-17-2012
      05:23 AM
      43

      Im starting to envy the Cobra Dongle users... the scene is still slow moving yet i still have faith on it.. but i really hate the drama parts.. time to go back on my legit ps3.

    44. FiREFLOOd
      01-17-2012
      06:01 AM
      44

      Can't understand that all the normal users mostly moan about what has to be done or isn't being done.
      Some people (devs) are willing to stick their neck out, but they also have a life besides this scene. Some other devs were sued by Sony (imagine you being sued by such an organisation), other devs got better and hold a nice job at another big company. Big deal.

      Just wait, be patient and really.. don't moan, the devs aren't willing to release anything that way! With our support and gratefulness instead of nagging they might be somewhat.. more willing?

      Look at what we are now: you can play a lot of games, also new games from PSN (thanks to the great Duplex team, EXEtrimall and Timoshenko and iND).

      I have so much games on my PS3 (500 gb internally and 500 external) that I can play the next coming years finishing them all.. Besides that my girl friend is very happy with playing old school SNES/NES/Gameboy games on a FULL hd screed! (LOL)

      Let's support our devs instead of kicking them in the head!

    45. PS3Exploits
      01-17-2012
      06:11 AM
      45

      **** cobra and there ****ing dongles,i wish the owner would not post bull**** like this!its making cobra even more money to **** the ps3 scene over!
      ************* [ - Post Merged - ] *************

      Originally Posted by chibiwings View Post
      Im starting to envy the Cobra Dongle users... the scene is still slow moving yet i still have faith on it.. but i really hate the drama parts.. time to go back on my legit ps3.
      I have almost lost faith if **** like this keeps being posted and noone comes forward its over

    46. zondai
      01-17-2012
      06:33 AM
      46

      ooh, how i hate these dongles, bloody parasites!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    47. bigo93
      01-17-2012
      07:01 AM
      47

      Originally Posted by snowydew View Post
      We're all behind the scenes because we got tired of being poked and proded asking for releases. The more we get poked and proded for releases the less likely we will have any motivation to work on them as they are our HOBBY. t
      And that's the problem, you end up having kids who think hackers are out there working full time to bring them free stuff. And when there is no release they run a tantrum.
      you have some devs who ask for donations, but then these same kdis think they these donations mean they are paying them to make a release, and again when there is no release they run another tantrum.

      They probably think that like the xbox, once it was hacked and future update would have update hacks pretty quickly. Whilst with the PS3 the first new update blocked everything and since then noone has made a free release. It's all become about having to buy the latest dongle, where the dongle itself doesnt really do anything except force ppl to keep using the dongle.

      But for now the best thing for the scene would be for the dongle scene to end, who knows how much of the work put into them has been stolen from other devs.

    48. propered
      01-17-2012
      07:13 AM
      48

      Er and back to the topic .... does this actually work on a ps3 slim? meaning has anyone with cobra and a slim ps3 tested a ps2 game (from HD/Disc) and got it working, I doubt it but do hope I'm wrong

      * Works on PS3 non-BC (tested on my SLIM) (CobraUSB required)"

    49. snowydew
      01-17-2012
      07:13 AM
      49

      I can tell you that a lot of graf's work was put into them sadly. The people complaining about no releases, keep asking about them and that's the problem. This is just our hobby, that is really all. donations are donations for a reason, they do not guarantee that the person will _ever_ finish their work, but it helps give them motivation to do it. I can't even begin to explain how it feels to get a donation for the work i've done to know someone is appreciating it. That alone makes me actually work harder on the releases / work i've been doing lately. Patient is virtue, when they overstep it and get things that they want sooner then later, it makes the later happen. =\ As I've said, there are groups / people out there still working on the ps3, some do not want to be known, and some are making people notice them as well. Give it time, good things will happen eventually. The dongles will be a thing of the past, but until then sit back and relax.

      Also propered, it's already been confirmed awhile back that ps2 games can be loaded on slims via the cobra dongle. they work rather slowly though, and far from perfect from what i've seen so far though.

    50. OmeRavoch
      01-17-2012
      07:58 AM
      50

      Is It Work On PS3 SLIM 250 GB?

    51. advocatusdiaboli
      01-17-2012
      11:45 AM
      51

      Originally Posted by mosstopher View Post
      and when that particular person comes out people will still yell "Fake" from the rooftops.
      We’ll leave that to the drama queens.
      ************* [ - Post Merged - ] *************
      Originally Posted by GregoryRasputin View Post
      ... people were fed up with Maths actions, like deleting information from PS3 Dev Wiki, keeping tools to himself, show boating what he has and not releasing, the constant teasing of the PS3 scene ...
      It sounds like [s]he has/had paranoia.
      ************* [ - Post Merged - ] *************
      Originally Posted by VIRGIN KLM View Post
      You have somekind of obsession with me that is about time to end.
      Stop it now otherwise I'll take my measures, nobody calls me a nazi, and you make no exception to that, but if I want to be one, be sure that I can do it really well.
      Then where do you harvest all your prejudice?

    52. Rax909
      01-17-2012
      11:48 AM
      52

      One thing I would love to ask is...what if I wanted to burn this to a disc? And load it on my ps2 with swap magic...would it actually boot up? And if so would it be fully workable on there?

