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Dark_Alex releases the PSP Time Machine v0.1

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"Everyone bow down to the PSP hacking legend that is Dark_Alex, he has just released another amazing hack - the Time Machine v0.1. This hack fpr the PSP allows you to load previous firmwares and custom firmwares from the Memory Stick using pandora. This allows you to enjoy such benefits as being able to run software that isn't supported anymore and a whole lot more."

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Bill Gates5913d ago

M$ should use this time machine to go back in time and fix the 360 before selling it to the BABOONS.....AHAHHAHHAHHAHAHA

GodsHand5913d ago

Don't forget HD DVD drive built in and a HDD.

TheMART5913d ago

If Sony only went back to fix some good games, get the price at 400 Dollar/Euro from launch, get the slow BluRay drive aka trojan horse push format out of the gamingconsole and get a fast drive in so one doesn't have to install 22 minutes a game (if one wants to play a PC game, one doesn't buy a console)

Sony Soldiers5913d ago (Edited 5913d ago )

So is pandora's battery needed for this? I'd like to get my slim back down to 3.71 m33-4, but my friend, whose PSP phat I used, is about 400 miles away at his school and won't be back until summer, oh well :(

TheMART5913d ago

Yep Pandora battery is needed to run the firmware(s) from Memory Stick

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GodsHand5913d ago

Good news for every PSP user. Even if they don't use it.

ruibing5913d ago

Too complicated for me to have to get an old PSP or buy one of these things off eBay. I'll stick with normal PSP games for my PSP Slim and R4 for my DS Lite.

TheMART5913d ago

It's not complicated at all.

First get jigkick/pandora battery or let someone with an already modded PSP make one for you. Second, get the Magic Memory Stick fixed. There are some easy installers.

After that's its simple... Upgrading to 3.90 m33-2. I'll prepare a seperate Memory Stick for this Time Machine stuff (which isn't too hard also if one follows the .txt tutorial) so 1.50 kernel homebrew is apart from my MS for normal PSP Slim use.

Winter47th5913d ago

Kudos to Dark Alex, what a great man for the community he is.

ruibing5913d ago

@TheMART at Xboxkings

But is there anyway to do it when I don't know anyone with a modded PSP or an old PSP? If only there was something resembling the R4 for the PSP, where I can just put a bunch of games onto a 2GB MicroSD card and boot it up with no modifications to the system that may void the warranty.

TheMART5913d ago

@ Ruibing

Yes. One can buy the Datel Tool battery, its the pandora/jigkick commercially (around 25 to 30 Euro's normally). There is also a hardware way to make the pandora, but you have to break open the PSP battery and do some hardware modifications. I wouldn't recommend that, but if you want to, it's possible...

Pandora is about as simple as R4. You do it once and it works like a charm. You can't brick. You can always recover if you dump the Nand first

LJWooly5913d ago

I'm thinking Sony and Dark_Alex don't get on well... maybe that's why theMart posted this story :D

TuxyMamoru5912d ago

Its actually really easy to make one. Just go to Walmart and buy the mAh Sony battery, open it up, and, using a needle, pry off one of the pins.

There's websites all over the internet that go into detail about how to do it. You won't regret it.

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Antonio_Mex5913d ago

the mart you are so lame, I would love to have a fist fight with you.

TheMART5913d ago

You wouldn't hold up for 10 sec. One positive thing, you would be out for at least 22 minutes, so DMC4 would be installed on your PS3 afterwards

Antonio_Mex5913d ago

this should be great for PSP users.

Antonio_Mex5913d ago

Well for your information, I not planning on purchasing DMC4, theres nothing new on the game, still the installation helps to get rid of the noise unlike your console, you have to hear that laud annoying noise, anyway the mart, I Would love to argue with these, but im not a keyword warrior, if ever drop by on Paltalk, I'll see you there.

TheMART5913d ago

Too bad again. The installation is needed to keep up with the 360 in loading times and to prevent that the Waitstation 3 is reality. I don't get people crying over a spinning gamedisc. I have a 5.1 sound system and I don't hear any drive.

Antiono-Mex(ican?). Anyway my dear Mexican, if you want to jump out the discussion be my guest. Don't forget you started it yourself with a comment that made me laugh. The only thing you could hit are Piniata's I guess.

DarkSniper5913d ago

This comment was an insult to the good name of hispanics and latino human beings across the nation. Dark Sniper encourages everyone to report TheMART at Xboxkings' comments as offensive.

Make N4G a better community and rid of this rubbish and take away his bubbles.

$niper

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Acquire Joins KADOKAWA Group: Could This Mean A Revival for Tenchu & Way of the Samurai ?

Acquire, famous for games like Tenchu and Octopath Traveler, becomes KADOKAWA subsidiary. Can this mean a revival for beloved series?

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Snookies1213d ago (Edited 13d ago )

I would kill to have a Way of the Samurai game with a huge budget and modern tech... The first game was one of my greatest joys on PS2 back in the day. And I really hope From Software will do something with Tenchu... I hate that they're just sitting on the IP like it doesn't even exist.

Relientk7712d ago

Don't play with my feelings like that.

Also, new Tenchu please!

TheColbertinator12d ago

Tenchu would be superb in this day and age. Ninja and samurai games are hot right now and more is better.

