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PSP Hackers Go Retro

ByteWoopy writes "Hello World!' That's the traditional phrase that programmers display when they create their first piece of software for an unfamiliar operating system. Owners of Sony's handheld PSP game system were delighted to hear May 5 that a hacker had managed to write a small program that displayed those words on a PSP. They wondered what would be next. As it turned out, it only took hackers five days to go from 'Hello World' to Mario World. On May 10, sites like PSP Hacker reported that a Japanese hacker known only by the name Mr. Mirakichi had developed a program called RIN that let the PSP play software written for the original black-and-white Nintendo Game Boy system.'"

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  1. Re:Hello World, Goodbye Gameboy by kyojin+the+clown · · Score: 0, Troll
    This is total bull

    How you gonna emulate that touchscreen, wizard boy? magical megagigauberhertz sooper dooper imaginary surface trickery? or are you being a monkey?