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Games compatible with OpenIdea ISO loader

This is a compatibility list for PSP users using OpenIdea ISO loader. If you’re on the following firmwares 6.20 TN-A Hen, 6.20 TN-B Hen, 6.20 TN-C Hen then be sure to check out this post for updates. If you’re on , 6.31 Hen, 6.35 Hen, please wait for a proper release on your firmware version.

The OpenIdea ISO loader a plugin by Dridri that allows you to run PSP games straight off your XMB. It is currently at version 0.2 Beta 3 (although for some reason, it still shows up as 0.1 Beta 3 on my PSP), this makes for some incompatibilities with some of the older (and at times newer) games. This post is a compilation of games that either work or don’t work with the OpenIdea ISO loader for the PlayStation Portable. Most of the updates you’ll be seeing are from the comments by other PSP users so you’ll be getting the most up-to-date information possible.

Update [02.10.11]:
Added more games in the Compatibility list
Update [02.07.11]:
added lists by:
dLeTe
adventure_of_link
madeiRa

Confirmed working with OpenIdea ISO loader

Angry Birds
Astro Boy The Video Game
Crazy Taxi Fare Wars
Disgaea
Disgaea 2
Disgaea Infinite
DJ Max Portable BlackSquare
Family Guy The Video Game
Fantasy Golf Pangya
Final Fantasy Crystal Defenders
Final Fantasy: Aniversary Edition
Final Fantasy II: Aniversary Edition
Gran Turismo 5
Gundam vs Gundam Next Plus
Hello Kitty Puzzle Party
Iron Man
Jeanne D’Arc
Lemmings
Lego Star Wars 2
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops
Metal Slug XX
Mod Nation Racers
Need For Speed: ProStreet
n+
Patapon 1
Patapon 2
Shrek Smash & Crash Racing
Shrek 3
Star Wars The Force Unleashed
Sonic Rivals
Skate park City
Tekken 6: DR
Toy Story 3
Yu Gi Oh GX Tag Force

confirmed by Lusanagi:
Metal Gear Peace Walker
Kingdom Hears BBS
Prinny 1

confirmed by dLeTe, PSP Go, 6.20 TN-C
MGS: Peace Walker
Patapon 2
Killzone
Burnout Legends
The 3rd Birthday

confirmed by adventure_of_link, PSP 3001, 6.20 OFW, TN-C HEN
Dissidia Final Fantasy:
Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy 1 20th Anniversary Edition
Final Fantasy 2 20th Anniversary Edition
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Smart Bomb (use the legacy driver)
Ultimate Ghosts ‘n Goblins

confirmed by madeiRa, PSP 3001, 6.20 OFW, TN-C HEN, OpenIdea Beta 3
Atari Classics (Works w/ M33 Driver)
DBZ-Shinbudokai Another Road
Echoshift 1 and 2
Everyday Shooter
Flow (Works w/ M33 Driver)
Ghost in the Shell
God Of War : Chains Olympus
GTA Vice City Stories (Works but a bit slow)
Metal Slug Anthology (Works w/ M33 Driver)
Rapala Pro Bass Fishing
Prinny 2 (legacy driver)
Shin Megami Tensei – Persona 3 Portable

Confirmed not working with OpenIdea ISO loader

Ape Escape On The Loose
Bejeweled 2
Everybody’s Tennis
God Eater
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
Jungle party
K-ON Houkago Live
Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (hangs, you need to restart your PSP)
Ore no Imoutou ga Konna ni Kawaii wake ga nai (hangs, you need to restart your PSP)
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2
Peggle
Smackdown Vs Raw 2011
Star Wars Battle Front 2
Valkyrie Profile – Lenneth

confirmed by madeiRa, PSP 3001, 6.20 OFW, TN-C HEN, OpenIdea Beta 3
30sec Hero
Assassins Creed
Beaterator
Busta Move Ghost
DBZ Budokai 2
Dissidia 012 (Duodecim) Prologus
Metal Slug 1 [mini]
Metal Slug XX
NeoGeo Heroes Ultim. Shooting
Parasite Eve: 3rd Birthday [JPN]
Prince Of Persia: Forgotten Sands

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  1. lusanagi Lusanagi February 5, 2011 Reply

    thanks for the plugin
    I want to contribute to the list:

    Metal Gear Peace Walker works
    Kingdom Hears BBS works
    Prinny 1 works

  2. ontariocanada75 scott February 5, 2011 Reply

    im using iso tool right now and makes icons for the games or eboots in xmb, im not sure how iso loader works, so what will happen if i try it on a 635 pro 300x and the iso tool xmb created icons are already in xmb? also i see iso loader puts things in the system folder, is this dangerious?

