Posted: 9/29/2018 4:51 AM
Post subject: Playstation PAL games don't get past the first Sony screen
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Aaron_Haynes
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Hey all, I'm trying to get Syphon Filter PAL to work in Bizhawk. I have NTSC and PAL versions of the game - the NTSC one works fine, have been able to TAS it, do full playthroughs, etc. Unfortunately, the PAL version (and every PAL iso or bin/cue I've tried for other games) produces this result and nothing else: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSs2j_sUlZM I have a decent collection of BIOSes and have tried manually setting all of them on the PSX E id with no change. I'm unfamiliar with how the emulator works beyond this point and can't move forward on the TAS project I'd like to do (PAL is the fastest version of the game). Any ideas?
Posted: 9/29/2018 5:24 AM
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Spikestuff
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PAL games after the release of Medievil require SBI files with the bin/cue combo. For Syphon Filter check with the Core Octoshock is based on, mednafen and see if that works (since that's a game without an SBI requirement).
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Posted: 9/29/2018 5:34 AM
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Aaron_Haynes
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Solved it - I was using external software to create an iso from the standalone bin file, then converting that back into bin/cue (the options the software gave were, uh....limited). This was working for the NTSC downloads I had, so I didn't think it was the problem here. I googled how to create a cue file from just a bin and made one in notepad and it worked. The instructions are here, if anyone has this problem in the future: http://www.shivaranjan.com/2007/01/03/how-to-create-cue-file-for-a-bin-file-in-5-steps/ Appreciate the response! All good now :)
Posted: 9/29/2018 7:20 AM
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Asnivor
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Spikestuff is correct about the sbi files though. If there is one for your PAL game on the internet, you WILL need it - whether the game boots or not. Without this circumvention, these games are programmed to screw up later on in the game, or in some cases become ultra-hard or completely unplayable.
Posted: 10/1/2018 1:46 AM
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Aaron_Haynes
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I couldn't find an sbi file for this game, but it doesn't appear to be a problem - the game played all the way through as expected.