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Great fanatasy - trick the PS3 into thinking its running demo files and run full ISOs

maxconsole.net writes: "Feel free to tear this one apart. A group is claiming that a "program to convert bluray images into demo files coming december 2008. Still trying to make the program user friendly, and testing this with other games besides madden 09. Will make better video when I buy a better camcorder." So here's the video..."

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Published: 484 days 1 hour ago | Rumors | PlayStation 3

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bluecapone - 484 days 1 hour ago

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Fake!!!

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mikeslemonade - 484 days ago

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No one can trick the PS3. It's too smart and powerful.

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Utalkin2me - 484 days ago

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Can you trick the PS3 into thinking you don't have to install everything you download, demos, qore episode and such. Now that would be nice.

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Common Sense - 484 days ago

1.3 - Mikeslemonade

I bet it can beat every one at Chess combined.

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Time Lord - 484 days ago

1.4 - using 2 PS3s

aint rocket science.

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shazam - 483 days 23 hours ago

1.5 - its fake

you can see that the video jumped to a different position right after it was done loading and said press start. he started the demo in the first part of the video then stopped it and put the disk in and then started recording again without moving the camera much. but it did move a little wich is why it jumped.

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FantasyStar - 483 days 21 hours ago

1.6 - @Utalkin2me

I actually laughed pretty good at that one. Bubbles for you sir, we all would like that wouldn't we?

Instead of waiting 3 min to install a demo, I can spend 3 minutes scratching my ass.

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Yipee Bog - 483 days 21 hours ago

1.7 - lol

nice jump at 1:41. lmao

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Evocation - 484 days ago

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Just me or just the PS3 seem to just be turned off, no blue light? no green ether? >.>

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Expy - 484 days ago

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Green was on, blue wasn't (no disc in slot).

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Sarick - 483 days 18 hours ago

2.2 - Seemed like that to me to.

This isn't rocket science here you don't even need to edit the video if you have two PS3's

The first PS3 has the disk preloaded. The second is there for the camera and it's turned on.

There is no evidence that the PS3 being shown is the PS3 running the game. >.<

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Expy - 484 days ago

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Even if this is real, it's been thought of before. The reason nobody goes for this method is because it is EASILY defeated. All you have to do is perform a CRC/MD5 check on the file to check integrity and the exploit is voided.

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Fishy Fingers - 484 days ago

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True. Good point.

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Elimin8 - 483 days 22 hours ago

3.2 - Interesting

It'd be interesting if he could trick it into thinking the demo is a full game... I would go for that......save me some money...

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RememberThe357 - 483 days 22 hours ago

3.3 - How would that save money?

You still wouldn't have the full game, right?

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Dark_Overlord - 484 days ago

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How can they run a full ISO when the PS3 only works with the FAT32 file system? i.e 4GB limit, unless they've also found a way to split the iso into smaller files and the PS3 still recognise them.

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mithril - 484 days ago

4.1 - Not Fat32

PS3 use fat32 only for external drive.
for internal drive PS3 have is own partition type and can have files more than 4Gb. If you find a method to write on PS3 partition from Linux example, you can write file more than 4Gb.

But i think this video is a fake.

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Dark_Overlord - 483 days 23 hours ago

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Ok fair enough, after looking around a bit it seems their using some kind of proprietary file system

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vdesai - 483 days 20 hours ago

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Not proprietary its CFS. CFS is Cell File system.

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mithril - 483 days 19 hours ago

4.4 - CFS is not Cell File System

CFS = Cryptographic Filesystem
it's a encrypted version of NFS.

but it's possible PS3 use CFS, i don't checked that.

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vdesai - 483 days 19 hours ago

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AH my reply was rushed (good way of saying I was wrong :P). Apparently its a modified version of ext2 or 3, but we may never know what the original system is because of hypervisor.

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Steven Colbert - 484 days ago

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I'm skeptical of this

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Fishy Fingers - 484 days ago

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I'd like some technical information on how he's achieved this, until then I find the video rather hard to believe.

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Expy - 484 days ago

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Possibilities:
- Hacked the OS through Linux
- Able to install the game through a proxy server while tricking the PS3 in thinking it's downloading the demo. (This has already been defeated but there MAY be work-arounds.)
- As for the FAT32 4GB(minus 2 bytes) file size limit, there may be ways to package many smaller file in a way that they act as a compressor.

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Fishy Fingers - 484 days ago

6.2 - ^

Yep, all good ideas and possible methods (sure your not a secret haxor?) but I just would like to hear it coming from him, to see if he has the knowledge to back-up the what the video claims.

That to me, would make it far more believable than the video on it's own.

