Gaming The CFW and OFW history downloads topic

[Livin in a box]

But there are still some stickied...

I spent a lot of time on this!

 

[ProtoKun7]

PM a mod or something, they'll probably pin it again.

 

[bnwchbammer]

I'd like to see a sort of comparison of all of the CFW's since I don't exactly know which one is better than the other. For example, I've got a Phat with M33-6 on it, and I'm not sure which one's better, or even how to compare CFW's. But still, cool thread (should be stickied)

 

[Deleted User]

M33 is dead, most uploaders have stopped patching newer games for it.

 

[dirty_harry]

I don't know where you're getting your stuff from, but almost all my sources will go out of their way to get a game working on M33. SOCOM FTB3 is a good example of this.

 

[bnwchbammer]

Well if M33 is dead what CFW is better, and why?

 

[Jamstruth]

The only other firmware is 5.50 GEN-D3.
Advantages:- Ability to run latest UMDs and ISOs (without patching), Actively being developed
Disadvantages:- Tends to be less stable than M33 and more prone to crashing though this is still a very small chance, also has slightly less PS1 compatibility though I have had no problems with my games (other than a randomly appearing glitch in FFVII)

 

[luke_c]

The only other firmware is 5.50 GEN-D3.
Advantages:- Ability to run latest UMDs and ISOs (without patching), Actively being developed
Disadvantages:- Tends to be less stable than M33 and more prone to crashing though this is still a very small chance, also has slightly less PS1 compatibility though I have had no problems with my games (other than a randomly appearing glitch in FFVII)

Heard of corrupted saves happening quite a lot on GEN, is that true?
Also, what worries me most is GEN's lack to play 1.50 kernel games, but can it play lower? One of the games I really wanna play requires 1.10 IIRC so would that work? This is the only think keeping me over at M33 at the moment.

 

[cracker]

You forgot a big disadvantage -- no built-in 1.50 support (useful for old abandoned homebrew). Yes I know there is Time Machine but it is much nicer built in...

 

[Jamstruth]

Corrupted saves seem to happen after a GEN-D3 upgrade, it could happen if going from M33 where you used patching to run games in the 5.00 firmware so the saves appear corrupted when going up. I've never had this problem having played all my games on 5.50

 

[luke_c]

Corrupted saves seem to happen after a GEN-D3 upgrade, it could happen if going from M33 where you used patching to run games in the 5.00 firmware so the saves appear corrupted when going up. I've never had this problem having played all my games on 5.50

So if I go straight to GEN (Even with pre-patched games) I should be fine, right?
The biggest problem i'm worrying about is running some of the older games (That run on the kernel below 1.50) No idea if they would work or not

 

[Jamstruth]

Any homebrew that uses the 1.5 kernel will not work. Really old retail game WILL work however (because if Sony blocked you from using them in firmware updastes they'd REEAALLY be in the shit)

And yeah you're fine using pre-patched ISOs in GEN.

 

[xist]

I'd really like someone here with GEN D-3 to try Sega Rally (an old game) and see what they find. This one is supposedly broken on D3 and if that one is who knows what else might be...

May just be false reporting but better to know for sure.

 

[Jamstruth]

I'd really like someone here with GEN D-3 to try Sega Rally (an old game) and see what they find. This one is supposedly broken on D3 and if that one is who knows what else might be...

May just be false reporting but better to know for sure.

If you can PM me a decent download I'd be happy to, all I find in my torrent searches are "Sega Rally Revo"

 

[Skyline969]

GEN-D3 has a corruption bug, but apparently this fix cures that. I downgraded to GEN-D2, but lots claim it works.

 

[luke_c]

GEN-D3 has a corruption bug, but apparently this fix cures that. I downgraded to GEN-D2, but lots claim it works.

Can anyone on D3 apply the fix and see if 6.20 games still work?

 

[pacha69]

Great work. I'm currently on cfw 4.01 m33-2 ( I know, it's been ages since I didn't turn on my psp ), what do you guys recommend I should do ? Or can I just stay with that cfw ?

 

[prowler]

Great work. I'm currently on cfw 4.01 m33-2 ( I know, it's been ages since I didn't turn on my psp ), what do you guys recommend I should do ? Or can I just stay with that cfw ?

Upgrade to 5.00 M33-6.
Then go onto 5.50 GEN D3 if you don't want to patch games.

 

[monaug5]

I dont think 5.50GEN-D3 will be seeing another update..

 

[pacha69]

Great work. I'm currently on cfw 4.01 m33-2 ( I know, it's been ages since I didn't turn on my psp ), what do you guys recommend I should do ? Or can I just stay with that cfw ?

Upgrade to 5.00 M33-6.
Then go onto 5.50 GEN D3 if you don't want to patch games.

Thank you very much. Going to try this now :-)