Popsloader

Popsloader is a PRX plugin by Dark_AleX. It allows the user to run PSX games which have been converted to [EBOOT] files and compressed. It excels all former PSX emulators for the PSP, because it uses pops, a native PRX made by Sony that allows the PSP to run PSX games through an EBOOT downloaded to a PS3 and put onto the memory stick of the PSP, or transferred from the computer to the memory stick.

Compatibility

The amount of games and how well the games are played relies on the game played, and the version of POPS used. For example, one game might run perfectly in 3.11 POPS, but not on 3.40 POPS. Also, games are affected by the game save id. A decent listing can be found [here] or [here]

Changelogs

Over time with the different Popsloader and firmware releases, the main changes that were added are support for newer POPS. However, different bugfixes have been added.

3.02 on 3.03 POPSloader

This was the first release of POPSloader for 3.03 OE. However, it just allowed emulation from 3.02 since game compatibility was spread across those two firmwares.

M33 Popsloader First Release

• Allowed emulation of all POPS with the addition of the 3.00-3.03 POPS.
• Added compatibility with savedatas from 3.30 and 3.40 with earlier versions. When a newer savedata is used with an older version of POPS, the data will be automatically converted. This also works vice versa.

M33 Popsloader Last Bugfix

This version was the last single-disc popsloader made for 3.71 M33. This version requires 3.71 M33-3 or higher to run.

• Support for 3.71 and 3.72 POPS has been added. However, 3.71 POPS won't show in the menu since it is in the flash already.

Multi-Disc Popsloader First Release

• Multi-disc games that were purchased in the PSN will work again due to the M33 firmware treating them as decrypted games.
• Added support for multi-disc games that were converted with Popstation_MD. (Or one of the other tools available) Mutli-disc games will only work in 3.71 and 3.72 POPS. Launching other POPS will cause a boot back to the XMB with an error of 0x80000004.
• Games without compression that had sound issues in 3.72 POPS were fixed.

Multi-Disc Popsloader Bugfix

• A quick fix where the multi-disc POPS setting was remembered for other multi-disc games.

3.80 M33 Popsloader First Version

• Just support for 3.80 M33.

3.80 M33 Popsloader Version 2

• Bugfix for sleep mode not working in POPS.

Current List of Popsloaders

3.02 + 3.03 OE Poploader

http://exophase.com/files/psp/pops302load.rar

3.10+ Popsloader

http://exophase.com/files/psp/popsloader.rar 

M33 Popsloader

http://exophase.com/files/psp/m33popsloader.zip

M33 Popsloader Bugfix

http://exophase.com/files/psp/popsloader_bugfix.zip

Multidisc - Release

http://exophase.com/files/psp/m33update4.zip

Multidisc - Bugfix

http://exophase.com/files/psp/popsloader_bugfix.zip 

3.80 M33 Popsloader - Release

http://exophase.com/files/psp/popsloader380m33.rar 

3.80 M33 Popsloader - Version 2

http://exophase.com/files/psp/380m33popsloader_v2.rar