The process...Part 2 (End)

Ok the last part of the process.

Now you want to put the games inside your phone. So first, make sure you have the PSX4Droid or FPsE installed together with the bios. The link has be given so go check it out.

For SGS users, make sure you set your USB settings to MASS STORAGE. Go to Settings>Wireless and Network>USB Settings>Mass Storage. This will open your phone's storage files.

First, connect your Android to the computer using a USB cable provided during your phone purchase.(If you don't have one, you should buy it, comes in very hand sometimes). There, the phone will show the USB connected and a button saying 'Connect storage to PC'. Press it. You PC will scan the storage files.

At the PC, click open files using Windows. You will get 2 different file storage. Mine was Drive F: and G:
The one with a lot of files is the internal storage file. This is the place where the emulators will find the games and start it.
Next, create a folder named 'PSX Roms' or anything that suits you as long you can find it. Then, transfer the games that you have downloaded and decoded into the file. It could take some time due to the large size of file.

Once that is done, Safely Remove hardware on the PC and Disconnect Storage from PC to safely remove the USB cable.

Then, open the emulator that you've downloaded(I used PSX4Droid), press the menu button and Settings. Press Bios to find and set the bios (it should be in .bin format). Once that is done, find the PSX ROM file and press the game that you want to play.

VOILA! You now are playing a PS1 game on the Android! SCORE!!

The process...

Firstly, download a game.
Download at the link given.
I just finished downloading Need For Speed 3: Hot Pursuit.

Then, open the file using WinRAR or WinZip.
Make a folder named PSX ROMS and extracted the file there. You will notice that there are 2 files, one that is .bin.ecm and .cue . The .bin is the game ROM and .cue is just the tracks of the game.

You want the .bin not .bin.ecm so now we will unecm it. The purpose of the unecm is to uncompress the game. The .ecm is used to compress the file smaller so that you can download faster.

Once the extraction is done, open the ECM folder that you've downloaded. There you will see the unecm.exe. Copy it to the PSX ROMS folder.

The drag the .bin.cue file to the unecm. A Command Prompt window will pop-up to indicate the decoding of the file. The Command Prompt window will close on its own once the decoding is done. You will now see a .bin file and notice the difference before and after the unecm process.

Well done! Now you have a playable ROM! Now to move the ROM to the phone.
This process will be continued on the next post.

Android can play PS1 games?! OMG Thats AWESOME!

Yup, you heard it right! You can now play PS1 games on you Android!

How?
You need these items.
A computer with stable internet, preferably fast.
A phone with the Android OS, best medium to high end phones such as Galaxy Ace and above.
At least 500MB of hardware space (i will explain why later.)
At least 200-300 MB of space in you Android phone.

You need these software:
An ECM tool
Download it here: http://www.emuparadise.org/PSX/ecm%20tools.rar
The PS1 emulator: There are 2 that worked and good at the moment, which is the FPSe which you have to buy at the market. Or the PSX4Droid (im using this one, had no trouble with it), which is free.
FPSE: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.emulator.fpse&hl=en (You have to buy the bios too..)
PSX4Droid: http://www.zodttd.com/downloads/psx4droid.apk (its in apk, that means its can be downloaded from your phone)


You also need:
The games of your choice. You can download it at emuparadise.com
Link: http://www.emuparadise.me/Sony_Playstation_ISOs/2 or http://www.roms4droid.com/roms.php
The BIOS which boots the game and make the PS1 emulator work.
Link: http://www.roms4droid.com/bios/Scph1000.zip or http://www.roms4droid.com/bios/SCPH1001.zip

I will explain the process more on the next post.