CD's to DVD

Zaa · #1 19-10-2003, 10:14

hi
i was wondering if it is possible to take a game that uses more then 1 cd (eg a ps1 game like final fantasy 9) and put it on dvd to play on ps2 .

thnx

seaneyb2003 · #2 19-10-2003, 13:10

no not that i know about it maybe possiable

ihaveanosebleed · #3 19-10-2003, 15:02

Good Idea but I’m sure it would not work, At least for PS1 games because when PS2’s switch to PS1 mode they implement all the restrictions and limitations of a real PS1 console like memory. I’ve read a few times about limitations due to PS1 memory allocation for TOC’s. No more than 32 files in one folder, no more than X # files, no more than 640MB but I’m pretty sure I have CD’s with more.

Being someone with experience compiling my own Multi-Game PS1 CD’s, I can tell you that very few PS1 games will allow being copied with other games on the same CD. I’m sure you’ve heard of a few Multi-Game CD’s, the crash Bandicoots, Twisted metals, Syphon filter, Duke nukem... These are of the small percentage of games that will allow it. And these are all compiled on CDR’s of course.

Now as far as PS2 software, I expect the PS2 development scene to soon release some kind of Boot menu for selecting ELF files on a CD. I’m hoping anyway, they already have menu’s for Memcards and networking, strictly Developmental Apps, not really what I’m looking for.

I think in the future you will see some pirate releases of PS2 games on a Multi-game DVD. As noisy and hard loading as most CD format PS2 games are, it would be quite beneficial to port them on a nice quiet DVD-R, and since you have the space, port a few games on to one DVD. I think this may actually be easier to do for PS2 games than it was for PS1 games, for one thing PS1 STR and XA files were of a substandard format, harder to read on a PC and very hard to compile on to a new ISO and the PS2 PSS video’s are just normal files.

seaneyb2003 · #4 20-10-2003, 00:09

told ya it was imposiable

ihaveanosebleed · #5 20-10-2003, 04:11

Close to impossible, but never say never. I think the only way to have a PS2 run PS1 Games on DVD would be to program a PS1 emulator for running in PS2 mode instead of having the PS2 switch to it’s own PS1 mode.