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World's First Custom Firmware For Wii Released

Posted by timothy on from the how-to-quantify-spare-time dept.

Croakyvoice writes "Waninkoko has released the world's first custom firmware for the Nintendo Wii, which is installed using the twilight hack; among its features is the ability to allow writeable DVDs to be read in emulators. From the readme: 'The Custom Firmware installs as IOS249 and it does not modify any other IOS so it is secure to install and has been made to be used ONLY with homebrew software. This is a custom IOS, an IOS modified to add some new features not available in the official IOS.'"

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  1. Hacking the PS3 is too damn easy... by Doug52392 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They put an option right into the main XMB menu to "Install other OS", which automatically formats the system's hard drive. All the user needs to do is download a minimal Linux boot image from Sony's site, download a distro of Linux that supports the cell arch (which is usually the version for Mac PCs), burn it, and install it.

    No exploits needed, an IQ of maybe 100 is needed, etc. I would be bored with that in a few minutes, I would rather hack a system NOT meant to be hacked :)