No.. here's a hint: It's a DOS game. (Abandonware at this point).

Nope, and nope.

Ok. Here's a screen:

I upgraded to 3.03 OE-B, and I notice that some of my PSX games now show up as corrupt data... any reason for this?

You may have to remake the eboots.

Yeah, Mateui, figured it all out, thanks anyway! Was just trying to get up to 3.02-A, but since I only have 30 megs atm, and it needs 35~, I'm screwed for the time being. In the meantime, I've got another related question. When trying to upgrade to this latest version you posted, 3.03-B, you need to have 3.03-A installed. Can I go directly from 1.5 to 3.03-A, or do I need to go 3.02-A, -B and then upwards?

You CAN go straight to 3.03 OE-A from 1.50

So have you figured it out yourself yet Kalar? Are you at 1.50 now? If not, then I would just upgrade to 2.71, as that's the easiest firmware to downgrade to 1.50 from.

Hot off the presses! Another custom firmware update. (http://pspupdates.qj.net/3-03-OE-B-Released-Movie-Madness-/pg/49/aid/78858)

3.03 OE-B.

The major updates to this firmware are:
- Full resolution support for MP4-AVC videos (previously limited on Sony firmwares)
- Changed the structure of the program to have more free ram in game mode (This supposedly fixes some of the PSX games that have been freezing at times like FF8)
- Docmaker also now allows for 1000 png (images) to be used rather than the previous 100 (Useful if you want to make your own PSX game manuals)

The biggest one is definetely the video resolution. Goodbye black bars.

QJ.net is fairly reliable (http://pspupdates.qj.net/) but you'll have to search around there since they report on pretty much anything PSP related.

There are also the MaxConsole PSP forums. (http://forums.maxconsole.net/forumdisplay.php?f=78)

Well, if you have any questions or need some help, you can just ask here, because some of us do have experience going through the downgrading/upgrading. The most important thing you have to figure out at the moment is to see what firmware your PSP is. Just go to Settings->System Settings->System Info, and it should give you a number like 2.50. If it says 2.81 or something higher then homebrew can't be run on your PSP. Hopefully you have something lower though. 

Shit, Oddworld Abe's Odyssee uses the L2 and R2 buttons I think!
There goes another game

You still have L2 and R2 buttons available on the PSP. You can either map them to the analog nub, or to the d-pad. People have been playing Oddworld without any problems.

Okay, I own a PSP but I know nearly nothing about them. I don't have TA-082 motherboard (I think), and I don't feel like destroying my PSP just yet.
So how should I downgrade?

First of all, what is your PSP's firmware at the moment? If it's 2.80 or lower, you'll be able to go to 3.02 OE-B or the latest 3.03 OE-A (Which has better PSX compression), however, if you're 2.81 or higher, I'm afraid you'll have to wait.

I've just got a psp and I want to use some homebrew stuff however I'm not too sure what to do or how. Could someone give me a little help?

It's ay FW version 2.81, not a clue what the motherboard thing is. Also I think this PSP was made in 2005, if that helps.

Unfortunately, PSPs 2.81 and above currently CANNOT downgrade. However, they're working on hacking it. You may want to stay at this firmware and wait until they succeed. 2.80s can downgrade, so it shouldn't be too long until 2.81s can.

If anybody is planning on playing MGS on their PSP in the future, set the controls to Type II. It's the only way to make it playable. That mapping sets R2 & L2 to R1 & L1, and R1 & L1 to the analog nub. It's great.

This is great news.

I'm very behind on this entire psp hacking scene, so just wondering, do I still need an unpatched copy of GTA:Liberty city stories or whatever it's called to downgrade from a regular 2.60 psp to 1.5?

No. You can simply upgrade to 2.71, and then afterwards downgrade to 1.50 from there.

Can you still play roms when you upgrade? Like SNES and GBA games?


also, why can't you just upgrade to 3.02 without downgrading first?

Yes, in fact, you don't have to run devhook anymore to run them. All you have to do is make a GAME150 folder in /PSP and all your emulators will automatically show up in the XMB. Same goes for PSP isos or PSX games. My PSP is getting so much more use nowadays. I'm currently playing Dino Crisis on it as I've never played it before or any other adventure/horror game either. Everything has been going smoothly.

