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TheFlow has hacked the PlayStation Portal, manages to run PPSSPP natively on the device

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TheFlow is up to his old tricks, hacking PlayStation hardware once more. After a month of tinkering around, he's managed to get past the security on Sony's PlayStation Portal streaming handheld, and even gotten PSP games to load on it by running the PPSSPP emulator for Android. He credits fellow scene hackers xyz and ZetaTwo for the help in hacking the Portal, and says that he might showcase some videos of PPSSPP running on the device sometime this weekend. For now, there's no plans to release his hack to the public, and TheFlow claims there's still a lot of work to be done in the future.

 
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The Catboy said:
All 10 people who own this will be happy to see they finally have a reason to consider using it!
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Lol, I actually have it and it works fine for what it was made to do. I doubt you can do much with Snapdragon 662 as well. Most retro stuff would probably run on it. It's a niche gadget, alright if you have 200 bucks to throw away.
 
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isoboy said:
How am I supposed to be excited about this when it's not availible? He's a good programmer and it's his right to cash in from Sony but by the time we get to enjoy this, sixteen other android devices will have been released. Pft. PS5 hacks my ass.
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Yeah, he should have done something specifically for you, how selfish of him to do passion projects like that.
 
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Ettino said:
Lol, I actually have it and it works fine for what it was made to do. I doubt you can do much with Snapdragon 662 as well. Most retro stuff would probably run on it. It's a niche gadget, alright if you have 200 bucks to throw away.
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soon as I can find stock, anyway. Ebay, amazon, walmart, are all resellers for the scalping prices of 250-300+. By the time it's back to MSRP or cheaper, I reckon' there'll be something better on the horizon. I had planned on getting it for the ff7 redo games but alas.

Unless someone's got the hookup for me?
 

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    Do I restart now using what i've learned on the EU version since it's a better overall experience? or do I continue with the US version since that is what ive been using, and if someone decides to play my hack, it would most likely be that version?
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    @TwoSpikedHands, I'll preface this with the fact that I know nothing about the game, but, I think it depends on what your goals are. Are you trying to make a definitive version of the game? You may want to refocus your efforts on the EU version then. Or, are you trying to make a better US version? In which case, the only way to make a better US version is to keep on plugging away at that one ;)
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    I'm not familiar with the technicalities of the differences between the two versions, but I'm wondering if at least some of those differences are things that you could port over to the US version in your patch without having to include copyrighted assets from the EU version
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    @Sicklyboy I am wanting to fully change the game and bend it to my will lol. I would like to eventually have the ability to add more characters, enemies, even have a completely different story if i wanted. I already have the ability to change the tilemaps in the US version, so I can basically make my own map and warp to it in game - so I'm pretty far into it!
  • TwoSpikedHands @ TwoSpikedHands:
    I really would like to make a hack that I would enjoy playing, and maybe other people would too. swapping to the EU version would also mean my US friends could not legally play it
  • TwoSpikedHands @ TwoSpikedHands:
    I am definitely considering porting over some of the EU features without using the actual ROM itself, tbh that would probably be the best way to go about it... but i'm sad that the voice acting is so.... not good on the US version. May not be a way around that though
  • TwoSpikedHands @ TwoSpikedHands:
    I appreciate the insight!
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    @TwoSpikedHands just switch, all the knowledge you learned still applies and most of the code and assets should be the same anyway
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    and realistically they wouldn't

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    why the shit does the shitbox randomly insert newlines in my messages
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    It does that when I edit a post.
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    It inserts a newline in a random spot.
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    never had that i don't think
  • Karma177 @ Karma177:
    do y'all think having an sd card that has a write speed of 700kb/s is a bad idea?
    trying to restore emunand rn but it's taking ages... (also when I finished the first time hekate decided to delete all my fucking files :wacko:)
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    @Karma177 that sd card is 100% faulty so yes, its a bad idea
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    even the slowest non-sdhc sd cards are a few MB/s
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjCivnt5t50
  • Karma177 @ Karma177:
    @The Real Jdbye it hasn't given me any error trying to write things on it so I don't really think it's faulty (pasted 40/50gb+ folders and no write errors)
  • DinohScene @ DinohScene:
    run h2testw on it
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  • DinohScene @ DinohScene:
    when SD cards/microSD write speeds drop below a meg a sec, they're usually on the verge of dying
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  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    Samsung SD format can sometimes fix them too
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    yes looks like an faulty sd
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    @Psionic Roshambo i may try that with my dead sd cards
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    It's always worth a shot
  • TwoSpikedHands @ TwoSpikedHands:
    @The Real Jdbye, I considered that, but i'll have to wait until i can get the eu version in the mail lol
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