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PSP Summer Homebrew Coding Contest

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the something-to-keep-you-away-from-the-glowing-orb dept.

quickjump writes "PSP Updates and Lik-Sang yesterday kicked off their second PSP coding contest, the Summer Homebrew Competition. Programmers now have 45 days to submit a new program, to be screened by people such as Fanjita and others, and then put up for a popular vote to determine the 3 winners with over $500 in PSP prizes, including a 4GB Datel drive, Blaze TV adapter, faceplates, battery packs, cases, a 1GB memory stick and more!"

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  1. Who is Fanjita? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2

    I'm not knowledgable about the PSP homebrew scene, so I must ask, who is Fanjita? What gives him/her/them/it a position of respect within the community, enough so to judge this competition?

    1. Re:Who is Fanjita? by ZakuSage · · Score: 5, Informative

      Fanjita is a programmer who used exploits in the 2.00 firmware and 2.01 - 2.60 firmwares for PSP to allow for an "eboot loader" (a way to run homebrew games via the hack) to run.

  2. Lame? by chrismcdirty · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Is it just me, or do those prizes seem kinda lame for the amount of work they expect to be put into these apps?

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    1. Re:Lame? by rAiNsT0rm · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Oh, so you mean like how EVERY company in tech makes up a "contest" with low-valued prizes to get work done that would otherwise cost a lot of money and time and possibly outisde contractors... *COUGH*Slashdot Page Design*COUGH*

      It is because techies value this stupid idea of some great prestige over their time. And we never fail to disappoint. We will produce content worth tens of thousands of dollars for a _chance_ at a $500 iPod.

      For such "smart" folks, we sure are gullible bastards.

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  3. 2.7 firmware? by tepples · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How can one run these homebrews if all new PSP units have firmware 2.7? In fact, how can anyone run homebrew on a 2.01 or later PSP in regions where Grand Theft Auto has not been released (such as if it has been refused classification)?

  4. Oy vey! by bwcarty · · Score: 2, Funny

    For some reason, I originally read this as a "Hebrew Coding Contest"

  5. Re:Where do you get the developer's kit? by ZakuSage · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://ps2dev.org/psp/Projects