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Wii Gets Custom Firmware, Purported PSP Emulator

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday July 18, 2008 @07:48AM from the radically-different-definitions-of-working dept.

Engadget is reporting that some recent unofficial Wii modding news has had a couple of interesting breakthroughs. First, it seems that a team has released what is being called the "first custom firmware for the Wii" that supposedly allows writable DVDs to be read in emulators. Second, the folks from TeamShift have shots of a "working" PSP emulator for the Wii. Unfortunately "working" only means between 4 and 8 frames per second, so still a long way from playable.

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WOOOOOO by Flaystus · 2008-07-18 07:58 · Score: 2, Funny

OH sweet! Who needs more then 7fps anyway?
Not playable?! by Anonymous Coward · 2008-07-18 08:03 · Score: 1, Funny

What do you mean not playable? I played through Quake II at 8 fps (software rendering on a Cyrix)...
Re:Is it just me by Anonymous Coward · 2008-07-18 08:22 · Score: 1, Funny

No.. That was me... I had Chili with beans for lunch.
Re:Excellent article by homesnatch · 2008-07-18 08:27 · Score: 2, Funny

I also heard that someone got some custom firmware running on the Wii!

http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/wii-gets-custom-firmware-purported-psp-emulator/