[Guide] Convert any PS2 ISO to PS2 Classic by CaptainCPS-X

Published on 03-20-2013 04:09 PM

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Exciting News regarding PS2 Classic's, Now convert any PS2 ISO to a PS2 Classic. What was once thought to be an imposable feat in playing PS2 backups on a non Backwards Compatible PS3. Has now become a realistic task due to the advancements in the recent days, after PS3 developer flatz' released his research on the PS2 Classic Algorithm.

We just reported on PS3 Developer CaptainCPS-X's Guide to Unpack/Decrypt/Recrypt/Repack a PS2 Classic (see spoiler below). Since, CaptainCPS-X just recently revised his Guide to much more detailed and simple Tutorial in converting any PS2 ISO in to a PS2 Classic. Checkout the complete guide below

You need 4.XX CFW in order to run PS2 Classics
Use the latest version of any major 4.xx CFW

[Guide] Convert any PS2 ISO to PS2 Classic

Note: This guide will have technical details to a minimum, to avoid confusion. But, assumes that the user knows how to install PKG files on the PS3, and how to transfer files to the internal hard disk drive of the PS3 console.

In this guide you will learn how to convert PS2 games in ISO format to PS2 Classic, making any game playable on your PS3 console.

:: THANKS TO

@flatz , @IngPereira , @LoOzers, @aldostools , @baargle , fail0verfl0w, @Graf _chokolo, and everybody else involved in the ps2classic dev stuff.

Thanks to all the users who have shown their support and given me nice comments, I appreciate it .

:: REQUIREMENTS [DOWNLOAD]

- PS2 Classic Placeholder PKG
- RAP file to activate the PS2 Classic Placeholder PKG
- reActPSN (used only once, to activate the PS2 Placeholder PKG)
- @aldostools 's ps3tools v2.2.2
- @aldostools 's ps2classic GUI v1.3
- Any PS2 game ISO

All of the requirements can be downloaded here (except the PS2 ISO xD LOL!)

[sendspace] ps2_to_ps2classic_tools_v2.rar [14.80MB]

:: INSTALLING AND ACTIVATING THE PS2 CLASSIC PLACEHOLDER

1- Copy the provided "exdata" directory to a external USB Storage Device (FAT32).
2- Install the provided "PS2 Classic Placeholder PKG" to your PS3.
3- You will now have a new icon on the XMB, but it is not activated, and of course doesn't have the PS2 game ISO yet.
4- Install the provided "reActPSN PKG" to your PS3.
5- Create a new user on your PS3 called "aa".
6- Log in to the new user account and run "reActPSN"
7- It will restart you PS3 and you can now log back in to your regular user account.

Note: After this step, the placeholder will be ready and you will not have to mess with reActPSN anymore. It still does not have any PS2 ISO that will be done later, keep reading.

:: INSTALLING THE TOOLS ON YOUR PC

1- Install @ aldostools 's ps3tools v2.2.2
2- Go to where you just installed ps3tools and run "PKG_ContentID.exe" (as Administrator to allow Registry write privileges) then close it (this will add the "Make PKG..." available on the windows context menu).
3- Install / extract @aldo stool's ps2classic GUI v1.3 to anywhere you like

:: CONVERTING ANY PS2 ISO TO PS2 CLASSIC

1- Run "ps2classic GUI v1.3" and switch to "Encrypt" tab.
2- Browse your PC for any PS2 game ISO and select it.
3- Copy and Paste this on the Content ID field: 2P0001-PS2U10000_00-0000111122223333
4- On the klicensee field Copy and Paste this: E4E54FD67C16C316F47829A30484D843
5- Click on "Add LIMG Sector" button and on the next pop-up click "Yes".
6- Click "Encrypt" and on the next pop-up click "Yes".
7- Wait for it to finish, a pop-up will come saying its completed.
8- You will now have a new file called "ISO.BIN.ENC" (this is the converted PS2 game to PS2 Classic)

:: TRANSFERRING THE CONVERTED PS2 GAME

There are various method you can transfer the new "ISO.BIN.ENC" to your PS3, where you installed the "PS2 Classics Placeholder PKG", I will mention them here to give you an idea:

Method 1:

Use the "PS2U10000" directory structure provided to make a game update package. You just have to put the "ISO.BIN.ENC" on the "USRDIR" and use "ps3tools" to make a package of the whole directory structure.

If the size of the PKG is more than 4GB then you will have to split it using any of the tools available for that (they must have extension of .66600, .66601, etc... to be installed via multiMAN).