  3. psykosquirrel dLeTe February 5, 2011 Reply

    PSP Go, 6.20 TN-C

    I had issues w/ GoW: GoS. (Didn’t load at all)
    MGS: Peace Walker working.
    Patapon 2 working.
    Killzone working
    Burnout Legends working.
    The 3rd Birthday working.

    That’s all I’ve tried.

    • psp madeiRa February 10, 2011 Reply

      The 3rd Bday didnt work 4 me 🙁 what driver did you use?

    • psp madeiRa February 10, 2011 Reply

      heyyz!!

      Tony Hawk Project 8 (Working)
      Capcom Classics Collection Remixed (Working but had some crash issues)

  4. adventure_of_link adventure_of_link February 5, 2011 Reply

    Okay. PSP 3001, 6.20 OFW, TN-C HEN.

    Games tested using both cso and iso format:

    Dissidia Final Fantasy: Works
    Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker: Works
    Ultimate Ghosts ‘n Goblins: Works
    Final Fantasy 1 20th Anniversary Edition: Works

    Tried loading cso files for all of these, and all it did was take forever to get the information. It even forgot that I had other games loaded on the memory stick!!

    Oh well. Only thing that sucks is that I don’t have a large memory stick 🙁 (only got 2GB) and little CSO support

    • psp madeiRa February 10, 2011 Reply

      ssup link?

      Dissidia didn’t work for me!! 🙁

      I have a 3001 Slim with 6.20 hen TN-C

      • adventure_of_link adventure_of_link February 11, 2011 Reply

        Hmm. Dissidia’s been working fine for me; you might want to make sure there’s no disk in the UMD drive or try another driver.

        • adventure_of_link adventure_of_link February 11, 2011

          Oh and good job with the lists dude! I only tested the games I have, so…

  5. adventure_of_link adventure_of_link February 5, 2011 Reply

    PSP 3001, 6.20 OFW running TN-C HEN..

    Just tried Smart Bomb for PSP, and it hangs at the loading screen.

    Who knew that a small, 113MB game made in 2005 would have problems here, go figure. -shrugs-

  6. vanz_paltog banban February 6, 2011 Reply

    pls update the list…… this very helpful

  7. adventure_of_link adventure_of_link February 6, 2011 Reply

    Okay. Got some updates.

    PSP 3001, 6.20 OFW, TN-C HEN

    Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII works with this plugin.

    As a heads-up, try not to sleep mode an ISO this way for too long (say more than 5-8 hours) or else it’ll black screen and you have to reset the PSP. It happened to me earlier while letting Dissidia sleep.

  8. adventure_of_link adventure_of_link February 6, 2011 Reply

    OK it’s me again.. as a heads-up, REALLY try to not use sleep mode when possible. I let Crisis Core FF7 “sleep” for several hours, blank screen. Restart PSP, reload HEN, reload CCFF7, put it to sleep for no more than 30 seconds, got a black screen.

    you should know my hardware config by now. 😛

  9. adventure_of_link adventure_of_link February 6, 2011 Reply

    Popping in to say that Final Fantasy 2 20th Anniversary Edition also works…

    It should also be of note that not even Prometheus will load the Smart Bomb ISO (I know the comments are for the OpenISO loader, but figured I’d drop this bit of information..)

  10. adventure_of_link adventure_of_link February 8, 2011 Reply

    Hey there. adventure_of_link again.

    Just popping in to say that while trying to exit my game via the home button, it hung until the PSP ultimately shut itself off.

    • adventure_of_link adventure_of_link February 8, 2011 Reply

      BTW I forgot to mention I was playing Dissidia Final Fantasy, however like with the lockups on all the other games, it acts up on one, there’s potential for the others too, right?

