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Pwnage alert: GTA: VCS requires FW 2.81 - confirmed

Posted Oct 30, 2006 at 03:10PM by Gino D. Listed in: News, Games, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories Tags: Rockstar Leeds

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A lot of us here are waiting anxiously for Rockstar Leeds' Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. And by the time you're reading this, it's already out there on the shelves. But a lot of you might start to wonder if it's going to be worth it because... [cue lightning in the background] it will require you to run firmware 2.81 on your PSP. Oh yes. (Oh noes.)

It has been confirmed by GTAPSP.com, and they've posted a list of little knick-knacks that you might want to know about the game. The other tidbits of info are pretty minor, especially compared to that first bullet-point which is nagging at our brains:

The game requires PSP firmware version 2.81 to play. An update is included on the game disc.
The city appears to be VERY similar to the original Vice City in terms of layout.
There is a pedal bicycle in the game and controls are said to be initial to San Andreas.
You'll start out on the "second island" from Vice City with access to areas like the airport, army base and downtown.
Vic can swim for over one minute before drowning.

Ultimate pwnage? Well, a lot of you guys must be so torn now, whether you're willing to upgrade your PSP (if it isn't yet) to 2.81 just to play the game. But think of it this way: it was bound to happen. We all saw it coming anyways. Now or never, folks... Maybe it's time to own up...

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by kjljl (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» First

First post

Re: Bill Doors (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» fy

let's hope you die young

Re: fubutthole (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» you suck

I'm going to rape your tight little butthole.

Re: . (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» .

rofl

Re: ZeroGiga (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» Makes me wonder....

Why the HELL doesn't QJ delete disruptive posts instantly. (THIS, for example, especially since it's not NECESSARY for the freakin' mood.)

Re: Ju ju Bean! (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» The first poster is gay.

That sucks! Oh well I mihgt get it one day when I get board with my homebrew maybe not...

Re: StoneCut (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» oh man

You are all just doing exactly what this troll wants ;)

Even though it's stupid because I am replying here, too, but there's an easy way to get rid of these people:

JUST DON'T REACT TO TROLLS !

It'll quickly become boring then.

Re: wonkizzle - 2006-10-31

» Oh Noes!

Omg! You got first post! Omg Bear my children! You must be like.. the most awesome best person alive! Omg, and so original! *Claps* Youre so awesome..

So awesome..

[/sarcasm]

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Re: np (Unregistered) - 2006-10-31

» .

im playing it right now on custom firmware SE-B with devhook

Re: kurt (Unregistered) - 2006-10-31

» Erm...

Just been on a torrent site and found VCS and every 1 has said it works and its for 2.71?!?! im downloading now and so should you if you want to save £40 and homebrew!!!!!! ORRR if you dnt like piracy, go out buy the game then download the iso n play it thru devhook :P

Re: loyx (Unregistered) - 2006-10-31

» this guy is cool

ok guys i'm not joking when I say this:

I LOVE FIRST POSTERS

it's so funny when the piss everyone off :D

Re: U GUZ R NUBSSSS (Unregistered) - 2006-11-05

» yo *****s!!!

u guyz r *****otts it's not spelled *****et, *****ett, *****ot, it's *****ing *****OTT!!! U RETARTED ***** SUCKERS!!!

Re: turnipeater (Unregistered) - 2006-11-10

» Aparantly...

aparantly you can get a normal UMD, boot it up then replace it for GTAVCS when you get to the psp screen, not sure if this works but definately worth a go, lemme know it if works!

by chucky3456 - 2006-10-30

» Oh well

Oh well, a patch will come eventually (or maybe DA will make 2.81 SE?)

Re: Chainsaw (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» I hope so...

Yes, firmware 2.81 emulation with Devhook would be cool... Or something similar... But I already own GTA San Andreas on my PS2 and GTA LCS on the PSP, I won't buy GTA VCS... Let's wait, I think somebody will find out a new exploit or a way to emulate 2.81...

Re: MrWho7 (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» No surprise

we all knew this was gonna happen. at 1st i was planning on waiting for a hack but now i think i wont just because i find vcs and socom ftb 2 are much more fun than homebrew. im not sayin homebrew is bad its just i dont see how u would rather play homebrew than vcs and ftb2 online

Re: someone (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» contrary to popular belief

1.5 or 2.71se is not all about homebrew games and emulators. there are many who choose to download games and play them for free why you waste your hard earned money on video games. touché.

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Re: nightshade15 - 2006-10-30

» MrWho7

Hmm, Not too many of these games are infrastructure mode.
GTA:VCS is NOT infrastructure mode enabled.
So you cannot play this game online. Quite lagggy one would think.
FTB2... I dont think i'd ever buy it. Dont know about that one, never really liked it as much as other shooters of the genere

Re: GaveUpTomorrow - 2006-10-30

» Wow...

1.5 or 2.71se is not all about homebrew games and emulators. there are many who choose to download games and play them for free why you waste your hard earned money on video games. touché.

Why waste you money on anything then? People buy video games to support the creators. If everyone had the same outlook as you, there would be no more video games, because if the makers didn't make a profit, they would all go out of business. You have no problem stealing games online because you aren't taking a physical entity, but in reality you are hurting the creators. Its a shame that people like you even exist, and its what makes the world a crappy place to live. You obviously don't even work, or you'd have some respect for the amount of work that goes into creating a finished product, no matter what that product be.

Re: 1 (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» 2

I also believe in buying games to support the creators! But also, I believe in ripping off really crappy games (ie pretty much every sports title). It will either give the company initiative to create better games or put them out of business.

