Progressive Scan codes

[pedrocabritasilva]

Hello, I've noticed some cheats like RE4 also have force 480p options albeit not enabled:

I'd like to see these 480p cheats on more widescreen games and some way to tell that it can be enabled without opening the cheat and seeing it "there"

EDIT: I'd like to tag this as a improvement/suggestion and not a bug per see.

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[israpps]

Hi there.

The codes are disabled by default bc not everyone will be running compatible cables

[pedrocabritasilva]

hello, thank you for your reply Matías.

That's understandable, that said, this could be a script to run on the downloaded cheat directory that enabled the progressive scan/480p option for all games that support it; sidestepping triangle+X and hidden methods this way. This would also solve what bothers me the most, games that never remember that you set them to progressive in the first place.

For this I think they should be normalized (my suggestion: //Forces progressive scan/480p). This could enable a game loader software to have a toggle that applied either automatically a game by game basis, or in accordance to it's own internal definitions (for instance, OPL if it's being displayed at 480p, 720p or 1080i, as that would mean the better cables you mentioned are in)

To make this request less of a waste of time for you and others, I made a list of the .cht files with such strings:

29 results if searching for "progressive"
53 results if searching for "480p"
Total: 79 results (3 results have both nomenclatures)

(game name - ID - (what appears on the cheat description that triggers "progressive" and/or "480p")

