PlayStation 2 Software Compatibility Now Available for All PS3 Models

In other news: Cobra-USB dongles are no longer required to play PlayStation 2 retail discs on your PlayStation 3 thanks to developers mysis and eussNL. What’s even better is this modification does not discriminate — all PlayStation 3 models are fully supported!

The only requirement is that your PlayStation 3 must be running firmware version 3.55.

Note: This will not run PlayStation 2 backups. It is the same buggy emulator Sony introduced in firmware update 2.60.

Getting Playstation 2 Software Emulator working

Method (on Firmware 3.55, without! Cobra-USB Dongle or Downgrade) for all consoles (fat & slim).

1. Replace following files on your consoles /dev_flash/
   with the ones included in this archive
   p3dwik-ps2compatfiles.rar
2. Get into Factory Service Mode (FSM Tool/Dongle)
3. Insert your Original PS2 Game Disc
4. It will run.

Note: Backups wont work. You’re getting the compatibility of the 2.60 software emulator with all of its bugs.

Download: p3dwik-ps2compatfiles.rar
Possible compatibility Lists:

PS2 Compat. flag

All consoles have hardware information. In GameOS you can call Lv2 Syscall 393 (0×189) sys_sm_get_model
to get your consoles information. In Lv1/Hypervisor its in the repository nodes sc 0x5B lv1_get_repository_node
with Parameters “sys”,”hw”,”config” usually noded as “sys.hw.config#0″ or something. These information are mostly
technical related and not just apply to the software emulator, but the PS3 system as a whole.

Result examples:

20 00 00 00 FF FF FE FF <--> a backwards compatible console
4E 00 FF FF 0A 03 BC 3C <--> on Hypervisor Page
4E 00 FF FF 01 07 BC BF <--> CECHJ04

In binary formation:

0010 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1110 1111 1111 <--> a backwards compatible console
0100 1110 0000 0000 1111 1111 1111 1111 0000 1010 0000 0011 1011 1100 0011 1100 <--> on Hypervisor Page
0100 1110 0000 0000 1111 1111 1111 1111 0000 0001 0000 0111 1011 1100 1011 1111 <--> CECHJ04
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 <--> Mask:Gelic WLAN, new consoles use WLAN via USB
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 0000 0000 0000 <--> Mask:Backwards Compatible Flag

XMB checks this flag and if == 0, it will give following message: “This model of the PS3™ system is not compatible with PlayStation®2 format software.”

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