Sony PlayStation 1: LibCrypt Protection Dumping Guide (Old)

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This is an OLD deprecated guide for reference only.
Please see Dumping Guides for the current best practices.

The PlayStation 1: LibCrypt Protection Dumping Guide was a deprecated guide intended to identify if a game has LibCrypt and how to dump it.

For general information, see here: LibCrypt

Detecting and dumping LibCrypted data

Method one: psxt001z

For this you need psxt001z 0.21 beta 1. Insert your PlayStation CD in drive and type in command line:

psxt001z --libcryptdrvfast [drive_letter]

for example,

psxt001z --libcryptdrvfast D:

In case tool reports error, try method two. If eveything is OK, it will start scanning disc for modified sectors. Please note that "modified" doesn't mean LibCrypted, because sectors contents also depends on disc quality and drive. When scanning finished, the number of modified sectors will be printed. Please include "sectors.log" file (which contains list of modified sectors along with their contents) when posting disc info to the forum or using internal site function. If error occured during the scanning process, try running the tool again or method two.

Method two: CloneCD + psxt001z

For this you need CloneCD and psxt001z 0.21 beta 1. Install CloneCD, insert your PlayStation CD in drive, run CloneCD, press first button, select drive from the list, then select "Game CD" profile (not "Protected PC Game"), and start dumping. When image is created, delete all files but "IMAGE.SUB". Then type in command line:

psxt001z --libcrypt [path_to_sub]>sectors.log

for example,

psxt001z --libcrypt "C:\IMAGE.SUB">sectors.log

Please include generated "sectors.log" file (which contains list of modified sectors along with their contents) when posting disc info to the forum or using internal site function.

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