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For more information, look at [its section at orca.pet](https://orca.pet/tonyhax/).

For using tonyhax you have two options:
For using tonyhax you have three options:

| Method | Game exploit | FreePSXBoot |
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| Needs an original game? | Yes | No |
| Needs a memory card? | Yes | Yes |
| Can the memory card store other saves? | Yes | No |
| Time from off to playing a backup | ~1m30s | ~1m |
| Method | Game exploit | FreePSXBoot | Boot CD |
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| Needs an original game? | Yes | No | No |
| Needs an chipped console? | No | No | Yes |
| Needs a memory card? | Yes | Yes | No |
| Can the memory card store other saves? | Yes | No | N/A |
| Time from off to playing a backup | ~1m30s | ~1m | ~1m |

Regarding compatibility:

| Method | Game exploit | FreePSXBoot |
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| Compatible with European PS1? | Yes | Yes |
| Compatible with American PS1? | Yes | Yes |
| Compatible with Japanese PS1? | No | No |
| Compatible with European PS2? | ≤ SCPH-39000 only | No |
| Compatible with American PS2? | ≤ SCPH-39000 only | No |
| Compatible with Japanese PS2? | No | No |
| Method | Game exploit | FreePSXBoot | Boot CD |
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| Compatible with European PS1? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Compatible with American PS1? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Compatible with Japanese PS1? | No | No | No |
| Compatible with European PS2? | ≤ SCPH-39000 only | No | ≤ SCPH-39000 only |
| Compatible with American PS2? | ≤ SCPH-39000 only | No | ≤ SCPH-39000 only |
| Compatible with Japanese PS2? | No | No | No |

Both behave identically the same feature-wise, so use whichever suits you more.

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If you want to go this route, you'll need to flash the memory card using one of the images available at `freepsxboot/`, depending on your console's model and BIOS version.

Launch using the boot CD
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Just burn the BIN/CUE inside the `boot-cd/` folder on a CD-R, insert it on your modded console, and turn it on. Easy peasy!

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