The PCSX-Redux project is a collection of tools, research, hardware design, and libraries aiming at development and reverse engineering on the PlayStation 1. The core product itself, PCSX-Redux, is yet another fork of the Playstation emulator, PCSX.
As you can expect, these PocketStation apps transfer without issue while using SCPH5500.
Steps to reproduce the bug
"Pocket Tuner" is a simple collection of assistant apps for practicing music. It's not an important or noteworthy title by any means, but it offers a very quick way to test PocketStation transfer capabilities.
Select one of the five apps on the title screen with Circle
On the following menu, select "Download"
Pocket Tuner will hang before it can show a confirmation message. The PocketStation app might appear to have transferred correctly, but incredibly, PocketStation displays a copy protection message instead. (screenshot via PK201)
"Pocket MuuMuu" is a Jumping Flash spin-off, and a sizable collection of PocketStation games and apps. Basically, you play PocketStation games and aim for high scores, so that you can earn money to buy more Pocket games. It takes a few minutes to be able to transfer data, but the games are much higher quality.
Press Start on the title screen
Skip through the tutorial until you reach a screen with two large "PG" icons. You're given a free PocketStation game right off the bat: a checkpoint-attack racing game, or a Simon Says game. Pick your poison, and then select the first menu option.
Skip through the rest of the tutorial. When you can finally choose your destination, press D-Pad Right once and select the house with palm trees.
In the main menu, select the first option to view your PocketStation game collection.
On the navigation bar at the bottom, select the first option.
Navigate to the PocketStation icon with the Down icon and select it, and then select the first option to confirm.
Pocket MuuMuu will start transferring, but will hang shortly after. The PocketStation app is corrupt and doesn't even appear.
Operating System
Windows 11 Pro (22H2)
PCSX-Redux version
Version: 19217.20240725.2.x64
Changeset: 36656972a901a3fc39953dce7d03c3d3562eaf65
Date & time: 2024-07-25 23:19:46
Describe the bug
Very happy to see another PS1 emulator attempt to support PocketStation data! I had to try it out.
I've encountered a couple instances while using OpenBIOS where games will hang while transferring data. (Thankfully, no issues while using SCPH5500.)
Pocket Tuner (Japan):
Couldn't find C0 patch hash aa4431ca issued from 0x8005f8f0!
Pocket MuuMuu (Japan):Couldn't find C0 patch hash 939a62da issued from 0x8002448c!
Expected behavior
As you can expect, these PocketStation apps transfer without issue while using SCPH5500.
Steps to reproduce the bug
"Pocket Tuner" is a simple collection of assistant apps for practicing music. It's not an important or noteworthy title by any means, but it offers a very quick way to test PocketStation transfer capabilities.
Pocket Tuner will hang before it can show a confirmation message. The PocketStation app might appear to have transferred correctly, but incredibly, PocketStation displays a copy protection message instead. (screenshot via PK201)
"Pocket MuuMuu" is a Jumping Flash spin-off, and a sizable collection of PocketStation games and apps. Basically, you play PocketStation games and aim for high scores, so that you can earn money to buy more Pocket games. It takes a few minutes to be able to transfer data, but the games are much higher quality.
Pocket MuuMuu will start transferring, but will hang shortly after. The PocketStation app is corrupt and doesn't even appear.
Operating System
Windows 11 Pro (22H2)
PCSX-Redux version
Version: 19217.20240725.2.x64 Changeset: 36656972a901a3fc39953dce7d03c3d3562eaf65 Date & time: 2024-07-25 23:19:46
CPU model
13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700H 2.40 GHz
GPU model & Drivers
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2 3.2.0 NVIDIA 555.99
BIOS version
OpenBIOS (267b71e2)
Logs
Memory Card:
Pocket Tuner: (Log - Pocket Tuner (Japan).txt)
Pocket MuuMuu: (Log - Pocket MuuMuu (Japan).txt)