HOWTO: Replace PAL Tekken 3 with NTSC on PSClassic

subcon959 · Jun 13, 2019

BL4Z3D247 said:
Hey everyone, so since we now have the ability to fully backup our EMMC I've decided to start changing the internal games to NTSC and change the cover art to the jewel case covers.

I decided to just start with Tekken 3, just replacing the game with the NTSC version. So I FTP'd into the classic no problem and have deleted the PAL Tekken 3 and copied over the NTSC files(bin/cue), re-uploaded the edited database. Now it starts up but I only get the PlayStation logo screen.

I've re-read the guide multiple times and I'm doing it exactly as it's explained. The only thing I can think it might be is my main computer is having technical difficulties at the moment so I'm stick with my old XP laptop, I'm thinking this may be what's causing this problem but I'm not sure and wanted to reach out to see if someone may know what's going on.

Thanks in advance!

Are you saying the PSC doesn't boot up anymore or that specific game doesn't boot up?

BL4Z3D247 · Jun 13, 2019

subcon959 said:
Are you saying the PSC doesn't boot up anymore or that specific game doesn't boot up?

Sorry, I should've clarified. The game boots to the PlayStation splash screen but there is no text underneath it and it just sits on that screen until I power down the console.

The console boots fine and so do the other 19 games, just not Tekken 3. And overconfident(stupid) me didn't make a backup of the gaadata folder but I have another PSC that is untouched so I have the gaadata folder backup now. Just trying to get it to work with the NTSC copy.

subcon959 · Jun 13, 2019

BL4Z3D247 said:
Sorry, I should've clarified. The game boots to the PlayStation splash screen but there is no text underneath it and it just sits on that screen until I power down the console.

The console boots fine and so do the other 19 games, just not Tekken 3. And overconfident(stupid) me didn't make a backup of the gaadata folder but I have another PSC that is untouched so I have the gaadata folder backup now. Just trying to get it to work with the NTSC copy.

The name comes from the database so if it's not showing any text then either the database entry is wrong or the filenames don't match. Actually, nevermind I just realised you meant no text under the splash screen. In that case did you try the bin/cue files in a Windows emulator first to see if they actually work?

BL4Z3D247 · Jun 14, 2019

subcon959 said:
The name comes from the database so if it's not showing any text then either the database entry is wrong or the filenames don't match. Actually, nevermind I just realised you meant no text under the splash screen. In that case did you try the bin/cue files in a Windows emulator first to see if they actually work?

OK, so I got it working on my girlfriend's PSC, I'm going to copy the bin/cue files and transfer them over to my PSC, that should do the trick.

Not sure exactly why the files I created didn't work on mine, did it the same way for her PSC as I did for mine.

Guide couldn't have been easier to follow, thanks again for the write-up.

Deleted member 492222 · Jun 14, 2019

just a question: but is the ps1classic worth the hassle?
asking for those who actually have it/hands on experience.

i would rather own that then the nes or snes classic.

BL4Z3D247 · Jun 15, 2019

ElTacoDestroyer said:
just a question: but is the ps1classic worth the hassle?
asking for those who actually have it/hands on experience.

i would rather own that then the nes or snes classic.

What hassle? It's not difficult to hack.

Hacking-wise, it's a no-brainer, $30 and you get a mini console with 2 controllers that can play multiple systems very well.

Savior-X · Jun 17, 2019

Excellent. I've replaced most games and added a few more. I made sure the total filesize = the original total. I tried Gex 2 and controls don't work. I guess analog games are a no go.

Jonesy47 · Jun 19, 2019

subcon959 said:
** WARNING - WRITING INTERNAL STORAGE ALWAYS CARRIES SOME RISK **
** ONLY DO THIS IF YOU ARE WILLING TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY **
** THIS IS NOT A BEGINNERS GUIDE, IT ASSUMES A MEDIUM LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY **

You will need,

Bleemsync 1.0: https://github.com/pathartl/BleemSync/releases (+compatible USB stick)
Database editor: https://sqlitebrowser.org/dl/
FTP client: https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client
A text editor that respects proper line endings: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v7.6.3.html
A microUSB data cable to power the PSC from your PC USB port.
Tekken3 NTSC bin and cue.

