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[thuway]

Well as of this moment there is no custom firmware scene. I don't know if there ever will be seeing as how developers for popular emulators like Snes9x aren't bothered enough to get their things running full speed.

I really just want the ability to play emulation similar to how the PSP was but without the limitations that came with that hardware.

As far as Sony is concerned, the Vita is legacy hardware, so at this point I doubt there is too much incentive to aggressively block these efforts.

 

[fatty]

It's been a while since my Vita has seen some use. I've upgraded to 3.60; I'm guessing the only way to download and store all of my PSP and Vita games is to still use the PS3 by itself or by the Vita directly and then use the Content Manager Assistant to transfer them to PC?

 

[Joey Ravn]

Well as of this moment there is no custom firmware scene. I don't know if there ever will be seeing as how developers for popular emulators like Snes9x aren't bothered enough to get their things running full speed.

I'm sure we'll see a boom in homebrew development now that the Vita has been cracked wide open for everyone, just like it happened with the 3DS a few months ago. Rejuvenate was a massive pain in the ass to use, so it's completely logical that the scene was dead in the gutter for so long.

 

[T-Rex.]

Will this let us play games that haven't been translated into English with fan translations or something? Sounds pretty cool but I'm not really clued up on this kind of stuff.

 

[Chesskid1]

the last time i was part of the vita scene, most of the homebrew was just homebrew released for PSP that works on the vita.

has it changed much since then?

Will this let us play games that haven't been translated into English with fan translations or something? Sounds pretty cool but I'm not really clued up on this kind of stuff.

depends which system you want. PSP most likely yes but not during launch.

 

[Joey Ravn]

Will this let us play games that haven't been translated into English with fan translations or something? Sounds pretty cool but I'm not really clued up on this kind of stuff.

Vita games? Not yet. PSP games? Not yet (but probably sooner than later).

the last time i was part of the vita scene, most of the homebrew was just homebrew released for PSP that works on the vita.

has it changed much since then?

Not really, but expect a few hectic weeks starting today.

 

[Melkezadek]

I just want emulators and PS One classics. The Vita will then transcend for me.

 

[Bittercup]

It's been a while since my Vita has seen some use. I've upgraded to 3.60; I'm guessing the only way to download and store all of my PSP and Vita games is to still use the PS3 by itself or by the Vita directly and then use the Content Manager Assistant to transfer them to PC?

Yes those are the only options.

 

[Seventy70]

I'm on 3.16 and not sure if I should update to this. Has anything been said about the PS1 emulation?

 

[T-Rex.]

depends which system you want. PSP most likely yes but not during launch.

Vita games? Not yet. PSP games? Not yet (but probably sooner than later).

Sweet, so the potential for it is there at least.

 

[Chesskid1]

I just want emulators and PS One classics. The Vita will then transcend for me.

i just want perfect GBA/SNES emulators, which i think is very likely. PSP and PSX for games like phantasy star and spyro.

I would like Nintendo DS and Dreamcast, but i think this is more of a pipe dream. I have a DS but i think an emulator would cleanup the graphics a bit. A really nice video player that can stream video from the PC would be great too.

 

[duckroll]

I can't wait for the day I can load all the PS1 Classics and PSP games I have all into the Vita without dealing with the account limitations and the unavailability of digital versions.

 

[Joey Ravn]

Video thing by Davee to HYPE THINGS UP!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgtEiZum1Rc&feature=youtu.be



It shows what happens when you turn off your Vita, as well.

 

[Melkezadek]

Video thing by Davee to HYPE THINGS UP!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgtEiZum1Rc&feature=youtu.be



It shows what happens when you turn off your Vita, as well.

Whoa...it's actually that simple?

What a time to be alive.

 

[Blablurn]

emulators are not available yet, right?

 

[Chesskid1]

emulators are not available yet, right?

just the ones here afaik

https://henkaku.xyz/showcase/

i'm just going to try a few GBA games before i crash.

 

[Professor Beef]

Honestly all I really want is to be able to play the patched version of War of the Lions. Quite literally anything else is a bonus.

 

[Blablurn]

just the ones here afaik

https://henkaku.xyz/showcase/

i'm just going to try a few GBA games before i crash.

cooooooooooool

 

[xclaw]

Fairly stoked here to be honest, can't wait to play around with this!

 

[Trace]

I can't wait for the day I can load all the PS1 Classics and PSP games I have all into the Vita without dealing with the account limitations and the unavailability of digital versions.

Same. Running Crash on my Vita is my dream atm.

 

[AzureSkies]

Honestly all I really want is to be able to play the patched version of War of the Lions. Quite literally anything else is a bonus.

Oh my god, will this be possible with the exploit?

if so I'm hyped.

 

[Trace]

Oh my god, will this be possible with the exploit?

if so I'm hyped.

