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Injecting roms to official Turbografx-16 emulator for PSP

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Injecting roms to official Turbografx-16 emulator for PSP

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PART I

Do you know Turbografx-16/PC Engine? That hybrid 8/16 bit console by Hudson Soft and NEC cooperation was home to a lot of classics. Especially if you are a shmup fan, you are in for a treat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TurboGrafx-16 http://www.racketboy.com/retro/turbogra ... ners-guide

Well, as co-developer of PC Engine, Hudson soft released some compilation games for PSP. They were Japan only at first, but later some of them hit European and US PSNs too. As you can expect from the creators of the console, emulation quality is top notch for these official collections. Now i will tell you a way to make your own compilations with that top notch emulation quality.

What you need:

-A copy of the game "Soldier Collection (PC Engine Best Collection)" http://www.amazon.com/Soldier-Collectio ... B001BWSBCK
-A way to convert the game UMD to .iso (custom cfw is the best way)
-UMDGEN
-up to 5 PC Engine/Turbografx-16 roms you want to inject. Only HuCard games.

1)First rip your UMD as an .iso file with the way you choose.
2)Open the .iso with UMDGEN
3)Go to PSP_GAME/USRDIR/CONTENT/CDROM directory.
4)Have your Turbografx-16/PC Engine roms ready and rename them to whichever you want to overwrite: N43401JD.PCE (Super Star Soldier), N43403HL.PCE (Final Soldier), N43403JL.PCE (Final Soldier Caravan), N43405MD.PCE (Soldier Blade), N43405ND.PCE (Soldier Blade Caravan Stage) , do not mess with SYSCARD3P.PCE or HCD2024 folder.
5)Drag and drop your renamed roms to the PSP_GAME/USRDIR/CONTENT/CDROM directory and confirm overwrite.
6)Save your compilation through the File => Save As
7)Boot your new iso and go to the game you replaced through the menu. Have fun.

EXTRAS:

If you want to reduce iso size, you can erase the .PMF movies in PSP_GAME/USRDIR/CONTENT/GALLERY/SOL and/or optimize the .iso through the UMD properties tab. Of course do not go to the Gallery in game if you erased the movies.

The game is in Japanese but the navigation is simple. After you boot your rom, it first asks if you want to load the save file, if you deny, it asks if you are sure yes/no. Remember OK is O button. You can change the display by R button and go to the menu by L button. Compatibility is very high from what i tested.

I can hear you saying, what about PC Engine CD / Turbo Grafx-16 CD games? Patience is a virtue, who knows maybe a famous PSP/Vita coder/hacker might help us with following part to achieve much more than this.

PART II viewtopic.php?f=24&t=41526&p=379589
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Re: Injecting roms to official Turbografx-16 emulator for PS

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The roms are stored in plain view? Classic lazy devs :3
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fate6 wrote:The roms are stored in plain view? Classic lazy devs :3
ha ha, it seems so. At least they were much more careful in later Turbografx-16/ PC Engine Classics releases on PSN, or wait were they?
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No idea but have you looked at those standalone PSN releases? what if its possible to change that rom as well? Then a simple name and icon0 change is all it takes to have any game on the XMB!
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fate6 wrote:No idea but have you looked at those standalone PSN releases? what if its possible to change that rom as well? Then a simple name and icon0 change is all it takes to have any game on the XMB!
Please do not give SPOILERS for the next part of my tutorial.
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Whoops! I'll keep quiet D.
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Great tut. This will get my vote for the tutorial contest! :D
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Casavult wrote:Great tut. This will get my vote for the tutorial contest! :D
thanks for the encouragement. Who knows what other official emulators can be utilized?
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Stoked! waiting for part II ;)
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Re: Injecting roms to official Turbografx-16 emulator for PS

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Here is Part II. though it is just a start, i will expand it viewtopic.php?f=24&t=41526&p=379589#p379589
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