Run UMD v0.01 Experimental - Load 2.00+ UMDs On 1.50

Posted Mar 6, 2006 at 1:04AM by QJ Staff Listed in: Homebrew Applications Tags:
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Saturn Expedition Committee has released Run UMD version 0.01. This Run UMD is a tool for launching UMD games that require 2.00 or higher system software on a 1.50 PSP. Unlike MPH's 2.0 UMD Game Loader, this tool is much simpler. However, it seems they are having the same problem - unable to access the game saves on your memory stick sometimes.

The usage of this tool is simple. Copy over and start. Then throw in the UMD you want to play and press circle to let the program to extract the system files from the UMD (this action is only required for the first time). After it's done, a message saying "Press X:" will appear. Then, press the X button and pray!

NOTE: You need the UMD to use this program

The game that have been tested so far are:
  • Me & My Katamari Damacy - Working, can't read game saves
  • Valkyrie Profile - Black screen death
  • Devil Summoner - Starts but saying corrupted game save data
  • Monster Hunter Portable - Working, save/load OK
  • Gradius Portable - Black screen death
  • Jewel Summoner - Black screen death
  • Extreme Samurai Warriors - Working, save/load/resume OK
  • EXIT - Stuck at "Now Loading..."
  • Princess Crown - Working, save/load/resume OK
  • Metal Gear Acid 2 - Working, save/load/resume OK
  • Harvest Moon - stuck on an error message on the left top of the screen
What a great start! Please share your test result with us in the comments :-D

Download: [Run UMD v0.01 Experimental]

Thanks for the email heads-up, Hans!
 
 
 

Comments [refresh]

by MasterBolo - 2006-03-05 21:07
»

cool. i hope they get BOF III working.

by sid6581 - 2006-03-05 21:39
» Great

Great for a first rls, with the save/load probs sorted out this might get a worthy competitor to MPH!

by XClaude - 2006-03-05 22:34
» W00t

Awsome. Another step closer. I can finally run Me and my Katamari... but can't save. xD.

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-03-05 22:43
» HOLY CRAP!!!

nocomment

by andyl189 - 2006-03-05 22:43
» Awwe

black screen death on pursuit force I have the uk release and it requires 2.0 im sick of upgrading to play this so it would be great to get this working on a loader such as this or mph's.



Carry on with the great work lads while i sit here with baited breath

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-03-05 23:14
» ö

XClaude: Does Sleep Mode work eith M&M Katamari?

by Poop, Master of All He Surveys - 2006-03-05 23:44
» Hello, World

The guy from SEC, I believe, wrote Hello World PSP. I think his name was Neo. If I am mistaken, please correct me.

by Onimushaclan - 2006-03-05 23:46
» YAY

i remember my friend had a promo version of pursuit force on the PSP it requres 1.52 and it still works on 1.5

by _stryder_ - 2006-03-06 01:03
» excellent work

So what does this do exactly?



Extract the prxs and decrypt them in memeory before trying to run the umd??



very interesting...

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-03-06 01:20
» GTA?

And no one has tested GTA yet? C'mon, people! You know you want it...

by jchaike - 2006-03-06 02:26
» GTA WORKS

gta works on 1.5....i love this... the mph one confused me. this one is two buttons....O and X, and BOOM! gta is up and loaded!!

by EVOPRINCE - 2006-03-06 02:56
» Initial D?

Anyone knows "Initial D" works or not?????

by Laserschwert - 2006-03-06 03:10
» GTA

I assume CheatDevice for GTA doesn't work with this, right? Plus, how much space do those "system files" take up on the MemoryStick?

by anonymous4chan - 2006-03-06 03:27
» uh

uh, princess crown works on 1.5 out of the box



no need to emulate 2.0

by Harpo - 2006-03-06 04:01
» Kingdom of Paradise

Just in case anyone cares I tried out Kingdom of Paradise and it works great. I can save and use sleep mode. I hope someone makes a list of all current UMD games that will work with 1.5 firmware by this method or otherwise. Saturn Expedition Committee are heros, Thank you for making a very easy to use UMD loader!

