Xenon with a little something to help get your PSOne/POPs emulation game on… No more digging tediously through firmware dumps trying to locate the necessary files. Popsloader Extractor simplifies the whole POPs preparation process.

Popsloader Extractor v0.02 will decrypt and extract the required PRX modules from Sony firmware EBOOTs; it will also copy these files to the proper directory on your memory stick.

You can find the supporting firmware EBOOTs right here… Download, rename, and copy to your memory stick root. Each firmware EBOOT should be named <VERSION>.PBP.

For example 3.52 becomes 352.PBP, 4.01 becomes 401.PBP, and so on… Once you’ve done that, load Popsloader Extractor and you’re all set.

Download:
Popsloader Extractor v0.02
PSP Firmware (EBOOT) Updates

- source: pspgen

PSX/PSOne/PS1, whatever you wanna call it, now play ‘em all with Popsloader — the full-fledged PSOne emulator — for Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-A. How? Here’s how:

1. Download Popsloader below, extract it, and copy the contents to seplugins on your memory stick;
2. Create a POPS.txt file under the seplugins directory and add this line to it “ms0:/SEPLUGINS/popsloader.prx” (without the quotes);
3. Download Psardumper;
4. Download the 4.01 firmware eboot;
5. Extract the 4.01 firmware archive and copy EBOOT.PBP to the root of your memory stick;
6. Using Psardumper, dump and decrypt 4.01;
7. Copy ms0:/F0/kd/impose.prx to the seplugins/popsloader directory;
8. Depending on the firmware version you wish to use (see the above screenshot), download the corresponding firmware eboot here;
9. Again, decrypt that firmware eboot using Psardumper;
10. Rename the following:
    • 3.00 – 3.03: pops.prx, popsman.prx, meaudio.prx, pafmini.prx
    • 3.10 – 3.30: pops.prx, popsman.prx, pafmini.prx
    • 3.40 – 4.01: pops.prx, popsman.prx, pafmini.prx, libpspvmc.prx

    to popsXXX.prx, popsmanXXX.prx (XXX being the firmware version, ie. pops310.prx), and so forth for each file;

11. Copy the new renamed files to the ms0:/seplugins/popsloader directory;
12. Enable Popsloader via the recovery console;
13. Copy your PSOne game eboot to your GAME folder and enjoy!

Download:
Popsloader for CFW 5.50 GEN-A
Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-A
PSP Firmware (EBOOT) Updates

- source: pspgen

I know you’ve been anxiously waiting… Freshly compiled just for you… Snap, crackle, Dark_AleX’s PopsLoader — the dopest PSX/PSOne emulator for custom firmware 5.00 M33-2.

System requirements, PopsLoader changes, installation and upgrading, downloads, etc… — all available after this break.

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Problems (0xFFFFFFFF) with PSX/PSOne games after installing custom firmware 5.00 M33? Dark_AleX with the quickness –

1. Download popcorn.prx (here)
2. Download a tool like PSP Filer or Xplora
3. Flash popcorn.prx to flash0:/kd using one of the above tools
4. Get down

- source: dark-alex

Quick! Before you load up the next PSOne game, then decide to have a little snooze, be sure you’ve installed PopsLoader v2. Dark_AleX has squashed the sleep mode bug.

Download: PopsLoader v2

- source: dark-alex.org

Update: M33-4!

• galaxy.prx was changed to a new version that is giving problems with slow memory sticks. Reverted back to previous versions. This didn’t only affect decrypted isos running in NP9660 mode.

Just when you thought Dark_AleX was gone, he’s back on. 3.80 M33-3 and compatible PopsLoader (PSX/PSOne emulator) has arrived. Need I say more?

3.80 M33-3 changelog:

• Fixed synchronization issue that plugins check code caused in PSN NP9660 original games (fixes 0×80010013 error)
• Added a couple of libs to the nids resolver.
• Added some internal changes required by incoming 3.80 popsloader plugin.

Download:
CFW 3.80 M33 | CFW 3.80 M33-3 | CFW 3.80 M33-4
3.80 M33 PopsLoader

- source: dark-alex.org

Thanks Fadil

Impaler has once again updated his PSX EBOOT Creator. This new version features a [working] preview option and output window for error handling purposes. It’s no doubt the easiest way to create single and multi disc PSX/PSOne EBOOTs for Dark_AleX’s PopsLoader. Want to know more? Read here.

Download: Impaler’s PSX EBOOT Creator

- source: impaleriso.com

Update: Impaler has shared a minor update which adds an about screen and preview button. Feel free to re-download the RAR archive below.

Another PopStation front end for Dark_AleX’s multi-disc popsloader has surfaced from developer Impaler. I just finished giving the GUI a quick test run and it seems to function quite well. It’s capable of creating both single and multiple images depending on your selection.

Impaler’s PSX EBOOT Creator is a Windows .NET app. So you’ll require the necessary Microsoft frameworks.

Download: Impaler’s Multidisc PopStation GUI

Read here. Now see here. Mathieulh has shared photos showcasing Dark_AleX’s Multidisc PopsLoader, which is soon to be released from what I understand. Browsing through the jpeg’s you’ll notice the disk selection menu. Brilliant work!

Fadil, again — you’re the man. Thanks.

Ah, good morning! Roughly six hours ago an email from a fellow by the name of Fadil notified us concerning Dark_AleX’s most recent developments…

PSP homebrew developer Mathieulh tipped us off today to let us know that a new Popsloader binary with full support for building multi-disc PSone EBOOT is due for release soon.

Essentially, this means that when converting multi-disc PSone games for use with custom firmware on the PSP, users will be able to store and compress all the data into one EBOOT file, rather than building a separate EBOOT file for each disc.

Awesome! Now that’s something to look forward to.

“Thanks for the tip.”