How To Dump Your PS3 Game Discs to play on Emulator

Introduction

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This article is a tutorial on how to rip your PlayStation 3 game discs using the PS3 Disk Dumper program created by 13x Forever. This method will dump your games into a format that can be used with the PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 as well as modded consoles.

We already know that Sony has stopped manufacturing and supporting the PS3. Therefore, it is quite difficult to buy an original device to enjoy your favorite games on this system. Don’t worry, the advent of PS3 emulators has opened a new chapter for those who love this system. We are talking about RPCS3– the best and only PS3 emulator you should use. It is available for Windows and macOS. PS3 Emulator allows you to play PS3 Games on a PC using ROM files. The question here is how to get a PS3 game ROM. It’s simple, if you want to get any PS3 ROM quickly, visit the collection we provide HERE.

However, if you want to create your own legal ROM to play it on RPCS3, this article will guide you. Simply put, we will show you how to Dump PS3 game discs to create an ISO file that can be run on the Emulator.

Ripping your games is a one-click process once the Disc Dumper is set up, so there really isn’t a whole lot for me to cover here, but there are a couple of things that I want to note before jumping in.

Requirements

First of all, this method will require a compatible Blu-ray drive, so it’s a good idea to double-check the list of compatible drives on the RPCS3 QuickStart page. This isn’t a comprehensive list, so there’s a chance that your drive will still work even if you don’t see it on there.

Aside from your drive and disk, the only other things you’ll need for this method are the PS3 Disk Dumper program and the IRD file that matches your game. The Disc Dumper will automatically download the correct IRD if it’s available, but you can also find them manually on the IRD library website, or you can use a custom IRD if you have one. I’ll come back to this in a bit, but if you can’t find an IRD for your game, this method will not work, and you’ll need to use a PlayStation 3 with custom firmware to do the job.

Setting Up PS3 Disk Dumper

The output folder is where your game files will end up, and by default they’ll get copied to the Disk Dumper directory. You may want to change this to keep things more organized, but I’m just going to keep this set to the default location.

Next, you can change the location where the program will download IRD files and look for them when it comes time to validate your rip.

By default, the program will make a folder for IRDs in the Disk Dumper directory, but I’ve already got a folder full of IRDs on my desktop, so I’m just gonna point it there.

Using Custom IRDs

The Disk Dumper will automatically download the IRD file for your game if it’s available, but you can also use a custom IRD or one that you found manually. All you need to do is stick it in the directory you specified here, and you’re good to go. Just be sure you’re using an IRD that matches your game’s ID. You can find this on the spine of your game case or in tiny print on the edge of your disc’s label.

Last of all, if you want to change how your game folders get named by this program, you can do so here.

Below this field, you can see a list of variables that you can use to construct your own naming convention, although I’m just going to stick to the default pattern.

Ripping Your Games

Once everything is set, go ahead and hit OK. Now that you’ve got the program configured, make sure your disk is detected and a key has been found, then just click the start button to begin ripping and decrypting the game.

Once the process is complete, you should see confirmation that the files were decrypted properly and that the dump was validated with the IRD.

From here, you can go ahead and pop in your next game and keep ripping, or close on out of the program. Add to the output directory you specified earlier and you’ll find your game files inside.

You can run these games in RPCS3 by dragging and dropping them into the emulator or by opening one from within the emulator itself.

Conclusion

So that’s how you rip your PlayStation 3 games using the Disk Dumper. If you had any issues with this method, I’ve got another video linked below that we’ll cover another method, but it’s a bit more involved and shouldn’t provide any different results in most cases.

Dumping games with an actual PlayStation 3 is the only method that I know of that will work with every game.