Those familiar with the PlayStation 1 and Dreamcast may recall bleem!, a PS1 emulator which has inspired the name of a recently released piece of software called BleemSync. While running backups of PS1 games on the PlayStation Classic has been possible in the past few days, BleemSync looks to simplify the process of adding new games to your PS Classic. To use it, you need a USB stick named SONY, and to make sure it's formatted to FAT32. Next, you'll want to copy the contents of BleemSync to the root of the USB, as well as create a folder called Games. The folder structure is specific and must be done precisely. A test folder is included in the download to give a better look at how things need to be named.

Games/
1/
GameData/
Game.ini
pcsx.cfg
SLUS-01066.bin
SLUS-01066.cue
SLUS-01066.png

You'll need an .ini and .cfg for each game, along with a legally dumped .bin and .cue of whichever title you want to play. Each .ini must point toward the correct .bin file, with a title, publisher, player number, and year of release. An example is below.

[Game]
Discs=SLUS-01066
Title=Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Publisher=Activision
Players=2
Year=2000

The .png (226x226) represents a picture of the boxart. Once that's done, all that's left to do is run BleemSync, and put the USB drive in the PlayStation Classic, where your games should show up and be playable after a reboot.

Source: GitHub

 

[Godofcheese]

How can Sony do something like that?

Quick cashgrab, they didn't care about this product.
They didn't even care about the security, they could also have gone with their in-house emulator for ps1, but they didn't.

Also all PS3s can play PS1 games natively via disc, or digitally, so if you want to go the legal route, go for a cheap ps3 because it runs the games perfectly.

 

[Rabbid4240]

Say it with me kids...
MEGAMAN X4

 

[Foxi4]

A lot of times people wear pink-colored glasses when it comes to emulating old hardware. They remember the games, but they don't remember how terribly it ran on the original hardware. I would love to see a side by side comparison of the PS Classic and a real PS1, on paper there's no reason why the emulation would be poor. Not that I doubt it, I just haven't seen a comparison of this kind. Either way, all of those mini consoles are just trinkets to me - they're collectibles with little practical use.

 

[Heichart]

Say it with me kids...
MEGAMAN X4

MEGAMAN X5

 

[Hardy_Heron]

Greetings, guys. I would like to know if you allow me to publish the news in my little blog. Obviously with reference to the source. Thank to all!

 

[Zense]

A lot of times people wear pink-colored glasses when it comes to emulating old hardware. They remember the games, but they don't remember how terribly it ran on the original hardware. I would love to see a side by side comparison of the PS Classic and a real PS1, on paper there's no reason why the emulation would be poor. Not that I doubt it, I just haven't seen a comparison of this kind. Either way, all of those mini consoles are just trinkets to me - they're collectibles with little practical use.

Check out DF's review of it. Skip to 8:30 if you want direct comparisons and if you don't care about the background history etc..
Here's the link:



Basically it has too many mistakes to be excusable.

 

[adam1290]

will a USB hub work for multiplayer?

By tweaking some of the code in the PSC people have had success at running a second controller through a USB hub but there doesn't appear to be an easy/stable method to do this yet.

 

[spotanjo3]

How many backup games can be store in this Mini Playstation Classic ? Curiosity.

 

[deSSy2724]

Can someone explain whats the point of this? I mean it uses an emulator which means 100 % compatibility is not guaranteed like on real old PS1 consoles.... its not like its using PS1 native hardware or Sonys official emulator.

 

[Molhel]

If the emulation is really that bad, is there any hope that someone out there can make an alternative? I mean cool that this exists and all, I'm just curious.

 

[kuwanger]

MEGAMAN X5

Don't be silly. MEGAMAN X6

Excuse me...I'll exit stage left.

 

[Hardy_Heron]

Reflextion:
The problem at the moment is that, although the system of loading of games that are not contained in the console can be facilitated, the deficiency in the optimization of the emulator persists and, until it is solved with a compilation of the PCSX or another and can be overwritten ( injecting) or alternatively starting it (dual boot) we will not be able to take full advantage of the hardware that the PS Mini has. It is not a criticism of everyone's work, it is just an observation for those who feel they have the right to criticize this little console.

 

[Foxi4]

Can someone explain whats the point of this? I mean it uses an emulator which means 100 % compatibility is not guaranteed like on real old PS1 consoles.... its not like its using PS1 native hardware or Sonys official emulator.

Sometimes "because you can" is the only reason you need. Some customisation is better than no customisation.

 

[Jayro]

I'm still upset nobody has:
A.) Updated the emulator to a newer build.
B.) Made Retroarch installable.
C.) Added a custom Kernel.
D.) MadeMgames installable/replaceable internally.

And where's that Hakchi2 guy Cluster? Why hasn't he tackled this thing by now?

 

[phreaksho]

Bleemcast! Lol I forgot about that. Used to have mgs

 

[guisadop]

that's awesome, but I heard the emulator itself isn't very good, so I'm not so sure it's worth buying one of these even after this amazing homebrew

 

[raxadian]

Is still better to use a hacked PS3 but this is still interesting Even if I still have a chipped Playstation to play whatever PS1 games don't work well on my PS3.

that's awesome, but I heard the emulator itself isn't very good, so I'm not so sure it's worth buying one of these even after this amazing homebrew

Try to find out how much is an old PS3 that's hackable nowadays. PS1 roms are the size of a CD so even the ones with small hard disks can get a lot of PS1 isos playing on it.

 

[K3Nv2]

My shield can also do this from my pc

 

[the_randomizer]

My shield can also do this from my pc

I think that's a given

Don't be silly. MEGAMAN X6

Excuse me...I'll exit stage left.

Eww, you mean the game with the random Nightmare System crap and Engrish translation? Pass.

 

[TunaKetchup]

I actually read that the SNES classic plays PS1 games better then the PS1 Classic

Pretty insane if true