[hackoncrack]

is no one bothered by the fact they are selling cobra dongles instead of just releasing the hex for the scene to enjoy?

I understand wanting to be compensated for hardwork but if that is the case then they need to get a real job. I dont think homebrew should be for sale. You do Homebrew because you love to code and help people, not to sell Sony's Proprietary code for profit! That is criminal, no?? Oh well, Soft Modded PS2 is the way to go for PS2 backups and cheaper too.

[Lethal_NFS]

Originally Posted by hackoncrack is no one bothered by the fact they are selling cobra dongles instead of just releasing the hex for the scene to enjoy? I understand wanting to be compensated for hardwork but if that is the case then they need to get a real job. I dont think homebrew should be for sale. You do Homebrew because you love to code and help people, not to sell Sony's Proprietary code for profit! That is criminal, no?? Oh well, Soft Modded PS2 is the way to go for PS2 backups and cheaper too.

I agree with you however the Cobra dongle does more than allow you do play some PS2 games.

[hackoncrack]

yeah i hear it has great compatability with backed up blurays so i believe it is a great product that offers alot and i would love to use it but i dont think i could bring myself to order it. I have a teensy++2.0 that will be waiting for the day when this code is recreated and released for free.

[Persian McLovin]

Originally Posted by BDfreak OK. Can you play blu-ray iso films with original menu from external HDD??? No one answered this very simple question so far (posted few times already). Thanks

Yes you can, you can run any iso from any of the formats supported except PS2 games, currently.

Originally Posted by art789 dont take this the wrong way cuz your review was really good, but doesnt the cobra have a DOWNGRADING feature too that you forgot to mention? or did my eyes read it but just my brain not register it? anywho, so what do you recommend for someone like me, who has a second ps3 with OFW 3.66 who wants to downgrade and put CFW on it? should i wait for october to see what jaicrab rolls out? or buy the "slithering sexy snake" , or sell my second ps3 slim for a another ps3 that has a lower firmware becuz your gonna say i cant downgrade from that firmware YET, ?? thanks again for the review

lol, yes it does but I have never had any reason to try it...plus I am 99% sure that was only for users on 3.55 wishing to downgrade to 3.41 whereas I purchased this on 3.55 CFW and simply installed their own CFW over it.

Thanks for your comments and I totally recommend getting a 3.55 PS3 just for this dongle if you can get a 3.55 PS3 and the dongle itself for a good price. If your 1st-choice PS3 is on 3.55 then you should definetly get the dongle.

Originally Posted by lukethomasx so did the pal version of gta san andreas work fine? Ive been having a lot of problems with the ntsc version. Ive tried ripping two different copies of the disc as well as another two backups from the internet

I plainly ripped my PAL copy, booted it, loaded up fine, drove around for literally 2 mins for the first mission and then quit as I never play the PS2 version as I just play San Andreas on my Xbox but I'll do some further testing with this.

Oh and just some updates to other games due to further testing:

HUGE title not working on PAL 60gb PS3s and that is both the NTSC and PAL versions of Gran Turismo 4. When I tested this title briefly and had it "working" on my list is because everything loaded up fine from intro, video intro FMV, memory card installation I didn't think a game of this magnitude would not work via Cobra but I was wrong. I decided to play this classic the other night and both versions hang at the spinning clock loading screen for BOTH versions. PS3 doesn't crash however, just keeps having the spinning animation for loading going on forever just like the PAL version of Rayman Revolution.

Now for a more minor but still hugely annoying Cobra issue is within Rayman 2 on PSX. Upon gaining more than 90% of all the yellow lums you get to unlock the exclusive Rayman 2 beta bonus level which is one of the main motivations to complete the game on that console. The crappy thing is, is that the PAL version hangs on the loading screen for that bonus level crashing the PS3 completely that it demands a power-off. However, I popped in my original copy and yep, it works fine. Complete Cobra issue and pretty annoying for those with a sealed copy/no original copy.

Really hope these issues mentioned in this thread and others are fixed because yes I and others didn't expect this product to be flawless but damn, GT4 not working at ALL for PAL system owners? Hell no.

Originally Posted by Qraze1 awesome review. Glitch's review, good as it is, didn't sell me on it. you sir have. no disrespect Glitch, but i was just bamboozled by the Persian McSalesmen.

Thank you brah. Gliitch's review is fine, it's just that I had more time with the Cobra than he did as I had very similar gripes with it at first especially with PSX iso's/bin+cue files.

Persian McSalesman LMFAO! Nah man I'm not here to sell anything, I do like the product but some of the issues I have outlined and criticised have annoyed the crap out of me. But for every 1 bad thing the Cobra does it does 99 things awesomely well so I'm more than satisfied as is everyone else I've seen who has purchased this device.

A wise choice sir, you shall be happy with your purchase.

Peace.

[lukethomasx]

Originally Posted by Persian McLovin I plainly ripped my PAL copy, booted it, loaded up fine, drove around for literally 2 mins for the first mission and then quit as I never play the PS2 version as I just play San Andreas on my Xbox but I'll do some further testing with this.

Can you please? I've had the game working but never for more than like five minutes

[gliitch]

Originally Posted by Lethal_NFS I completely love the Cobra dongle except for one thing. It limits the ability of multiMAN.

Does it? How... O_o you mean it does more than Multiman XD
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Originally Posted by lukethomasx Can you please? I've had the game working but never for more than like five minutes

Try the NTSC version, of the game. I found that the NTSC version of Rouge Galaxy didnt work - (bad cue file) So i tried the PAL version of it, boots and runs, also it gives you the options to make it NTSC format anyway :D

[lukethomasx]

Originally Posted by gliitch Try the NTSC version, of the game. I found that the NTSC version of Rouge Galaxy didnt work - (bad cue file) So i tried the PAL version of it, boots and runs, also it gives you the options to make it NTSC format anyway :D

The NTSC copy is the one that I have been trying, I'm asking him to check out the pal version.
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also I couldn't get san Andreas NTSC to show up as a bin cue file. Which is more reliable, bin or ISO? Also what program would you suggest to convert it?

[gliitch]

Originally Posted by lukethomasx The NTSC copy is the one that I have been trying, I'm asking him to check out the pal version. ************* [ - Post Merged - ] ************* also I couldn't get san Andreas NTSC to show up as a bin cue file. Which is more reliable, bin or ISO? Also what program would you suggest to convert it?

id use iso, but ive found next to impossible tp make my own ps1 iso. so go with bin & cue

[Lethal_NFS]

Originally Posted by gliitch Does it? How... O_o you mean it does more than Multiman XD

No I mean it limits multiMAN. Using Cobra firmware multiMAN will not work properly when trying to play games off your external hard drive. 9 out of 10 will not work. You are forced to use the slow navigation of the Cobra Loader.

[lukethomasx]

Originally Posted by gliitch id use iso, but ive found next to impossible tp make my own ps1 iso. so go with bin & cue

that seems to be the pattern. All of my ps1 backups are bin cue and all of my ps2 backups are ISO.

also I'm going to test my external games with multiman and get back to you about that