Compatibility of Playstation Games

[theman]

Hello

I've been using PSX for a little while and I have a question about some games which I've been unable to run.

I have made some ISO's from my Grandia and Chrono Trigger games since the CD's are damaged and I've tried to run them on the emulator, but I've been unable to use them as they are not .cue files.

How do I convert them into usable games?

Thanks

[Melanogaster]

You can emulate them using Daemon Tools, for example. This way you wouldn't need to convert them into .bin/.cue images.

[lewpy]

For most PSX games (without CD Audio tracks), you can just create a .CUE file with the following lines

FILE PSX.BIN BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE2/2352
INDEX 01 00:00:00

Just replace "PSX.BIN" with the actual name of the .BIN file you have.

But if you really want to "hack" it, just create a new .CUE file (zero-length file) with the same name as the .BIN file. So for PSX.BIN, create PSX.CUE, etc. You do not have to put anything in the .CUE file

[slippy]

UltraISO will convert many formats to bin/cue as well. Or you could rerip the games with cdrwin or any other program that creates bin/cue files to start with.

[blackmath]

MagicISO. That is what I use. A lot of my games are nrg and ccd format. I mount with alcohol or daemon and re-rip with MagicIso to bin/cue format. The only reason I do this is to be able to play these on my cabinet with my frontend, and psx is the most compatible with my games so far.

black

[emulover]

Dont just go converting everything

some games use subchannel data for protection schemes

the best copys would be ripped using cloneCD with subchannel reading enabled, in a LiteOn SOHD-167T dvd drive (this is one of the best cd and dvd readers(it can read terribly scratched discs with ease)

Then just mount that image with Daemon Tools as suggested