Re: j453113 (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» lol

u can use devhook with it n devhook its fw requirements down to 2.0 i think... lets hope taht works

Re: Bubby_the_Tour_G (Unregistered) - 2006-11-14

» Retards who can't spell or grammify

To: j453113
You are *****ing retarded. What the hell are you trying to say? Go back to kindergarden and learn how to communicate, you *****ing moron!!!

by carbon (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» lol

Who didn't see this coming, I mean eh? eh?

Re: commyostrich (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» well sure

I mean this happened with the first GTA on PSP requiring the 2.0 firmware update. And what did it spark? A freaking firmware war!!! It started the mphgameloader and runumd and later on the amazing thing we now love called DevHook. So people people, don't worry.

The homebrew community is always hard at work at this stuff. Another amazing hack will be soon to come and all will be fine and dandy(yes both fine and dandy at one time).

These new people are just freaking out and it cracks me up. A ton has happened in this past year and when I look back it's really quite ridiculous. oh well. power to the people.

by a disgruntled user (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» ach

i love my 2.71 se far too much to upgrade just yet, perhaps praying to the almighty dark_alex helps ?

by Cheater912 (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» ...

Not even this will make me upgrade...
The new DevHook is being released anyway..

Re: 12325 (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» "The new DevHook is being released anyway.."

"The new DevHook is being released anyway.."
^^^ Uhm... Sources please?

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Re: dfbvd (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» gsbfb

yes
devhook runs 2.81 almost perfectly and runs 2.82 xmb, but no games can be launched yet
sources, maxconsole.net mathienul

by Donmitchellioni (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» GTA 'n' 2.81

I definately ain't upgradin my machine till there comes a downgrader or DevHook can run an emulator for it..
I get too much fun out of the other emulators n homebrew I'm runnin.. it'll happen.. and they do say all good things come to those who wait :D

And just another quick note on it.. by the time they do have the means to run it on a 1.5 the .cso or .iso file of the game will be out there so Rockstar might find the sales a little lower.. not that i condone the use of bootleg games ;P

Re: a disgruntled user (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» meh

a *****ing vicious circle i tell you

Re: i hate nintendo (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» i agree!!

and i do condone the use of bootleg games!!

by a disgruntled user (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» well

sony probably paid a good bunch of money to rockstar so that they force 2.81

Re: godsfilth (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» maybe but

probally not since sony is the only company that can actually produce UMD'd they probally just throw the firmware requirements in the begining of the games before they produce them with or without telling the game companies

Re: Bob (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» Rockstar

Its in rockstars best interests to throw teh latest firmware on there and convince people its required to play. Sell more copies that way!

by Lorenzen (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» cheater912

Cheater912 .. you dont know that your just assuming .. just like most o us are assuming that booster has devhook custom firmware and dosent wswant to release it until 3.0m or the next big firmware .. although i wish hed make a devhook for 2.8 while were waiting

Re: Cheater912 (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» Souce

Harleyg is my source:
http://0x89.org/forum/index.php?topic+146.0

by adamwe1012 (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» dev+x-flash

well i'm a noob so don't flame. can't someone try to get the fw spoof(from x-flash) on dev. just a thought????

by DAMMIT (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» I KNEW IT

OK so we have unpacked and done everything with 2.81 so SOMEONE DEVHOOK IT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

by :O (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» ...

Didn't booster stop developing DevHook due to Sony's legal pressure on him, particularly 1 file that DevHook uses. And I also heard that he didn't realease the source code for it either...well for the emulating part, so I guess nobody will be able to carry on his work >.<

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, coz I'm a little cranky at the moment and might be typing giberish...

Re: Henkibojj (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» Might be true

That might be true, but a dh test has circelled around the devs, ask Harleyg. He said that 2.82 (two point eighty-TWO) worked with this dh beta.

http://forums.qj.net/f-psp-firmware-discussion-253/t-grand-theft-auto-vice-city-stories-76408.html Listen to Abe Froeman.

Another thread, maybe not true, but it says it can be run with dh with "2.xx -> 2.00" hack. http://forums.qj.net/f-psp-firmware-discussion-253/t-gta-vcs-can-be-played-on-271-76489.html

by Nacho (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» Pre-order

Good thing I didnt preorder, because the hombrew scene people will not give up thier homebrew enabled psp's to play this...

Re: Mr. Common Sense (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» me too

I made that mistake with LCS because it required fw2.0. Then I ended up getting it anyway after they found the exploit.

by supahyphymane (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» less sales

there going to lose alot of money off this

Re: Bill Doors (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» fy

You know there's a lot of people who buy stuff and don't care about hacking stuff ?
At least they'll not lose money with guys like you (and me sometimes) as they don't get money over the isos you know ^^ ?

Re: greg (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» yeah

Yeah dude the homebrew scene is like 1% of the psp users and the people who wont upgrade is like .5% nd the potential buyers are probably even less

by El Bueno (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» I don't care...

I'm not a huge fan of GTA anyway, so I'll be sticking with my 2.71 SE

by PeeWee (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» Titty Boppers

Oh well, that's what my 4 gig stick, and umd dumper alpha are for.

Re: Steve (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» Too Bad

too bad that you still have to upgrade regardless of how you plat the game

Re: Mr. D In Action (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01

» What do you mean with "Too Bad"?

He can just replace the fontlib or libtiff. Ah i forgot which one it was. He can replace the "thing" with a 2.71 one, and Whoops! He can play it on 2.71!

by cof cof!!!! (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» cof cof!!!!!!

m e g a n o v a

by confident (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30

» like ace combat

dont give up hope i reckon this one will be alright,

just like all the 2.81 games before...minus that gay hunting one

by typo (Unregistered) - 2006-10-30