5w ago - Following up on the previous updates from BwE, today PlayStation 3 homebrew developer sinsizer has made available PS3 NOR / NAND Statistic Beta for those interested in validating and checking their PS3 NOR / NAND dumps.

Download: NOR_NAND_Statistic_BETA.rar / NOR_NAND_Statistic_BETA.rar (Mirror)

To quote: Features:

• NOR/NAND statistics
  
• NOR/NAND patching
  
• NOR/NAND byte swapping
  
• NOR/NAND infos
  
• NOR/NAND validation
  
• NOR/NAND extraction
  
• DATECODE check
  

This tool works different than other validators. Instead of outputting a full log, it will output an error.log, if validate is checked. But see for yourself.

Always patching 3.55 is recommended to see if the patched statistic is right/green. ckp_management_ID values have to be equel as well as per_console_nonce (should be stated in error.log if not). There is one easy rule! If the error.log contains an entry, your dump is definitly broken!

Ros section is excluded from validation. Why? It's easy to repair, the hole section gets patched...

8w ago - Following up on my PS2Classics Guide on Converting ISOs to XMB PS2 Games guide, today I (Spewfr) have released a PS2 ISO to XMB Conversion Command-Line GUI v1.0 Beta for PS3 users complete with source code.

Download: PS2iso2pkg.rar (3 MB) / PS2iso2pkg.rar (Mirror)

I recently decided to start converting my PS2 ISO's for use with the PS3 system; here you have a Command-Line GUI that I think is simple to use.

NOTE THAT THIS TOOL uses the same RAP key for every game it processes (the same one that PS2Classics GUI uses, so credit to them for all of the hard work over at ps3dev-network)

If enough positive feedback is given to this project, I will continue to enable BIN formats and add other changes...

What this program will do:

• Create a PKG and RAP for your ISO
  
• Pros: Can launch the game from XMB at any point
  
• No multi-man required
  
• Cons: Requires disc space (but you can use a game data switcher)
  
• Requires installation of multiple RAP's

8w ago - Following up on the last update, today Chinese PlayStation 3 developer ccregame has made available ReActPSN v2.24 Beta which now includes PS2 Game ISO (PS2 Classics) encoding support followed by Beta 1 below.

Download: ReActPSN2.24b(PS2).7z (612 KB) / Importing PS2 ISO with ReActPSN v2.24 Beta Guide / ReActPSN2.24b1(PS2).7z (665 Kb)

To quote, roughly translated: ReActPSN v2.24 beta import PS2 ISO brief description

1. Click pkg.bat this category to to generate 9 PS2 container installation files under Windows. The the PKG directory under the pkg files are copied to the root directory of U. The RPS200001 SOLT 1.pkg must be copied and installed on the PS3, the remaining eight optional installation.

2. Copy exdata directory to the root directory of U and authorized with reActPSN install, simply install once.

3. PS3 insert...

8w ago - Following up on his previous revision, today PlayStation 3 homebrew developer SvenGDK has released XMBPCE v0.7 Beta followed by v0.7.2 which is a PC XMB clone with the changelog below.

Download: XMBPCE v0.7 Beta with Cover Pack / XMBPCE v0.7.2 Beta with Cover Pack / PS3 Controller Drivers (x64 & x32)

To quote: Changelog for XMBPCE v0.70:

• New game covers (Tomb Raider, Bioshock Infinite, ...)
  
• You can now browse previous files, not only browse the next ones.
  
• Theme installer (Yes, p3t files compatibility. TO INSTALL THEMES YOU NEED TO PLACE THE P3T FILE IN .mediaThemes)
  
• Background downloader (Like on the PS3 with a speed indicator feature)
  
• File browser for future things (You can control it with the controller and select your p3t theme from there)
  
• Now loading game disc cover from “.mediaCovers”, improves compatibility & speed
  
• New game handling system (PS Button should now work ingame)
  
• Other compatibility...

8w ago - Following up on his preview, this weekend PlayStation 3 developer CaptainCPS-X has released PS2 Classics Manager v1.00 Beta (20130324) (CEX 340-4XX) for those interested in running those titles on their PlayStation 3 video game console.

Download: [BETA] PS2_CLASSIC_MANAGER_1.00_[20130324]_CEX340_4XX.rar / [PS2U10000]_PS2_Classics_Placeholder_R2.rar (321 KB) / [PS2U10000]_PS2_Classics_Placeholder_R3.rar (3.21 KB) / [PS2U10000]_PS2_Classics_Placeholder_R3.rar (Mirror) / PS2Classics Guide on Converting ISOs to XMB PS2 Games by spewfr

[BETA] PS2 CLASSICS MANAGER v1.00 [20130324] [CEX 340-4XX]

Here you have the BETA / Test build of PS2 Classics Manager v1.0. This release is not the final version, this is a working build, but it has a couple of things that need to be enhanced to work...