O/T PSP Question

[Faldo]

I know I'd be better of sticking this on a PSP forum, but a) they are full of scary geeks that I can't understand, and b) for some reason NSC is the only forum I can access thanks to websense type software.

But I digress.

I have a PSP, and carelessly upgraded the firmware within to 1.52. I want to get into all the homebrew stuff (megadrive games and the like) but to do so, I will need to get hold of some kind of downgrader. Im worried about breaking my PSP, so if anyone can recommend a downgrader that works, or can point me in the right direction, I shall be eternally grateful.

Ooh - and feel free to discuss the impending release of Pro Evo, or how the Nintendo has better quality games till your hearts content.

 

[Cian]

If you upgrade to 2.0, theres a downgrader that brings you back down to 1.5 to let you play homebrew. However, I've never heard of a working 1.5.2->1.5 one

 

[The Great Cornholio]

You need to upgrade to 2.0 and then downgrade to 1.5.0

 

[dwayne]

but beware it may brick your psp

youve been warned!

 

[rool]

Can I buy a psp cheaper when I go to the us in January and should I make sure it is a PAL version?

 

[culvers]

NOt sure how much cheaper they are in America but games are not region coded. The UMD movies are though, so if you just want to play games your fine.

 

[dwayne]

NOt sure how much cheaper they are in America but games are not region coded. The UMD movies are though, so if you just want to play games your fine.

The games will be region encoded soon

 

[rool]

Ok, cheers, I'm going to show my complete ignorance now and ask if ps one and two games can be played on the psp.

don't laugh too much

 

[culvers]

Ok, cheers, I'm going to show my complete ignorance now and ask if ps one and two games can be played on the psp.

don't laugh too much

NO the discs are totally different, aboiut half the size.

 

[rool]

NO the discs are totally different, aboiut half the size.

ahhh right, my boys told me a bit of a porky there then, thanks

 

[Faldo]

Im worried about the bricking... so to speak. But the risk seems difficult to quantify if you do a few google searches...

 

[Bluejuice]

From what I can gather the risk is minimal if you follow the instructions of a reputable downgrader to the letter.

However it still scares me and the thought of making £180 worth of hardware completely redundant makes me feel a bit queasy.

There's no guarantee you'd ever get it working again and Sony aren't likely to fix it for you if you've f***ed about with it.

Check both of these places for further info:
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000410060754/
http://www.psp-vault.com/module-pnForum-viewtopic-topic-2451.psp

Or

Get one of these instead:

http://gbax.com/

 

[Cian]

http://gbax.com/

Probably going to pick up a GP2x sometime soon - have a GP32-BLU but never use it. Being Linux based, I can probalby port OpenTTD easy enough - the only game I really want to play on the move