garyopa
01-02-2012, 06:29 AM
Check out Doom running on the Vita via Half-Byte Loader (HBL)
http://www.maxconsole.com/maxconsole/contents/RKSID00000000000000000427/icon_xl.jpg
It one thing to show old 8-bit ROM's running using an emulator on new-high-end-device, but getting DOOM running some say is 'prerequisite' for any cracked device, and now the PS Vita is playing Doom!
In Honor of Happy New Year, PSP Developer 'Wololo' has released the following video and statement, regarding his work on getting DOOM to run on the 'PS Vita', and his reasons on why, and when a 'release' might be coming for the new 'Half-Byte-Loader' (HBL).
A year and a half ago when I got Doom for PSP to run on the PSP Go, website hackaday noticed it and said "[being able to run Doom is] a prerequisite for any cracked device". Some people try to run Linux on their hardware at all cost, I prefer Doom. Today I was able to tweak HBL a bit on the PS Vita to get Doom to run on it. Will I get hackaday's attention this time too? That's, hands down, the best fps available on the vita so far, check the video below!
We are aware that this hack will be easily patched by Sony, but we still plan to publicly release it some time soon after the US/EU release of the Vita (we still have to port HBL to the EU/US versions of the game but that shouldn't have any difficulty). I also know that some devs are already working on solutions to make it "easier" for people who would want to stay on a low firmware. I wouldn't be surprised to see unofficial patches to the CMA, to prevent it from connecting to the net.
Let me use the opportunity to remind that HBL is a collective work, it is open source (anybody with a PSVita, a PSP, and a game exploit in their possession could do what I'm doing here!), and I want to especially thank the major work of m0skit0 (the creator of HBL) and JJS (who brought it to the level it is today). I also want to remind pirates around us that HBL does not technically allow people to run backups, PSP or Vita. (My opinion on the subject does not matter, it is a technical limitation of the tool, and has nothing to do with ethics.)
Happy New Year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKZ6RnD-l48
NEWS SOURCE: The PS Vita is Doomed (via) Wololo's Blog (http://wololo.net/wagic/2012/01/01/the-ps-vita-is-doomed/)
Our thanks to 'NaughtyDog' for this news tip!
http://www.maxconsole.com/maxconsole/contents/RKSID00000000000000000427/icon_xl.jpg
It one thing to show old 8-bit ROM's running using an emulator on new-high-end-device, but getting DOOM running some say is 'prerequisite' for any cracked device, and now the PS Vita is playing Doom!
In Honor of Happy New Year, PSP Developer 'Wololo' has released the following video and statement, regarding his work on getting DOOM to run on the 'PS Vita', and his reasons on why, and when a 'release' might be coming for the new 'Half-Byte-Loader' (HBL).
A year and a half ago when I got Doom for PSP to run on the PSP Go, website hackaday noticed it and said "[being able to run Doom is] a prerequisite for any cracked device". Some people try to run Linux on their hardware at all cost, I prefer Doom. Today I was able to tweak HBL a bit on the PS Vita to get Doom to run on it. Will I get hackaday's attention this time too? That's, hands down, the best fps available on the vita so far, check the video below!
We are aware that this hack will be easily patched by Sony, but we still plan to publicly release it some time soon after the US/EU release of the Vita (we still have to port HBL to the EU/US versions of the game but that shouldn't have any difficulty). I also know that some devs are already working on solutions to make it "easier" for people who would want to stay on a low firmware. I wouldn't be surprised to see unofficial patches to the CMA, to prevent it from connecting to the net.
Let me use the opportunity to remind that HBL is a collective work, it is open source (anybody with a PSVita, a PSP, and a game exploit in their possession could do what I'm doing here!), and I want to especially thank the major work of m0skit0 (the creator of HBL) and JJS (who brought it to the level it is today). I also want to remind pirates around us that HBL does not technically allow people to run backups, PSP or Vita. (My opinion on the subject does not matter, it is a technical limitation of the tool, and has nothing to do with ethics.)
Happy New Year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKZ6RnD-l48
NEWS SOURCE: The PS Vita is Doomed (via) Wololo's Blog (http://wololo.net/wagic/2012/01/01/the-ps-vita-is-doomed/)
Our thanks to 'NaughtyDog' for this news tip!