Not yet. Someone would need to write a program to do that first, you would need the ability to run backups.

 

[Primethius]

I hope that GBA emulator is good. That's all I need to start off with.

 

[whitehawk]

okay seriously why isn't there a new thread yet

 

[FantasticMrSnake]

Are you guys going to just jump in? or wait a little to see if there is any bricks or something?

 

[Gu4n]

Since I recently swapped accounts, being able to transfer my save data from one to the other would totally make my day -- but that has been a pipe dream so far.

okay seriously why isn't there a new thread yet

Because this thread suffices?

 

[oti]

Are you guys going to just jump in? or wait a little to see if there is any bricks or something?

I am. I don't use this thing anyway and reselling it isn't worth it. Might as well tinker with it for a bit.

 

[GreenMonkey]

Been waiting for this for ages. Looks like I'm getting me a spare Vita! To CL I go.

I too want to play patched War of the Lions. I like emulators too.

 

[whitehawk]

Since I recently swapped accounts, being able to transfer my save data from one to the other would totally make my day -- but that has been a pipe dream so far.


Because this thread suffices?

The thread title is completely contradictory to the new news.

 

[calc84maniac]

okay seriously why isn't there a new thread yet

Because there's not actually any concrete info yet?

 

[Mendrox]

Are you guys going to just jump in? or wait a little to see if there is any bricks or something?

There won't be a brick with a WebExploit

Happy to see that day. Vita is saved (welp it was always saved for me 8))

 

[Jazzem]

Oh wow! Very curious to see how this plays out.

Odd timing as I recently managed to get a nasty scratch on my Vita's screen I knew I should have put a screen protector on it...

 

[Guymelef]

Edit: wrong.

 

[Joey Ravn]

I kinda agree with the sentiment that this thread doesn't reflect the new news. We should either edit the OP and the title to include this new development or create a new thread with updated info.

I'm at work right now, but if you want, I can create a placeholder thread before release and updated as things developer in the afternoon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgtEiZum1Rc

Beat you to the video

 

[Tsunamo]

Very excited to see what comes out of all of this. It's felt like so long since we've waited for a native Vita hack and now it's finally happening, now we can finally see what the Vita homebrew scene will cookup.

So what are the chances that someone will port over a Dreamcast or PS2 emulator to the Vita now? Is the Vita even powerful enough to do PS2 emulation?

No chance for a PS2 emulator, but Dreamcast is possible (and I really hope it happens, after Jet Set Radio I was so pumped for more dreamcast ports but we never got them)

 

[Guymelef]

I kinda agree with the sentiment that this thread doesn't reflect the new news. We should either edit the OP and the title to include this new development or create a new thread with updated info.

I'm at work right now, but if you want, I can create a placeholder thread before release and updated as things developer in the afternoon.



Beat you to the video

Right, :|

 

[Skyzard]

20 mins :/

Shame there isn't SNES emulation yet to test out now.

Will be diving right in to test some Sonic and then crashing.

 

[jsnepo]

Crash Team Racing on Vita finally!

 

[Joey Ravn]

Crash Team Racing on Vita finally!

Eh, not for the moment. There won't be any PSX loader or emulator at launch. Give it some time and there will probably be something released... but not just yet.

Getting to use the native PSX emulator on Vita has always been a complicated process, though.

got the new thread up and running

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1254645

Subbed!

 

[Chesskid1]

got the new thread up and running

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1254645

 

[Gitaroo]

so is the vita fully hacked or what? I have spare unopen Vita OLED, which firmware should I update it to atm?

 

[FataIChoice]

so is the vita fully hacked or what? I have spare unopen Vita OLED, which firmware should I update it to atm?

Currently must be on latest firmware for it to work.

 

[killatopak]

Anybody have a 3.60 update PUP in a file sharing site? I don't know why but download from sony site or directly from the vita takes 9 hours wtf.

 

[t26]

My old Vita is at 1.8, should I made the upgrade to 3.6? There is already a lot I can do on that firmware. I am guessing any exploit or hack would be on 3.6 going forward.

 

[Subaru]

So, honest question: the PS Vita hardware is better ou worse than the n3DS hardware for emulation?

 

[killatopak]

So, honest question: the PS Vita hardware is better ou worse than the n3DS hardware for emulation?

Technically it's better but it's worse right now because it isn't mature yet. (talking about henkaku).

As interest grows, I assume it'll get better.

 

[c0de]

So, honest question: the PS Vita hardware is better ou worse than the n3DS hardware for emulation?

Potentially it is better but being downclocked, it's not.

 

[calc84maniac]

Potentially it is better but being downclocked, it's not.

The Cortex A9 massively outperforms the ARM11 clock-per-clock, so the processor having a lower clock speed than the N3DS doesn't mean much. It would be better to compare actual performance once Vita emulators have been optimized.

 

[LordOfChaos]

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