Finally, play backups without Modchip – use software methods for Xbox 360 and PS3

NOW play backup games with ease!

It has FINALLY happened. After years of waiting for the ps2 and ps3, there is a software based solution on how to play backup games on the consoles without a modchip or swap magic or cogswap or any of those other pesky methods.

Let me describe what was the problem with this and how we found the solution.

The problem:

PS2, PS3 and XBOX 360 use laser printed discs with their boot sequence encoded on the surface of the disc. They are burned to disc so people can’t just copy them using standard CD/DVD burners. So even if you copy the disc, there is no way that this recorded sequence will be copied along with the disc. So your disk will not boot and the console will say “Please insert a valid disk”. Annoying every person who has made a backup.

There were some workarounds for this. That is, use a trigger disc like swap magic, action replay max, or cogswap. These methods involved changing the drive midway and the like. The second method was to use cogswap. Again, this method was quite annoying as we had to go through a long sequence of nonsense before playing the game. The third most dangerous method was installing a modchip, needless to say that modifying the hardware could destroy your console forever. After years of trying different strategies, we finally found a software solution to burn discs WITH the boot sequence.

The solution:

The solution to this war comes from the hand of the manufacturers of PS2/PS3 and XBOX360. The modus were downloadable demo games. These games can be downloaded from their website and burned to disc and played without any problems. They obviously contained the boot sequence as part of the software. Obviously, this sequence was deeply embedded in the program and heavily encrypted. But after numerous trial and error methods, we have managed to ISOLATE the boot sequence and can now burn them to regular discs.

The software is quite simple as we didn’t feel like we needed a complex interface. It works more or less like a normal CD/DVD burner. You can copy/burn ISO files to disc and it automatically burns the startup sequence with the game and VOILA! now you can play these backup games on your PS2/PS3/XBOX360 without any problem.