Introduction to POPStarter rev13 – Official documentation

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Disclaimer :

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.

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Download :

• FINAL RELEASE : POPStarter Revision 13 Beta 2019/06/05

- Compiled with jan 14 2019 USB drivers. 
- One (or more) non-working command was fixed too. 
I vaguely remember that $IGR5 was not working, and was fixed in this last build.
- This is the POPStarter version everyone should use, 2019/06/05. This is the last beta.

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Official Thread :

• [PS2] POPS stuff & POPStarter @PSX-Place

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Compatibility Lists :

• ElOtroLado Compatibility List : [UPDATED – 03/04/2023]

• Official Compatibility Lists : [OBSOLETE & DEATH]

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Features :

• PSX DVR support
• CD, HDD, USB & SMB support
• CDDA tracks support
• VMC support
• In-Game-Reset support
• In-Game Hotkeys
• Embedded cheat engine
• Automatic PAL patcher for PAL games
• 480p support (NOT reliable ATM)
• GTE widescreen hack
• Multi-disc support
• Analog and vibration support

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Quickstart guides (updated ~ 2020/02/09) :

Since this documentation is growing – a lot – as POPStarter is developped, I felt that new users could be over either too bored to read the whole documentation or overwhelmed by too much informations at the same time. So I wrote 3 quickstart guides, whose explain how to set-up POPStarter quickly.

These packs include now Rev 13 Beta 2019/06/05 as POPStarter version.

• Quickstart guide for Internal HDD

• Quickstart guide for USB Device Storage Type

• Quickstart guide for SMB

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Announcement :

POPStarter project is officially abandonned by krHACKen. Last build – Rev 13 Beta 2019/06/05 – was released on 2019/06/05. POPStarter src code is unreleased. Some stuff you need to know about it here.
Thanks anyone who contributed, supported and helped this project.

~shaolinassassin, 2020/02/09

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