PS2 Dictionary? UMCS/SAS/PS2BBL/Neutrino/OSDM/ETC

[rashan]

First, is there an up to date dictionary that explains all of these new abbreviations, like the ones in the topic (and there are more, I'm sure)?

Second, is there a categorised list of dashboards/backup managers/other apps. Ideally it would have comparisons between similar apps.


A lot of the posts and articles assume you already know what all of these things mean.

It seems there are several alternatives to OPL now, as well as alternatives to FMCB.
As good and interesting as some of these new apps seem, the explanations could certainly be more accessible to the average user.

 

[1052]

Second, is there a categorised list of dashboards/backup managers/other apps

Almost everything you need is here.

Ideally it would have comparisons between similar apps

I found only this.

 

[R3Z3N]

*[PBAT]: Crystal Chip Batch Scripting Language
*[SAS]: Save Application System
*[UMCS]: Universal Memory Card Structure
*[BM]: BootManager
*[CC]: Crystal Chip
*[DMS]: Dev.olution Memory System: Started by the DMS3 team and inherted by many others.
*[FMCB]: Free Memory Card Boot
*[FHDB]: Free Hard Drive Boot
*[FDVDB]: Free DVD Boot
*[PS2BBL]: PlayStation 2 Basic Boot Loader
*[ELF]: Executable and Linkable Format. Executables/Applications for PS2
*[MMCE]: Multipurpose Memory Card Emulator: SD2PSX, PSxMemCard Gen2, MemCardPro 2
*[VMC]: Virtual Memory Card used by MMCE Device or OPL
*[VMCs]: Virtual Memory Card(s) used by MMCE Device or OPL
*[OPL]: Open PS2 Loader
*[OEM]: Original Equipment Manufacturer
*[Loader]: ISO loader such as OPL or Neutrino
*[PS2BBL]: Playstation 2 Basic Bootloader
*[PSBBN]: Playstation Broadband Network
*[DEP]: Definitive English Patch
*[XEB+]: Xtreme Elite Boot Plus
*[NHDDL]: Neutrino HDD Launcher (Fat32 USB, Exfat USB/HDD, APA, MMCE, iLINK, UDPBD)
*[GUI]: Graphical User Interface
*[UI]: User Interface
*[AIO]: All-In-One
*[MCP2]: MemCard PRO2
*[wLE]: double unofficial LaunchELF (after 4.42d uLE)
*[uLE]: uLaunchELF (up to and including 4.42d)

 

[R3Z3N]

Second, is there a categorised list of dashboards/backup managers/other apps. Ideally it would have comparisons between similar apps.

Yes...at least the PS2 side apps here:

PS2 Homebrew Store

 

[jolek]

PS2 Homebrew Store

You forgot to add .com
Does not work: https://ps2homebrewstore.
Works as it should: https://ps2homebrewstore.com.

BTW I noticed that when I click on one of these emulators on PS2 Homebrew Store:



I am getting:

 

[R3Z3N]

Fixed. Thanks! I moved binary blobs/downloads to cloudflare R2....so path does not autofill as I type and all links changed of course once I moved assets to R2