Greetings! I've been working on a Dreamcast emulator for the Playstation 3 since last month on a daily basis and It's currently coming out nicely! ETA is end of the month. The project is in a very advanced state right now and can boot many games at very good speed with no graphical glitches. Hope you'll enjoy reviving Project Justice, Phantasy Star Online and the OG Sonic Adventure on the PS3!

I formatted my USB with NTFS, created PS3ISO folder and put a small .iso gamefile inside it. I am using mmCM on my PS3 Slim.

I can see the game in 'Games' column but don't see my usb listed on File Manager. How is it possible?

Basically the title really. I've been looking into homebrewing my PS3 that I own and have had for a year or two but since I shared my PS5 profile to it I'm worried about possible repurcussions/bricking of either or both consoles. I did look online and saw a CECH2002A going for a pretty solid price but if all I need is a USB for HEN then why buy a whole new console, you know?

My PS3 doesn't connect to the internet automatically and is the right firmware update for PS3HEN (4.91) though. Should I just remove the profile from my PS3 and it'll be ok? I have no intention of connecting it to the internet again really.

In addition is the PS2 loader similar to the FMCB one wherein you can just place ISO files on a USB? Or is PS2 a whole different ball game for emulating? I know this is probably in the faq but thought I may as well ask while here. I'm already used to FMCB on my PS2 and getting ISOs but that's about it in terms of my technical knowledge.

Anyways thank you for all of your help!

console has had cfw since 2023 but recently i’ve discovered my ps2 games ramp the fans up to 80% instead of the 40% i have them set at on webman and firmware settings. have rebuilt the database and double checked the settings over and over to no avail, syscon setting turned the fans off completely and temps shot up. have seen a couple of posts about this issue on 4.93 as well but no concrete answers has anyone figured this out?

it’s a fat model so 80% is blaringly loud on it making those games virtually unplayable for me lol

Week ago I posted about MoveBeat — a fully vibecoded (Claude did the coding, I did the waving) Beat Saber-like game for PS3 and a pair of PS Moves. Thanks for the comments! Since then it got a lot more polish, and the first public build is ready.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/wMVJnFPkHqQ

Download & source: https://github.com/Sessim/movebeat-ps3/releases

What changed since the first post

- Tracking: a Just Dance-style calibration (arms forward, out to the sides, down), the Moves' own sensors for blade orientation, and depth limits so sabers no longer fly behind your back.

- Controls: a new button map — Triangle/Circle to pick a track, Cross for difficulty, a single Move press to start, hold both Moves for a random song. Pause menu with restart and recalibration.

- Songs over USB: FTP over the PS3's Wi-Fi kept timing out, so the Windows companion app now writes levels to a FAT32 stick, and the game copies them into its library (even if you plug the stick in while it's running).

- Starter set: one button in the companion app grabs six maps from BeatSaver, playlists still work too..

What you need: PS3 on HEN/CFW, two PS Move, PS Eye, a FAT32 USB stick and a Windows PC. Install `movebeat.pkg`, press "Starter set" and "All levels to USB" in the app, plug the stick in, start the game.

It's still lightly tested on my one console, one living room, so tracking depends a lot on your lighting and where the camera sits. If something breaks, please open an issue on GitHub with run_status.ini from /dev_hdd0/game/MOVEBEAT1/USRDIR/.

Would love to see your feedback!

I really don't know what else to do. My Superslim was previously on version 3.4.0 when it started to freeze every time I tried to enable HEN. So I thought to update HFW and HEN to the latest versions hoping it would fix things but issues still persist.

So as per other older solutions, I've uninstalled Webman Mod, replaced the boot_plugins.txt file with a new one from the usb drive, disabled internet, cleared the browser cache and updated Multiman but each time I try to start a game the system freeze. Uninstalling Multiman also doesn't do anything

Is there anything else I can do to fix this>

Well, there's an update: Bluetooth support is now working

https://github.com/domyno6773/DualSense-PS3

It only works via USB at the moment

Working on a local server for D1 under RPCS3.

Have: DNS redirect, TCP/UDP listeners, PKI, working SignOn (client accepts response partially, sends RPCN username in 0e02 packets), correct UDP 00010001/00010002 responses.

Game stays at TERMITE and never initiates BAP (TCP 3074). Tested 22 hypotheses:

- byte order, status codes, all field 13 variants, extra protobuf fields, Content-Type variants, 16B/32B keys, UDP broadcasts, STUN-like responses, f11 optional field

Reverse engineered EBOOT.ELF with radare2:

- 7-state machine (signon → security → BAP → entitlement → marketplace → content → server_rights)

- HTTP processor fcn.00107ea8

- Parser fcn.00107c30

- SignOn orchestrator fcn.00b6cd04

Looking for:

1. A pcap/transcript of a successful D1 PS3 SignOn for build 51539

2. Complete protobuf structure of SignOn response

3. Anyone who passed SignOn with a local server

Any help appreciated.

Better16 is on the Xbox 360, is it possible to put it on the Ps3 at all? Sounds crazy and might not be possible because the Ps3 is really different from the Xbox 360, especially when making homebrew. I am just wondering mainly if it is.

