The Secret:

The secret to this trick as you might already know it to make the Playstation think that is is booting an original Playstation game disc. Any time the CD door is opened and then closed again the Playstation will reverify the disc to make sure it is still the original. The easiest way to prevent this is to jam the button that tells the Playstation that the CD door is open. When this is done the Playstation will then only perform the check on the disc that is in the Playstation when it is turned on.

What you need:

- A Gameshark or Codebreaker (one that all you need to use is a CD)
- A wad of paper or foil

What to do:

- Take a small wad of paper or foil and tape it on the button so that is is pressed all the way down. The button can be found in the upper right corner of the inside of the CD tray. Make sure that is taped flat so that it will not rub against any CD you put in.
- With the button held down by the wad insert your Gameshark or Codebreaker and turn on the Playstation. When you reach the menu you can choose to use cheats if you want which is the cool part about this trick.
- Once back at the main menu choose "Start Game". You will now be asked to insert your game disc. As the disc will still be spinning at this point you must be very careful not to scratch the disc when you insert or remove it (also make sure not to hurt yourself while doing this next step)
- Now simply take out the cheat disc and insert you copied game and press the OK button. At this point the game should boot as if it is an original game.

Tip for multiple disc games:

You can also use this same trick for game that have more then one disc. When the game reaches the end of the current disc and asks for the next one simply perform the swap as you would with the cheat disc. I have already done this for Final Fantasy IX and it worked perfectly.

If you have any questions about this guide please feel free to let me know.

swap trick neaded any original ps1 disk and the disk you want to swap

1. stick the buton

2. insert original CD

3. turn on console

4. when cd slows swich with burnt copy

5. when cd slows swich with original

6. when ps screen disapears quickly swap back burnt copy

and thats all you need to do

PFFFT. I use Lego.

I understand your method megaman_zer0 but the only thing I've gotten out of that method is a black screen and a scratched disc. You don't have to wait for anything with my method just make sure to get the copy in before the Playstation stops reading.

errr, its not really that easy, but then again not much more difficult, you CAN do it with a cheat disc, Check my guide, its a sticky in this forum called "The Ultimate PSX Swap Guide"

Well the only reason I say it's the easiest is because it's nothing more then I disc to disc swap without any extra peripherals that you have to connect like in your guide with the special Gameshark. Don't get me wrong I'm not trying to dis your guide Shibathedog but I've never even heard of that kind of Gameshark. All my Gameshark came with was a disc and a guide book nothing else. I've even been able to use this trick to play copied PSX games on the PS2.

Pretty much what I'm trying to say is at least try it before you judge it. It really is very easy (as long as you know what your doing).

you only need to connect that thing if your gameshark has it, if your gameshark does not have it, then you dont need it and it will work without it

im not dissing your guide im just saying its basically the same thing as mine

question, im geussing you need to mod the PS1 todo this to?

sorry but, i burnt 5 discs, and im just failing to load with this swap trick, but if its not the right geuss of what im thinking, then please explain how should i do this. thank you

The whole point of this swap trick is so you don't have to use a mod chip. The only downside to this method is that anti-mod protected games will not run. If you are trying to load such a game you will get a "Software Terminated" message shortly after the games starts.

Now as far as you not being able to load your disc at all it might help if you explain 1) how you are burning your discs and 2) just what you are doing and what "cheat disc" you are using when performing this swap trick.

Hey guys!!!

I got a little bit interested in your conversation... and I wondered to know what exactly is the reason for what you were explaining?? it's a trick for what???

RUBIO

For playing CD backups on the PlayStation without a modchip. See the first post.

anti-mod games can be patched though, i thought id mention since people are still reading this

and i believe the swap trick wouldn't be detected anyway right? Doesn't it more or less scan for a mod chip?

I actually did use this swap trick with Spyro: Year of the Dragon which does have anti-mod protection on it and it gave me that warning screen that shows up when it detects that the system is modded. However I also did this trick on my PS2 (a bit more complicated and you can damage the CD tray if you don't know what you're doing) and it read past it and I was able to beat the game whith no problems.

I'm surprised anyone is still reading this thread btw. I had thought of it as dead until I saw a reply to it a few days ago.

ok here is an example of what im doing, i how ever dont know if i should posts problems but i thought, maybe you can see what im doing wrong, ok i did 2 burning solutions one was copy the ISO data and put it to a CDR+ in the burn drive folder, used this trick 2 times, then i used nero 7 and burned 3 times, ok now the game im trying to BURN is "Xenogears" after burning in 2 solutions using 5 discs, i went to my ps1 and set up the tap in the disc tray, ok every things working, i pop in my code breaker and let it load, Burning solution#1 disc, made a bunch of clanking sounds, BOTH discs did this, but i got no earror message, then i used the 3 discs i burnt with nero 7, it did not make a noise neither give me a error message, how ever it did not load, can you explain something here?

ill repeat in a short way of my orders i done: 1 copy to burn folder, burn 2 discs and then try playing them, they make a CLANKING sound, and no loading came to the game



#2 order: 3 discs burnt in Nero 7, no clanking sound came out of this, but no loading either.
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should i use Alchohol 120% for this?

or, can you tell me if im missing something?

"oh and haldrie what server you in ffxi?"

Ok for one you have to burn the ISO itself not just copy the data to a disc. The files in the ISO are arranged in a specific order on the disc so that is will load in the Playstation. There is no program other then the one used to burn the original Playstation disc in the first place that you can use to recreate this order. Nero is capable of burning .iso, .cue/.bin and .nrg images.

I guess my question now is what brand of CD-Rs are you using?

im using Maxell 700 MB CD-R, which Xenogears is just 654 mb, i used nero 7 burning ISO engine to burn it to the CDR, unless other wise, if not at all, what program is more accurate using then? or is it my CD's im burning with?

It seems that you are burning the images correctly and the discs you are using are good. In this case the only thing I can think of is that you could be performing the swap trick wrong. What exactly are you doing step by step? I might be able to point out your mistake.

ok first i used Nero 7, burnt 2 copies in Iso CD-R format, with the normal default setups using no changes, i burnt the Cd at speed of 4 x burning speed, i dragged Xenogears.img or (iso) into the burning list and clicked burn, i ignored speed check as its buggy and freezes, then when complete i tested it out through my code breaker, this Code breaker is really old, and it seems it runs differently from other cheat devices, now tho im not sure, as its a theory - cause my code breaker freezes on booting game if there is a code that is out of wack, but i didnt use codes to swap my discs, so it shouldnt have had a problem. other then that, thats what i did with my steps


now step 2- i just copy the .IMG file into the burning drive without nero and just copied. (these discs make noises) on this solution.

are you doing this on a PS2? Because my PS2 is the same way, It refuses to read anything but original PSX and PS2 CD games. Its like it knows. It just makes clanking noises and wont read any original audio cds, burned audio cds, burned games, swap magic cd disc, anything, its really stupid.

It seems all you're doing is burning the image file itself on to the disc. I'm willing to bet that if you browse the disc you will only see the .img file in it. Since it seems you are using a CloneCD image then what you will have to do is mount the image using Daemon Tools or Alcohol 120% and use Nero to copy the virtual disc to a real disc.

If you burn the disc correctly you should see many files and folders on the disc. If you need help doing this I am willing walk you through.