Chipping a PS1

[Smudge418]

Hello,

just picked up a PS1, so i can replay the classics like resident evil series, tomb raiders and other classics like metal gear and silent hill, but these games are hard to find or ridiculously over priced . i do have an arcade cabinet with the psx emulator on it but its not the same. i have a collection of old consoles like the ps2 and original xbox and plan on have my own man cave in the near future.

i live in the UK and i Know its a long shot but can anyone still chip them to play backups?? i know i can get the parts my self but i wouldn't know were to start, my soldering skills aint that great and i dont want to destroy my playstation.

i know theres the disk swap option but i dont really want to go down that road.

if any one could help me out that would be great.

thank you.

 

[Wired203]

I understand emulation isn't the exact same thing,  however they do make USB converters for your PS1 controllers at a reasonable price over on ebay so you can use your emulation and still have the same overall feel.  Soldering mod chips is hard,  depending on the PS1 model though I had one that had a plug in on the back mod chip which read the boot code from 1 real game and let you load whatever you wanted.

Just a couple of options to look at.

[NickG]

UK..  yeah that is a shame, these games are priced reasonably on USA ebay etc but shipping may be not so great to you and are ntsc versions.  PSIO may be readied/more available next year so watch that space, should be plug and play.  Soldering is not that difficult on ps1 modchip; it is only 6 or 8 points as I recall, you can practice soldering on junk people throw out..  think you can even program your own chip with ponyprog or something...

[Smudge418]

hey thanks guys for the replies, i really dont want to try this myself lol. 

[Malenko]

Im not in the UK so I cant help, but what model PS1 is it? Some are easier than others.

[Smudge418]

hello

7502

[ark_ader]

Go to a cash converters.  Last ps1 I picked up there was already chipped, and the games are £1 each.

[Comp1demon]

I have Chips that are very easy to install for a PS1..

Drop me an email at moddedgp@gmail.com

I am in the USA so shipping might be as much as the chip which I sell for $10

[Smudge418]

I have Chips that are very easy to install for a PS1..

Drop me an email at moddedgp@gmail.com

I am in the USA so shipping might be as much as the chip which I sell for $10

Thank you for your reply.

i have tracked down a chap on assembler forum that can lives in the uk that can do it just waiting for a response but i thank you for your help