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Homebrew finally on 2.5 and 2.6

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,081 ✭✭✭su_dios


    most recent games require 2.0

    There are games coming though that require the 2.5 upgrade.

    At the end of the day all firmware released to date has been hacked down and downgraders will arrive for all, im dieing to put me megadrive emulator onto me psp, streets of rage ftw!


    There are hacks available that fake the system version for games that require software update.

    Also supposedly you jus have to install the update then downgrade because it leaves the necessary files on the psp system. Not sure if I'm right there but think I read it somewhere

    Also this isn't a discussion about ISO's.. Most people want homebrew for the emulators. Bit of golden axe aww yeah!


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    You can run most homebrew on verion 2 firmware now and downgrade to 1.5 from there as well. It's just the versions from 2.01 upwards that you cannot dowgrade and have very limited homwbrew so far other than the one game of Tetris if you have GTA.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 599 ✭✭✭Cabelo


    Simple points

    Yes, recent games (everything since GTA) need 2.0.

    No, there are no UMD emus on 2.0 plus (personally I think this is an on purpose thing... Sony don't seem to have clamped down on the post 2.01 stuff HALF as fast as on the downgrader).

    Upgrading and then downgrading does not leave the necessary video codecs etc on your PSP to play later games... not at all chief ;)

    Yes it is legal to copy software you have bought under ordinary circumstances. Sadly, loading the game means that you agree to the End User License Agreement, this means that most of the time you're in violation of the EULA if you back up your games to ISOs.

    The legal grey area in game copying comes from this EULA piece... players must have read the EULA (which doesn't happen) which may itself be a breach of the law... confused? It's far worse if you try to make it through the legalese in the full version :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 381 ✭✭El_mariachi


    Sony must love rockstargames, for there help with the home brew industry lol,
    Long live Gta's homebrewing.

    but even with 2.6 which i have they are not giving anything worth while to update to except the wma plackback which u need to use a wifi point to activate??? or the rss or base station which we can't use here, why not give us something useful like tv!!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,421 ✭✭✭projectmayhem


    su_dios wrote:
    Yeah thats exactly how it is... We should be lucky that we do have the possibilities of running homebrew now. Who cares if we have to go out and buy the best game available for the psp so we can run our emulators and eventually iso's?? If you feel thats "too" much for you then don't worry..we'll be enjoying our homebrew in no time.

    oh that's not my problem. i already own GTA, fear not. when i was downgraded though i only played homebrew games (streets of rage mainly) for short bursts at a time. loading up GTA and running through that takes up precious time. it's a lot easier to pop in lumines and get pissed off at missing my high score by 1 point


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,787 ✭✭✭prospect


    Hi guys,

    New to all this, only have my psp since christmas.

    What exactly do you mean by homebrew?
    I have GTA, and my firmware is 2.60....

    Please keep explanations simple :o


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 599 ✭✭✭Cabelo


    You needn't worry about Homebrew for how chief. 2.6 supports precious little at the moment. It's more of a "proof of concept" stage for now ;)


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