While hurrying through the expo floor, shoving my way through thousands of square feet of booth babes, game devs, schwag-laden fanboys, and disinterested PR types, I finally came across the PlayStation Spot. The chrome-plated monolith reflected the lights of the convention center, calling me towards its rocky shores like a siren for weary gamers (read rocky shores as great downloadable games).
You can imagine my dismay upon reading they required firmware version 2.5 to get going; my 1.5 PSP whimpered in my pocket. "Don't do it," she pleaded. "Don't upgrade my firmware."
"But Lo-Loco Ra-Roco," I stuttered, before realizing there was a serviceable PSP already hooked up to the kiosk. I could play with the new shiny tech and leave my firmware at 1.5 (note to self: determine how to run homebrew on 2.0 and 2.5 firmware for E3).
At around the same time, I spied Alon from the excellent ChatterBox Video Game Radio show. How did I know it was him, you ask? Well, he looks just like his picture. This here is Alon throwing up the hand sign for "we don't want firmware 2.5! 2.0 or below, suckas!" It's nice to know there's still some folks keeping it street at GDC.
Continue reading for another shot of the unit and the transcribed instructions (they're easy).
- On your PSP™ browser, move to the SETTINGS icon, press down to go to the NETWORK SETTINGS icon and select "Ad Hoc Mode."
- Select the channel with the game of your choice [See "Available Games" below]
- Press 'X' button to save settings.
- Hold PSP within 15 feet of the PlayStation Spot kiosk.
- Make sure WLAN switch is pushed up.
- Move to the GAME icon and press up to go to the GAME SHARING icon.
