Posted Jul 24, 2006 at 04:00PM by Jamie M. Listed in: Rumors, Opinions & Analysis Tags: downgrader, Fanjita, Sony, MPH, PSOne, Exploit
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While there is quite a bit of information out there regarding some of the more popular PSP Homebrew software and games, a few in specific have eluded us during our quest for PSP Homebrew. Many a night have we sat mulling over old texts and documentations, searching high and low for these unusual softwares of untold entertainment. At the end of the day we drag our weary selves back into our cabins, and type away through the blurry vision and lag spikes, taking all our notes and presenting you with the skinny. What's the real deal with these apparently remarkable yet perplexing homebrew which end up having little or no substance?

Back in July of 2005 "it all started". However one could trace things back possibly much longer that that (maybe even to the beginning of time). We were not around that far back so we will just take your word for it. Around this time we started seeing a number of fake downgraders which all promised to rescue you from the boredom of version 1.50 since at the time homebrew was not supported on any PSP besides 1.00. We all know that during this time Sony's PSP was also struggling somewhat due to a lack of games. These forces no doubt had a direct relationship with PSP Gamers attempting to explore homebrew. Not implying that homebrew is "less than" retail games in any way, they are undoubtedly "cheaper" aka free (most of the time) and quite entertaining. A select few of us at QJ have bought our PSP's just for great homebrew experience alone.

Soon to jump on the bandwagon was the 2.0 Downgrader. I imagine many of you will remember this as the 2.00 PSP's had started becoming more widely available at this time. Many 2.0 gamers now realized they were to be suck in the same situation that 1.50 owners had previously experienced where their love for their new found system was diminishing after realizing they would be unable to play homebrew. Yoshihiro had worked on finding an exploit but a mass genocide of PSP's resulting in keeping many of those who would attempt "random downgraders online" away from any such nonsense. The entire "fake" 2.0 downgrader issue was one of the most dramatic scenes the PSP has gone through. Soon after this had started to calm down, and some thought all hope was lost, the MPH Downgrader was released and gave PSP Gamers with newer firmware the chance at full access to their PSP once again.

bricker


Two weeks later an unknown PSP Patcher was released on the net. Sadly PSP Team's featured "Patcher" was in fact a PSP Bricker as discovered by Skylark. Soon after this, a supposed "UnBricker" which was said to "unbrick the accidentally bricked PSP, no matter what the reason and version it was." We know, of course, that this is not in fact reality. Homebrew hits on 2.0 and now the updating drama begins. Three firmwares later we sit at 2.6 with a new "2.6 Crack Update" which is supposed to allow you to have full features of 2.6 just by updating to the new "custom" firmware. After a few quick checks this too is found to have no substance. Downgrading your PSP from a older firmware which provides more support is mighty popular, why wouldn't it be? So members at eBay had their round at selling another "Downgrader" which was found to be a bricker as well. I think some negative feedback is in order. Then to round it all off someone posted another fake downgrader, but this time masquerading under the name of respected developer Fanjita. Obviously a low blow, tricking users by giving them a false sense of security by manipulating the authors name. Fanjita posted the news on his website that this was indeed fake and he was not involved in the production of the bricker.

A PSOne Emulator is an idea that isn't quite new for the PSP, however from time to time we get new screens of the supposed PSOne Emulator Interface from places on the web. Then as time progressed, more information surfaced about the PSOne Emulator for the PSP (official and unofficial) as well as a number of homebrew PSOne Emulators. Lets not forget the attractive but make believe PSP to Xbox 360 interface. While I like to dream big, I dont think that production was based in the plane of reality. Then, most recently, there was rumors of "PSxxx," a  supposedly hard coded PS1 emulator that was capable of running FFVII... even WE had the sense not to post about that one! But even the most brilliant minds at QJ get fooled sometimes, which brings us to...

