POPStarter is a launcher which lets you play your PS1 games in combination with $ony's PS1 emulator for PS2 (known as "POPS" or "SLBB-00001").
Unlike the previous POPStarter versions and the proofs of concept, POPStarter r13 does NOT contain the emulator itself or libraries that belong to $ony.
It is safe to publish in forums/sites that don't tolerate warez stuff, as long as it's not repacked with the decrypted emulator files or things like a PS BIOS.
POPStarter is available for free download.
If you spent an outrageous amount of money in ordering a HDD that contains preinstalled games and POPStarter,
YOU HAVE BEEN ROBBED.
Never purchase a physical copy of POPStarter when the "seller" wants more $$$ than the media price and the shipping fees.
The official POPStarter 13 package doesn't contain anything that belong to $ony.
It's 100% free of $ony code and can be reposted anywere.
Please do not post direct links to the POPS binaries (POPS.ELF, POPS.PAK, POPS_IOX.PAK and IOPRP252.IMG)
in this thread.
Compatibility Lists
In Game Reset (IGR)
Additional Software
More POPStarter 13 useful stuff
Other forums
Other software
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POPStarter 13 Compatibility Lists:
Compatibility List (read-only) [Internal HDD]
The form for submitting reports [Internal HDD]
Compatibility List (read-only) [USB Device]
The form for submitting reports [USB Device]
Compatibility List (read-only) [SMB]
The form for submitting reports [SMB] -
In Game Reset (IGR) Textures:
https://www.psx-place.com/posts/130318.
More info about In Game Reset (IGR):
https://bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/igr.
Link to a tutorial how to make your own IGR textures:
https://bitbucket.org/ShaolinAssassin/popstarter-documentation-stuff/wiki/igr-textures. -
Additional Software:
wLE_kHn
POPStarter Game Installer for OPL
POPSY-X: Add POPStarter and PS2SX games to XEB+
PSXVCD
BDMAssault - Bring EXFAT USB support to POPStarter
POPSLoader - A Highly customizable and flexible standalone POPStarter launcher -
More POPStarter 13 useful stuff:
Cheat code list (PS1 codes converted to raw ps2rd codes)
A PS1 Action Replay / GameShark code list
Pfsshell - Transfer VCD files for Popstarter r13 - POPS emulator (a video tutorial made by Waats)
CDmage Version 1.02.1 Beta 5 (use this to merge your track .bin file) -
POPStarter French:
https://www.metagames-eu.com/forums/playstation-2/popstarter-revision-13-a-134569.html.
Spanish:
https://www.elotrolado.net/hilo_ho-pops-emulador-de-psx-para-ps2_1874054.
Polish:
https://forum.cdrinfo.pl/f106/ps2-popstarter-95894/.
Portuguese:
https://ps2home.forumeiro.com/t27-popstarter-emulador-de-ps1-para-ps2.
Chinese:
https://web.archive.org/web/20250428034525/https://bbs.a9vg.com/thread-4240514-1-1.html.
Assembler Games (backup):
https://web.archive.org/web/2019040....com/threads/ps2-pops-stuff-popstarter.45347/. -
DKWDRV:
https://www.psx-place.com/threads/dkwdrv-unified-ps1drv-for-all-ps2-models.37183/.
PSXLauncher:
https://www.psx-place.com/threads/psxlauncher-elf-by-vegito_93.19154/.
PS2PSXe:
https://www.psx-place.com/threads/obsolete-ps2psxe-by-ffgriever.33586/
USER GUIDE ! -> POPStarter Wiki with Tool(s) made by ShaolinAssassin <- USER GUIDE !
Network modules to be inserted into the memory card for a SMB support:
-> hugopocked fixes for POPStarter <-
"News" and "updates" quickjump:
- wLE_kHn : https://www.psx-place.com/posts/254888
- Cumulative fixes : https://www.psx-place.com/posts/298564
- Link to the POPStarter Game Installer for OPL resource added to the "Additional Softwares" tab.
- Link to POPSY-X added to the "Additional Softwares" tab.
- Link to BDMAssault added to the "Additional Softwares" tab.
- Link to POPSLoader added to the "Additional Softwares" tab.
Latest version (r13_RIP_06) of POPStarter is incompatibility with OPL Daily Builds.
When POPStarter finds "conf_elm.cfg"\"conf_elmz.cfg" it'll kicks out to the OSDSYS,
without showing an error.
If you have this\these file(s), please delete it.
If you have a SLIM console with Deckard (SCPH-750XX models and later) check out this app:
https://www.psx-place.com/threads/dkwdrv-unified-ps1drv-for-all-ps2-models.37183/.
