Sony and game publishers have started to implement a security system for PSPs that block custom firmware from within the game. They do it by checking your firmware version before booting the actual game. Currently there is no work around for this (the version.txt method doesn’t work with newer games). 5.50 GEN-B and the older 5.00 M33 simply don’t work. The only way you’ll get to play these games are to upgrade to the latest official firmware.
With this kind of DRM getting rolled out, the PSP Go is starting to look very attractive.
Here’s a list of PSP Games that block custom firmware
- DJ Max Portable: Clazziquai Edition
- DJ Max Portable: Black Square
- Pangya (K)
- Idolmaster SP (Missing Moon, Perfect Sun, and Wandering Star) (J)
- Kidou Senshi Gundam: Senjou no Kizuna Portable (J)
- Evangelion Jo (J)
- Armored Core 3 Portable (J)
- Shinseiki Evangelion: Battle Orchestra Portable (J)
- Musou Orochi: Maou Sairin Enhanced Version (CH)
- Tales of VS. (J)
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (U)
Games with specific firmware requirement:
Important Note: Most of these games will work with 5.00 M33, 5.50 MHU, 5.50 GEN-A, 5.50 GEN-B, 5.03 GEN-A and 5.03 MHU if you use the Game Decrypter.
- Madden 2010 : requires 5.50 (solution- install 5.50 GEN-B)
- Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny [JPN] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny : requires 5.50 (download the hacked version of the game)
- Need For Speed Shift [USA]
- Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs [USA] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- Dirt 2 [EUR] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- MotorStorm Arctic Edge [EUR] ‘English Only’ : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- Rugby League Challenge [EUR] ‘English Only’ : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- AFL Challenge [EUR] ‘English Only’ : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- Disgaea 2 Dark Hero Days [USA] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- Fate Unlimited Codes [USA] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- Dissidia Final Fantasy [EUR] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- IL 2 Sturmovik Birds of Prey [EUR] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- Mawaskes [EUR] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- Samurai Dou 2 Portable [JPN] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- Simple 2500 Series Portable Vol 12 The Hohei 2 [JPN] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- Yamamura Misa Suspense Kyoto Kurama Sansou Satsuji n Jiken [JPN] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- Warriors Orochi 2 [USA] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- Soul Calibur Broken Destiny [EUR] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- Tenchu San Portable [JPN] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- Soul Calibur Broken Destiny [JPN] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- Saikyou Toudai Shougi Deluxe [JPN] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- Konjiki no Corda 2 Forte Encore [JPN] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- Ookami Kakushi [JPN] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- Dissidia Final Fantasy [USA] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- Guitarway To Heaven 5 Superstar : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- Hannah Montana: Rock Out the Show [USA] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- Tales of VS [JPN] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- G I Joe The Rise of Cobra [USA] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- Armored Core 3 Portable [JPN] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
- Blazing Soul Accelate [JPN]: requires 5.55 (No work around yet)
I’ll update the list once more information rolls in.
Tagged with: Playstation Portable, PSP, PSP games
Filed Under: Playstation Portable
Im running 5.50 MHU, does anyone know if I can go to 5.50 Gen-A or Gen-B from there?
I was able to get Persona to work on 5.50 MHU using game decryptor and umdgen.
Thanks for the tip
will add it to the post.
You can find the tutorial here
http://www.pspgen.com/tutoriel-game-decrypter-yoshihiro-article-190008-1.html
Already got one
http://www.atmaxplorer.com/2009/09/play-games-that-require-ofw-5-55-and-6-00/
But it does not mention using file->file lists-> export before decrypting the eboot.bin and using file->file list->import after adding the decrypted eboot.bin. This was the extra steps I had to take to make sure Persona worked.
Missed that… will add.
* For these games, you must export the file list of the original game with UMDGen (File-> File List-> Export), patch the game as explained in the tutorial, then with iso patched, forcing the list of file Designating one that you exported (File-> File List-> Import).
This list is not complete, it will be completed as and when the test, feel free to post comments, noting the differences that you osbervé in this list, not forgetting to mention your model PSP and the cfw on which you tested.
Fate Unlimited Codes [USA]: Works with 5.00 M33-6 without decryption.. same goes with Dissidia Final Fantasy [USA]
Tales of Versus[JP] Boots when decrypted but gets stuck at the black screen (can exit the game with the home button)
persona does NOT work on 5.50 MHU.
it works on 5.03 MHU, but 100 percent NOT on 5.50.
Everybody I know used Gamedecrypter + UMDGen + EBOOT patcher with no success.
If you, modok claim to get it working, would you please post a proof?
Or, how did you manage to do it?
Yeah I had to do the file -> export file list before decrypting and after putting the eboot.bin back into the umd I did file -> import file lists.
http://twitpic.com/jodrp
http://twitpic.com/jodvc
It works. I am level 20 something right now with no lock ups or freezes or anything.
I have a 1st generation phat psp
I hope you post those on this post to encourage others.
thanks all
at last my SMT persona US work with CFW 5.50 Gen-B my psp is slim
so will all of the games posted work on 5.03 mhu?
Fate Unlimited Codes [USA] : requires 5.55 (No work around yet) There is a “work around” With 5.50gen-D3 im able to play the game officially downloaded from the PSN network with the PSNfucker plugin.