PSBBN Update: Name Change, Multilingual Support & How You Can Help

This is the PSBBN Definitive Project for Sony's "PlayStation Broadband Navigator" software (also known as BB Navigator or PSBBN) for the "PlayStation 2" (PS2) video game console.

PSBBN is official Sony software for the PlayStation 2, released exclusively in Japan. Introduced in 2002 as a replacement for the PS2’s OSD, it required both a hard drive and a network adapter to function. It added many new features:
Launching games from the hard drive
Accessing online channels
Downloading full games, demos, videos, and pictures
Ripping audio CDs and transferring music to MiniDisc recorders in the Music Channel
Watching videos in the Movie Channel
Transferring photos from a digital camera and viewing them in the Photo Channel

This project aims to introduce modern features, and make it a viable daily driver in 2025 and beyond.

The PSBBN Definitive Project is available on GitHub: https://github.com/CosmicScale/PSBBN-...

PSBBN is now available in English, German and the original Japanese, with French and Italian translations coming soon.

FAT32 Related Bug: https://github.com/CosmicScale/PSBBN-...
PSBBN Translation Guide: https://github.com/CosmicScale/PSBBN-...
PSBBN Art Database: https://github.com/CosmicScale/psbbn-...
HDD-OSD Icon Database: https://github.com/CosmicScale/HDD-OS...
HDD-OSD Icon Generator: https://github.com/CosmicScale/HDD-OS...

Full Release Notes: https://github.com/CosmicScale/PSBBN-...

If you appreciate my work and want to support the continued development of the "PSBBN Definitive Project" and other PS2-related projects, you can now do so via Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cosmicscale

You can also find me on:
BlueSky https://cosmicscale.bsky.social
Twitter https://x.com/cosmicscale

00:00 Intro
00:16 Name Change
00:52 Multilingual Support
02:57 Online Channels
04:50 How You Can Help
05:44 HDD-OSD Icon Generator
07:27 Outro

Music: "Arms Depot" from Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
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