by interrupt - 2006-03-06 04:03
» SF3

Any idea if this will work on StreetFigher III? I really do hope so :C

by De.eS - 2006-03-06 04:22
» Backups

This doesnt work with gamebackkups does it?

by nochin - 2006-03-06 04:31
» Yeah

Can confirm GTA:LCS works. So much easier than faffing around with all the prx's and flash folders etc. Thanks to SEC

by super_hoops1967 - 2006-03-06 04:49
» fn:r3

does anyone know if fight night round 3 works with this? i've just ordered it today along with Detroit streets hustle pool game.

by Chaoskeeper - 2006-03-06 04:52
» GTA works

Well, I confirm that GTA works on 1.50 but only for a few minutes, like MPH, I hope they improve it, I have to say that is a very good job.

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-03-06 05:58
» Likst

Hi Guys,can somebody make a list of working games with this loader? =)

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-03-06 07:09
» SOCOM SAVE DOESNT WORK!1

SOCOM SAVE PLEASE!!!!!!!!! !!!!

by Evilboy - 2006-03-06 07:46
» Odd

Odd how pspupdates/hacker used to be all about no umdloaders, now they have it plastered all over the front page. Nice work boys.

by Samba - 2006-03-06 08:14
» ???

go back to the official sony webpage "evilboy" this sites always posted the news of these type of apps. It's only recently they tried to pretend they have a conscience.



And I hope they continue to cover this kinda stuff otherwise I really dont see the point in visiting this site. If I wanted to be ignorant and pretend they didn't exist I'd just visit IGN everyday.

by twelve - 2006-03-06 08:33
» gta works sort of

ok im gonna clear up the gta works comments. fyi i have the UK version.



gta loads and will load the last saved game you used. you cannot load any other save games after that. you can save the current game (i used a new slot just to be safe) and then you can reload that game as often as you want. this means that you cannot use the cheat device at all unless you want to have that as the default save that loads each time, but you cannot load another after that.



Multiplayer doesn't work at all. it will let you access it but the wlan light does not flash and does not make any attempt to connect to anything.



Sleep mode works fine and single player works fine. I haven't played for long so im not sure if it will continue working for a length of time. Chaoskeeper said that it only works for a few minutes I will confirm this after more testing.



The only other 2.0 game that I have is pursuit force but I have not tested that yet. i will and let you know my results.

by DarkSide666 - 2006-03-06 09:24
» ..

Any one tested Mega Man X: Maverick Hunter??? cause I want to buy it

by Karoly - 2006-03-06 09:57
» GTA:LCS WORKS WITH CheatDevice 0.9

I've tested my GTA:LCS [EUR VERSION] and it works, CheatDevice 0.9 works also, no problems, It loads fine, the saves loads fine... So GTA:LCS WORKS!! 100%

by guyver2077 - 2006-03-06 11:13
» awesome

cant wait to try this when i get home..



we keep getting closer and closer...



why doesnt someone try to make this owrk with movie umd's.. i have a few that require 1.52/or 2.0 and version changers dont work..

by AMDinator - 2006-03-06 11:43
» Another working game

Star Wars Battle Front II boots and saves correctly.

by Rollins - 2006-03-06 12:52
» Great job Saturn!

HOLY F***!! GTA WORKS ON MY 1.5 PSP!!!



Thanks Saturn for this incredible hack.

PLEASE MAKE STREET FIGHTER ALPHA 3 and MEgaman X maverick hunter work!



I have only tried SFA3, and it freezes. Does anyone know if megaman works?

by pOiNTBLaNK127 - 2006-03-06 13:01
» Got Wi-Fi?

What about Wi-Fi? Does Wi-Fi work on any of the games yet?

