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psp homebrew advice
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09/02/08 11:59
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broozar
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hi,
i'm playing with the thought to get a psp. i have some questions though,
1. i don't want to use it primarily for playing games, but to experiment with it. are hardware mods necessary to execute own code? 2. do there exist any umd recorders, or is it all memorystick-based? 3. does there exist a small keyboard as extension, in case i want to surf with the psp? 4. is it a good idea to get a psp at all? i mean, it's a rather dated piece of hardware. will there be a psp2 or comparable in the near (1, 2 years) future?
and no, i don't want to port dx-games to the psp, nor 3dgs games, no need to tell me that it's not possible.
what about Pandora, psp3000, and the gp2x?
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Re: psp homebrew advice
[Re: broozar]
#224984
09/02/08 12:36
09/02/08 12:36
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PHeMoX
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4. is it a good idea to get a psp at all? i mean, it's a rather dated piece of hardware. will there be a psp2 or comparable in the near (1, 2 years) future? Well it's not dated as far as handhelds go.. it's the best there currently is. :p I do expect Sony to come with a successor someday, but probably not anytime soon. Perhaps in a year or two, three, perhaps even later when the PS4 comes out. i don't want to use it primarily for playing games, but to experiment with it. are hardware mods necessary to execute own code? No hardware mods, but you do have to install a different OS version. Something that theoretically could screw up your PSP. If you have the unofficial homebrew capable OS installed, you won't be able to play the games you've bought though. So either you'll be switching between OS versions a lot, or you could buy two PSPs. One for homebrew and one for official games. Trying out your own stuff on the PSP is cool though, but for me not worth screwing around with the OS so much, 3. does there exist a small keyboard as extension, in case i want to surf with the psp? Not that I know off, but don't worry.. you can type in a sort of pseudo-sms style, that works incredibly fast actually. do there exist any umd recorders, or is it all memorystick-based? I have no doubt that you could burn a UMD disc, as it's similar to a mini-disc / mini-dvd kind of format... but I do not think such burners are available for the general public. Not really an issue though, as the memory stick is what you'd want to use anyways. Things on the memory stick usually run a lot faster. Cheers
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Re: psp homebrew advice
[Re: broozar]
#225004
09/02/08 15:04
09/02/08 15:04
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(some smartphones reduce the website size by 50 or more per cent, why doesn't the psp do that?) Not sure which version of the OS that PSP you've tried had, but with the latest versions you can set it to 'smart view' or something. It will then use the size (width) of the screen then for viewing sites and scales them appropriately. Works much better that way. There are some other options you have to scale the screen though. Still, I can agree with anyone who claims that the PSP isn't exactly the perfect thing for browsing. As far as the official games go, well there's quite a bunch I really like; Must-play games: God of War, Metal Gear Portable Ops, Final Fantasy Crisis Core, FieldCommander, Syphon Filter:Logan's Shadow (and also Dark Mirror), Patapon, Killzone:Liberation, both Metal Gear Ac!d 1 and 2, FlatOut:Head On, Tekken: Dark Resurrection, N+, Crush, Mercury Meltdown, Sid Meier's Pirates, Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles, Monster Hunter 2, Daxter, Pursuit Force:Extreme Justice. I probably missed some other good ones, but this list should give you an idea at least. Upcoming games: Star Wars Force Unleashed (looking great and wicked physics) Parasite Eve: The Third Birthday and more... (I hope, lol) Cheers
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Re: psp homebrew advice
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#225012
09/02/08 15:36
09/02/08 15:36
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Blade280891
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There is a new PSP out soon, wait for that one, it has a lot of updates.
My Avatar Randomness V2"Someone get me to the doctor, and someone call the nurse And someone buy me roses, and someone burned the church"
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Re: psp homebrew advice
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09/02/08 19:25
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1. i don't want to use it primarily for playing games, but to experiment with it. are hardware mods necessary to execute own code? As far as I know there are no psp emulators that you can run without having a psp. So you need the console to run any homebrew games. I can not answer the other questions, as I do not know alot about the psp, but I do know a toolchain that helps alot with developping (also for the NDS (which I use it for), GBA and wii): devkitpro. And here (which you may already found out) are the main psp dev forums: http://forums.ps2dev.org/viewforum.php?f=14In #dsdev channel at irc.blitzed.org are many people who know alot about the psp, ds, gba, wii and probably alot more, as well the home chatroom of the developper of devkitpro .
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Re: psp homebrew advice
[Re: Neurosys]
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09/02/08 19:49
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Blade280891
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For a proper hackable version you will probably need php version 1000, which is the original one released in Japan.
My Avatar Randomness V2"Someone get me to the doctor, and someone call the nurse And someone buy me roses, and someone burned the church"
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