How To: Play SNES Roms & PSP Roms On Your PSP E1004 Complete Guide

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While the PSP does have it’s fair share of decent games there comes a time where one would like to play some of the more traditional games on the go.  Thanks to custom Firmware, and the guys who have developed all these amazing emulators, one can now do this with the ease.

This is a very basic guide for beginners to be able to install custom firmware on their PSP E1004 (Street), download and install the right emulator and of course copying and playing your  games.  The CF (custom firmware) that i have chosen to install is one I know that works perfectly with the E1004 and to this day have seen no reason to change it.   The same applies to the SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) emulator that I am currently using.  At the end of each section I have added a video as well so you can see what I’ve done.   So let’s get traditional…

THINGS YOU WILL NEED

1. A PSP E1004 (Street)
2. A memory card (to copy your custom firmware &  games, etc, etc)
3. Custom Firmware Pro-B10
4. Snes9x TYL 0.4.2 ME (SNES Emulator)
5. Snes rom ( for testing)

GUIDE TO INSTALLING CUSTOM FIRMWARE ON YOUR PSP E1004

1. Download Custom Firmware Pro-B10
2. Once downloaded, extract  the FastRecovery and PROUPDATE folders
3. Turn on your PSP E1004 and connect it to your PC using the appropriate USB cable
4. On your PSP, using the left arrow on the D-PAD scroll all the way to left until you see System Update then scroll down to USB Connection and press X
5. Windows will recognize your PSP as a Removable Disc.  Once recognized open the Removable Disc through My Computer (XP Users) or Computer (Win 7 Users).  For less confusion I’m going to refer to the removable disc as the PSP drive instead.
   
6. On the PSP drive, double click on the PSP folder, then double click the GAME folder
7. Copy the FastRecovery and PROUPDATE folders to the GAME folder on the PSP Drive
8. On the PSP itself push CIRCLE to exit USB Mode and scroll right until you get to the Game Menu
9. Scroll down to Memory Stick and push X
10. Scroll down until you see Pro PSP Firmware Update.  Now push X

The PSP will restart to a black screen which will have three options:

Press X to launch CFW

Press Triangle to uninstall CFW

Hold L to reinstall CFW

Press R to exit

11.  Press X to launch CFW ( It might show on the screen that an unknown PSP model 011g, don’t worry about that)

12.  Press X again to start CFW

The PSP will boot up again.  To make sure that the custom firmware is installed correctly push select on the PSP and it will pop up with the CF menu. Push select again to exit the menu.

WARNING:  IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH ANYTHING ON THIS MENU THEN DO NOT CHANGE ANY SETTINGS UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING

FYI:  IF YOU SHUTDOWN YOUR PSP COMPLETELY INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT INTO SLEEP MODE YOU WILL HAVE TO RUN THE PRO PSP FIRMWARE  FAST RECOVERY ALSO LOCATED ON YOUR MEMORY STICK TO ENABLE THE CUSTOM FIRMWARE.  WITHOUT ENABLING THE CUSTOM FIRMWARE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY PSP roms or SNES GAMES OR ANY OTHER DOWNLOADED APPS FOR YOUR PSP

Congratulations, you have successfully installed custom firmware on your PSP!

GUIDE TO INSTALLING PSP ROMS ON YOUR PSP E1004

1.  Download or backup your PSP game

2.  On your PSP, using the left arrow on the D-PAD scroll all the way to left until you see System Update then scroll down to USB Connection and press X

3.  Windows will recognize your PSP as a Removable Disc.  Once recognized open the Removable Disc through My Computer (XP Users) or Computer (Win 7 Users).  For less confusion I’m going to refer to the removable disc as the PSP drive instead.

