dogbert Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 NOTE - LCVG does not allow or tolerate discussions on how or where to get ROM files for emulators. Some enterprising people have found a way of running unsigned executables on a PSP that doesn't require any nasty hardware mods, 'hot swapping' of memory cards or the like. The only requirement is that your PSP must be v1.50 (the base firmware for the US PSPs). The hack relies on two things - the PSP is capable of running exes from the memory cards and the PSP can't handle a exe file with a bad filename. When it sees the bad filename, it breaks the security. Doh! So, this hack allows you to run homebrew games, applications & most cool of all, emulators. So far, people have released emulators for the NES, SNES, Genesis, PC Engine, SMS, Gameboy Colour, GameBoy Advance and MAME. The older machines run very well, the newer machines (like the SNES, Genesis & GBA) are /much/ slower. Some of the emulators are fairly primitive option wise, some aren't. A lot of emulators allow switching of the PSP's clockspeed upto the full 333MHz, which is nice. MAME is very slow at this point & hasn't been tweaked for the PSP at all. Someone's ported Doom over already. Someone's got a fun Bejewelled clone up & running. To install these, it's as simple as hooking up your PSP to your PC via the USB cable & dragging the emulators over to the GAME folder on the PSP. No hacks, no mods, no nothing. The emulators are fairly small - I've got all of them plus a couple of roms for each on my 32MB card. I wonder when we'll get the first networked game/utility. XBMC for the PSP? Link to PSPHacker's emulator pack - note, this site has a TON of popups etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan FB Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Are there any good reliable sources for 1.50 PSP's now that 1.51 and 1.52 are out? Or possibly a way of telling from the retail box (i.e. serial # sequences) which firmware a PSP will have? Edit: Or are all the retail units 1.50 and you have to have manually upgraded the firmware for 1.51 or 1.52 to be on there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted June 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 At this point, all of the retail units are 1.50 & you have to manually upgrade to the later firmwares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Downloaded the package yesterday, jsut waiting for the 1 gig card to show up (should be today) so I can make the 512 a dedicated card for homebrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 pspbrew has a nice setup, select which proggies you want and it packs them in a zip file, unzip and copy to memory card, no fuss.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Daddy Bling Bling Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 I can't help but wonder if Sony left this security flaw in intentionally. Sony hasn't produced cart-based games, and thus doesn't have any easily infringible intellectual property. However, there is definitely some competitive advantage to be had by having your system be capable of playing the main competition's games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 yea, but sony is also inflicting mandatory firmware updates to close these holes with newer games. Coded Arms requires an update to 1.52 firmware before it will play. Let's see...emulators and other homebrew vs what will likely be a mediocre FPS. Yea, I won't be updating my firmware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 So, is anyone still mucking about with homebrew or have you upgraded your firmware in light of recent game releases? If you di upgrade, which version are you running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whooter Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Upgraded. Downloaded 2.70 from Sony's PSP site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daisy Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Well, I haven't turned my PSP on in a few months... but it's still running at 1.5. I just haven't found titles that I want to upgrade the firmware for. I'm not really even doing anything with Homebrew anymore though. I may take a look again in the next couple months and see if anything else interesting is out there. Glen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covak Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 I just haven't found titles that I want to upgrade the firmware for. I'm not really even doing anything with Homebrew anymore though. I may take a look again in the next couple months and see if anything else interesting is out there. http://www.gamespot.com/psp/action/locoroco/download.html?sid=6148757 The Loco Roco demo is totally worth it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Upgraded to 2.6 for Syphon Filter and Daxter. Have not regretted it for a second. I can still do homebrew with the GTA hack, but have not bothered yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted May 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Upgraded for Syphon Filter & Loco Roco, haven't regretted it at all. Could play EveryExtendExtra otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daisy Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 PSP modchip announced. Well, that would give everyone the best of all worlds. No cost info yet. Glen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Oooh, just downloading the Locoroco demo now. I knew you could, because I'd played it on my brother's machine, but forgot. Are there any other things I can download with 2.6 firmware? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted May 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Are there any other things I can download with 2.6 firmware? Not yet. The only demo available is Loco Roco at this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 I haven't kept up with the homebrew scene in a while, but there have been some HUGE leaps forward in the past few weeks. There is now a usermade custom 2.71 firmware that allows full kernel mode access and runs all 1.00 and 1.50 eboots natively. So basically you have all the benefits of a 1.50 firmware PSP with the updates of 2.71 (RSS, web browser, game compatibility, etc). To install the firmware, you must downgrade to 1.50 using the new downgrader for official 2.71 firmware. Then you can install the 2.71 SE firmware. I went from Sony 2.71 to 2.71 SE in about 30 minutes (it doesn't take that long, but I was very careful about reading everything during the process). Homebrew eBoots now launch directly from the Games menu, no more hassles of using hacked images or going through GTA! Now that I'm using homebrew again, any opinions on what the must-have apps are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrivatePixel Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 I'm one of the few people still hanging on to my v1.5 PSP (not sure why ). I have GTA:LCS and I'm aware of the v2.6 hack, but there is a way for folks to play homebrew apps on firmware as high as 2.80 (but not 2.81+, as Sony has patched this in their latest firmware upgrade). That's all I'm going to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Posted December 25, 2006 Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 Another big milestone for the PSP homebrew scene: 3.02 OE-B custom firmware. Like the 2.71 SE firmware, it runs homebrew eboots natively, has all the features of the official 3.02 firmware, and most impressively, Sony's own PSX emulator has been hacked to run any user-supplied PSX ISO image file. More info here: http://pspupdates.qj.net/Dark-AleX-s-3-02-OE-B-released-/pg/49/aid/77278 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted December 25, 2006 Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 Sony's own PSX emulator has been hacked to run any user-supplied PSX ISO image file. Holy fuck. That's huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrish Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 I installed that 3.02e firmware hack with no problems on my 1.5 PSP. Haven't tried any PSX games (don't have any), but it's pretty sweet being able to run an ISO without a wacky bootloader. At this point, I'm not interested much in homebrew - I just want to be able to load the few games I own onto a memory stick instead of toting the discs around. I'll say this - if the PS3 is as hackable as the PSP has proven to be, it's going to be a very interesting piece of hardware to own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMonkey Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 Sony's own PSX emulator has been hacked to run any user-supplied PSX ISO image file. :rock I'm suddenly interested in buying a PSP. I think I'm going to keep my eyes peeled locally for a compatible PSP. Portable FF7? Lunar? Dragon Warrior VII? :drool IN FOR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 Do you need to have a 1.5 non-updated PSP to get this to work? Or can you update from any version already? Just curious since I've not kept up with the homebrew PSP scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted December 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 You need a 2.80 or less PSP I believe- you need to downgrade to 1.5, then upgrade to a new custom firmware. I'm on 2.81. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magness Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 Yes - as dogbert said you'll need 2.80 or lower. PSP are still readily available at retail with the 1.5 firmware for anyone looking. Works very well for me here and if you look around at sites that support this firmware, you should be able to find a list of all the PSX games that have been backed-up/tested/verified working under it so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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