HEN TIFF Exploit Cracks PSP-3000 Open For Homebrew 77
indrora writes "The PSP community was rocked this weekend by the Homebrew Enabler (HEN) from developers Davee and Bubbletune. One of their friends on the Team Typhoon development team posted a YouTube video showing proof of the TIFF Exploit running on Firmware 5.03, changing the firmware version and MAC address for a reboot. This comes after a picture of gpSP running on a PSP-3000 via the HEN exploit. From the QJ.net article: 'First [things] first: No, Davee hasn't finished the HEN yet. Which means it isn't out yet. What we do have today is some visual confirmation that the HEN can indeed run emulators, in this case the GBA emulator gpSP.' And from the more recent article showing the exploit demo video: 'Be patient, everyone. Davee's HEN Kernel exploit will eventually arrive, given time. "This is a demo of the 5.03 firmware running the tiff exploit and booting into a HEN environment on a PSP 2003 (3000 Support also) on 5.03 Official Firmware. This proves that the code survives a reboot and the system software and MAC address can be changed. This is something that only can be done with a kernel exploit. A video launching homebrew will be posted later."' Hopefully, we'll soon have PSP-3000s playing homebrew games and running PSP uCLinux."
Just admit you're not making new homebrew games (Score:5, Insightful)
Hopefully, we'll soon have PSP-3000s playing emulators and running the same goddamn games you've all been emulating since the first emulators came out for PCs.
There. Fixed that for you.
Unless someone can show me a decent amount of actual, fairly good, unique homebrew games, that is. You know, not the piece of shit "proof of concept that we can homebrew" game clones we see on every iteration of homebrew hacks, but the groundbreaking games that all the proponents of homebrew keep bragging about and assuring us will result from it?
Re:Stupid Sony (Score:1, Insightful)
Because 99.99% of this "homebrew" - pirated games. Sony did sell open for development(but not for piracy) PS1 and PS2, guess how many bought?
Re:Cool (Score:2, Insightful)
More like 50m.
I was surprised when I saw that number a few months ago too but it's true, PSP has 1/3 the handheld market.
That raises the question, why aren't there any killer games for the PSP? 50m is still bigger than all the next-gen (PSWii60) consoles combined.
Re:Cool (Score:1, Insightful)
Just wondering, is there even 27 games out for it?
I thought the PSP was nicer hardware overall -- one nice big screen, instead of 2 small shitty screens with a HUGE seam between them like the DS.
Then I looked at the game selection, and I bought the kids a pair of DS. It was also a lot cheaper (not only the console itself, but the memory cards too)
Re:Cool (Score:3, Insightful)
As I said a while back on here, I looked into getting a PSP and planned to hack it, with piracy being a part of it.
I didn't see anything for the PSP worth pirating. And only one game worth buying. (Football Manager.)
Of course lately the DS isn't much better IMO. I've largely stopped using mine.
Re:Stupid Sony (Score:2, Insightful)
"Proprietary systems are never to the consumer's advantage."
Of course not. That's because it's not about you or what's good for you. One day we'll wake up and realize that the market, in it's current form, isn't based on "best product" for the "best price". It's about gaining enough market share to afford legislation to protect your business model from innovation and competition.
Re:Cool (Score:1, Insightful)
Well, the game lineup is still a trillion times better than the PSP. But if you know something better, please share...
Re:Why.... (Score:4, Insightful)
"Why I would want an uncompressed image from my 2-megapixel POS camera with a crappy lens, I have no idea."
Because it uses the super crappy jpeg compression code which will give even worse results. At least if you can capture in raw you can do post processing with you crappy computer without the jpeg artifacts.
Novel idea (Score:4, Insightful)
That'd be a decent thing to see (right up there with alien motherships, flying pigs and world peace)