PS1 Widescreen Codes

📎 Recovered from the ShaolinAssassin wiki · snapshot 20240310055428

[CHEATS] PlayStation 1 – Widescreen Codes Archive

Though this is not a part of the POPStarter project, it worthes to be mentionned. Guys from PCSX2 forum found how to create widescreen codes/patches for PlayStation 1 games. You can download these patches here. Thanks to El_Patas for keeping the archive updated ; credits for these codes go to their authors.

How to use them :

1. Find the patch for your game in the archive ;

2. Copy/paste the CHEATS.TXT file into your VMC game folder ;

3. With uLE TextEditor, open the CHEATS.TXT file and add the “$” symbol to enable the code.

Example :

Colin McRae Rally 2.0 (SLUS-01222)

CHEATS.TXT content :

Widescreen hack by VIRGIN KLM (Gameshark/Action Replay codes) and Paul_met (Hexadecimal codes)
$SAFEMODE
#Colin McRae Rally 2.0 [NTSC-U] (SLUS-01222)
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GAMESHARK/ACTION REPLAY CODES
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//Widescreen 16:9
$80056BB0 2EEE
$80056BB2 0001

Screenshots :

4:3

16:9

For some games, Eyefinity (3×16:9) codes were also created :

Eyefinity

Note : these codes can be used on a PlayStation 1 retail console with no problem (either as GS codes with a PS1 cheat device, either as HEX codes and applied to game images.

Related curated section → Troubleshooting