4.  In the PSP drive create a new folder and name it ISO all in uppercase

5.  Copy your ISO game image or CSO image to this folder

6.  On the PSP itself push CIRCLE to exit USB Mode and scroll right until you get to the Game Menu

7.  Scroll down to Memory Stick and push X

8.  Select the game you wish to play

FYI:  PLEASE REMEMBER THAT IF THE CUSTOM FIRMWARE HAS NOT BEEN ENABLED YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY ANY ROM/SNES IMAGES

Now that you have installed your Custom Firmware you will have to download and install a SNES emulator for your PSP.  Luckily I’ve done the work for you, all links are provided on this guide.  The only thing you will have to do is download the ROM/GAME files by searching for them using Google.  Trust me, you won’t be searching for long before you find them.

GUIDE TO INSTALLING A SNES EMULATOR ON YOUR PSP E1004

1.  Download Snes9xTYL 0.4.2 ME

2.  Extract everything from the RAR file

3.  Go into the extracted folder.  It should be named 14889_snes9xTYL0.4.2me_fw3x

4.  Double click the folder snes9xTYL0.4.2me_fw3x

5.  Right click on the next folder snes9xTYL and then left click on copy

6.  On your PSP, using the left arrow on the D-PAD scroll all the way to left until you see System Update then scroll down to USB Connection and press X

7.  Windows will recognize your PSP as a Removable Disc.  Once recognized open the Removable Disc through My Computer (XP Users) or Computer (Win 7 Users).  For less confusion I’m to going to refer the removable disc as the PSP drive instead.

8.  On the PSP drive, double click on the PSP folder, then double click the GAME folder

9.  Right click underneath all the folders in the  GAME folder and then left click paste.  The emulator has now been copied over to your PSP.

10.  On the PSP itself push CIRCLE to exit USB Mode and scroll right until you get to the Game Menu

11.  Scroll down to Memory Stick and push X

12.  You should see a picture of an Nintendo controller with a description.  To play your SNES games you will have to use this emulator.

Way to go!! You have now successfully installed the SNES emulator on your PSP!

GUIDE TO INSTALLING SNES GAMES ON YOUR PSP E1004

1.  Use google to search for the game rom you so desperately crave.

2.  Download the Rom.

3.  On your PSP, using the left arrow on the D-PAD scroll all the way to left until you see System Update then scroll down to USB Connection and press X

4.  Windows will recognize your PSP as a Removable Disc.  Once recognized open the Removable Disc through My Computer (XP Users) or Computer (Win 7 Users).  For less confusion I’m to going to refer to the removable disc as the PSP drive instead.

5.  In the root directory of the PSP create a new folder and call it ROMS. (do not confuse the root directory with the folder MP_ROOT located on the PSP.  The root directory is the main directory),

6.  If you have multiple emulators from different platforms create additional folders in the ROMS folder.  If not, you can skip this step.

7.  Copy the game that you have downloaded into the ROMS folder.  There is no need to extract the file.  The snes emulator will be able to play zipped files.

GUIDE TO PLAYING YOUR SNES GAMES ON YOUR PSP E1004

1.  On your PSP scroll to the GAME menu, then scroll down to memory stick and push X

2.  Run the Snes emulator

3.  After a brief little intro, you will be presented with the home screen.  Push TRIANGLE  to leave the folder and keep pushing TRIANGLE until you get to the root directory of your PSP.  You will know when you are there when you can see the ROMS folder that you created.

4.  Use the down arrow on the D-Pad to highlight the ROMS folder then push CIRCLE

5.  Depending on whether you have created extra folders within the ROMS folder, highlight the game you want to play, then push CIRCLE again and your game will start.

FYI:  I HAVE NOTICED THAT ON EXITING THE SNES EMULATOR YOUR PSP SHUTS DOWN SO IN ORDER TO ENABLE THE CUSTOM FIRMWARE YOU WILL HAVE TO RUN THE PRO PSP FIRMWARE FAST RECOVERY AS DESCRIBED EARLIER ON IN THIS GUIDE

VOILA!!  You can now play your SNES games on your PSP and save them to 🙂

If anyone has any questions or suggestions please feel free to comment.

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