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-03-06 13:32
» timale-kun?

o well, its great. this wont brick my psps at all will it?

by rdthug - 2006-03-06 14:16
» socom & star wars & GTA

socom works, but there is no infrastructure. star wars work but i got no idea if it works on ad hoc. GTA works but it frezzes some times and i dont know if ad hoc works.

by z357x - 2006-03-06 14:22
» AC:FF

Armored Core works, not sure on the save data though... I need to find my back up of my save before I can test it.

by 2Kings - 2006-03-06 14:42
» KoP works

Kingdom of paradise works



it loads games fine but the text dont show up



dunno about saving because i never tried

by maniack - 2006-03-06 15:10
» Megaman does not work

I tried megaman, it gives me a black screen of death.

by z357x - 2006-03-06 15:45
» AC:FF

Armored Core works perfectly. Saves and loads fine, not one apparent side affect. Hurray!

by krnet2dboi - 2006-03-06 15:56
» Hmm doesnt seem to be working with isos.

When this loader is tried with a UMD emulator of Monster Hunter and then used with this program... This does not work.



You get an Patch failed error and PSP freezes... becareful.



I hope they get this fixed

by z357x - 2006-03-06 17:39
» Dumb ass

Krnet2dboi, maybe you should read better. This is a 2.0+ UMD launcher, not a ISO launcher. It says right on the post "NOTE: You need the UMD to use this program"

by Onimushaclan - 2006-03-06 22:49
» SF3?

Since when Street fighter 3 released for PSP lol

it's called Street Fighter Alpha (Zero in Japan) 3

gonna test it when i recieve my copy

by super_hoops1967 - 2006-03-06 23:01
» fight night round 3

my fight night round 3 should arrive on thursday so i'll try that with this when it arrives and let u all know

by 2Kings - 2006-03-06 23:54
» No custom soundtracks :(

Can anyone get the customsound tracks to work?



i tried and it says they are "Unavailable"

by ice45044 - 2006-03-07 01:41
» 2.5 game works GREAT

HAY !!! I got king kong to work and it requires 2.5 i have been settting on this game for some time now.

And i can finally play it and the saves and all work fine so far two stages in....



GREAT WORK!!!! all u from Saturn Expedition Committee

PLEASE !! keep up the good work

by JamesJAB - 2006-03-07 05:01
» PIQ and Generation of Chaos

Practical Inteligene Quotient

firmware 2.5 required

load 2.5 firmware files off of the disk.

Plays fine with full saving and loading.



Generation of Chaos

firmware 2.6 required

load 2.5 or 2.6 files gives load error or black screen

by guyver2077 - 2006-03-07 05:42
» kk

so king kong works with this?

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-03-07 13:35
» 2.6 Games

Has anyone confirmed a 2.6 game runs with this? If so, which?

by krnet2dboi - 2006-03-07 14:43
»

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by mindkiller6610 - 2006-03-07 17:53
» initial D

Initial D street Stage is NOT working..



Result: Black Screen Of Dealth ~!!!

by Aryn The Cat - 2006-03-07 18:12
»

I tried starting Pac Man World using this program and after a long pause at the Loading screen the PSp shut itself off. On the other hand, Harry Potter started without any problems. Both games require firmware 2.0.

by hungrywolf - 2006-03-07 20:40
» GTA crashes after 5-10 mins

Hi,



The GTA UMD crashes (just freezes) after 5-10 mins of play. Then the PSP reboots. :-(

by Asterix - 2006-03-09 14:00
» GTA:LCS

MPH UMD Loader does not crash but I can not seem to save my game progress (GTA:LCS)

by à - 2006-03-10 19:00
» PoPoLo Crois?

Is there any word on if PoPoLo Crois works with this starter? It doesn't work with any of the version fakers that make a 1.5 think it's a 2.0.

by vjgx - 2006-03-14 12:02
» Burnout Legends works perfectly!

I just tried this with my U.S. copy of Burnout Legends... booting, gameplay, and saving all work perfectly.



Thanks a lot!

by Venom - 2006-03-16 21:15
» nba 06 --- no dice

Tried nba 06 and not working...crashes at load up

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-03-18 11:59
» GTA

GTA works but after a while, it just freezes and I have to reset the machine. If they can sort this out, it will be great! The MPH loader is too complicated and not compatible with my UMD.

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-03-18 18:02
» DAXTER

does daxter work with this, im wondering whether i should get it or not.

