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1.50 Downgrader for 2.50/2.60 PSPs Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-you-can-play-real-games-on-the-psp dept.

Cyraan writes "PSP owners rejoice! Hot on the heels of the recent exploit discovery & bricking that resulted from early test versions comes a confirmed working downgrader. The method uses a GTA eLoader that will turn any version 2.50/2.60 PSP, with the exception of those with a TA-082 motherboard (how to check without opening/voiding warranty), into a version 1.50 capable of playing all forms of homebrew. One thing that may not be mentioned specifically in the article: it is recommended you NOT use the 32mb Memory Stick that came with the PSP, as the process creates alot of log files that can fill it up, possibly causing a brick."

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  1. And the quest by buffer-overflowed · · Score: 5, Funny

    to play Nintendo games on Sony hardware continues...

    Join us next month for the release of 2.7 with Loco Roco, and the following month for yet another crack.

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  2. Amazing... by kinocho · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It just amazes me, but I have no idea wich one the most...

    Stupid companies stopping customers to do what they want with legally owned hardware or

    People buying a piece of drm'ed shit that will, by all means, try to prevent it's logical uses and full potential.

    (ok, not exactly drm, but you know what I mean...)

    What, do they thing that we only have rights to the usage of the machine now? Play with it, but don't "play" with it, the new motto...

    (fuck them all)

    1. Re:Amazing... by Aim+Here · · Score: 4, Insightful

      What do you mean 'not exactly DRM'? What you have is a machine that is allegely yours but won't run binaries that you wish to run, merely those that someone else wishes you to run.

      That IS exactly DRM.

      Otherwise, yes.

    2. Re:Amazing... by Jawbreaker4Fs · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Just buy a gp2x and be done with it.

    3. Re:Amazing... by ExKoopaTroopa · · Score: 3, Informative

      But some of us actually enjoy expanding this cool little device with things like audio/video streaming (PSPRadio,Pimpstreamer), using the psp a universal remote (iR Shell, iTunesremote, PSPVNC), reading other media file formats than those allowed by Sony (PMP Mod, PSP Media Player). Check the full list here : http://psp-homebrew.eu/listall.php?filter=category
      Oh and we still purchase games for it too (but no way am I buying a UMD movie ...)

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  3. Downgrader? A better word! by erroneus · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Backdater. Downgrade seems like you're making something worse which is actually the case with some "updates" that are provided by some makers. Examples of this includes TiVo updates that remove features like commercial skipping. It would most certainly not be an upgrade. And to go back to something with better features once removed or modified would not be a downgrade. But to go back to a previous version that is more useful in some way, I would call "backdating." (please, no gay jokes)

  4. Re:Out of curiosity . . . by Ant+P. · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, this way comes to mind...

  5. Re:Out of curiosity . . . by kryogen1x · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, if you get four lines in tetris after running emulators on 1.5, you might brick your PSP!

  6. Software for the GP2X by Rob+Simpson · · Score: 4, Informative
    Anyone interested in what software is available for the GP2X should look here: http://www.gp32x.com/

    There are plenty of emulators, freeware games and utilities. There is also stuff for the previous-generation GP32.

    1. Re:Software for the GP2X by Rob+Simpson · · Score: 4, Informative

      You're looking in the GP32 (the previous model) section. The GP2X has superior (and built-in) mp3 and video support, is much faster - it has two processors, each of which is twice as fast as the old model's CPU. My GP32 can play Phantasy Star 4 (Sega Genesis) and a bunch of Turbographix games flawlessly, among other things. Apparently the GP2X has excellent emulators for Genesis/TG16/SNES, though can't say for sure since I haven't received my GP2X yet. :) But since it has considerably better hardware, it seems reasonable. The only emulation that is supposed to be buggy and slow on the GP2X seems to be PSX (because of the 3D) and DOS emulation.

  7. Slashdot Duped by the QJ Network by Croakyvoice · · Score: 5, Informative

    The person who submitted this article carefully linked to the PSPUpdates/qjnet spam machine which charges it uses 3 dollars a week to view the forums with no ads, on the newsposts them selves they have not linked to the real coders sites or indeed release threads. This network have been banned from digg for these actions of spamming and well i hope slashdot do too. If your looking for better PSP News Sites that actually link properly then check out these sites: PSP News - http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/ PSP 3D - http://psp3d.com/ PSP Hacks.com - http://www.psp-hacks.com/

  8. So glad I got rid of my PSP by British · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I went out and bought specificially a 1.5 to enjoy the homebrew. I ended up playing the homebrew stuff more than the pricey games.

    But looking at the downgrader instructions and such, AND knowing the risks of "bricking" your $250 game system, I'm glad I traded it in for a DS.

    While the PSP may have a bunch of fun features, getting to the homebrew stuff with Sony's anti-blessing is just a hassle. A lot of the homebrew stuff is about as fun as recompiling a linux kernel..on a video game system. I won't try to make any Linux technobabble / PSP technobabble comparisons since I've heard nothing but good things about the GamePark.

    So if you like fighting against Sony, the complications of Linux(upgrading/downgrading/copying files), the risk of malware(bricking your PSP, ie worse than any Windows malware), pricey games, and a failing media format(UMD), the PSP is for you!

  9. Re:Filling up 32 MB??? by Firehawke · · Score: 3, Informative

    Note that the program was on beta 5-- the previous four test versions bricked PSPs, period. They were outputting a whole lot of debug data about each stage of the flash, it seems, since there are some complex steps to get things to the right point. It's not just writing bytes-- this downgrader apparently actually borrows chunks from the official PSP updater and does some interesting tricks to bypass various protection mechanisms.

    The logs were there purely to figure out where things went wrong; nobody expected this version to work.