If the code is valid, the PSP’s famous "waves" boot animation will play, and your homebrew or demo will launch immediately.

Navigate to your BOOT.BIN and select it.

Downloading and booting a raw BOOT.BIN in PPSSPP for Windows is the emulation equivalent of building a PC from spare parts. It’s not as easy as double-clicking an ISO, but it connects you to a lost era of PSP homebrew—a time when solo coders made magic happen in 2MB of memory.

Open PPSSPP. Do not click "Load...".