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Karii · . Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 31 Location: Tampa, FL

Fairly interesting things they did with the PSP. Heck, the hack(s) make it seem better than I thought it was.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20050412wo63.htm

Persona-sama · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:11 pm Post subject:

I'm assuming that the next PSP system update will immediately destroy everything these enthusiasts have created. Then Sony will announce a special UMD program that comes with IRC chat, web surfing, and various other interweb features!

Then, a week later, a smarter hacker will figure out that using Metal Gear Acid and some programming will create a web browser 100x better and more efficient than anything Sony brings out. Sony will then sue and gamers around the world will read about it online and moan.

JUST WATCH FOR IT!!

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

I know this is cross posted, but I really don't care, it is important:

Giampi · . Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 17

1Up has a feature on it. I believe you can download a program there that allows you to convert the image files in scanlated manga into a format that's kosher with the PSP.

SuperWes · Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:32 am Post subject:

Yeah, the manga thing isn't really a hack so much as a built-in feature of the system. Regardless, I reccomend http://www.animewaves.net . I like Pastel a lot.

-Wes
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Ahh, I see, so I have to rotate the images and then compres them and just use the current software. Neat. I now have a reason to get a larger memory card. It will probably be a mess to figure out how to make it easy to change pages though.

SuperWes · Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:56 am Post subject:

It's easy! All you have to do is press the L or R buttons. The image files should be named such that they organize automatically. You really don't even have to compress the images but it wastes space if you don't.

-Wes
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ApM · Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:45 am Post subject:

Metroworks got careless? Those are some damning screenshots, right there.

Any emulator built with this sort of info will get sued to hell and back. Legitimate developers know better than to touch this stuff.

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DonMarco · . Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 349 Location: 33903

I've been meaning to ask this, how's the whole "play movies OMGF!" thing working out for the PSP?

Is anoyne buying them, how do they look, do you get tired after a while? I figured someone out there got the bundle with Spider-Man 2 and maybe watched it. So... What?

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SuperWes · Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:44 am Post subject:

Spiderman 2 is the thing I use to show off my PSP. It's very impressive to people who don't like video games and looks every bit as good as a DVD (on the small screen). There are problems with it though. First of all, it's very bare bones. There are no special features aside from subtitles, and although you can cycle through chapters of the movie with the L and R buttons, there's no chapter selection menu. I'm not sure if this is exclusive to Spiderman 2, but if it's the example to go by, UMDs are not simply a portable alternative to DVDs. They sure look pretty though, and if I end up beating Metal Gear Ac!d I may end up watching Spiderman 2 on the way to a wedding I'm going to in a few weeks.

I haven't bought any other movies, but I can see myself doing so in the future if I'm about to go on another plane trip. Ripping DVDs to my hard drive, converting them to PSP format, and moving them, one at a time, to a $150-$200 memory stick is just too time (and money) consuming for my tastes. I'd rather fill my Memory stick with manga and game saves and then spend my money on UMD movies as I need them.

I'll probably buy Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children for PSP.

-Wes
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SuperWes · Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:26 am Post subject:

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Legal Step · . Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Posts: 81 Location: Los Angeles

The firmware updates wouldn't be able to affect any of these hacks usually they just language support and whatnot.

And I raised the question of UMD movies at Gaming Age, the responses were what I expected.

SuperWes · Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:51 pm Post subject:

The thing is that we're hardcore gamers talking to hardcore gamers about whether we'll watch movies on our PSPs. Eventually PSPs will sell to the point that it isn't just hardcore gamers with PSPs and other people for whom a good game is the same as a good movie will start to buy both UMD movies and games with little discretion between the two. It just doesn't make sense that people would be willing to pay money for portable gaming but not willing to pay money for portable movies? Is gaming really something that benefits from being portable more than movies do? That's just silly.

Case and point: I didn't buy any GBA Video carts and nobody I know has any GBA video carts, but from what I understand they sold pretty well. I could see the same thing happening with UMD movies.

-Wes
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Yea, those GA responses are what I woudl expect, seems about right. I think that there are 2 camps on the PSP: the gamers, and the schik techno geeks. The later are buying the UMD movies the former buy the games. Sure there may be a little cross over, but mostly not.

My stance is still the same on UMD only movies (Advent Children). That is the only way sony will get me to buy those at more than $10.

Karii · . Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 31 Location: Tampa, FL

Is it a definite that Advent Children will be UMD only, or am I reading that wrong? If it is, they are cutting out giant portions of their auidence, who will in turn, find a way to rip it so that people without PSPs can watch it on their pcs (or whatever)

Just taking a wild guess if it IS UMD only, it will be temporary, after which, they will come out with a 'super uber foo foo' dvd version with extras. Like I said, that's just pure conjecture on my part.

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Very fucking interesting:

http://gomanga.com/news/press_008.php

PSP: The advertising machine.

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Ingenious: http://www.pspmagazines.com/

SuperWes · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:10 am Post subject:

That does indeed rock.

Now I can wank to Maxim on my video game system.

-Wes

EDIT: And on that note, is this worth doing to TGQ? I was thinking about it and even messed around with it a bit but I didn't like the results. Maybe I'll run a few more experiments with it...
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Persona-sama · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 6:00 pm Post subject:

Whoa, PSP enhanced edition. That sounds nice.

It's like the half-way point between a printed version and the home digital version!
(Well, half-way in that it's a bit more portable.)

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Well ... if you have an non-upgraded JP PSP here is the first big jump:

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

http://blog.livedoor.jp/shigekiy1/archives/18078821.html

Nice

SuperWes · Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 8:50 am Post subject:

So does this mean that as soon as they figure out how to crack version 1.5 they'll be all ready with software for it?

-Wes
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SuperWes · Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 9:41 am Post subject:

Sklabah!? · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1

So, I'm going on a trip, and I'm loving this thing and downloading a bunch of these magazines for in-flight reading and stuff. You guys REALLY need to put something together for the PSP format. I'd much rather read your stuff than IGN's, but...well. Do it.

I'm curious, how do I put an MP4 on my card so the PSP will recognize and play it? I'm going to google it right now, but I was just curious if anyone knew a quick fix or link offhand.
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Pootivic · . Joined: 18 Jun 2005 Posts: 15

well theres always free softcore porn for the psp

http://www.sugarbank.com/sam_shttp://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-7s-70-3by.htmlugars_blog/2005/06/psp_porn_introd.html

even though it is like, only .5 times more revealing than maxim.

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

I am playing Earthbound Zero (Mother 1) right now, on my PSP. It is grand. I am not really worried about messing the thing up because I have an extended warentee on my PSP from Best Buy. Great stuff.

... heading off for softcore...

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Well, it seems like the PSP is... rocking.

You can now play SMS/Game Gear/SG-1000, TG16/PCE, NES*, GB/C*, SNES, Genesis/MD, MSX, NeoGeo, and GBA with an emulator. Not all are working at 100% speed, but it looks like a lot of US developers just jumped on now that they can use these programs on their PSPs with 1.50 PSPs.

Released today was a method to run homebrew and emu on 1.50 PSPs with out needing to swap memory cards. It is called kxploit 1.5.

Sony is really going to have to offer something feirce in an upgrade for their firmware to make me sacrafice emulation. It is also said that N64 emulation is a technical possibility based on the power of the PSP. I am sure we will also get random strange emulators and some good homebrew too (the vertical arkanoid homebrew... sucks).

You can also now play PONG on your PSP.

So... yea.

SuperWes · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 8:30 am Post subject:

No memory card swap you say? I'm on this as soon as tonight.

-Wes
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