research/MISSING.md

Missing and Unrecovered Items#

Generated: 2026-06-21

Highest Priority#

1. Extract Archive.org backup backup-popstarter-documentation-stuff-wiki-from-2017-and-2020. 2. Inspect legal POPStarter-side package file trees:

3. Recover the full PATCH_X.BIN map and resolve the PATCH_9.BIN conflict. 4. Recover the full TROJAN_X.BIN map. 5. Recover compatibility mode meanings for $COMPATIBILITY_0x##.

• POPSTARTER_MC-Network.zip
• POPStarter_20190605.7z
• POPSTARTER_MC-Network_BDM.7z

Still Needed#

• Full hotkey list from the archived hotkeys page.
• debug-mode page and reproducible support-report template.
• irx-loader and bios-osd-handlers pages.
• advanced-settings, apps-last-version, and changelog pages.
• Full PSX-Place thread scrape across pages 1-19.
• Regional mirrors/threads:
• MetaGames French thread.
• CDRInfo Polish thread.
• PS2Home Portuguese thread.
• A9VG Chinese archive.
• ASSEMblergames archive.
• Package-level confirmation of:
• case sensitivity by backend.
• exact BDM network package filenames.
• all included readmes/changelogs.

Hardware Verification Needed#

• POPSLoader fork paths across USB, MX4SIO, MMCE, and APAHDD.
• OPL Apps launch behavior across official 1.1.0, 1.2.0 betas, Grimdoomer, and Daily/Tenth forks.
• $HDTVFIX, $480p, geometry commands, and scanlines across CRT/component/HDTV displays.
• Loader-disable PATCH_9.BIN behavior across USB, HDD, SMB, wLE_kHn, OPL Apps, and POPSLoader.