You have to be at 1.50 in order to install 3.02 OE-A. (So, you have to find the appropriate downgrader for your firmware.) Afterwards, you can install 3.02 OE-B. If you're already using the official 3.02 then I'm afraid you can't downgrade to 1.5 at the moment.

That's incredible. That's a reason for me to get a PSP.
Which ones did you see? I didn't see any.

The biggest issue so far are the games that require multiple discs, but don't let you save before the disc change. You can play the first disc fine, but when you play the second disc iso, it tells you to load the first one.

I just upgraded my TA-082 downgraded 1.5 firmware PSP to 3.02 OE-B. It's amazing. Emulation still works flawlessly on my SNES and Genesis games. I'm going to see if I can find any PSX games that can fit on a 512mb memory stick. If not, then I'll just have to invest in a larger one.

Here's another helpful walkthrough once you're at 1.5 going to 3.02 OE-A. It's a little more user friendly than the one I posted above.

http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=psp&thread.id=2717632&view=by_date_ascending&page=1

Links? Unless the sites hold roms or other actual illegal shit, links would be allowed and very welcomed in this topic ​.

Right away! As far as I know, the following website doesn't hold roms, but simply reports on the latest PSP news.

Here's the information and procedure for downgrading TA-082 PSPs version 2.71 down to 1.5: http://pspupdates.qj.net/2-71-TA-082-Firmware-PSP-s-Now-Able-to-Downgrade-/pg/49/aid/77460

Here's the info and procedure for upgrading to 3.02 OE-A:
http://pspupdates.qj.net/Custom-Firmware-3-02-OE-A-released-by-Dark-AleX-/pg/49/aid/76935

And finally, to go to 3.02 OE-B. (You need to have 3.02 OE-A BEFORE updating to OE-B)
http://pspupdates.qj.net/Dark-AleX-s-3-02-OE-B-released-/pg/49/aid/77278

Enjoy.

(THIS WAS MY 10000th post. Thank you Jester for taking part in it. :P)

Recently major steps have been taken regarding homebrew on the PSP.

In the past, PSP users cursed with a TA-082 motherboard (such as myself) were unable to downgrade their PSPs (to version 1.5) in order to enjoy homebrew and emulation. If they tried, their PSP would have been bricked. Sony was trying to prevent the emulation scene from flourishing, and for the most part it was working in this regard. There was a limited way to get homebrew working, but it involved using software to emulate the 1.5 firmware. That worked, but generally things ran slowly. Well, that is the past now.

Every TA-082 PSP that is 2.71 or lower can now effectively downgrade to 1.5 without bricking. Once at 1.5, homebrew can be run flawlessly.

But that's not all. From 1.5, PSP users can upgrade to version 3.02 OE-A, and then to 3.02 OE-B. What's the point of all this? Using this new custom firmware, EVERY PSX game can be played right on the PSP. (With few exceptions. At the moment, games with multiple discs that do not allow saving right before a disc change cannot be played in their entirety.) Sony is offering the download of PSX games to be played on the PSP, but one requires a PS3 in order to do so. With this new firmware, people can rip their own PSX games, and do not need to even own a PS3. Once again, Sony has been foiled.

Here's a youtube video of a PSP with FFVII. As you can notice, it runs at the right speed with no slowdown.
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So, with these recent breakthroughs, how do you think Sony will react? They've been resisting homebrew and emulation at every turn, but someone always manages to breakthrough the roadblocks they put up to stop it. Should they just give up or keep fighting? How does this affect them financially? Will they lose more profits, or gain with an increase of purchases of PSP units? Does the ability to play your favourite Playstation games on the go make you want to buy a PSP if you don't already have one?

Discuss!

(YAY! This is my 9999th post.. Just one away from 5 digits!)

I'd be happy to get into writing articles again, since it's been a while. I also wouldn't mind scouring the entire article database for articles with messed up encoding, lower quality, wrong section assignment, and the occasional duplicate entries that occurred in years past since there was no way to delete articles.

Articles are and always were my kind of thing. I just love them.