ZoMbi146


Now to conclude our mental trip back into the land of make believe, we end with the Full Speed Nintendo 64 Emulator. D'oh! I knew you were waiting for this one. After many weeks of unreliable and incoherent communications between the developer ZoMbi146 I will have to call shenanigans on his port of UltraHLE. The project itself could no doubt be accomplished by a determined developer however ZoMbi146 continually delay "without a doubt" evidence to support his emulator existed.  Eventually the "updates" turned into excuses then finally the emails just stopped. Bad Zombi and bad QJ! We've got our fire retardant suits on, so break out the flame torches! Our sincerest apologies for any destroyed hopes and dreams, please keep the rioting and property damage to a minimum. And be careful with those torches and pitchforks - it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye!

So there you have it a somewhat comprehensive background on the realities and the delusions, the good the bad and the ugly. and just for future reference, new rumored programs will not be reported on unless there is substantial evidence of its existence.


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   by Fr@nkie (Unregistered) - 2006-07-24
 » Good Work

The Myth Buster are a great team and it's good to see them getting into PSP

1st

   by first time (Unregistered) - 2006-07-24
 » cracko?

wtf? what crack are you taking? that one must be top quality :D

peace out...

   by Ranmax09 (Unregistered) - 2006-07-24
 » :(

No Full Speed N64 emulator :(

   by CarXCrashXHearts - 2006-07-24
 » Myth Busters?

I saw the words "Myth Busters," but I don't see anything regarding them after I skimmed through the article. Now, I'm definitely not reading through this whole thing as it is an extremely long article (and it's an "opinion & analysis" one), but why would you make "Myth Busters Take on PSP Homebrew" the title?

   by razoric1333 (Unregistered) - 2006-07-24
 » Oh what the hell...

This is HARDLY an update on anything at all.

This site really goes down the crapper when there aren't enough "real" updates.

This is crap, and a waste of my time and your time, and it's a waste of space on the server. The only thing worse than these "updates" are the "updates" on the "games" such as Starcraft LUA and Halo 2d LUA, which, as we all know, are not anything but a background picture and a picture on top.

Thank you.

   by Hinto (Unregistered) - 2006-07-24
 » Told you so

I told you that there would not be a full speed N64 emulator any time soon. If you want to play N64 type games full speed, full stereo sound, get a DS.



   by where are myth busters? (Unregistered) - 2006-07-24
 » ???

what? The Myth Busters arnt working on this, it doesnt say anything about the Myth Busters Team

   by Jamie M. (Unregistered) - 2006-07-24
 » Title Selection in case you just MUST know ;)

Picked "Myth Busters Take on PSP Homebrew" since this article is an backwards look at the releases (and non released) homebrew that was supposed to be real or were thought to work hypothetically at the time, but did not.

And since the N64 emu is fake, we just busted that myth...

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   by FLai - 2006-07-24
 » .

So this is you apologizing about UltraHLE? Good way of hiding it. You could just have an apology on its own and saved us the spam before hand.

   by Jake D. (QJ. NET Staff) - 2006-07-24
 » Flai

Really buddy, you need to get some sun. Either in the comments or the forums, all that ever comes from you is spit and venom. Chill out.

And "spam"? Post a history of homebrew and people cheer, post a history of fakes and now its spam.

Its called making lemonade out of lemons.

   by spindoc - 2006-07-24
 » tsk

Change the title, its misleading, you might make someone jump to the conclusion that the real show is actually doing something related to the PSP. Meh.

   by Just Me (Unregistered) - 2006-07-24
 » Well....

What I think is people shouldn't care TOO much if it was faked....

I mean did you really WANT this to come out that you were dying over it? So just chill out.........so it was fake......who cares? Did it really hurt you? No.......so just drop it.....

   by commyostrich (Unregistered) - 2006-07-24
 » phantom

I'm still waiting for the Phanton PC/Gaming console made by Infinium Labs. It's gunna be SWEET!!!

yay www.phantom.net FTW

   by Jonesyxxiv - 2006-07-24
 » Myth Busters

Yeah I love the show myth busters. As soon as I saw this I was jsut like "AWESOME!!!!", but it turns out its just a big lie. :(

   by Grannd - 2006-07-24
 » Lame excuse for an excuse

IMO this excuse should've been here weeks ago. And shouldn't have all the lame things that OTHER people did wrong before it so it looks like QJ isn't that bad.