Follow the instructions on the Bleemsync site to get through the initial install. We only need this to get the FTP server, so once the installation is successful you can stop following the instructions. We are only concerned with running the PSC stock, so won't actually be using Bleemsync or a USB stick after initial install.

Remove the USB stick and start the PSC. Everything should be working exactly as stock. Leave it sitting at the menu.

Provided your microUSB cable supports data, and not just power, you can now access the FTP server running on the PSC through this same USB connection that is powering the console.

Now fire up the FTP client on your PC. Use the following settings to make a connection:

HOST: 169.254.215.100
USERNAME: root
PORT: 21

NOTE - no password is required.

If successful, you should see a directory listing of the internal storage of the PSC. If it doesn't work, then you either didn't get Bleemsync installed properly or you have some other PC issues that are beyond the scope of this guide.

The folder we are interested in is "/gaadata". This contains all the stock games and the database and bios files. Ideally, backup the entire folder to PC to keep safe in case of problems. It's about 14GB, but the USB speed should be pretty good.

In our specific example, we will be replacing the PAL version of Tekken3 with the NTSC version. Therefore it is assumed you have the necessary CUE/BIN files already and named correctly (SLUS-00402)

Browse to "/gaadata/17". The Tekken3 files are in this folder named SCES-01237.bin, SCES-01237.cue etc, along with the pcsx.cfg file. Because we are replacing with the same game, we can just rename the image and license files to match the new serial instead of uploading new ones. Delete the PAL BIN/CUE files first, then upload your NTSC ones.

The folder should now look like this: pcsx.cfg, SLUS-00402.bin, SLUS-00402.cue, SLUS-00402.lic, SLUS-00402.png.

Re-download the pcsx.cfg (keep your backups from before untouched) and open it in Notepad++. Edit the line "psx_clock = 39" to "psx_clock = 54". Save and upload/overwrite the one on the PSC. This will help with game performance. I've used the 54 setting with all games without issue.

Ok, now we need to edit the database to reflect our changed filenames. Re-download a copy of "/gaadata/databases/regional.db" and open it in DB Browser. Click on the "Browse Data" tab.

You will see the list of all 20 games. The one we want is GAME_ID 17 (the same as the folder name). Edit the BASENAME cell from "SCES-01237" to "SLUS-00402". Click on "Write Changes" and close the app. There are other things that need to be edited if you are changing the game, but in our case we don't need to do anything else.

Upload/overwrite the regional.db file.

At this point we are basically done. One last thing that I would further recommend involves the BIOS files. A lot of people have issues with certain games not starting because the wrong BIOS file is trying to boot it. A simple way to fix this is to make sure that both BIOS files are actually the same file. Go into the "/gaadata/system/bios" folder. The "good" bios is the romw.bin. It's actually the same one the PSP used and has high compatibility with all regions. Download this file, rename it to romJP.bin and upload/overwrite the one on the PSC. Now both are just romw.bin with different names.

That's it. When you now restart the PSC, everything will look the same still, but when you start Tekken3 it will be the NTSC version running at the proper speed instead of PAL slow-motion.

NOTE - Previous savestates and memory cards will probably cause issues with this. If anyone needs instructions for deleting the previous appdata then let me know. For confident users, use FTP to browse to "/data/AppData/sony/pcsx/17/.pcsx/" and delete everything in there except the symlink to pcsx.cfg.

Ok, so i followed all of your directions to a T.
I now have all ntsc versions of games on my Playstation Classic.

BUT.

I now have useless duplicate icons for retroarch and the boot menu.
At first, I just used your guide and an extra icon for each showed up on the blemsync carousel. There would be an actual icon that worked and then one with no box art or graphic that wont boot anything when clicked on.

