Playstation 2 games can be loaded
onto a USB memory stick or hard
drive and played through a USB
connection to the game console
instead of through the game system
itself. This technique can be used to
preserve the life of the game
console and allows the gamer to
easily transport a large quantity of
games to a single, small device. The
process requires a product called
Swap Magic, and a mod chip may
also be needed for the Playstation to
play the games properly.
Difficulty: Moderate
Instructions
Things You'll Need:
Swap Magic (Official disc)
USB device (Hard drive, Flash
drive)
Blank CD-R
Mod Chip (depends on PS2)
1
Download USB Advance
software and save these files in a
new folder. Click on the file in the
folder labeled "USBAdvance-PC-
Software" and extract the two
files inside to the C:\ drive on the
computer. There are two other
files in the main folder, both
labeled "usb-advance" and are
1KB and 34,520KB respectively.
Burn these to a CD-R. Lastly,
open the zip file "USBExtreme_
wininst" and save to a new
folder in the computer.
2
Plug the USB drive into a
computer. If the USB drive is not
in a FAT32 format, go to "My
Computer" and right-click on the
USB device. Select "Quick
Format." Now go to "My
Computer" and select
"Properties." From here, choose
"Device Manager" and choose
the external USB disk drive.
Select "Properties" then "Policies"
and "Optimize Performance."
This allows the gamer to select
the MBps (megabites per second)
rate, with one being the slowest
and 10 or higher being really fast.
To unplug the USB drive from
the computer, be sure to eject it,
if necessary.
3
Save games to the USB device
by inserting the PS2 game into
the computer's DVD-ROM drive,
clicking on "Start" and the "Run."
Type "cmd" (command) and hit
"Enter." Now go to the C:\ drive
and use the command: "ul_install
[Source] [Target] [Game Name]
[CD or DVD]" where the [Source]
is the letter of the DVD drive, the
[Target] is the letter for the USB
drive, [Game Name] is the name
of the disc/game in the DVD
drive, and [CD or DVD] is
dependent upon the game. To
tell whether the game is a CD or
DVD game, go to "My
Computer" and right click on the
game disc, then select
"Properties." If the game is less
than 700MB is it a CD; if more
then a DVD. Example: DVD drive
= D:\ and USB drive = J:\. Then
this command would look like
this "ul_install D J
AwesomeGameName DVD"
4
Insert the Swap Magic disc into
the PS2 console and turn on the
game system and load the Swap
Magic program. When the Swap
Magic screen appears, load the
USB Advance program from the
CD-R burned earlier. This will
bring up a screen for the USB
Extreme. Now, connect the USB
drive to the Playstation 2 and
turn the system on again. Select
the game from the USB device,