Method 2:

Just copy the "ISO.BIN.ENC" to your external USB Storage Device and paste it on your PS3 at "/dev_hdd0/game/PS2U10000/USRDIR/"

If the "ISO.BIN.ENC" size is more than 4GB then you must use other method.

Method 3:

Upload the "ISO.BIN.ENC" via FTP / multiMAN to your PS3 at "/dev_hdd0/game/PS2U10000/USRDIR/"

NOTE: THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS GUIDE, AND WILL BE UPDATED CONSTANTLY, KEEP CHECKING BACK.

SeeYa!

Download: ps2_to_ps2classic_tools_v2.rar (14.80MB)

Source: CaptainCPS-X via ps3hax.net

Original Guide by CaptainCPS-X

Spoiler

Attachment 42210

A Guide by CaptainCPS-X:

:: UPDATES TO THE GUIDE

Code:

- Added instructions to Install and Activate the PS2 Classic PKG.
- Added new and easy method to get the klicensee using @aldostools 's ps3tools v2.2.2.

:: NOTES

- The main goal of this guide is to explain how to decrypt and encrypt back a PS2 Classic PKG for use with the PS3.

- This guide will be updated from time to time, and some images / screenshots will be eventually included to illustrate some steps in a clearer way.

- A sub-guide will be included later to explain how to install PS2 Classics using reActPSN, it is very easy and just require the use of RAP files.

-Included are a collection of tools you will need before proceeding. This guide assumes that you, the user, knows how to extract a compressed file, edit a text based file and follow instructions.

-In this guide we will be using "Capcom Vs SNK 2 Millionaire Fighting 2001" as example.

-Modification of ISO or replacement with alternate ones has not been tested, as a result I decided not to add experimental procedures to this guide. As soon as I confirm a working method for this, I will add it.

[!]BY FOLLOWING THIS GUIDE AND ITS PROCEDURES YOU OFFICIALLY ACCEPT AND UNDERSTAND THAT I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO YOU, YOUR EQUIPMENT OR DATA.

:: THANKS TO

@flatz , @IngPereira , @LoOzers, @aldostools , @baargle , fail0verfl0w, @Graf _chokolo, and everybody else involved in the ps2classic dev stuff.

:: DOWNLOAD REQUIRED TOOLS

Here you have a collection of all tools used in this guide. Some of them have custom and easy to modify scripts made by me.

It includes the following tools:

Code:

- @aldostools 's ps3tools v2.2.1
- @aldostools 's ps2classic GUI
- ps2classic v1 (thanks to @IngPereira )
- rap2klicensee (thanks to @IngPereira )
- PSNStuff v1.8 (thanks to @LoOzers)
- reActPSN

NOTE: In the guide I mentioned the extraction of each tool to its own directory, but when I made the final RAR package I decided to include them all already extracted so, when following the guide just image you extracted them xD.

:: OBTAINING THE PS2 CLASSIC

Code:

1- Extract "PSNStuff_ver1.8.zip" somewhere you like.
2- Run "PSNStuff" and wait for it to update the database.
3- On the main screen, click on the filter drop-down menu and select "PS2".
4- Look for "Capcom Vs SNK 2 Millionaire Fighting 2001" and download both PKG / RAP.
5- Close PSNStuff, you should have 2 new files now:

* pkg/NPJD00015 Capcom Vs SNK 2 Millionaire Fighting 2001.pkg
* exdata/JP0102-NPJD00015_00-0000000000000000.rap

:: OBTAINING THE KLICENSEE FOR THE PS2CLASSIC [EASY WAY] [NEW!]

Code:

1- Install @aldostools 's ps3tools v2.2.2 (Download ps3tools.zip)
2- Go to PSNStuff "exdata" directory and right-click "JP0102-NPJD00015_00-0000000000000000.rap", then click on "Convert RAP to RIF KEY".
3- You will now have a 2 new files called "JP0102-NPJD00015_00-0000000000000000.key" (binary) and "JP0102-NPJD00015_00-0000000000000000.key.txt" (plain txt, not used in this guide)

Note: The obtained key is equivalent to the "NPJD00015.KEY.BIN" so I recommend to rename it to match the guide to avoid confusion.

:: OBTAINING THE KLICENSEE FOR THE PS2CLASSIC [OLD]

Spoiler

:: UNPACKING THE PS2 CLASSIC

Code:

NOTE: If you have ps3tools by @aldostools already setup and you have the shell integrated features then you can skip step 1 and 2.