Bully (🇺🇸) - SLUS_212.69 - (//480p)
Cold Winter (🇪🇺) - SLES_529.63 - (// 480p)
Cold Winter (🇺🇸) - SLUS_208.45 - (//480p)
Crash - Mind Over Mutant (🇪🇺) - SLES_552.04 - (//Run the game with Progressive Scan enabled from the start.)
Crash of the Titans (🇪🇺) - SLES_548.41 - (//Forces progressive scan mode 480p at startup)
Crash of the Titans (🇪🇺) - SLES_548.42 - (//Forces progressive scan mode 480p at startup)
Crash of the Titans (🇪🇺) - SLES_548.41 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
Crash of the Titans (🇪🇺) - SLES_548.42 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
Dark Angel (🇪🇺) - SLES_513.33 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
Darkwatch (🇪🇺) - SLES_535.64 - (//480p)
Darkwatch (🇺🇸) - SLUS_210.42 - (//480p)
Dead to Rights (🇯🇵) - SLPS_252.68 - (//480p)
Disney/Pixar Ratatouille (🇪🇺) - SLES_547.47 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
Dreamworks Madagascar (🇪🇺) - SLES_532.25 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
Fate/Unlimited Codes (🇯🇵) - SLPM_551.08 - (//480p (progressive scan))
Final Fantasy X (🇪🇺) SCES_504.91.cht - (//Progressive scan)
Final Fantasy X (🇪🇺) SCES_504.92.cht - (//Progressive scan)
Freedom Fighters (🇪🇺) - SLES_514.67 - (//Forces progressive scan and run at 60 fps)
Freedom Fighters (🇪🇺) - SLES_514.69 - (//Forces progressive scan and run at 60 fps)
Freedom Fighters (🇪🇺) - SLES_514.71 - (//Forces progressive scan and run at 60 fps)
Gauntlet - Seven Sorrows (🇺🇸) - SLUS_210.77 - (//480p)
Ghostbusters (🇪🇺) SCES_555.71.cht - (//Forces progressive scan mode 480p at startup)
Half-Life (🇪🇺) SLES_505.09 - (//Forces progressive scan and run at 60 fps)
Hitman - Blood Money (🇺🇸) - SLUS_211.08 - ⚠️ (//Enabling either one of the following options seem to cause the random crashes reported on issue #14//force progressive) doesn't seem like it should be on the list.
Jak and Daxter - The Lost Frontier (🇪🇺) - SCES_555.10 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
King of Fighters 2006 (🇺🇸) - SLUS_213.65 - (//480p)
Lemony Snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events (🇪🇺) - SLES_528.25 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
Looney Tunes - Acme Arsenal (🇪🇺) - SLES_549.31 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
Madagascar (🇪🇺) - SLES_532.46 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
Max Payne 2 - The Fall of Max Payne (🇪🇺) - SLES_519.54 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
Max Payne 2 - The Fall of Max Payne (🇪🇺) - SLES_522.56 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
NBA Live 06 (🇪🇺) - SLES_535.81 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
NBA Live 07 (🇪🇺) - SLES_542.51 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
NBA Live 08 (🇪🇺) SLES_549.33 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
NBA Live 09 (🇪🇺) SLES_553.37 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
NBA Live 2005 (🇪🇺) - SLES_527.27 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
Need for Speed - Carbon (🇪🇺) - SLES_543.23 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
Need for Speed - Most Wanted (🇪🇺) - SLES_535.59 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
Need for Speed - ProStreet (🇪🇺) - SLES_550.04 - (//Forces progressive scan and run at 60 fps)
Need for Speed - Underground 2 (🇪🇺) - SLES_527.25 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
ObsCure - The Aftermath (🇺🇸) - SLUS_217.09 - (//480p)
Persona 3 - Fes [Independent Starting Version] (🇰🇷) - SCKA_201.09 - (//480p by asmodean)
Persona 4 [Konami-style Special Edition] (🇯🇵) - SLPM_669.78 - (//Progressive Scan & 60fps)
Pilot Down - Behind Enemy Lines (🇪🇺) - SLES_530.99 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
Ratchet & Clank - Size Matters (🇪🇺) - SCES_550.19 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
Reservoir Dogs (🇪🇺) - SLES_537.75 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
Resident Evil 4 (🇺🇸) - SLUS_211.34 - (//Hold X and triangle at start for progressive scan or use this code to force it:)
Resident Evil (🇪🇺) - SLES_537.02 - ⚠️ (//Hold X and triangle at start for progressive scan//Use if doing Leon's campaign (disable if not doing Leon's campaign) - this one doesn't seem like it should be enabled automatically.
Shin Megami Tensei - Devil Summoner Kuzunoha Raidou (🇯🇵) - SLPM_662.46 - ⚠️ (//[No-Interlacing]//gsinterlacemode=1//progressive scan by Red_Tv) - weirdly different description to the other games
Shin Megami Tensei - Persona 3 FES (🇪🇺) - SLES_553.54 - ⚠️ (//16:9 Widescreen, 60fps, & Progressive Scan) not sure this one is working because beneath this category there is no code annotated for this end
Shin Megami Tensei - Persona 4 (🇰🇷) SCKA_201.32 - (//Progressive Scan & 60fps)
Shin Megami Tensei - Persona 4 (🇪🇺) - SLES_554.74 - ⚠️ (//16:9 Widescreen, 60fps, & Progressive Scan) not sure this one is working because beneath this category there is no code annotated for this end
Shin Megami Tensei - Persona 4 (🇺🇸) - SLUS_217.82 - (//Progressive Scan & 60fps)
Shrek 2 (🇪🇺) - SLES_523.79 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
Silent Hill 4 - The Room (🇺🇸) - SLUS_208.73 - (//Progressive mode + sharp framebuffer + video nopi (felixthecat1970))
Sonic Heroes (🇯🇵) - SLPM_654.31 (//480p (progressive scan))
SONIC HEROES (🇰🇷) - SLKA_251.22 - (//480p (progressive scan))
Sonic Unleashed (🇪🇺) - SLES_553.80 - (//[480p])
Space Chimps (🇪🇺) - SLES_553.40 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
Spongebob Schwammkopf - Schlacht um Bikini Bottom (🇪🇺) - SLES_519.70 - (// 480p)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom (🇺🇸) - SLUS_206.80 - (//480p)
Star Wars - The Force Unleashed (🇪🇺) - SLES_546.59 (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
Syphon Filter - Dark Mirror (🇪🇺) - SCES_547.94 - (//[480p Mode])
Syphon Filter - Dark Mirror (🇺🇸) - SCUS_973.62 - (//480p+widescreen) - ⚠️ every code is turned on beneath this so I suspect 480p was taken out.
Syphon Filter - Logan's Shadow (🇺🇸) - SCUS_975.84 - (//480p+widescreen) - ⚠️ every code is turned on beneath this so I suspect 480p was taken out.
Tales of the Abyss (🇯🇵) -SLPS_255.86 - ⚠️ (//16:9 Widescreen Hack & Progressive Scan) - doesn't seem like there's a progressive scan code here because it doesn't seem like it's turned off?
Tekken 5 (🇺🇸) - SLUS_210.59 - (//optional: Force in-game progressive scan)
The Punisher (🇪🇺) - SLES_530.47 - (// force progressive scan)
The Punisher (🇪🇺) - SLES_532.03 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
The Punisher [Uncensored] (🇺🇸) - SLUS_208.64 - (// force progressive scan)
Torrente 3 - El Protector (🇪🇺) - SLES_539.79 -(//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
Virtua Fighter 4 - Evolution (🇰🇷) - SLKA_250.43- (//progressive Common Code(27 line)//progressive 480P)
X-Men - The Official Game (🇪🇺) - SLES_540.66 - (//480p Mode//SDTV 480p mode at start.)
Xenosaga Episode III - Also sprach Zarathustra (Disc 1) (🇺🇸) - SLUS_213.89 (//480p)
Xenosaga Episode III - Also sprach Zarathustra (Disc 1) (🇺🇸) - SLUS_214.17 (//480p)
Xenosaga Episode III - Also Sprach Zarathustra [Disc 1] (🇯🇵) - SLPS_256.40 - (//480p)
Xenosaga Episode III - Also Sprach Zarathustra [Disc 2] (🇯🇵) - SLPS_256.41 - (//480p)

