Hacking PS1/2 Worlds First Softmod Compatible With Japanese PSX Consoles: PS1 DemoSwap Patcher

[alexfree]

https://alex-free.github.io/ps1demoswap

About The TOCPerfect Patch​

The idea of the TOCPerfect patch is this:

• You rip your real PS1 black game disc (can be any region, Japan, USA, PAL, does not matter) that you want to play a backup CD-R of on your SCPH-1000, early SCPH-3000, early SCPH-1001, or early SCPH-1002 console.
• You download the latest version of PS1 DemoSwap Patcher, and use it to patch (change) your PS1 game rip.
• You burn the TOCPerfect patched game rip to a high quality CD-R.
• You do the CD Player Swap Trick on your SCPH-1000, early SCPH-3000, early SCPH-1001, or early SCPH-1002 console to boot your TOCPerfect patched game CD-R.
• Your console will boot the CD-R, run Tonyhax International automatically, and boot the game with no user input required seamlessly in a few seconds.
• Your console is now playing a CD-R backup with correct TOC data. If you have an early SCPH-1001/early SCPH-1002 consoles you also gain the ability to seamlessly swap discs in games that span multiple discs. The ultimate use of the original CD Player Swap Trick!

About The DemoSwap Patch​

Enables you to patch a rip of one of the commonly found psx game demo discs supported by PS1 DemoSwap Patcher that you own an authentic copy of to boot a special Tonyhax when doing a simple disc swap from the original authentic PSX game demo disc to the patched backup CD-R of the same PSX game demo disc. This special simple disc swap trick does not require any tricky timing, and best of all works on all PSX consoles.


If you have a USA/PAL console, you can then use MottZilla's MCTOOL to install TonyHax onto a memory card using the FreePSXBoot exploit for future convience.

 

[alexfree]

New in version 1.0.4:

• Switched officially to the Tonyhax International loader program.
• Added support for DemoDemo PlayStation Vol. 22 (NTSC-J PS1 Demos Disc) in DiscLib.txt and updated internal database.
• Mac OS X/Mac OS support has been dropped.
• TOCPerfect patching now supports games which reference files outside of the first data track as if they were apart of the first data track. This new support now means certain games that didn't work in previous versions of PS1 DemoSwap Patcher (like Tekken 3) work on real hardware finally (and not just in emulation as they did before).
• The TOCPerfect Patching mode now renames SYSTEM.CNF (to SYSTEM.CN2) and inserts tonyhax.exe (which is named PSX.EXE in the disc image after patching) instead of editing the contents of the file SYSTEM.CNF and inserting tonyhax.exe.
• FreePSXBoot memory card images have been removed from PS1 DemoSwap Patcher releases, they are now part of Tonyhax International.
• Rewritten documentation.
• Early SCPH-3000 consoles (with VC0B CDROM Controller BIOS firmware) are now officially supported by TOCPerfect patching. TOCPerfect Patching now also changes the license data in any game it patches to the Japanese license/boot logo data. This ensures one TOCPerfect patched burned CD-R game can be booted on any console with the CD Player Swap Trick.

 

[alexfree]

Version 1.0.5 (6/29/2023)​

• Windows x86
• Linux x86 For modern 32-bit Linux distros (static build).
• Linux x86_64 For modern 64-bit Linux distros (static build).

Changes:

• Updated Tonyhax International from v1.0.9 to v1.3.6!
• Reverted patching method to SYSTEM.CNFediting like in the original DemoSwap Patcher (for TOCPerfect).

 

[CMDreamer]

Please, don't link to the downloads directly, add a link to the original source page instead.

Thanks!

 

[alexfree]

PS1 DemoSwap Patcher v1.0.6 is now out! https://alex-free.github.io/ps1demoswap#downloads

Every time I get my SCPH-1000 launch Japanese PSX working:

 

[alexfree]

Version 1.0.9 (7/25/2023)​

• Windows x86
• Linux x86 For modern 32-bit Linux distros (static build).
• Linux x86_64 For modern 64-bit Linux distros (static build).

Changes:

• TOCPerfect patching now moves license data to sector 15 instead of sector 12 after rewriting sector 4 (the original license data sector) to enable support for TOCPerfe