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Original Final Fantasy 7 - Is it Worth Playing in 2024?

Final Fantasy 7 has come back under the spotlight thanks to the release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, but is it worth replaying the original?

ravens5215d ago

Got to Zacks part in 7 Rebirth. Said f it. Finishing my game in 7 og. Just got to part 2 yesterday. I also got Crisis Core... So it'll be a while before I'm back to Rebirth. I just keep thinking about it too smh, want to get back to playing it. Not till I know Zacks story though. I beat 7 og sooooooo long ago, it's crazy going through it again and remembering things.

MrNinosan15d ago (Edited 15d ago )

Got to Zacks part in Rebirth?
You mean you started the game and turned it off?
The game starts with Zack...

ravens5215d ago

... Really 🤓 lol. His second part, I've played for 80hrs lmao. <---- PS5 Run time, probably not all game time. You guys know how it goes.

VIK212115d ago (Edited 15d ago )

Did you not ever play the OG FF7? After you recruit Vincent, later in the game, disc 3, return to that basement and look at the pod, there's a whole Zack story that'll trigger as a memory.... it's well hidden in the game and a lot of things regarding Zack are cleared up. FF7 Crisis Core is basically an extend feature of that hidden flashback... It took me years to discover it back then lol

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

MrNinosan15d ago

@ravens52
80 hours in Rebirth by doing everything, and you should've reached Zacks story about 5 times 🤣

ravens5214d ago

Ye I kno that's y I said not all gameplay time. But also I am very anal when it comes to exploring.

ravens5214d ago

Not to mention fighting Titan at his full strength. Hours spent trying still haven't succeeded. Found all 3 ruins but I'ma masochist when it comes to games.

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Barlos16d ago

Very much so. Graphically it's dated but the story and the gameplay haven't aged a day. It's still one of my all time favourite RPGs and for me is better than Remake in some ways.

Barlos15d ago (Edited 15d ago )

It always takes me back to Christmas 1997, I got it as a gift and I was blown away when I played it. I couldn't believe games could look that good. The combination of pre rendered backgrounds and FMV really made it stand out. It definitely still has a certain charm that modern games can't replicate.

I can't imagine people will still be talking about Remake and Rebirth in 27 years.

Tapani15d ago

Fully agreed. To me the atmosphere, pacing, gameplay and music are all better than in the remake.

Rebel_Scum16d ago

Yes, play this, skip remake, start rebirth for new players.

I_am_Batman16d ago

Skip Remake? That's terrible advice.

leahcim15d ago

Remake is so amazing, pure FFVII Love, play it on PS5 please! aww the graphics the battles, the music... a dream come true.

Rebel_Scum15d ago (Edited 15d ago )

I disagree Batman

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FF XVI Producer Is Interested In Working On A New Final Fantasy Tactics Game

Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida is interested in working on a brand new Final Fantasy Tactics game.

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GoodGuy0918d ago

It's insane its been this long since the last release.

CrimsonWing6918d ago

Not from you.

Knowing how you handled FF16 by trying to make it appeal to non-fans and changing the entire gameplay design I can see you changing Tactics to appeal to non-fans.

If they’re going to do this please give it to someone who wants to keep the game and genre in tact.

VersusDMC17d ago

He worked on tactics ogre reborn. Was there changes? He wouldn't make an FF tactics game an action game. It will be AA but faithful. Probably what the Diofield Chronicles team and some of the FFXVI team is probably working on already and he is just keeping a secret.

And FF hasn't had a set gameplay design since X. I disliked the MMO, 12, 13 FF's but didn't mald for years. I played other games. Stop crying as he probably won't make a single player FF again and will be busy with the next FF MMO.

EternalTitan17d ago

I can feel your hatred. Keep it up.

Ataraxias17d ago

Tactics Ogre Reborn was an overall solid product but almost eliminated the concept of builds in the game.
So we'd probably end up with a system where character jobs like Mercenary for Ramza is 80% of the character instead of being freeform.

SegaSaturn66917d ago

Tactics Ogre Reborn changed a lot of gameplay mechanics for the worse. The class system is weird and hard to lock in roles, and they shoehorned a new "random card appearing" mechanic on the maps which makes no sense. Previously you obtained those boosts from killing powerful opponents, not spawning randomly.

There's a way better way to play Tactics Ogre: the fanmade onevision mod of the psp version.

EternalTitan17d ago

16 was just a terrible mess.
Its not even a JRPG let alone a final fantasy game.
Yosi piss(who said he hates JRPGs) should not touch another Final Fantasy game ever again.

VersusDMC17d ago

87 metacritic can't be a terrible mess.
If Kingdom Hearts is a JRPG then FFXVI is a JRPG. And he said he hates the term JRPG as it carries a bad stereotype with western journalists.

So you're just incorrect on several fronts...

Asterphoenix17d ago

I wouldn't mind a new FF Tactics longs they keep the tactical elements of Tactics in it as well as a very in depth story. Which FF Tactics years ago has by far one of the best stories in the series.

Tapani16d ago

Yes, alongside with Vagrant Story. Playing FFT, then Vagrant story and finally FFXII is a bliss. Deepest lore and best stories ever made in video games.