Some folks measure the length of time it takes for a new console to be hacked wide open by how long it takes to display a "Hello, World!" message. For us, that metric is determined by how long it takes to get a Sega CD emulator running on the system. For the PSP Go, that period of time has been finalized: 43 long, lonely, Night Trap-less days.
A YouTube video by "Neon" from "Team Typhoon" (is that some sort of gang?) appears to prove that on some PSP Go, somewhere in the world, one can play Sonic CD. Don't get your hopes up -- the video's annotations repeatedly promise that the hack will not be released to the general public, so for the time being, you're going to have to keep playing that old copy of Wirehead on your clunky, Voltron-esque home console. Still, our heart swells knowing that our wildest dreams are possible -- if not slightly out of reach.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]
Reader Comments (55)
Posted: Nov 12th 2009 7:33PM (Unverified) said
CLUNKY?
My SegaCD is awesome, thank you very much! And I play Silpheed and Snatcher on it, actually.
Sonic CD is the best one in the series, though.
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My SegaCD is awesome, thank you very much! And I play Silpheed and Snatcher on it, actually.
Sonic CD is the best one in the series, though.
Posted: Nov 12th 2009 7:37PM (Unverified) said
See? Nothing clunky or Voltron-esque about it!
http://images.cdn.fotopedia.com/flickr-2524783503-image.jpg
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http://images.cdn.fotopedia.com/flickr-2524783503-image.jpg
Posted: Nov 12th 2009 7:39PM CheeziePotato said
Take the 32X off and then you got yourself a great 16 bit experience.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 9:10PM Extinction said
You'd have to be a complete ass to show everyone this and not release it
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 7:35PM (Unverified) said
Too late. Jack Tretton's gonna find out ANY time now.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 7:39PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
"[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]"
Sad, pathetic excuse for gamers, all of you. Glorifying this garbage.
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Sad, pathetic excuse for gamers, all of you. Glorifying this garbage.
Posted: Nov 12th 2009 7:41PM (Unverified) said
Oh, you so did not just say the Sega CD was garbage. You are a real class-act, buddy!
Please, stop trolling.
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Please, stop trolling.
Posted: Nov 12th 2009 7:43PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
I wasn't talking about the Sega CD.
But yes, it is also garbage. =P
Who wants to play some Night Trap?!
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But yes, it is also garbage. =P
Who wants to play some Night Trap?!
Posted: Nov 12th 2009 7:45PM (Unverified) said
*fries Orchard with Lightning*
Night Trap? No one wants to play that!
They want to play Lunar, Lunar 2, Popful Mail, Vay, Snatcher, Silpheed, Keio Flying Squadron, Eternal Champions, and Sonic CD.
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Night Trap? No one wants to play that!
They want to play Lunar, Lunar 2, Popful Mail, Vay, Snatcher, Silpheed, Keio Flying Squadron, Eternal Champions, and Sonic CD.
Posted: Nov 12th 2009 7:47PM CheeziePotato said
Well the Sega CD did have a lot of bad games, but it also had some really good ones. At least it was much better than the CDi and the 32X.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 7:48PM (Unverified) said
The 32X really suffered from Sega's bad decision on launching it so close to the Saturn, but Virtua Racing Deluxe, Shadow Squadron, and DarXide are all pretty good.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 8:37PM HighFiveJesus said
You can't actually fry people with lightning. The more you know.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 7:48PM (Unverified) said
At least their respectful enough not to release to the public
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 8:00PM Stevetrop Man of Mystery said
Don't worry it will find its way to the public thats for sure. If one person or one team can do it then several people or several teams will find out how to do it as well.
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Posted: Nov 13th 2009 12:04AM coolbho3000 said
They're not releasing it to the public because they're saving the exploit. If it gets released to the public, Sony will get their dirty hands on it, then fix the bug in the next FW revision.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 8:01PM (Unverified) said
Only for It to get security updated and then get hacked again a week later and then updated again.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 7:57PM OptimumEDGE said
Hacked already? Lol. Poor sony...
Unless they left it easy on purpose. ;-)
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Unless they left it easy on purpose. ;-)
Posted: Nov 12th 2009 8:16PM (Unverified) said
Yeah, because all those hackers would totally pay for all their games, right?
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 8:51PM (Unverified) said
I suspect no one will believe me, but I've actually paid for all my games and my PSP is hacked. I got...12 PSP games cases I can count right now. I used the UMD loader to throw the iso's onto the memory card so I wouldn't have to carry all the discs with me.
I've put 8 of my games onto my memory stick as well as a bad port of Doom. You can get a lot more functionality from a hacked PSP.
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I've put 8 of my games onto my memory stick as well as a bad port of Doom. You can get a lot more functionality from a hacked PSP.
Posted: Nov 13th 2009 5:09AM (Unverified) said
What Phylogenetics said.
My PSP is hacked and I've paid for all my games. I use the built in CFW ripper to dump them to the memory stick so I don't have to lug the UMDs around everywhere.
If the PSP Go got hacked completely I'd seriously consider buying one, because then my UMD collection wouldn't be useless for it.
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My PSP is hacked and I've paid for all my games. I use the built in CFW ripper to dump them to the memory stick so I don't have to lug the UMDs around everywhere.
If the PSP Go got hacked completely I'd seriously consider buying one, because then my UMD collection wouldn't be useless for it.
Posted: Nov 12th 2009 9:12PM Extinction said
Agreed. I'd have bought a Go tomorrow had they released this
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 8:54PM incendious said
And Sony will release a new firmware update. It'll be an endless cycle.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 9:03PM (Unverified) said
I'm not into homebrew stuff, a hack isn't enable to play pirated games, is just a question
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 9:15PM (Unverified) said
PLEASE NO ISO OR CSO Support
fuck....i would love to play sonic or megaman battle network on the psp go but i dont want iso or cso support. otherwise the psp is just going to get even worse piracy and the last thing i need is for it to die >.
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fuck....i would love to play sonic or megaman battle network on the psp go but i dont want iso or cso support. otherwise the psp is just going to get even worse piracy and the last thing i need is for it to die >.
Posted: Nov 12th 2009 9:38PM HDpurist said
Team Typhoon are should release this hack discretely. It'll sell PSP Go units and boost Sony totally lacking sales numbers. I would buy one only if the hack is flexible like the one for my PSP-1000.
Good news nonetheless, can't wait to see a fully hackable PSP Go - I want to play all console and retro arcade games on the PSP Go...as these games are better than any PSP game on UMD.
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Good news nonetheless, can't wait to see a fully hackable PSP Go - I want to play all console and retro arcade games on the PSP Go...as these games are better than any PSP game on UMD.
Posted: Nov 13th 2009 12:52AM (Unverified) said
Hey IT'S FEZ!! I was wondering what happened to him after That 70's show, that pathetic Your Mamma show and cathing herpes from Lindsay Lohen!!!
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