PSP Firmware Broken - Emulation for All 75
ZiakII writes "Endgadget is reporting that the PSP firmware 1.50 has been broken." From the article: "a group called PsP-Dev have apparently confirmed successful a homebrew bootstrap on 1.50 (no word on 1.51 or 1.52). What's that mean for the indie developer/emulation/warez communities? Well, pretty much the same as before--use your hardware the way you want it. For SNES emulation, that is. Obviously." Tom's Hardware has the story as well.
Not Compatible with 1.51 or 1.52 (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Probably a bad thing (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Good or bad? (Score:3, Informative)
Crackers and hackers always find ways to exploit.. (Score:3, Informative)
Read the rest of the linked post [slashdot.org] and discover why DRM technology is a potential risk to end users [computerworld.co.nz].
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Re:You mean like a GBA and N-Gage? (Score:3, Informative)
Im talking 1/2 speed on basic games, and forget sound, not to mention on the GBA you are missing 2 buttons. Also, due to the resolution of the GBA screen you lose a decent amount of the image to cropping, making some games even less playable then they already were due to the speed and button issues.
SNES emulation on PSP when run in 333MHz mode is essentially full speed (50 - 60fps) with sound at the moment. And those *minor* fps issues will likely be gone wit some optimising. And the screen resolution is higher than the SNES, and it features the needed buttons for input.
The "hype" isn't because it's a Sony handheld. The hype is because it has the specifications needeed to run these emulators decently.
Re:SNES Emulation (Score:3, Informative)
Try that, then come back and let us know how you do in games like Mortal Kombat, or even Super Mario World, where you need extra buttons that don't exist.
Also, tell me what you think about the sound... oh wait, it doesn't support sound.
Re:So PSP fans are theives, what else is new? (Score:2, Informative)