⚠️ progressive codes that are potentially unstable, enabled by default or just not there.

I was expecting more ProgressiveScan/480p cheat codes for NTSC-US than for PAL and Japanese, but that doesn't seem to be the case. I was also expecting multi-region games with these codes being common, but that's also not the case.

Also, I found this for God of War II:

Progressive Scan Mode Always On (Don't Use Unless Your TV Supports Progressive Scan)
2029CC94 00000001

Source: https://forum.gamehacking.org/forum/video-game-hacking-and-development/retro-hacking/14624-god-of-war-two-codes-ps2

Found this for other 480p modes:

MotoGP2 JP SLPS_201.55
Enthusia JP SLPM_659.48
GT3 JP
GT3 Concept Tokyo JP
GT4 Prologue JP
Enthusia US
Alpine Racer 3 JP
Resident Evil: Dead Aim US
Ace Combat 4 US
Ace Combat 5 US
Ace Combat 0 US

Source: https://pastebin.com/8Ub3kxe9

And this:

PlayStation2 Progressive(480P/VGA) Action Replay Code Page

Xenosaga Episode III Also sprach Zarathustra JP
Xenosaga EPISODE II Jenseits von Gut und Bose JP
Xenosaga EPISODE I Der Wille zur Macht JP
Dragon Quest V JP
THE LORD OF THE RINGS - THE TWO TOWERS Korea
Castlevania Lament of Innocence JP
SSX Tricky Korea
ZERO - AKAI CHOU (Fatal Frame 2) JP
METAL GEAR SOLID 2 SONS OF LIBERTY Korea
METAL GEAR SOLID 2 SONS OF LIBERTY JP
R・TYPE FINAL Korea
Culdcept II EXPANSION Korea
Tengai Makyou II: Manji Maru JP
ZONE OF THE ENDERS THE 2nd RUNNER SPECIAL EDITION Korea
Devil May Cry 2 Korea
The Document of Metal Gear Solid 2 JP
Final Fantasy X-2 JP
Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution JP
Anubis: Zone of the Enders JP
Dark Chronicle JP
Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance JP
Final Fantasy X International Korea
Ico Korea
Final Fantasy X International JP
Ico JP
Kuon no Kizuna: Sairinsho JP

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20190320104047/http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown-Denei/7672/

This list also seems relevant although these would have to be converted from pcsx2:

at least 89 games, first post stopped being edited in 2020, but there's activity in 2025 with people still generating codes

Source: https://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-No-interlacing-codes

(I haven't tested any of these codes)

Sidenote: If "Progressive Scan/480p" is normalized I think "Widescreen/16:9" should be too also so software loading games (or a script after downloading all these files) can someday distinguish what to turn off or not according to it's own settings.

I'm willing to help if there's something I can do to expedite this. Willing to edit all the files according to a moniker agreed upon, also willing to test games.