p2p news / p2pnet: PSP owners can now load any software they want, even if Sony doesn’t like it.

“Under Sony’s system, only approved software will run on the PSP,” says Boing Boing.. “Almost since the day it was first released, this feature has been compromised on PSPs, as PSP owners have reverse-engineered the lockware and produced work-arounds. Sony has responded with a series of ‘updates’ that downgrade PSPs to prevent their customers from continuing to run their favorite programs.”

The latest is version 2.60 of the PSP firmware, “but as of today, there is a cracked version of this firmware available,” Boing Boing states. “Now all PSP owners regardless of their firmware versions can load their own software.”

Its link points to PSPUpdates where Jake declares:

“That’s right, the day we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived! Thanks to the fantastic work by our forum moderator Fanjita and his coding companion Ditlew, it is now possible to play vast amounts of homebrew programs and emulators on every PSP in the world, including those with 2.60 Firmware! Thanks to their monumental achievement, every PSP in the world is capable of playing homebrew!

“We here at PSPUpdates and QJ.net are proud to be the first to bring you an exclusive release of eLoader BETA for GTA which now works on 2.01, 2.50, and 2.60 Firmware! With this ground breaking program, you are able to load the many of the existing homebrew games, applications, and emulators that are already available for earlier versions of PSP firmware.”

There’s a complete list of working/not working homebrew on fanjita.org but, “just to get you started, here are a few popular homebrew programs that are known to work so you can get started experiencing the full potential of PSP homebrew,” says Jake, listing Super Nintendo Emulator, Sega Genesis Emulator, Atari Lynx Emulator, Vortex, Throttle-X, Squarez, Spider Solitaire, PSPRhythm and FileAssistant.

Also See:
Boing Boing – PSP lockout broken: Any PSP can run any software again, January 30, 2006
PSPUpdates – Homebrew Games and Emulation for ALL PSP’s!, January 30, 2005

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