I proceeded to follow your guide for the rest of the pal games and now i have TWO useless icons per boot menu and retroarch. So, one icon for the boot menu and then two duplicates that do nothing and the same for retroarch.

I was just wondering if you have any idea on how to fix this?
I have tried editing the regional.db but they keep showing back up.
Please help me!!

edit: Heres a pic of what Im talking about.

9POTQtm27lT_xqthPdA6U_fFXgEvdejdWZ-w0DyCcLT1Kqob5UDEML61gCyjnAcfMXgkdP3wGcg45ia4I9v_zRIxjurAfg0XmY0FfPa8vxo-demGf9m5PCwpwb1EG9XwhQihCFPSNPkwLNBTbVZHUAnYc5iRYaWz9emqKfS6Y5gDaeF01lYC0Up2HMvo45NFcgjsh6aNNbG3f77Ajv-X-r_Zza9NXnG88vVILp5uU1R92E0Kv52C-ZsMB-J882_jV2m7OrOrjMCChiONdjEbM2Dku4a1qPpHsg0zFzr4CivyyNGf9m5PCwpwb1EG9XyJgwVosLWYX7URUBcF3IuzJXEB-0mKwTmbwr8F0D0HoxLT1Kqob5UDEML61gCyjnAcfMXgkdP3wGcg45D6dbRNaV-I2162GLovA3ssD19IEpzFa9ruk-kszquixxlgUhJs1eGf9m5PCwpwb1EG9XwhQihCFPSNPkwLNBTbVZHUAnYc5iRYaWz9emt-FaLzi9FMPNGi0bV3P-sKpSqDJWMhc2I6Uj9b4wmtQxd68vwtbk25mRN-lWrcmCn-V2-xKTwra1FFRitFm5rP5oY5aeTeDikpQiWRz278L45CFAZ01FFRitFm5rLQMLrMmvrva5skwyM4QzDUoGQJGhaovqyg06mA0kwenEI=w768-h576-no

BL4Z3D247 · Jun 19, 2019

Jonesy47 said:
Ok, so i followed all of your directions to a T.
I now have all ntsc versions of games on my Playstation Classic.

BUT.

I now have useless duplicate icons for retroarch and the boot menu.
At first, I just used your guide and an extra icon for each showed up on the blemsync carousel. There would be an actual icon that worked and then one with no box art or graphic that wont boot anything when clicked on.

I proceeded to follow your guide for the rest of the pal games and now i have TWO useless icons per boot menu and retroarch. So, one icon for the boot menu and then two duplicates that do nothing and the same for retroarch.

I was just wondering if you have any idea on how to fix this?
I have tried editing the regional.db but they keep showing back up.
Please help me!!

edit: Heres a pic of what Im talking about.

View attachment 170425

Did you make a backup of the gaadata folder and the regional.db file before attempting this?

Jonesy47 · Jun 19, 2019

BL4Z3D247 said:
Did you make a backup of the gaadata folder and the regional.db file before attempting this?

Yes. Restoring the backup of regional.db does nothing. The two extra icons remain. I assume the information lies elsewhere in the playstation classic.

subcon959 · Jun 19, 2019

Jonesy47 said:
Yes. Restoring the backup of regional.db does nothing. The two extra icons remain. I assume the information lies elsewhere in the playstation classic.

As stated near the beginning the guide was written for Bleemsync 1.0. I haven't updated my PSC since then so I'm not sure what changes they've made. There was no RetroArch icon back then so I assume you've tried this on a newer version? I can't offer any tips until I get a chance to update and look through the files.

Jonesy47 · Jun 19, 2019

subcon959 said:
As stated near the beginning the guide was written for Bleemsync 1.0. I haven't updated my PSC since then so I'm not sure what changes they've made. There was no RetroArch icon back then so I assume you've tried this on a newer version? I can't offer any tips until I get a chance to update and look through the files.

You have made the correct assumption. Instead of using 1.0, I used the most recent bleemsync, 1.1. If you notice any reason why this might be happening, please let me know!!
Everything else in this guide worked perfectly. I really really wish I could get rid of these extra icons.

