PSBBN Update: Definitive Patch v4.0 - OSDMenu, 3rd Party HDD adapters and more!

This is the Definitive Patch 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 translate PSBBN from Japanese to English, introduce modern features, and make it a viable daily driver in 2025 and beyond.

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

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

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BlueSky https://cosmicscale.bsky.social
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00:00 Intro
00:36 OSDMenu MBR
02:21 HOSDMenu
03:18 Improved partitioning
04:10 ARM64 support
04:30 Installing PSBBN and HOSDMenu
05:35 Updating PSBBN
06:04 Installing HOSDMenu only
06:47 Game Installer improvemets
07:34 Demo
08:27 New PS2 Homebrew Store
08:56 Music Installer improvments
09:25 Help!
09:41 Relese notes
09:54 Thanks!
10:17 Outro

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

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