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Softtm17 · 21/03/2012 01:46 AM

Famous PSP dev Davee just posted a youtube video showing him running PSP homebrews on a Vita. I initially thought “well, not a big surprise, he’s running his own port of VHBL to some random exploited game”, but it turns out this is much more interesting than that, as he managed to get a PSP Kernel exploit running on the PSP Emulator. Davee had hinted a few days ago on twitter that he had PSP User mode access, but it’s a surprise to see Kernel mode today. What this means to the end user is full homebrew compatibility (unlike VHBL which is hit and miss), and potentially down the road, PSP iso loaders (the video actually shows a psp iso running).

The video shows a minimalist interface called “PRX Loader” which seems to be used to run the homebrews. No word from Davee yet on a release date.

[Update] The end of the video also shows some gameplay of Ratchet and Clank, which indicates Davee already has PSP isos working to some extent on this exploit.

I don’t know what impact this will have on wth’s release for VHBL. Wee had actually started the process, but Davee’s work might make VHBL fairly irrelevant. I’ll try to contact the involved people to know what to do next about that.

Congrats Davee, exciting times ahead!

Source: Wololo

WoobiE · 21/03/2012 01:54 AM

This is really great news. The only thing is that wee don't know how and where this will lead down the track. Also will Sony be hot on the "PRX Loader" heels to get it patched in future updates.

ada · 21/03/2012 01:59 AM

Awesome.

krystabegnalie · 21/03/2012 02:14 AM

nice good news, well at least wee can still play our old psp games that converted from our UMDs, lol

Senseito7 · 21/03/2012 02:23 AM

(21/03/2012 02:14 AM)krystabegnalie Wrote: nice good news, well at least wee can still play our old psp games that converted from our UMDs, lol

Exactly. The lack of UMD Passport program sort of justifies this.

As long as the Vita bit doesn't get hacked too.

-UrbanHybrid23- · 21/03/2012 02:41 AM

Awesome!!! I Need To Get ONE ASAFP!!!

ProperBritish · 21/03/2012 08:58 AM

not that pretty much any of us had many UMDs to begin with.
don't want to put PSP games on my vita, it's what a PSP is for, and it isn't much effort for me to pick my PSP up instead of my Vita. (not that I've done that once since i got my Vita)

SkyDX · 21/03/2012 09:18 AM

(21/03/2012 08:58 AM)ProperBritish Wrote: not that pretty much any of us had many UMDs to begin with.
don't want to put PSP games on my vita, it's what a PSP is for, and it isn't much effort for me to pick my PSP up instead of my Vita. (not that I've done that once since i got my Vita)

Well as someone who has played God Eater on the Vita, let me tell you the difference between playing PSP games on the Vita and the PSP is like night and day! The colors, the speakers, the filtering options and the right analog stick make it a much more enjoyable experience^^

Tetris999 · 21/03/2012 09:20 AM

Why do I feel that there's going to be a whole lot of LOLDRAMALOL to come with this?

Maybe a little bit of "fudge you, you ungrateful little kids/bastards"

I don't have faith in hacking communities any more I guess.

ada · 21/03/2012 09:45 AM

(21/03/2012 08:58 AM)ProperBritish Wrote: not that pretty much any of us had many UMDs to begin with.
don't want to put PSP games on my vita, it's what a PSP is for, and it isn't much effort for me to pick my PSP up instead of my Vita. (not that I've done that once since i got my Vita)

Then you probably shouldn't hack your Vita or play PSP games on it.

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