      That being said, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops also works with this plugin.

      • atmaxplorer sylv3rblade February 8, 2011 Reply

        Hmm I’m gonna update the links for the beta 4 in a bit so that may help out with the lockups

        • adventure_of_link adventure_of_link February 8, 2011

          Thank you!! can’t wait to try it! my version is actually 0.1 beta 4 (or so that’s what it says when I want to change my driver -shrugs-)

        • adventure_of_link adventure_of_link February 8, 2011

          Killer. Thanks for the new version. Except I tried playing FF2 on the new version (it actually says 0.2 beta 4 this time :D) using the m33 driver and put it to sleep. It freezes and doesn’t goto sleep. Using the NP9660 driver, the loader just crashes; doesn’t even attempt to load a game. The NP9660 crashes with every game I’ve tested.

        • adventure_of_link adventure_of_link February 8, 2011

          OK. Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops crashed upon exiting the game using the OpenIdea driver. The Legacy driver in this version seems to be pretty solid (no pun intended).

          Legacy driver seems to play nice with sleep mode and the home button exits, so far. I’ve only tested FF2, Dissidia FF, and MGS: PO up till now.

          Oh yeah, forgot to mention that Smart Bomb is 110% working with the Legacy Driver as well. It also happens to be the only driver that it’ll work with; the others just crash and burn upon loading. I also don’t know if this is related to the new plugin version or not, but when I copied a new iso file to my memory stick, it wouldn’t show up until I restarted vsh.

          that being said, is there a way to set the Legacy driver to the default driver, so I don’t have to keep resetting it?

        • atmaxplorer sylv3rblade February 9, 2011

          You can remove the other .prx files inside the OIP folder like oi_march33.prx and march33_620.prx to make the legacy driver default (as it’ll be the only thing that OIP will load) but I doubt it’ll be stable. :/ Dridri should really brand OpenIdeas as an Alpha though.

        • adventure_of_link adventure_of_link February 9, 2011

          Yeah, given the plugin is designed to load the m33 driver by default, I don’t think it’d be very stable. 😛

  11. psp madeiRa February 8, 2011 Reply

    sssup? Here is my list 4 today:

    MY PSP: 3001 @ Hen TN-C 6.20 @ Openidea Beta3

    DBZ Budokai 2 (Not Working)
    GTA Vice City Stories (Works but a bit slow)
    Everyday Shooter (WORKS!)
    Flow (Works w/ M33 Driver)
    Atari Classics (Works w/ M33 Driver)
    Metal Slug XX (Not Working :'( )
    Beaterator (Not Working)
    POP: Forgotten Sands (Not Working)

    Will post update soon …

  12. psp madeiRa February 8, 2011 Reply

    Prinny 2 (This WORKS DOOD! 100% on Legacy Driver doood!)

  13. psp madeiRa February 9, 2011 Reply

    Back agaiiinn!

    Assassins Creed (Not Working)
    30sec Hero (Not Working… Sadly…)
    PE: 3rd Birthday [JPN] (Not Working… DANG!)
    GOW: Chains Olympus (Working)
    Dissidia 012 (Duodecim) Prologus (Not Working)

    Sorry for so many posts guys! I just like giving the news while its fressshh! ahh ahhh! ;D

  14. psp madeiRa February 9, 2011 Reply

    Updates!

    Since I’m not having anykind of feedback or seeing changes to the list on top, this may, be my last update:

    Metal Slug 1 [mini] (Not Working)
    Rapala Pro Bass Fishing (Working)
    Busta Move Ghost (Loads Game and Crashes)
    NeoGeo Heroes Ultim. Shooting (Not Working)
    DBZ-Shinbudokai Another Road (Working)
    Ghost in the Shell (Working)
    Shin Megami Tensei – Persona 3 Prtbl (Working)

    See yaaaaaahz ^_^ Hope I helped a bit …

    • atmaxplorer sylv3rblade February 9, 2011 Reply

      List updated, sorry about that. I’m having some internet connectivity issues 🙁

  15. psp madeiRa February 9, 2011 Reply

    gr8! Tks sylv3rblade!! Nothing against you or the forum. It’s just the fact that i felt usless givin’ in info… U know what I Mean…

    Btw! I’m using OpenIdea Beta4 now! Works gr8!