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St0 - 484 days ago

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During the load screen there's a video jump edit bit, you can notice the video jumps and the screen gets a bit brighter(@ 1.41min), so what he did was play the demo till the load screen then cut the cam, switched to the full game, and start the cam again when the load screen shows

Just a guess but that's what it looks like he did.

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spandexxking - 484 days ago

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so there is! didnt see that. bubbles for you!

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solidsnakus - 484 days ago

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awesome.

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shadowghost752 - 484 days ago

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I call BS and will continue to do so until they prove it to be true, okay they prove there is no disk in the machine but they could have another PS3 hooked up off screen.

If that is not the case then why don't they press triangle on the madden icon in the xmb go to the information and bring up the file size?

One more thing piracy sucks!

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FreedomReign - 484 days ago

9.1 - Maybe but...

Personally I'd rather pirate than feed the Gamespot monster my used game dollars.

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Cajun Chicken - 484 days ago

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Put off when I saw the Windows Movie Maker blue screen white text intro screen.
Nope. If this group are such 'h@korz geniuses' then why can't they edit a simple Movie Maker file to make it seem more legit and be taken seriously?

Anyway, piracy sucks and one of the reasons developers moved away from the PSP recently, so we don't need this junk.

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mjones1994 - 483 days 23 hours ago

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The ps3 is hard to hack, the PSP is really easy tho.

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Common Sense - 483 days 22 hours ago

11.1 - Hack the PS3?

Psssh... the PS3 will hack you.

It will display some hypnotic sh!t on your screen before you know it, you've maxed out your credit card buying all the PS3 games.

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Alvadr - 483 days 22 hours ago

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even if it was true, all it would take from sony is a quick firmware update and the freedom is gone!!!

By the game loosers! Devs have worked very hard on their games (well most of them) they deserve credit

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kevnb - 483 days 22 hours ago

12.1 - just like they did witht he psp...

right?

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TheWickedOne - 483 days 22 hours ago

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"fanatasy"???

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vhero - 483 days 22 hours ago

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LOOK AT 34 SECONDS INTO THE MOVIE! ALL THE PROOF YOU NEED! A complete and utter fake another zoom into the screen then quickly switch to another video thread always near christmas we see these people will do anything to get people to visit their sites fookin low lifes and just b4 they release they claim Sony has patched it or some other BS.

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Iceberg032 - 483 days 22 hours ago

15 - If this is real!!

You could rent games and download them, that would be the only use why would you put games that you already own on your hardrive that would take up alot of your memory.

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xg-ei8ht - 483 days 22 hours ago

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I tricked a ps3 to think it was a 360, dam thing caught on fire.

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killcycle - 483 days 20 hours ago

16.1 - @16

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

no..

Why did it flare out out though?

See i struggle to see which console your dissing but wither way your a fan boy.

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jerethdagryphon - 483 days 20 hours ago

17 - damn pirates

leave the ps3 alone... if your hacking it to see if you can fine

if you plan to run copied isos and copied games lay off and dont pay your 40£ and own a legit game for once

all my games are legit never copy anything for my gaming

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Rageanitus - 483 days 17 hours ago

18 - like any console

It's a computer... their is no doubt in my mind that it can be cracked..... having said that I doubt its cracked now

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LOU13 - 483 days 16 hours ago

19 - LOL.

2 PS3's.

End of story.

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equax - 483 days 16 hours ago

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Did anybody notice the pirate smiling on the PS3? I bet somebody is wondering if running full ISO really work. There is something behind all of this.

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hay - 483 days 10 hours ago

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Let's castrate'em! I don't get the point of such bs all the time.
"We tricked PS3z! Not."

I tricked PS3 to be washing machine. Wich Cell processor washing is lightning fast.

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jerethdagryphon - 483 days 6 hours ago

23 - sonys arare

im fairly sure that sony keeps abrteast of any of these hacking attempts andattempts to duplivate them so they can be patched even if it worked firmware updates would likely catch it hopefully so its like the i phone you can unlock it but you cant go online with it or it checks

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KrimsonKody - 483 days 3 hours ago

24 - You would think that

Square/Enix has taught gamers, and hax alike, how to spell the word "fanatasy" by now (SIGHS, then ignores link to video )

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Silogon - 484 days 2 hours ago

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Could have another ps3 we don't see off screen running the game. In any event, I'd like to know how he did it; if he did do it. This would be a pretty slick trick on "some" games. Games you don't feel are worthy enough to get up and put a disc in and such. sports games, puzzle games, racing games are a few genre's I can think of that would be great to use this feature for. Games that you want to play but know you probably never will if you have to get up and get them from a line up of other games you want to play more.

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princejb134 - 484 days ago

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if this is possible than the ps3 will sell greatness, just how when the psp was pirated

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MAiKU - 483 days 16 hours ago

3.1 - hahaha

oh that's right, 360 owners don't have enough money to buy mass storage hard-drives.

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