Thank you for any help you or others could offer me.

Jonesy47 · Jun 21, 2019

subcon959 said:
As stated near the beginning the guide was written for Bleemsync 1.0. I haven't updated my PSC since then so I'm not sure what changes they've made. There was no RetroArch icon back then so I assume you've tried this on a newer version? I can't offer any tips until I get a chance to update and look through the files.

ok, so up date. Though I used the new bleemsync, my question pertains to editing regional.db. Feel free to ignore me if you cant or dont want to help.

While looking at my current version of the regional.db, i found that when I'm in the browse data tab, if I shift down from the DISC table to the GAME table, I see this:

and there are my two entries of boot menu. Further down the list are my two entries for retroarch.
THE PROBLEM is that DB Browser for SQLite doesn't seem to let me edit the GAME table? See how the New Record and Delete Record options are greyed out?
So, the real question now is, how do I edit the GAME table? Again, any help you or anyone else could provide would be wonderful, thank you!! Your guide was a lot of help!

subcon959 · Jun 21, 2019

Jonesy47 said:
THE PROBLEM is that DB Browser for SQLite doesn't seem to let me edit the GAME table? See how the New Record and Delete Record options are greyed out?
So, the real question now is, how do I edit the GAME table? Again, any help you or anyone else could provide would be wonderful, thank you!! Your guide was a lot of help!

I can't reproduce that but it sounds like a OS file permission problem rather than anything else. Make sure the file isn't being used or locked by another app or try making a copy of it and editing that. Maybe it's been set to read-only and you have to change it back? I'm not sure.

ShadowCloud · Aug 5, 2019

I need some help please. I followed your instructions exactly, but Tekken 3 NTSC will not start. When I try to run it from the PlayStation Classic Bleemsync GUI, it doesn't do anything. Meanwhile I try to run it from "Internal" on Retroarch, it gives me the error of "File could not be loaded from playlist." I did the database edit right so I'm not sure why? If I load the game directly through "Load content", the game starts normally. What is going on?

subcon959 · Aug 5, 2019

ShadowCloud said:
I need some help please. I followed your instructions exactly, but Tekken 3 NTSC will not start. When I try to run it from the PlayStation Classic Bleemsync GUI, it doesn't do anything. Meanwhile I try to run it from "Internal" on Retroarch, it gives me the error of "File could not be loaded from playlist." I did the database edit right so I'm not sure why? If I load the game directly through "Load content", the game starts normally. What is going on?

The problem is nearly always either the database or file permissions so double check those.

ShadowCloud · Aug 5, 2019

How do I change my file permissions? I tried doing it with the right click, but was told I wasn't allowed. Also I noticed that the files I uploaded, the Tekken 3 bin and cue along with the database update don't have executable permission(only read and write) like the other files on the PlayStation Classic.

subcon959 · Aug 5, 2019

ShadowCloud said:
How do I change my file permissions? I tried doing it with the right click, but was told I wasn't allowed. Also I noticed that the files I uploaded, the Tekken 3 bin and cue along with the database update don't have executable permission(only read and write) like the other files on the PlayStation Classic.

If you look at my other thread about updating the emulator you will see someone replied and posted how to edit permissions using the chmod command with telnet. I'm surprised you can't do it with the right-click menu though.

ShadowCloud · Aug 5, 2019

Thank you very much and for the quick response. I'll give this a try when I get home.

ShadowCloud · Aug 6, 2019

Did all of that and still not working. I'm not sure what's going on. What am I doing wrong? Is there another database that Bleemsync uses that I'm not aware of?

HOWTO: Replace PAL Tekken 3 with NTSC on PSClassic

@!#?@!

GBAtemp Stoner

@!#?@!

GBAtemp Stoner

Member

GBAtemp Stoner

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

GBAtemp Stoner

Well-Known Member

@!#?@!

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

@!#?@!

Member

@!#?@!

Member

@!#?@!

Member

Member

Attachments

Similar threads

Popular threads in this forum