    New Updates Coming Soon!! ^_^

  16. psp madeiRa February 9, 2011 Reply

    Metal Slug Anthology (Wow… Almost jumped up and down when I say the SNK logo and Intro movie and stuff, load a game and pooof! the amazing “plok” and power off!) Oh yeah, “Not Working!!

    Echoshift 1 and 2 (Working)

    Still Testing:

    Sheperds Crossing 2
    Megaman Maverick Hunter X
    GOW: Ghost of Sparta
    Ghostbusters
    Fat Princess (Fistfull of poop, I mean cake!) ^_^

    Stay tuned to atmaxplorer for more psp iso goodness!! ;D

  17. psp madeiRa February 9, 2011 Reply

    Fo shizzles sake! Huge mistake of mine!!

    Metal Slug Anthology DOES WORK on M33 Driver, When ingame and selecting Metal Slug 6, wich I tried 1st, loading screen and then more loading screen and then plok n poof! ;D

    My baaaaad!

  18. psp madeiRa February 9, 2011 Reply

    Back!!

    Okay ummm…

    Sheperds Crossing 2 (Not Working)
    Fat Princess FOC (Not Working)
    Megaman Maverick Hunter X (Working!)
    Traxxpad (Working with legacy driver! yeyy!)

    ^_^ Our list looks geeewd! Hope TN-D Will solve the not working ones… But i guess it’s more about the PSX Loader! Lest w8 n’ see! ^_^

    • adventure_of_link adventure_of_link February 9, 2011 Reply

      Hey. You’re also using the other drivers as well (hold down the L button on the PSP screen when you load the game) right?

      • psp madeiRa February 9, 2011 Reply

        yyeeaap! ^_^ Why So Serious son?! ;D

        • adventure_of_link adventure_of_link February 10, 2011

          Wasn’t trying to be serious, just being sure. 🙂

      • psp madeiRa February 9, 2011 Reply

        Mega Man Power UP (Working Default Driver, M33 I suppose) ;D

  19. psp madeiRa February 9, 2011 Reply

    Oh I Forgot!!

    ZHP Unlosing Ranger vs Darkdeath Evilman [USA] (Not Working)

    GOW: Ghost of Sparta (Loads Loads Loads and… Nothing, On All Drivers!! -_- DANGIT!)

    LOTR: Tactics [ripped by bacplix] (Works w/ Legacy Driver but Stuff are missing) Anyway The game is really small, like 55MB

  20. psp madeiRa February 11, 2011 Reply

    I’m kind of “demorilized” does that word exist? Anyway… I feel like I’m the only one giving updates… Oh well, here it goes:

    Bomberman World (Working)
    Army of Two – The 40th day (Not Working)
    BREATH OF FIRE 3.cso (Working)
    bubble bobble evolution.cso (Working)
    Brain Challenge.cso (Working)
    [PSP MINI] Tetris.iso (Not Working)
    Crystal Defenders EUR.iso (Not Working)

    OFF TOPIC:

    New SNES EMULATOR AVAILBLE!

    I’ve tested it and it’s the best one yet!

    Try it out guys! ^_^

    Snes9X Euphoria R5 para PSP
    http://www.4shared.com/file/MVmnflYP/newsinsideorgSnes9x_Euphoria_R.html

  21. adventure_of_link adventure_of_link February 16, 2011 Reply

    Hey. just popping in here with an update. Turns out if you let the PSP sleep long-term while using the legacy driver it’ll actually reboot the PSP instead. -shrugs-

  22. psp madeiRa February 16, 2011 Reply

    Hey link! Suup?

    What about stanbymode? It simply turns off!
    The Prometheus ISO Loader has the same compatible game list as this one, but u have to open the app and what not and there’s no legacy driver.

    Let’s just wait and hope that there will be a new openidea iso loader with the TN-D HEN will be alot better. Anyway, got Kingdom Hearts running awesomely! I’m entertained for a while now! 🙂

  23. psp madeiRa February 16, 2011 Reply

    Hey link! Suup?