    53. rchik
      01-17-2012
      03:11 PM
      53

      Originally Posted by snowydew View Post
      I can tell you that a lot of graf's work was put into them sadly. The people complaining about no releases, keep asking about them and that's the problem. This is just our hobby, that is really all. donations are donations for a reason, they do not guarantee that the person will _ever_ finish their work, but it helps give them motivation to do it. I can't even begin to explain how it feels to get a donation for the work i've done to know someone is appreciating it. That alone makes me actually work harder on the releases / work i've been doing lately. Patient is virtue, when they overstep it and get things that they want sooner then later, it makes the later happen. =\ As I've said, there are groups / people out there still working on the ps3, some do not want to be known, and some are making people notice them as well. Give it time, good things will happen eventually. The dongles will be a thing of the past, but until then sit back and relax.
      Unfortunately, donations in current form cannot be used to transfer satisfaction from user to researcher, since hardly a lot of people is going to donate before subject of research is released and after the release it's already free for everyone so many people consider it a free gift to them. Yes, they are, or even WE are, greedy. I suggest another form - the owners of major portals like this or psx-scene or whatever, those who are trusted, and need the trust, form and advertise the donation fund, with the very clear goal, say, "find a solution to install and run any app on 3.73" or "get your cfw to run 3.73 games". After someone, anonymously or even openly, performs that task, and it gets to the public, all the money, that previously have been collected, go to him in form of a donation, meanwhile, this sum is displayed on the web page, attracting devs and stimulating everyone, and we, normal users, know what we donate for without having to be informed in every detail of the subject and understanding every milestone. Let it be a contest!

    54. republicano
      01-17-2012
      04:00 PM
      54

      i know we all want BC ps3,but if you want to play those games get a modded ps2,many of us have one just gathering dust somewhere,should be around the same price as the dongle

    55. hamtah
      01-17-2012
      04:04 PM
      55

      Originally Posted by snowydew View Post
      Stealing work to post, is why most of the devs left this scene. That and the lying behind the scenes. I left gitbrew for a variety of reasons of which i will not say, however i am still working on the stuff i was working on while i was with gitbrew (minus some of the linux development stuff to make things easier for the norm due to no 3.55 ps3). I've been helping a variety of people with quite a bit of stuff. We're all behind the scenes because we got tired of being poked and proded asking for releases. The more we get poked and proded for releases the less likely we will have any motivation to work on them as they are our HOBBY. Needless to say though, things ARE being worked on behind the scenes. There will be no dates or no etas. We will work on things when we feel like it or when we get a thirst for knowledge that no one has. That is why I do what I do. People are working on decryption of the dongles, but it's not an easy task, that's all i can and will say on that subject though. Also, regardless of what people say. Dean is a pretty cool guy, regardless of what he has done or did or if he has done anything. Thank you for being awesome and helping the scene with your backup manager. /end rant
      Heard this story many times. I understand it is a complicated process, but one year? Thats too long. As you said, you have other things to do, and if you are interested, you work on it; well this is exactly what I am trying to say. Devs are not interested, which basically has killed our scene. We should have had an open source solution for the TB the day after it came out, but we didn't, because there is no interest. People can keep on complaining about how dongles are killing the scene, but I really don't see any better solution. I say kudos to KaKa for at least working on something, but to the other devs, just leave (Mathielh). I am sick and tired of devs telling us that they have everything ready, and then just leaving for a vacation.

      Now all this doesn't mean I don't appreciate the devs. I do appreciate them, and I mean all of them. What I don't like, is how long these devs are taking. If they are working on something, and not planning on releasing it any time soon or at all, THEN STFU. Seriously, you guys complain about spam, yet you guys don't know as simple as just keeping everything quiet. You have something to release? Release it. Don't tell us you will be releasing it tommorow, or soon. And if you have something in WIP, then please keep it quiet. When you are done and are ready to release it, THEN tell us.


      This is what should all devs be doing:

      1. Project in WIP? Don't tell anyone. If you do, expect a million people asking you for release.

      2. Need one more thing for your project? Ask the person you need it from, and try to keep it as personal as possible.

      3. Done but don't want to release it yet? Say nothing, avoid spam. Don't boast about it, just stay quiet!

      4. Want to release it now, or tommorow? Now you can tell everyone. And be sure to release what you promised.

    56. Blaz0r
      01-17-2012
      06:32 PM
      56

      This is for all PS3's.

      More at: http://psx-scene.com/forums/content/...obra-usb-1845/

    57. advocatusdiaboli
      01-17-2012
      09:22 PM
      57

      OPL project source is here: https://bitbucket.org/ifcaro/open-ps2-loader/overview

    58. regg949
      01-17-2012
      11:29 PM
      58

      ya so, ummm does this work or not, this thread went way off topic and i must be tired or something but i saw only one person respond and said it had noise. i have a cobra dongle on my bc a01 but don't want to test it on my slim if it isnt working. btw thanks advoc and blaz0r

    59. chibiwings
      01-18-2012
      08:50 PM
      59

      the scene is dead just accept it... time to go back on my legit ps3.

    60. samson
      01-19-2012
      05:05 AM
      60

      sorry for stating the obvious.. if you have a cobra why not just back up an iso of swapmagic.. then any ps2 .elf is launchable, opl, ulaunch etc.

    61. only777
      01-19-2012
      01:05 PM
      61

      Hi everyone, I see that I'm walking into a thread which has dived into talking about the different PS3 coders/teams, but I just want to clear something up about this cobra dongle thing.

      So this thing has PS2 open loader on it, but works with Slim PS3's? I don't get it. I know PS2 open loader let me play PS2 games from my PS2 HDD, on my PS2. I thought that Open loader would only work on 20/60gig PS3's as they are the only ones that have the actual hardware inside to reproduce PS2 games.

      To me, this can't work on a Slim PS3, unless the Cobra has a full PS2 emulator that uses only PS3 hardware.

      But in the post it says it works on a Slim. So, can someone clear this up for me.
      I'm only interested that's all, because I have a Japanese 60gig machine so I can play what ever PSX/PS2/PS3 I want anyway, so screw this dongle!