1- Install ps3tools v2.2.1 (ps3tools_2.2.1.zip) (by @aldostools ).
2- Just to make sure, go to where you installed it and run "PkgView.exe" once, click on "Tools" menu and associate with PKG files, then close it.
3- Go to PSNStuff "pkg" directory and right-click "NPJD00015 Capcom Vs SNK 2 Millionaire Fighting 2001.pkg", on the pop-up menu click "Extract to current path...".
4- You will now have the extracted PS2 Classic game files.

:: DECRYPTING THE PS2 CLASSIC (COMMAND-LINE)

Code:

1- Extract "ps2classic_v1_capcpsx.zip" somewhere you like.
2- Go to the directory where you extracted the PS2 Classic game files and copy "ISO.BIN.ENC" to where you extracted "ps2classic_v1_capcpsx".
3- Go to the directory where you extracted the "rap2klicensee_capcpsx" and copy "NPJD00015.KEY.BIN" to where you extracted "ps2classic_v1_capcpsx".
4- Run the included script / batch file "DECRYPT.cmd" and wait for the finish message to appear, do not close it before. Depending on the size of the file it might take longer, just be patient.
5- You will now have 2 new files: "ISO.BIN" and "meta_out"

NOTE: Do not modify the decrypted ISO, when I confirm how to do this, I will include it in my guide, for now just continue.

:: ENCRYPTING THE PS2 CLASSIC (COMMAND-LINE)

Code:

1- While still at "ps2classic_v1_capcpsx" directory, run the included script / batch file "ENCRYPT.cmd" and wait for the finish message to appear, do not close it before. Depending on the size of the file it might take longer, just be patient.
2- You will now have a new file: "ISO.BIN_mod.ENC"

:: DECRYPTING THE PS2 CLASSIC (GUI by @aldostools )

* coming soon...

:: ENCRYPTING THE PS2 CLASSIC (GUI by @aldostools )

* coming soon...

:: PACKAGING THE PS2 CLASSIC

Code:

1- While still at "ps2classic_v1_capcpsx" directory, copy or move "ISO.BIN_mod.ENC" to where the original was extracted / located (refer to "UNPACKING THE PS2 CLASSIC" up)
2- Make a backup if needed of the original "ISO.BIN.ENC" then delete it from this location.
3- Rename the new "ISO.BIN_mod.ENC" to "ISO.BIN.ENC"
4- Navigate 2 directories up to where "ISO.BIN.ENC" was located.
5- Right click the directory and select "Make PKG..." (You must have ps3tools (by @aldostools ) installed, refer to "UNPACKING THE PS2 CLASSIC" up).
6- You will now have a file called: "PP0001-SLPM65047_00-0000111122223333.pkg" (rename as you like).

:: INSTALLING AND ACTIVATING THE PS2 CLASSIC PKG

Code:

1- Install "reActPSN_v2.23_CFW_340_4XX.pkg" on your PS3.
2- Install the PS2 Classic "PP0001-SLPM65047_00-0000111122223333.pkg" on your PS3.
3- Create a user account called "aa" on your PS3.
4- Create a directory called "exdata" on a external USB Storage Device (FAT32)
5- Copy the "JP0102-NPJD00015_00-0000000000000000.rap" from the PSN Stuff directory (refer to "OBTAINING THE PS2 CLASSIC" up) to the new "exdata" directory created on the external USB Storage Device (FAT32).
6- Connect the USB Storage Device (FAT32) to your PS3.
7- Switch to user "aa" on your PS3
8- Run "reActPSN" and wait until the PS3 restarts, you can now enter your regular account and access the PS2 Classic.

PS: I am currently preparing more content for the guide to make it even more complete so please be patient if what you are looking for is not here.

SeeYa!

Source: ps3hax.net - (Captain CPS-X)

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286 Comments

BahumatLord - 03-22-2013, 11:24 PM
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No, not snobby at all. You came here throwing a little fit expecting people to help you. There's a right way to ask for help and a wrong way to ask for help. Simply saying that you needed help would have gotten you a straight answer. Nobody's here to cater to your little temper tantrums. You get back what you put out there. Take the bug out of your ass and put on your big boy pants and you'll get all the help you want. If you can't do that, then that's on you

thenewhope - 03-22-2013, 11:27 PM
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I keep getting a "saved data is corrupted" error with this message code: 0x80028f24. Anyone know what I should do?

underball - 03-22-2013, 11:34 PM
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Mortal Kombat Armageddon works.

X-Men Legends does not.

God of War II doesn't work.

