

Yes, I am aware that many users are kind enough to provide a free service for installing FMCB.
#Install fmcb ps2 no swap magic mod
For owners of the fat PS2 consoles, you can also soft mod your PS2 to use your HDD (and even use Free HD Boot). Once you have such a memory card, you can create new ones (I always have one as a backup that I have stored away safely). It's Like The Swap Magic, Only BETTER! It's Like The Swap Magic, Only BETTER! Bringing all of the same ease of use and hassle free gaming as the Swap Magic Discs - but offering a huge feature set and an almost limiteless pre-made options for adding extra software to your PS2 memory card. PS2 FreeMCBoot (FMCB) Official Memory Card. If you have a Fat PS2, or a slim that just has a 1 inch wide 'band' of shiny plastic on the top, then. The cost of such a memory card is around $10 (USD) on ebay.įreeMcBoot is installed onto a standard PS2 memory card. I believe its still possible to get unsigned code running through disc swapping, but this would require doing so each time you start the system.įor any PS2 (slim or fat) with model number less than 9xxx, the simplest method is to obtain a memory card with Free MC Boot installed. As the 9000 series lacks this feature softmods are not possible.

This feature was removed in the 9000 models as the dvd standard was fully mature by the release of these revisions and the changes to the firmware were baked in. The ps2 softmod to launch freemcboot and other softmods exploits a feature that sony put in the ps2 to allow the dvd firmware to be amended from a file on the memory card.
