Recently requiem4d has posted on GBATemp.net (linked above) news of a new Nintendo Wii "SoftChip" Backup Loader.
From the official Project Page:
Softchip is designed to allow booting of 1:1 backup discs on your Wii.
Goals:
• Allow booting of 1:1 Wii Disc backups Region/Video patching to allow booting of imported discs and backups of imports
• As close to 100% compatibility as possible
• Compatibility with consoles of all drive types
• Allow booting of non-standard ISO9660 Homebrew Wii discs
• Store configuration to SD or USB drive to allow configurable autoboot
Wishlist:
• Ability to use Ocarina-style codes
• Compatibility with Waninkoko's decrypted disc format
• Runtime patching of the System Menu & Starlet to use the Disc Channel to load discs
• Remove the need for any cIOS
•... More »
WiiGator from GBATemp (linked above) has released Nintendo Wii Backup Launcher v0.3 along with a video for those interested.
Download: Wii Backup Launcher v0.3 / Wii Backup Launcher v0.3 [Mirror]
From the ReadMe File: Backup Launcher 0.3 beta
What is included:
- cIOS Installer
- Backup Launcher 0.3 with banner
Changelog:
- Cinematic now working properly
- Wi-Fi Enabled
- Faster Load time
- Drive speed is still 3x. It is so fast that some testers believed it is running at 6x.
- Supports non-patched and patched Wii games (The correct term for "patched" is "decrypted")
- Not all games will work, but as of now most do.
Some parts are modification of free available source code, and are unsupported and not condoned by the o... More »
With the release of PlayStation Portable Firmware 5.00 yesterday, PSP hacker Dark_AleX has made available PSARDumper for 5.00 Decryption.
Download: PSP PSARDumper for 5.00 / PSP PSARDumper for 5.00 [Mirror]
From the ReadMe file: This is psardumper for 5.00. The table format has changed due to the inclusion of PSP3000.
Note: psp3000 modules cannot be decrypted yet, not even their names. The keys for the filenams table are in mesg_led03.prx of psp3000 which we cannot access yet. Additionally the keys for the modules themselves are in the ipl o psp3000 which cannot yet be accessed.
Due to that, you will see various warnings about "could not find path of XXXXX", just ignore that.
Other change... More »
We have had quite a few requests as to how the BD-Emulator on a PS3 TEST console works, and thought the best way to show how it works is through a video!
After formatting a USB HDD (in this case, a 500GB EIDE Drive hooked to the PS3 via an old USB CDROM enclosure) in the PS3, it is transferred to a PC. Once transferred, a properly decrypted, patched and remastered retail game is written to the drive. The drive is then plugged back in via USB to the PS3 TEST, while off.
The Drive is then turned on, followed by the PS3. Once the PS3 is on the BD-Emulator is set to USB. DEV is for a PS3 TOOL, which has an additional internal HDD for BD-Emulator purposes, and BD Drive is self explanatory. The PS3 then gets rebooted.
Upon reboot is where the video starts, it first shows the previous settings in the PS3, and then the game that was remastered, Kane & Lynch: Dead Men is started from BD-Emulator. The BD-Emulator ... More »
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Thanks to the French guys from PSP-GEN and the team that made 3.93 and 3.95 GEN, they are the first to announce that they have managed to take a look at the new PSP 4.00 firmware's PRX files.
The areas which has been changed includes: Pops popsman, npdrm, np9660, mlnbridge, sysmem, umdcache, sysconf, and video.
Check the whole content out pictured below.
This could mean we'll see a 4.00 GEN before a 4.00 M33 perhaps?
We shall wait for future updates soon..
As promised, below you will find a video of our PS3 TEST SD Launcher. The quality is not great nor was there sound, but it's the best capture from the old camera we have so we improvised and added a tune in the background.
A video capture of the PS3 would have been much clearer, but we wanted to show the PS3 in the video as well. It starts from the XMB, and allows non-NPDRM SELF's to be executed from SD card.
In the video you can see the SD Launcher loading and booting to the select screen. There is the ability to "move" throughout the list, and upon hovering on your slot of choice, pressing X.
At the moment the titles and locations are hardcoded, we need to add in support for reading either a filelist or the PARAM.SFO's.
The real impressive part of the video is in regards to the Ridge Racer 7 Demo. We obtained the Ridge Racer 7 Demo from an Official PlayStation Magazine Demo Disc. Upon r... More »
As we promised earlier this week, we are going to explain a PS3 game's boot process, as well as explain why the PARAM.SFO is so important.
The Flowchart in the image attached below explains a PS3 game's startup procedure from insertion to its execution.
Most of it is self-explanatory upon viewing the chart, however, there are a few notes. Any Retail SELF on a Blu-ray disc is flagged so it can only be decrypted and executed from the disc, and nowhere else.
Furthermore, the PARAM.SFO is also of importance... Upon insertion, the PS3 reads the Title ID of the disc in the PARAM.SFO and inserts it into the DB. Once the game is executed and decrypted, the Title ID is checked yet again to make sure it matches. If it does not (think a disc swap), the PS3 will silently error, and return to XMB.
In a final note, our PS3 Devs have been digging through numerous documents and patents, and came to the conclusion that the PS3 uses AIX (Advance... More »
According to French-based site PSP Generation, homebrew developer CipherUpdate has released NPDecryptor, a utility for decrypting PlayStation Store bought PSP games such as flOw and Beats.
Once decrypted, the titles can be played on any PSP running custom firmware, regardless of whether or not the license data is tied to your PSP.
Download: NPDecryptor for PSP CFW 3.X
How to use NPDecryptor?
NOTE: The operation of NPDecryptor is guaranteed only in Custom Firmware 3.90 M33.
- Download or buy in the usual way a play of PlayStation Store.
- Install it thanks to Playstation Network Downloader.
- Return in the file in which your play (ex is installed: PSP/GAME/UCUS12345),
- Re-select the EBOOT.PBP in NP.PBP
- Download NPDecryptor
- Connect your PSP to your computer by USB.
- Pass your PSP in Mode USB thanks to the option Connecti... More »
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