Frequently Asked Questions

What is Project PSIO?
Project PSIO is a way to back up your PlayStation CD-ROM's, preserve them, and let you play them directly from either a SD card or HDD. This will decrease load times dramatically, as well as improve the overall performance of the console. Some highly important benefits, are that it will lengthen the life of your CD-ROM drive in the PlayStation 1, and reduce disc read errors, choppy music/audio, freezing, delayed frame rates and loud drive mechanical noises.


How much will it be?
At the moment, we can not say. The team plans to ensure high quality, at the lowest price possible to make everyone satisfied.


When will I be able to purchace PSIO?
Plans are to have it on the market and for sale by 2013.


What OS will be running?
Either a custom menu, or a replicated XMB menu found on the PSP and PS3 with more-or-less features.


Will it have a Virtual Memory Card?
Yes.


Can I listen to music?
Yes. However, it will be a custom format because the PlayStation 1's CPU can not decode MP3's.


Can I watch movies/video?
Possibly. It is a real hard feature to add into the OS and make it work well with the PlayStation 1's CPU. If it can not decode MP3, then it will be near impossible to decode MP4 or AVI.


So, I can use a Hard Drive to play my games?
Yes. This is planned to happen after the final prototype has been made. For now however, it will only utilise an SD Card.


How do I install PSIO?
At the moment, the alpha and beta verions need to be soldered to the PlayStation main/motherboard. However, the aim is to make it plug-and-play when it reaches the market stage.


Ever heard of an emulator?
Nope.


What is the point of this. I can play my games fine from a disc on my PS1 and even on my PS2 and PS3!
Thats fantastic!


Will it have debugging options?
Yes. It will have a USB port for comms to a PC host.


Will it have a built in GameShark?
Yes. We will add in a cheat system / hex editor.


Will you post Worldwide?
Yes, of course!