FunTuna, Fortuna, and OpenTuna Versions for Late PS2 Slims If your PlayStation 2 is a late Slim, standard FreeMCBoot will not boot automatically at power-on, and no FMCB version number fixes that. Late SCPH-90000 consoles from the third quarter of 2008 onward, with datecode 8C and later and boot ROM 2.30 and newer, plus the…
Open PS2 Loader Versions and exFAT Support Explained Open PS2 Loader (OPL) is the application most FreeMCBoot users actually spend their time in, and it is also the application most often confused with FreeMCBoot itself. The key point up front: exFAT support is a feature of modern OPL builds, not a feature of the FreeMCBoot…
FreeMCBoot Installer Versions and the Noobie Package Explained The most common confusion in FreeMCBoot guides is not about consoles. It is about packages. People download one thing, follow a guide written for another, and then wonder why files are missing or extra. The short version: the author’s release package contains only what FreeMCBoot itself needs,…
FreeMCBoot Version History: From 1.8 to 1.966 FreeMCBoot (FMCB) began in 2008 and reached its latest stable release, version 1.966, on 13 April 2019. If you are installing FMCB today, use 1.966. The earlier versions in this guide matter mainly because old tutorials, old cards, and old forum posts still mention them, and it helps…
FreeMCBoot 1.966: What’s New vs 1.965 and 1.953 FreeMCBoot 1.966, released on 13 April 2019, is the latest stable version of FreeMCBoot (FMCB). If you are installing FMCB for the first time, 1.966 is the version to use. If you already have an older version running well, 1.966 is a small maintenance update rather than…