PSP Hacked by Homebrewers Again

**StrikeMaster Ice** · 01-13-2006

The latest PSP firmware, version 2.60, has been hacked, potentially opening the door to not only homemade software but scores of illicit, emuluated games across multiple firmware versions.

PSP Updates website regular "Fanjita" is proving to be a thorn in the side of Sony and its PSP security efforts. Although the latest hack only allows gamers to play a version of Tetris on their PSPs, it may eventually enable gamers to play emulated software from the NES to the arcade.

Of course, the ability to play emulated games on a PSP is nothing new, but those who had anything over firmware version 2.0 were previously out of luck as far as homebrew gaming was concerned.

PSP Updates seems quite cavalier about the accomplishment, saying "Fanjita just keeps on crackin' Sony's efforts to keep us from our homebrew!" Comments following the post often reflected pleasure in sticking it to Sony: "Congrats Fanjita... this is great... I'm laughing my a-- off at Sony."

Playing countless classic games on a PSP may be appealing to many, but would-be hackers often end up rendering their systems useless or crippled after going through the series of firmware upgrading and downgrading that is required for extensive homebrew and emulated play.

Sony will likely be releasing a firmware update shortly.

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?op...=2029&Itemid=2

I hope Sony release a update soon.

**Zero_** · 01-13-2006

1. Old.
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I hope Sony release a update soon.

Are you bloody out of your mind? Seriously man, without the hacking of the PSP there wouldn't be so much homebrew stuff and a -SNES Emulator on the PSP-. It all makes up for the lack of great games.

**chado53** · 01-13-2006

i just want the new version 3.0 to come out.

Anyone have any clue when it might come out?

**ReCnaLz** · 01-13-2006

I haven't even updated my PSP at all, and I have one of the first batches in America. Maybe I should.

More Homebrew is bound to happen and in a way all the feautures that comes with homebrew is appealing. Maybe Sony should just add those features that homebrew has into their new updates. I don't know.

**watashi** · 01-13-2006

Actually, if they are able to home-brew the PSP system with a firmware of 2.0+ that has the web-browser, I believe that'll be the most popular firmware. Mostly because people want both but can only have one which the obvious choice is the web-browser.

I would love playing SNES-Games on a PSP. It just makes it all for the fun adding onto a small list of games. Portable and compact instead of laptop and unfun. Anyway, I actually want PSP to be hacked, but only to the extent of allowing home-brew games and nothing like tampering with the system...AKA Virus

**The Chocobo Kid** · 01-13-2006

I enjoy himebrew games. I like to play Snes and nes games the most.

**street racer 275** · 01-13-2006

Yeah... I mean unless a really big feature comes out in one of the next updates, I am not updating...

**Sano** · 01-14-2006

puting homebrew games on hard? just wondering cause if i ever did try it I dont wanna break my pretty psp

**playstationjunkie** · 01-14-2006

this is great news..i have 2.6 and never read that you couldnt homebrew on it till after, i was pretty mad.. i have since been waiting for a hack like this to open up more and it finally came, now in the future when 3.0 comes out i will wait untill i find out if it can be hacked or like you say have a to die for feature include other then that cheers to homebrew!! great job Fanjita!!

**Perfect Sin** · 01-14-2006

Awsome, i was really hoping for some emulation! I thought i'd have to wait a year for homebrew to come to v2.6...Now i just got to wait a couple more weeks for them to get emulation programs on there!

**D-Lee** · 01-14-2006

I could see Sony making a huge profit off of emulation if they'd go with it. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Sony needs to figure out a way to legally emulate and sell these games.

**Perfect Sin** · 01-14-2006

Well the easiest games to be legal to emulate would be the Sega games. Obviously, Sega doesn't have a console competeing and certainly doesn't have a portable unit competing, they could allow Sony to use their games for emulation...

The Nintendo games however, that's a fat chance. With Nintendo coming out with a console that can play all it's past games, and a portable unit, no way in hell would Nintendo allow Sony to emulate them.

Too bad though, there are a lot of cool classics from Nintendo that can be emulated.

**watashi** · 01-14-2006

There's no way to 'legally' emulate them. SNES Home-Brew = You are using Nintendo's property. The only thing they can do is "intentionally" let a part of the home-brew easily cracked.

**DeAdLy_cOoKiE** · 01-14-2006

Exactly

**ShotokanTiger** · 01-14-2006

doesnt matter if they make an update , i will still buy the 1.5 so i can use emulators and stuff

which will be in months lol

**D-Lee** · 01-14-2006

Careful with emulators. Obviously something illegal isn't covered by a warranty so if your psp gets messed up, you're pretty much screwed.

**wowza** · 01-14-2006

I'm hoping these "hacks" become more widespread for several reasons:

- I would like to play SNES and (hopefully) PSX games that I have legally and legitimately boughten.
- I would like to extend the service life of my PSP UMD Disk drive by using images of purchased games on a memory stick instead of running them from the slower and extremely battery power intensive UMD disk drive.
- I believe homebrew applications would endow benefits that would overshadow the potential negatives of Piracy.

**D-Lee** · 01-14-2006

Originally Posted by Perfect Sin

Well the easiest games to be legal to emulate would be the Sega games. Obviously, Sega doesn't have a console competeing and certainly doesn't have a portable unit competing, they could allow Sony to use their games for emulation...

The Nintendo games however, that's a fat chance. With Nintendo coming out with a console that can play all it's past games, and a portable unit, no way in hell would Nintendo allow Sony to emulate them.

Too bad though, there are a lot of cool classics from Nintendo that can be emulated.

I would love..To play Goldeneye again. Super Smash Brothers, Mario Kart, Perfect Dark. All portable on a psp. That would be heaven.

**playstationjunkie** · 01-15-2006

yes, all of the simplest, classic games keep us so entertained, in my opinion i could have more fun with homebrew and all of the apps on psp then umds

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