Monday, April 2, 2012

Double Toggle Action! (and a guide of how to change games in a PSP CFW environment.)

What up double the toggle action on this sweater!

After the break there are no toggles.

Only a walk through of how to change games on your CFW PSP.


Step 1: Plug in your PSP using the USB cable.  It should cause the PSP to go into "USB Mode." 
Step 2: If your PSP does not go into "USB Mode," you will want to scroll all the way to the right on the main menu, to the settings tab.  Then Scroll up to the second icon down, which is labeled "USB Connection."  Press X to start "USB Connection."
Step 3: Now on your computer you will see a "Removable Disc" pop up in your  "Computer" folder.  
Step 4: When you open up the "Removable Disc" you should see these folders inside.   If you don't, there is a good possibility you aren't in your PSP, you are in a flash drive or another drive that is not your PSP.  Go back to your "Computer" folder and try another "Removable Disc" until you find these folders.
Step 5: All of your proper PSP games (they end in the file type .cso or .iso and are opened using the Prometheus ISO Loader) are stored in the "ISO" folder.  If you don't want one on your PSP anymore, you can delete it like you would any other file on your computer.
Step 6: You can find your SNES games by going PSP --> GAME --> Snes9XEuphoria --> ROMS.  There is a folder for each SNES game in the ROMS folder, just to keep it tidy and so save files aren't all over the place.  You can delete games the same way as you would a PSP game.  
Step 7: Now I bet you are wondering how you add a game.  Well, It is super easy.  Drag and drop the game you want to add to its folder.  PSP games go in the ISO folder.  SNES games go in the PSP --> GAME --> Snes9XEuphoria --> ROMS folder. 
Step 8: You'll want to keep an eye on how much space your memory stick has.  PSP games are pretty sizable, while SNES games are quite small.  You can check the memory used on your PSP by right clicking on the "Removeable Disc" icon and clicking "Properties."
Step 9:  This will bring up a sweet pie chat that lets you know how much space you have left for games!
Step 10: You can find out how large a game is before you try and  copy it to you PSP using the same method of right clicking the file and selecting "Properties."
Step 11: It will bring up a window that tells you how large the file is.

A couple things to note:

 - Your PSP's memory card is 4 gigs.  This means you'll have to do some shuffling to get the PSP games you want on.  The SNES games are super tiny (less than 5megs.) so you can put tons of those on.
 - When you delete games off your PSP they are gone.  Make sure you have the file backed up on disc somewhere.
 - That being said, don't worry about save files.  They go to a completely different folder.  So if you take off Project Diva 2 today, if you put it back on next week, you save will be there waiting for you.
 - Be careful what you are deleting on your PSP.  Double check what you are deleting on your PSP.  If you accidentally delete the wrong file you may need to completely re-install CFW on your PSP or you may lose your save games.  Only delete and add things in the two folders mentioned.

As always, If you have any questions, clarifications, or issues that arise.  Let me know I will do my best to help you! :D

1 comment:

  1. Gotcha. Going to try this on the PC tonight rather than the Mac. Olive chew! <3

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