Lame lame lame.

   by metalspector (Unregistered) - 2006-07-24
 » wow

so QJ apologizes now after all the attention they got from the full speed emulator and all the hits to the site , making it more people that enter and click the ads and make QJ money , wow , the article should have said: "We QJ net are sorry for posting this article to have more visitors for our site and more people clicking ads and talking about QJ so the site gets more popular which was our intention" , that honest apology I would have accepted :). Anyways tomorrow I'm gonna release a full speed working emulator for the psp to emulate N-gage roms which I'm coding so beleive me , it's the truth , BELEIVE , and I'll be the first person to rip wii games before the wii is released so... BELEIVE ME, I wanna have attention NOW! lol ( obvious sarcasm but maybe a few people were dumb eneough to beleive I was telling the truth , anyways I probably wasn't funny cuz I never am and I'm lame and when I make up lies people figure it out easily , way to easily but at least it's a try , and I'm writing too much in parenthesis so I'll stop , see I can't be funny ).

   by akuma2099 - 2006-07-24
 » Cool article

I enjoyed this article, I liked taking a walk down memory lane with all the drama that has befallen the psp.

BOO !! Fake downgraders and no show homebrew

Hooray Devhook and real downgraders.

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   by FLai - 2006-07-24
 » Jake

No, not all that comes out of me is spit and venom. Today, I have been in 2 arguments, one of which was completely cleared up and the other was locked before I could resolve the matter. And, it was iball, so, I wasn't expecting to resolve anything with him. I can, and will say whatever I want in the comments. I would be alot less civil to you if you weren't an admin. Maybe you should think about your comments before you post them. Especially when it is about one of your users. And "Really buddy, you need to get some sun." What the ***** is that supposed to mean?! I could bet a large sum of money I get out alot more than you do "buddy" seen as your an admin I bet most of your time is spent on these forums. Am I right? I thought so.

   by h3inousguy - 2006-07-24
 » I hate Zombi

That man should pay. He's a mean man who owes us a GD N64 emulator, that play fullspeed. I still check the comment section on that article and i feel saddened that I was betrayed. Not by Qj, or pspupdates, but by him.

   by FLai - 2006-07-24
 » _

So, not gonna answer back are you?

   by Angry Villager (Unregistered) - 2006-07-24
 » Myth Busters are awsome

1. Change the title. Myth Busters name shouldnt be disgraced like this. The article has nothing to do with them.

2. Get to the point faster, just say the full speed N64 emulator is fake

3. Check these thing better before posting news about them. This was obviously fake.

   by FLai - 2006-07-24
 » .

Hmmm, Jake, read all the comments. Most people agree with me. Just admit you are wrong without hiding it.

   by logikal demon (Unregistered) - 2006-07-24
 » high horse soapbox.

iball.. ha. what a tard.

   by Supraman (Unregistered) - 2006-07-24
 » WTF?

This is by far the worst post ever on this site. Nice way of tricking everyone to read this crap. I want my 2 minutes of life
back.

   by Adam Savage (Unregistered) - 2006-07-24
 » grr

I'm telling Jamie about this... QJ see you in court

   by Supashay91 - 2006-07-24
 » wow, just wow

wow there goes a min and 47 seconds of my life thanks...

   by FLai - 2006-07-24
 » .

Would you like to retract your idiotic comments Jake?

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   by dan (Unregistered) - 2006-07-24
 » storys like this are crap

you SHOULD be reporting on things like Zombi146's UltraHLE, FAKE OR NOT.

you SHOULDNT be making time wasting articles like this.

if you must tell us that the ultraHLE port is fake, then make a damn column about that. dont waste my time with this ***** instead which clearly has NOTHING TO DO WITH MYTHBUSTERS!!!!


   by lordroba - 2006-07-24
 » hmm...

Personally I found this article quite interesting... I bought my PSP over a year after it came out, so it's interesting to learn a little history about hombrew and whatnot. I'm also happy that the people that run this site are taking steps to improve it, and will be more selective in what they report as homebrew news in the future:P

   by wipey - 2006-07-24
 » timeline

make a timeline of psp history....dammit!



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