PSP Hacks: pspdecrypt (PSARDumper for PC) released, And Mathieulh discloses...
Some news for the many people out here who still follow the scene on Sony’s best handheld device: Pspdecrypt Pspdecrypt is a command line tool by John-K (with contributions from artart78) to decrypt...
View ArticlePSP: pspdecrypt and psardecrypt updated, support pretty much all PSP firmwares
Following the recent progress on PSP (yes, you read correctly) hacking, which led to a pandora unbricker for patched models, as well as dumping more keys, pspdecrypt and psardecrypt have been updated...
View ArticleHardware Hacking: The Best (and Worst) Options
Sometimes, there’s just nothing better than playing around on a console. Sure, a PC can do everything your whole collection can do and more, but there’s something about the experience that can’t be...
View ArticleA Fresh Coat of (Lead) Paint: The Ups and Downs of Remakes
Last Friday, we got treated to a little news from the friendly folks over at Nintendo and Game Freak. Their oh-so-special reveal was this: their 2006 classics, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Version, are...
View ArticleRumor: PS3, Vita, and PSP Stores to be permanently closed this year
Emulators and Homebrew might be the only way for the PS Vita in the future News site TheGamer reports that Sony will be closing the PS Vita, PS3, and PSP stores this summer, citing anonymous but...
View ArticleConfirmed: Sony to close PS3, PS Vita, and PSP online stores this summer
By now, everyone who owns a PSN account has received the official email from Sony confirming the rumor: the PS3, PS Vita, and PSP stores are closing. (Full notification below). There’s a bit of a...
View ArticlePSP Release: Despertar Del Cementerio 9.00, with PSP 3000 03g and TA-088v3...
(pictures shamelessly taken from PSP scene veteran Freakler) Developer balika011 has released an update to Despertar Del Cementerio, the popular PSP unbricking tool. This new version, based on DDC7...
View ArticleRelease: PPSSPP updated to 1.12 (PSP Emulator)
PSP Emulator PPSSPP 1.12 has been released, and brings in particular support for Android 12 and the new Android storage model, “Scoped Storage”. The new release also brings multiple bug fixes and...
View ArticlePSP/PS Vita Release: CheatDevice Remastered (GTA LCS and VC Trainer) by Freakler
Now this is a project crafted with love if I’ve ever seen one! Developer Freakler has release CheatDevice Remastered, a trainer and cheat engine for GTA Vice City and GTA Liberty City Stories on the...
View ArticleHow to Unbrick a PSP 3000 (Video Guide by Khubik)
Developer Khubik has shared a video guide on how to use Baryon Sweeper, in conjunction with a “new style” Pandora battery, to unbrick a PSP 3000. Please note that the tool does not work on ALL PSP...
View ArticlePSP Release: Despertar Del Cementerio 9.01 (PSP unbricker)
Developer Balika011 has released an update to Despertar Del Cementerio. This staple tool of the PSP community is getting fresh updates thanks to new discoveries about PSP models 2000 and 3000. Note...
View ArticleThis popular 2021 anime features an actual PSP CFW Installer from ages ago
As initially spotted by scene member @HowlingWolf8, popular anime Platinum End features a scene in which Neur0n’s PSP CFW Installer is visibly shown on the screen. The sequence in the anime itself has...
View ArticlePS Vita/PSP: ARK (PSP/ePSP Custom Firmware) 9.7r2 released
We haven’t talked about ARK, the Custom Firmware for PSP (compatible with both PSP/Vita) in several years. But the project has been back in activity (thanks to Acid_Snake) for about a year now, so...
View ArticlePSP: ChickHEN R3 “Work in progress” code added to github
Not the actual HEN Loading the TIFF exploit on 5.03 would occasionally corrupt the video buffer for a few seconds A piece of PSP Hacking history was recently uploaded to github: PSP/Vita Developer...
View ArticleConsoleMods.org – The Heart of the Modding Community
Howdy! I’m Derf, one of the owners of ConsoleMods.org. You may recognize me as a moderator of one of many game console sub-reddits or from the Xbox Homebrew, PlayStation Homebrew, or SegaNet Discord....
View ArticlePS Vita/PSP: ARK (PSP/ePSP Custom Firmware) 10 released
ARK, the Custom Firmware for PSP (compatible with both PSP/Vita) has been back in activity (thanks to Acid_Snake) for about a year now, and is regularly getting new updates. Today, Ark v10 was...
View ArticlePS Vita/PSP: ARK (PSP/ePSP Custom Firmware) v15 released
ARK, the Custom Firmware for PSP (compatible with both PSP/Vita) has been back in activity (thanks to Acid_Snake) for about a year now, and is regularly getting new updates. This week, Ark v15 was...
View ArticlePS Vita/Switch/PSP/3DS: Retroarch 1.10.3 release (nightly build)
Although they haven’t announced it on their blog yet, the libretro team have released Retroarch 1.10.3. The popular multi-emulator is available for a lot of platforms, including of course Windows, Mac...
View ArticlePS Vita/PSP: ARK (PSP/ePSP Custom Firmware) v17 released. Improves...
ARK, the Custom Firmware for PSP (compatible with both PSP/Vita) has been back in activity (thanks to Acid_Snake) for about a year now, and is regularly getting new updates. This week, Ark v17 was...
View ArticleRevisiting the PSP Go, more than 10 years later…
So, my kids were playing Astro’s Playroom the other day, and when they unlocked the PSP Go, I told them “We have this thing at home, let me fetch it”. Disclaimer: this is a copy of a Twitter thread...
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