    What about stanbymode? It simply turns off!
    The Prometheus ISO Loader has the same compatible game list as this one, but u have to open the app and what not and there’s no legacy driver.

    Let’s just wait and hope that there will be a new openidea iso loader with the TN-D HEN will be alot better. Anyway, got Kingdom Hearts running awesomely! I’m entertained for a while now! 🙂

    • atmaxplorer sylv3rblade February 16, 2011 Reply

      I agree that standby mode for OpenIdea can be problematic :/ It turned off while I was unlocking stuff in Project Diva.

      • lusanagi Lusanagi February 16, 2011 Reply

        also happened to me while playing MGS: PW, had to go out for a minute ant out my PSP on standby after defeating a chopper and when I came back and turned it on it just stayed on black screen

        Prometheus ISO loader doesn’t give me that problem :S

  24. psp madeiRa February 16, 2011 Reply

    LOL! I press the screen button (__) and Sound Button to silence and off I go! When I come back, It’s ON like Donkey KONG BIOOTCH!

  25. maly_naine martinne February 22, 2011 Reply

    hello! Why is it Crazy Taxi is not working, I followed the instructions in installing at it just stops in the screen where it says ” warning. do not eject the UMD while its playing.” please help me..

  26. psp madeiRa February 24, 2011 Reply

    *pokes topic* *smells topic* =| I think this topic is dead dooooood!

    Anyway, try another version of crazy taxi, as you can see the list above you, there ARE some compatability issues I’m afraid. =\

    • atmaxplorer sylv3rblade February 24, 2011 Reply

      I think we’re all waiting for the next release

  27. psp madeiRa February 25, 2011 Reply

    Suuup sblade??

    Have you noticed that lateley has been released a sh## load of cfw with psx suporte?

    And total noob hasn’t released anything yet!!

    • atmaxplorer sylv3rblade February 25, 2011 Reply

      Total_Noob is holding releases because of what happened with 6.35 Pro-A4. Since Team Liquidizigong was able to push through with 6.35 Pro-B, we’ll probably see 6.20 TN-D in a few days.

  28. psp madeiRa February 25, 2011 Reply

    I bet Total_Noob is just waitng and watching and working in the shadows… Know what I mean? I bet TN-D is gonna have huge updates! ;D At least I like to think so… And I sure hope the diidri (Openidea ISO Loader Programmer) Does another version with standby supporte. Oh yeah sylv3rblade, I’ve posted some of our compatible games list on another forum wich I also support, Hope you don’t mind… It’s a brazilian forum. They were stuck at TN-B! LOL! ^^

    • atmaxplorer sylv3rblade February 25, 2011 Reply

      no prob on the list madeiRa :).
      I do hope we get updates for OpenIdea soon 🙂 Either that or we stick to using the old m33 prx file for compatibility.

  29. psp madeiRa February 25, 2011 Reply

    Yupperz! BTW, have you ever used the openidea driver for anything? Tis hopeless for me… Legacy driver is slow and NP Sony driver I think I’m using with GOW: Ghost of Sparta but the movies seem slow… Oh well… Still, It’s a heck of a list we got there ^_^

  30. psp madeiRa February 28, 2011 Reply

    Hey slv3r! I found this app (Mysleep V4) It put ur psp asleep with HEN by pressing L+R+/\ (triangle) ^^ Look it up!

  31. psp madeiRa March 1, 2011 Reply

    I Just read the news… No TN-D … Gr8… Guess I have to go PRO! =\ Dangit! Now how do I update to 6.35?

    • adventure_of_link adventure_of_link March 2, 2011 Reply

      Simple.

      1. update your PSP to 6.35 OFW (Google for it)
      2. delete the TN-C HEN and all plugins (including the openidea iso loader, unfortunately); to be sure I’d backup all homebrew, pictures, music, etc then format your memory stick
      3. download the PRO-B installer and fast recovery tool and install onto your PSP
      4. Have fun! =)

  32. psp madeiRa March 2, 2011 Reply

    have you got Pro-B Link? That’s why u haven’t frequented this thread?

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