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-03-19 11:59
» PURSUIT FORCE?

somebody try this with the american version of pursuit force i dont want to downgrade just to try it but it would be a very nice thing to use

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-03-20 13:17
» Tokobot

Tokobot works fine! 1.5

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-03-22 12:41
» no no katamari

katamari 2.6 us release does not work

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-03-24 17:55
» maybe katamari

the only thing changed in katamari USA version was the 2.6 firmware. im pretty sure if u load 2.5 firmware off a umd then load katamari without trying to load the 2.6 firmware it should run. But i cant test it cuz i dont have a umd with 2.5 firmware on it. if someone can load there 2.5 umd game's firmware and sent me the "x" folder in the memory sticks root i should be able to run it.

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-03-24 18:02
» maybe katamari 2

by the way



email: shawn_246@hotma il.com



AIM: shawn5967

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-03-25 14:53
» king kong

how did you get king kong to work?

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-03-26 15:28
» worms

Has anybody tried Worms Open Warfare using this?

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-03-29 16:55
» games

generation of chaos worms open warfare and me and my katamari dont work

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-02 06:32
» Would wwe smackdown! vs raw 2006 work on this loader

i really need to know if this works with the game

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-03 11:08
» stuck on start error can someone help me please

i am stuck on start error screen and how do i get out of it .. thats if i can .. lol .. thanks for you help ..

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-04 11:40
» METAL GEAR 2

Does anybody knows id Meta Gear Acid 2 canbe played , i tried with the us version and could not make it work

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-10 08:55
» does this work on psp fw2.0+

I know it is a dumb question but does it work i have fw 1.5 and i was wondering with this wroked because of the new iso fix running through run umd. it should work because it does everything by ram right????? plz help



Metal Gear Acid 2 works fine

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-11 04:27
» WWE Smackdown vs raw

Guys..i have a 1.5firmware psp...

I have an original WWe smackdown vs raw 2006...

WIth this Run UMD version 0.01... will the game woek?

Please answer...

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-11 17:05
» metal gear acid 2

Could some kind soul please help me run Metal Gear Acid 2 on my psp 1.50? I just bought it and have been dieing to play it, but at the same time i refuse to lose the firmware advantages of a 1.50. If someone can break down the process of enabling it to play I would appreciate it.





P.S. I press O, extracted, and then pressed X. And after several attempts found that it does not work for me.

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-11 17:05
» metal gear acid 2

Could some kind soul please help me run Metal Gear Acid 2 on my psp 1.50? I just bought it and have been dieing to play it, but at the same time i refuse to lose the firmware advantages of a 1.50. If someone can break down the process of enabling it to play I would appreciate it.





P.S. I press O, extracted, and then pressed X. And after several attempts found that it does not work for me.

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-11 18:57
» M&M katamari

US release katamari needs 2.6 firmwire..



RunUMD 0.01 wont work..





i am sad



very sad



some one teach me how to..

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-12 10:00
» mga2

why isn't mga2 working? on the list it says it works fine but i just get the black screen death after pressing O and then X wtf?

by Anonymous Coward - 2006-04-21 10:26
» doesnt work that well with real umd eur version

my gta umd crashes with this loader after about 2missions using runumd 0.1

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by Yo help - 2006-05-19 10:16
» Help me

How can I make that GTA LCS work on my 1.5 psp???

by zerosquadron - 2006-05-26 07:05
» it doesnt work

this tool doesnt work on megaman maverick hunter x

by Dan - 2006-05-28 01:20
» Adhoc

Hi,



Is adhoc GTA working with any loaders yet?

by sam evans - 2006-08-04 01:16
» gta

i have dumped gta i now i dont know wot to do can anyone help me plez

by mr. angry - 2006-08-06 14:54
» DOES NOT WORK!!!

.......... I ran runUMD then I pressed load UMD (or something like that) then it says now loading... then the screen became black with the messege "start error" on the top left corner...and now I CAN' T GET OUT OF THAT SCREEN!!!!







Anyone tell me how to fix this????????????

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