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July 07, 2005
PSP Hacks Galore
Sony is steaming mad at ingenious PSP hackers who have managed to get UMD game copies to run off of a Sony memory stick. To catch up, Sony is requiring gamers who want to play newly released PSP games like Coded Arms to upgrade their firmware, closing some of the loopholes.
Also making waves are several emulation programs, letting you play classic NES and GBA games (among others) on your PSP. From what we hear, none of the emulators or UMD cracks are quite ready for prime time, but we're sure the ongoing battle between Sony and the hackers is just beginning.
Of course, there's no real reason to want to rip UMD discs, except to pirate them, so we can’t support that - but letting people run classic emulators and write homebrewed apps seems like something Sony should support - or at least not actively fight.
Link: http://ps2nfo.com/
Posted by gamegal at July 7, 2005 01:00 PM