Ps3funktionz - 03-22-2013, 11:36 PM
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Originally Posted by BahumatLord

No, not snobby at all. You came here throwing a little fit expecting people to help you. There's a right way to ask for help and a wrong way to ask for help. Simply saying that you needed help would have gotten you a straight answer. Nobody's here to cater to your little temper tantrums. You get back what you put out there. Take the bug out of your ass and put on your big boy pants and you'll get all the help you want. If you can't do that, then that's on you

No fit actually. I made one small bitching remark. You just like to blow stuff out of proportion to make yourself feel like an important little moderator. Hence your last comment. Drop it already. Im not trying to argue with you.

Anyone ELSE have any idea why the ps2 classics converter would keep giving me an invalid argument error?

lunacryed - 03-22-2013, 11:41 PM
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hi guys i need some help please im getting an error when i start ps2 classics it says en error occurred during the start operation (8001006) im on rebug 4.30 reActPSN is working because i just tested it with an psn game if anyone can help me i will greatly appreciate it

BahumatLord - 03-22-2013, 11:44 PM
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Who's arguing? All I said was nobody wants to hear your fits or your bitching as you called it. My mod status isn't even an issue here. I'm telling you this as one man to another

Ps3funktionz - 03-22-2013, 11:56 PM
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Fair enough. Point taken.

So this is the error I am getting when I click on encrypt:

Error: invalid number of arguments for encryption

Does this mean that it doesn't like the iso I am using?

Anyone else get this error when trying to encrypt an iso?

EDIT: Figured it out. It seems ps2 classic converter does not like Windows 8. I tried it on my other computer with XP and woila.

jkoiou - 03-23-2013, 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by BahumatLord

you can either put it in the program folder or \windows\system or \windows\system32 .........That's extremely basic computer knowledge. Hell, a google search could have told you that. Maybe doing this kind of thing isn't for you. Sorry for the attitude - just giving you back what you put out there

I originally had the same problem. A quick search online on microsoft web site pointed me to (in windows 7) to search in start menu for MSVBVM50.EXE, run as admin, and it will replace the file. quick and simple.

JonJonB - 03-23-2013, 05:44 AM
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Originally Posted by BahumatLord

No, not snobby at all. You came here throwing a little fit expecting people to help you. There's a right way to ask for help and a wrong way to ask for help. Simply saying that you needed help would have gotten you a straight answer. Nobody's here to cater to your little temper tantrums. You get back what you put out there. Take the bug out of your ass and put on your big boy pants and you'll get all the help you want. If you can't do that, then that's on you

You're the one with the bug up your ass, you jumped on that dude for absolutely nothing, because you imagined you saw some "temper tantrum" in his post.

BahumatLord - 03-23-2013, 09:38 AM
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. You've told me all this before. You don't like me and I just don't care. Feel free to add me to your block list

slappyg69 - 03-23-2013, 09:51 AM
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ok, so I've got this working after much reading and re-reading Huge thanks to all of you for creating and supporting with multi comments.

I so new to all of this I still have that new CFW smell.

My stumbling block at this point is still how to have multiple games installed... I've read the instructions bt stll need the steps outlined a little further.

Thx!

JonJonB - 03-23-2013, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by BahumatLord

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You've told me all this before. You don't like me and I just don't care. Feel free to add me to your block list

I think you're vastly overestimating your importance and/or memorability sir, I have no clue who you are or what you're referring to. You were just being an ass to that guy for no reason at all and better someone speaks up than you go on thinking you're impressing people.

coldlm - 03-23-2013, 11:13 AM
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YOUR USB drive needs to be on the right side dont plug it in the left USB port,
ReacPSN will not work if your USB drive is on the left USB port

and if you dont have any ISO on "/dev_hdd0/game/PS2U10000/USRDIR/"you will get an error when you try to access the PS Classic!

coldlm - 03-23-2013, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by slappyg69

ok, so I've got this working after much reading and re-reading Huge thanks to all of you for creating and supporting with multi comments.

I so new to all of this I still have that new CFW smell.

My stumbling block at this point is still how to have multiple games installed... I've read the instructions bt stll need the steps outlined a little further.

Thx!

