You can play burned games easy on PS1, via cheap modchip, Action Replay for the back of the console or Xplorer 9000 cheat disc. Some people also used a hotswap method, but I don't like that. HDD/SD PS1 ISO Loader via special modchip will be buyable soon, afaik. Seems like what you are searching for. I think i will try it in the future. Not sure if it can put my PAL PS1 into NTSC.

1. Play Ps2 Games From Memory Card

The process requires a product called Swap Magic, and a mod chip may also be needed for the PlayStation to play the games properly. Download USB Advance software and save these files in a new folder. Click on the file in the folder labeled 'USBAdvance-PC-Software' and extract the two files inside to the C: drive on the computer. Play PS2 Games Off Of USB Flash Thumb Drive (No Hard Drives!). PS2 Games Off A USB Stick (Playstation 2. I PLAY PS2 GAMES ON THE USB THUMB. If you have a Sony PlayStation 2 game console, you can prevent a lot of wear and tear of the unit's optical drive by loading your games from a USB pen drive.

Other method to play PS1 via USB, Network or internal HDD on PS2 is PS2PSXe compatibility for that seems to be not really perfect but many games are working fine (see the compatibility thread ) POPS Emulator for the PS2 (POPS-00001) is similar. Seems to be a official Sony PS1 emulator for PS2, never tried it. You can find compatibility lists via google.

Burned disc on ps1 or iso on cfw ps3 seems to be the easiest way on a console. There are people that can flash your ps3 even on a newer ofw for relatively less money.

This is all using burned discs, not USB. You can play PSX backups on older PS2's using a disc based PSX GameShark (or Action Replay, depending on the country) to do a disc swap. Later versions block GameShark, so. You can play on later PS2's using ulaunchelf and an original PSX disc to do a disc swap. For some reason this doesn't work on older PS2's.

Of course, on pre-slims you need a way to get at the disc to swap it, either a slidetool, a fliptop case mod, or a solder free eject button mod. On slims you need a way to hold the lid sensor down. The GameShark method, you just wait for the Gameshark to load, then either choose your codes or don't (up to you if you want to use codes), then swap the discs (the disc spins down so this is safe) using whatever method you have to change discs without the system knowing you ejected the disc. Then you just tell the Gameshark to start the game (with or without codes, doesn't matter).

I use the solder free switch mod, but any method should work. I use the Gameshark disc for PSX games that came as a free bonus with the PS2 Gameshark, but I don't see why Gameshark Lite or other disc based Gamesharks wouldn't work.

Obviously the hardware based Gamesharks won't work because there's no parallel port on the PS2. It has to be a disc for PSX games, though, that's important, if you use a Gameshark disc for PS2 games it won't work. The ulaunchelf method, get into ulaunch elf however you want (you can get in there from FreeMCboot or on a 90000 series slim using a FreeMCboot card and a Swap Magic 3 disc - it won't launch FreeMCboot but will start up ulaunchelf.) Then put in an original PSX game, only make sure you DO trip the sensor so it reads the disc change (if you used Swap Magic) or just that you've put in a disc at all. After it stops spinning, take out the original disc and put in a backup disc, this time you must NOT trip the sensor.

Tell ulaunchelf to load the disc. These are the methods that work for me repectively to play PSX backup discs on my 30000 (v4) PS2 and90000 PS2 slim.

If you have a Sony PlayStation 2 game console, you can prevent a lot of wear and tear of the unit's optical drive by loading your games from a USB pen drive. USB pen drives, also known as flash drives, are removable storage devices that are small enough to keep on a keychain or in your pocket. With larger capacity pen drives, you can literally store hundreds of PS2 games on a thumb-sized drive.

However, loading PS2 games from a USB pen drive does require some preparation and a few third-party software programs. Download 'USB Advance', then save the application to your computer. Browse to the folder on your PC where you saved the downloaded 'USB Advance' file.

Right-click the file and then click 'Extract Here' in the pop-up menu. Windows will to extract two additional files in the folder. Download 'USB Extreme.' Save the downloaded 'USB Extreme' file in the same folder that contains the 'USB Advance' file. Right-click the 'USB Extreme' file, then click 'Extract Here.' Wait while Windows creates additional uncompressed files in the folder. Highlight all of the extracted files, then press the 'Ctrl' and 'C' keys simultaneously.

Browse to the 'C: ' drive in 'Computer.' Right-click inside the 'C: ' folder windows, then click 'Paste' in the pop-up menu. Go back to the folder where you extracted the files and delete the original compressed files you downloaded. Do not delete the extracted files.

Open the CD/DVD burner drive on your PC, then place a blank CD or DVD into the disc tray. Open your disc-burning application, then burn all of the extracted files to the blank disc. Insert the pen drive into an empty USB port on your computer. Wait for Windows to detect and configure the drive for use with your PC. Place a PlayStation 2 game disc into the CD/DVD drive of your computer. Click 'Start,' then type 'cmd' into the search box.

Play Ps2 Games From Memory Card

Press the 'Enter' key. Enter 'C: ' at the 'Command Prompt' to switch to the root directory for the computer. Copy the PlayStation 2 game to the pen drive by entering the following text at the prompt: 'ulinstall FirstDriveSecondDriveNameofGameDiscType' at the 'Command Prompt.' Change the 'FirstDrive' parameter to the drive letter for your computer's CD/DVD drive. Change the 'SecondDrive' parameter to the drive letter for the pen drive. Change the 'NameofGame' parameter to the name of the game to copy from the PS2 disc. Change the 'TypeofDisc' parameter to 'CD' or 'DVD' depending amount of application game data on the PS2 disc.

If the game disc has less than 700MB of data, enter 'CD.' If the game disc contains more than 700MB of data, enter 'DVD.'

The following is an example of correctly formatted command line syntax: 'ulinstall D F FunPS2GameName CD' Open the PS2 disc tray, then insert the 'Swap Magic' application disc. Turn on the PS2 console. Wait for the PS2 to load the Swap Magic application and the menu screen to appear. Remove the 'Swap Magic' disc after the menu screen appears on your TV.

Insert the disc you burnt earlier into the disc drive of the PlayStation 2. Close the disc tray, and wait for the 'USB Extreme' menu to appear on the screen.

Insert the pen drive into one of the USB ports on the front of the PS2. Wait for the 'USB Extreme' utility to load from the USB pen drive automatically.

Press the 'X' button on the PS2 game controller to launch and run the game from the pen drive. Play the game as you normally would when using a PS2 game disc.