Nu alle 8 en 16-Bit consoles door modding games kunnen afspelen vanaf een SD kaartje is het de logische stap dat de generatie consoles er na nu aan de beurt zijn. Want ook de Dreamcast heeft een project, waarbij er games vanaf SD gespeeld kunnen worden, en dan is er nog Project IO. Dit wordt een dongle die plug en play is, die je achter in de Input Output slot moet steken en dan is het vervolgens mogelijk *proest* om je eigen back ups van de eerste PlayStation te spelen vanaf een SD kaartje.

Hier door slijt je CD Drive niet meer en kan je al je games netjes in de kast laten staan als je even oldskool wilt gaan spelen op je PlayStation 1. Het hele project is nog in een rederlijke testfase, maar de release er van staat geplanned voor 2013. Aangezien ik een shitload aan PlayStation 1 games en twee consoles met een kapotte laser hebt, heeft dit project mijn volle aandacht. Meer informate kan je overigens op hun website hier vinden.

PSIO Play PS1 games from SD/HDD
Project PSIO

The worlds first, PS1 SD Card Hack

Project PlayStation Input Output (pronounced sigh-oh) is a project in development that will allow you to back up your PlayStation CD-ROM's and let you then play them directly off an SD card on the actual PlayStation 1 console.

We have also gone to the trouble of adding a PS1 Development section for the users who would like to program and share their work. This is basically a way of replacing the Yaroze server that Sony shutdown a few years ago, as well as preserving and providing a free and dependent backup of the SDK's, tools, manuals, code and much more that are impossible to now find.

Project PSIO (PlayStation Input Output. Pronounced 'sigh-oh') initially started as an idea on approximately August 15th, 2010.

The original concept, was to play any game on your PlayStation 1 off of a Hard Disk Drive. However, since the project has progressed a lot over the past few months, we have decided to just develop an SD card based version instead.

Some highly important benefits of adding PSIO to your PlayStation, is that it will lengthen the life of your CD-ROM drive, reduce disc read errors, choppy or skipped music/audio tracks, freezing, delayed frame rates and loud drive mechanical noises. We do plan to incorporate a GUI (menu interface) that will allow you to customise and personalize your menu. In more detail, it will be a replica of the Xross Media Bar (XMB) with more-or-less features. This means, that you will able to view pictures, listen to music and possibly even watch movies all on your PlayStation 1!

This website (PSDEV.psio.com.au) is also intended to replace the Net Yaroze (a programmable PlayStation development kit that Sony released in '97) website that was shutdown, and to also have a dedicated place for homebrew PlayStation 1 programmers, artists, sound designers, music designers, graphic designers, animators, modelers, composers and overall, general developers who would like to make games for the PS1. From this, it does mean that you can upload your games/homebrew you have made for the PlayStation/Yaroze to our server, and share it with all members within the PS1DEV section, and even the world.
It will also share to everyone, a solid backup and preservation of all the PlayStation 1 tools, documentation, manuals, libraries, code, compilers, disassemblers, hacks, mods and much, MUCH more. We will try to keep all links working, and provide a free and open source community.


We hope that you will enjoy this site, watch Project PSIO unfold and enjoy playing the many other projects that the users here have made.

Regards, The PSIO Team.

psio.com.au

FAQ

What is (Project) PSIO?
PSIO is a way to back up your PlayStation CD-ROM's, preserve them, and let you play them directly from an SD card. This will decrease load times dramatically, as well as improve the overall performance of the console. Some highly important benefits, are that it will lengthen the life of your CD-ROM drive in the PlayStation 1, and reduce disc read errors, choppy music/audio, freezing, delayed frame rates and loud drive mechanical noises.

How much will it be?
At the moment, we can not say. The team plans to ensure high quality, at the lowest price possible to make everyone satisfied.

When will I be able to purchase PSIO?
Plans are to have it on the market and for sale by 2013.

What OS will be running?
Either a custom menu, or a replicated XMB menu found on the PSP and PS3 with more-or-less features.

Will it have a Virtual Memory Card?
Yes.

Can I listen to music?
Yes. However, it will be a custom format because the PlayStation 1's CPU can not decode MP3's.

What about multi-disc games. Can I play games such as Abe's Exodus that uses 2 discs?
Yes. This will be supported. While playing your game, you can simply bring up a menu (using a button combination) that will allow you to mount a different CD-ROM or we will simulate a disc swap. This will all depend how the prototype performs after our tests.

Can I watch movies/video?
Possibly. It is a real hard feature to add into the OS and make it work well with the PlayStation 1's CPU. If it can not decode MP3, then it will be near impossible to decode MP4 or AVI.

So, can I use a Hard Drive to play my games?
No. This is was originally planned to happen, but, after careful consideration we have scratched this idea. PSIO will only work with SD cards. However, if there is a big demand for a HDD based version, then we may go ahead with it.

How do I install PSIO?
At the moment, the alpha and beta versions (our test boards that we made) need to be soldered to the PlayStation main/motherboard. However, the prototype (which will be revealed to the public in full detail) will be plug-and-play (it will plug into the PIO port).

Ever heard of an emulator?
Yes, but, emulators are slow, somewhat poorly coded and are not 100% accurate. You can not emulate hardware in software 100%. This is impossible.

What is the point of this. I can play my games fine from a disc on my PS1 and even on my PS2 and PS3!
That's fantastic! In a few years, come back and visit us because those discs will be damaged and or have 'clouding' damage.

Will it have debugging options?
Yes. It will have a USB port for comms to a PC host so you may program games and upload homebrew to the PlayStation 1 (check out our PlayStation 1 Homebrew website here).

Will it have a built in GameShark?
Yes. We will add in a cheat system / hex editor.

Will you post Worldwide?
Yes, of course!