You can use Cobra dongle which will allow you to play your PS2 games with multiman, just like PS3 games

Runehasa - 03-23-2013, 11:49 AM
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Ok well just wondering if anyone can tell me what I am doing wrong. I have the rap part taken care of as It doesnt give me the licensing error but instead boots to a black screen until I eventually get no signal and have to hard power off the ps3. I have tried one retail game converting it to a ISO FFX and I have tried Tales of the Abyss ISO. I have followed these instructions

1- Run "ps2classic GUI v1.3" and switch to "Encrypt" tab.
2- Browse your PC for any PS2 game ISO and select it.
3- Copy and Paste this on the Content ID field: 2P0001-PS2U10000_00-0000111122223333
4- On the klicensee field Copy and Paste this: E4E54FD67C16C316F47829A30484D843
5- Click on "Add LIMG Sector" button and on the next pop-up click "Yes".
6- Click "Encrypt" and on the next pop-up click "Yes".
7- Wait for it to finish, a pop-up will come saying its completed.
8- You will now have a new file called "ISO.BIN.ENC" (this is the converted PS2 game to PS2 Classic)

I have taken the ISO.BIN.ENC file and ftp'd it to my ps3s /dev_hdd0/GAME/PS2U10000/USDIR/

I try to boot the PS2 placeholder from the ps3 xmb but like i said it just black screens then to a no signal. I am using Rogero 2.5 4.30 firmware spoofed to 4.40. Any help would be greatly appreciated thank you

Neur0n1 - 03-23-2013, 12:38 PM
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Shinobi freezes after ps2 placeholder boots
Crash Twinsanity Crashes after memory card check.

aneesh - 03-23-2013, 02:02 PM
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smack down here comes the pain works.

aneesh - 03-23-2013, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Runehasa

Ok well just wondering if anyone can tell me what I am doing wrong. I have the rap part taken care of as It doesnt give me the licensing error but instead boots to a black screen until I eventually get no signal and have to hard power off the ps3. I have tried one retail game converting it to a ISO FFX and I have tried Tales of the Abyss ISO. I have followed these instructions

1- Run "ps2classic GUI v1.3" and switch to "Encrypt" tab.
2- Browse your PC for any PS2 game ISO and select it.
3- Copy and Paste this on the Content ID field: 2P0001-PS2U10000_00-0000111122223333
4- On the klicensee field Copy and Paste this: E4E54FD67C16C316F47829A30484D843
5- Click on "Add LIMG Sector" button and on the next pop-up click "Yes".
6- Click "Encrypt" and on the next pop-up click "Yes".
7- Wait for it to finish, a pop-up will come saying its completed.
8- You will now have a new file called "ISO.BIN.ENC" (this is the converted PS2 game to PS2 Classic)

I have taken the ISO.BIN.ENC file and ftp'd it to my ps3s /dev_hdd0/GAME/PS2U10000/USDIR/

I try to boot the PS2 placeholder from the ps3 xmb but like i said it just black screens then to a no signal. I am using Rogero 2.5 4.30 firmware spoofed to 4.40. Any help would be greatly appreciated thank you

1. Have you created a new user called "aa" and ran the reactpsn pkg ? with a pendrive attached (that contains the extdata)

Runehasa - 03-23-2013, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by aneesh

1. Have you created a new user called "aa" and ran the reactpsn pkg ? with a pendrive attached (that contains the extdata)

Yes I have created the aa user logged in under it and ran reactpsn with the exdata folder and the rap in that folder from the right usb slot. I believe it worked as it does try to boot and I dont get the message about copyright license.

underball - 03-23-2013, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Runehasa

Ok well just wondering if anyone can tell me what I am doing wrong. I have the rap part taken care of as It doesnt give me the licensing error but instead boots to a black screen until I eventually get no signal and have to hard power off the ps3. I have tried one retail game converting it to a ISO FFX and I have tried Tales of the Abyss ISO. I have followed these instructions

1- Run "ps2classic GUI v1.3" and switch to "Encrypt" tab.
2- Browse your PC for any PS2 game ISO and select it.
3- Copy and Paste this on the Content ID field: 2P0001-PS2U10000_00-0000111122223333
4- On the klicensee field Copy and Paste this: E4E54FD67C16C316F47829A30484D843
5- Click on "Add LIMG Sector" button and on the next pop-up click "Yes".
6- Click "Encrypt" and on the next pop-up click "Yes".
7- Wait for it to finish, a pop-up will come saying its completed.
8- You will now have a new file called "ISO.BIN.ENC" (this is the converted PS2 game to PS2 Classic)

I have taken the ISO.BIN.ENC file and ftp'd it to my ps3s /dev_hdd0/GAME/PS2U10000/USDIR/

I try to boot the PS2 placeholder from the ps3 xmb but like i said it just black screens then to a no signal. I am using Rogero 2.5 4.30 firmware spoofed to 4.40. Any help would be greatly appreciated thank you

Update your ps2classics tool to the latest version 1.4. I'm also on Rogero 2.5 and I couldn't get any games working in ps2classics tool 1.3 but they do in 1.4.

Also it will still appear to crash and go to no vide signal for a second, but then it works.

Not all games are compatible either. Try the original GTA III if you have it as its confirmed working.