I've had it for about 4ish years and hardly touched it as I have a super slim and don't want to accept YLOD when it comes. Can someone point me in the right direction to a guide or something you found helpful?

Hello! I develop Cookie Clicker game for ps3, and today is available Alpha 1!!!

Dear mods, plz, stop making fun of RuinSeaa7399

Hey everyone,

I put together a complete guide to play online on PS3 despite the official servers being shut down. It covers:

• XLink Kai (LAN tunneling) – works on both OFW and CFW
• Private servers via DNS (simple redirection) – also works on OFW
• PC server emulators (Arcadia/EA Plasma, etc.) – sometimes requires CFW
• Compatible games list, troubleshooting, warnings

The guide is available in French and English on GitHub Pages:
👉 https://septieme7.github.io/PS3-Server_prives-et-XLink_Kai/

⚠️ Warning: using unofficial servers may result in a PSN ban, even on OFW. Stay cautious.

Feel free to give feedback, correct mistakes, or add missing servers. Have fun! 🎮

I love this underrated startup so much and I would love to hear this every time I boot up my beautiful fat ps3, the only catch is that I don't have a windows computer to make one. So HOPEFULLY Reddit users see this post and makes one for me thank you to whoever makes this, if someone ever does. The link is Here.

Hey all. I hear that Timesplitters 2 can work on ps3 hen.

Is that true?

It’s been years since I’ve jailbroken my PS3 and want to know if there was anything I was missing out on.

Im looking into modding my ps3 super slim that is currently running on 4.92. I’m trying to find a step by step guide but im getting a little overwhelmed. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance!

Edit:

I was able to install ps3hen successfully and get everything set up but apparently I need a windows machine in order to format ps2 games so I can play them and I only have a Mac. This was really the only reason I wanted to mod my ps3 so I guess I did this all for nothing 😭😭😭

Hey everyone!

I'm the owner of https://psna.site, a website dedicated to preserving and archiving PlayStation Network avatars.

My collection currently contains over 7,800 PSN Avatars, and I'm constantly working on expanding it.

I'm looking for rare PS3 avatar .EDAT files, large EDAT collections, and old avatar packs that might have disappeared from the internet.

If you have any old collections, forgotten MEGA/MediaFire links, Google Drive folders, or rare avatar EDATs, I'd really appreciate it if you could share them!

I've already collected thousands of avatars from old forums, archives, and various PS3 communities, but I'm sure there are still many missing.

Every person who contributes avatars will receive credit on my website as a thank-you for helping preserve them.

You can contact me here:

Discord: ul7m

Telegram: hylephobia

Even a few rare EDAT files would help. My goal is to build one of the largest publicly accessible PSN avatar archives.

Thanks to everyone who helps!

My cech 2001a slim model has had the YLOD for some time and recently had it serviced by replacing the tokin caps but unfortunately was unsuccessful. I'm aware that the issue may potentially be the RSX GPU, but my hopes are still high. Are there any reputable repair shops in the Houston area?

Like the title says it freezes atleast once most times when I try to play. Sometimes when I enable Hen, Sometimes when I play downloaded app/homebrew, sometime when I try to play my physical disc. Even Sometimes in the menus of the ps3 before I have enabled HEN. I have PS3 Slim and hen installed. Any help would be appreciated.

I’m trying to decrypt and mod my reboot.bin. Tried allowing it since these types of files are false positives I would assume. I tried doing it but it closed out of Wind Def. Looked at it for a second and it blocked a Trojan and it won’t let me access windows defender folders. Is this program legit? If it is where could I find the real version?

Hi r/ps3homebrew! I'm the developer of Themezer, a website with themes and a lot of other customization stuff for the Switch, Wii U, 3DS, and since a few weeks also the PS3! Although this isn't necessarily homebrew, I did think it'd be nice to share this here as well.

I had gotten some requests from people to support p3t themes because ps3-themes.com appears to be slowly dying. To make sure that all existing themes will stay available I've archived the entire ps3-themes.com catalog of 11711 themes and made it available to browse on Themezer! For those interested, I've also made the archive available on the internet archive: https://archive.org/details/ps3-themes.com

Themezer has quite a lot to offer:

• Easily install themes on your PS3: Find any theme that you like, and type in the URL shown below the download p3t button on your PS3 browser (for example `http://ps3.themezer.net/T56\`)
• You can upload new p3t themes 🎉 , publicly or privately
• Manage your themes library by making collections
• Many ways to search and filter the enormous collection, such as filtering by features (static/animated, SFX, cursor, ...), tags, date, and even by color!

Check it out at:
https://themezer.net/ps3/themes

For feedback, please lmk in this post or via our discord (see the website) :)

Oh also, if there are themes that are yours and you'd like to link to your Themezer account, send me a DM!

I need some help!
I'm trying to contact the ps3-themes admin to see whether they are interested in transferring maintenance of ps3-themes (as they don't seem to maintain it anymore), and figure something out with the old domain to keep links working, but I can't get in touch with them. If you have or know someone someone who might have their contact details drop a PM please!

I am having an issue where when I add new games to my formatted NTFS drive (MBR partition), my isos are not properly showing up in the Webman games folder. I had a collection of isos that worked but when I added new ones, the new ones would not show up even after resetting the Webman cache. Help!