Thursday, May 05, 2005
psp format has been cracked..ISOs released
psp hacks reports that the cracking group "paradox" has cracked vampire chronicles (jp), wipeout pure (usa), and ridge racers (jp) and released the ISOs presumably via bittorrent.
it should be noted that while paradox was able to rip the UMD format, the files are still NOT PLAYABLE, not even via copying the files to the memory stick.
its not uncommon for console games to be cracked and released via ISOs, but it gets complicated when you want to play the actual games. most consoles required a mod chip to play back the ISOs and bypass the system's built in game validity check. the fact that the PSP plays a proprietary disc format (the UMD) that is not available to the public should help protect sony, unless people find a way to boot off the memory stick
it should be noted that while paradox was able to rip the UMD format, the files are still NOT PLAYABLE, not even via copying the files to the memory stick.
its not uncommon for console games to be cracked and released via ISOs, but it gets complicated when you want to play the actual games. most consoles required a mod chip to play back the ISOs and bypass the system's built in game validity check. the fact that the PSP plays a proprietary disc format (the UMD) that is not available to the public should help protect sony, unless people find a way to boot off the memory stick
# posted by Chad Stoller @ 8:51 PM 
