> > Could someone with some technical know-how please fill me in on the
> > incompatibility of HDLoader and Playstation games? What's the fundamental
> > difference between them and Playstation 2 games that makes them unable to play
> > off of/install to the hard drive? Does the PS2 just disable access to that
> > portion of the system when it detects a PS1 game? Is it because the system is
> > already booted up into "PS2 Mode"?
>
> Without getting too technical, the answer is yes. The PS2 has an actual PS1 CPU
> to run original PS1 games. Something about the way things are hooked up, that
> you can't access both that and the hard drive at the same time.
>
> But now that you have an XBox, there is a PSX emulator for it that will run ISOs
> off the hard drive. That's the next thing I'm going to try this week.

Much as I'm an Xbox Fanboy, the PSX emulator ain't that good, sorry :-(


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