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Hello World On PS Vita, Thanks to Buffer Overflow

Posted by timothy on from the in-the-palm-of-your-hand dept.

YokimaSun writes "Mamosuke, a PSP Homebrewer from Japan, has posted the first Hello World on the PS Vita which comes from the PSP Emulator in the console. Using a buffer overflow, he has found a way into the PSVita, and with many PSP Game exploits still around and not published for the whole homebrew and hacking community this means that in the short term homebrew is here on the PSvita. Lets hope this is the start of a true PSVita homebrew scene."

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  1. Advantage of homebrew? by tepples · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What's the advantage of running homebrew on a PSVita over running homebrew on an Android device such as an Xperia Play or a Galaxy Player (called Galaxy S Wi-Fi in some markets)?

    1. Re:Advantage of homebrew? by Verunks · · Score: 4, Insightful

      of course the biggest advantage of homebrew is that you will be able to play pirated games

    2. Re:Advantage of homebrew? by slippyblade · · Score: 3, Insightful

      On the OtherOS front, we have over a year of Sony saying, "OtherOS is here to stay" and "we will not remove functionality"

      On the flip side is knowingly installing rootkits on folks computers, lying about, then saying it's people's own faults because, "Most people don't even know what a rootkit is!"

  2. How long before Sony removes the emulator? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Start of a new homebrew scene? More like the start of Sony just removing the PSP emulator entirely. There's plenty of precedent for that on PS3.