Sambarino@beehaw.org to Gaming@beehaw.org · 2 years agoFound my old PS Vita - Can we get some appreciation for how great this handheld was/is?beehaw.orgimagemessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1245arrow-down10
arrow-up1245arrow-down1imageFound my old PS Vita - Can we get some appreciation for how great this handheld was/is?beehaw.orgSambarino@beehaw.org to Gaming@beehaw.org · 2 years agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squareSambarino@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoChecking out how to install CFW now, haven’t seen everything that can be done yet though. Can you recommend a good resource for homebrew etc?
minus-squareAltomes@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agohttps://retrogamecorps.com/2021/04/27/ps-vita-guide/ Somewhat exhaustive but I think this is a good resource
minus-squareMirranCrusader@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoWhile I do like that content creator, if you’re hacking you should use the vita.hacks.guide as even he references in the first paragraph RGC is great about showing everything you can do once you’re done installing CFW.
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoApps are available as .vpk files. There is a database. https://vitadb.rinnegatamante.it/ Mostly I install stuff with the app-store style browser for that repository though, not manually downloading the files. The actual modding process is extremely streamlined nowadays.
minus-squareSambarino@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoWait, so if I factory restore and update it, I can install CFW straight from the browser?!
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 years agoYup Also, guide site: https://guide.psp2.dev/ And you might want to get one of these and few hundred gig micro sd: https://www.ebay.com/itm/314591086242?hash=item493f1706a2:g:EPkAAOSwE7BkYIaY
Checking out how to install CFW now, haven’t seen everything that can be done yet though.
Can you recommend a good resource for homebrew etc?
https://retrogamecorps.com/2021/04/27/ps-vita-guide/
Somewhat exhaustive but I think this is a good resource
While I do like that content creator, if you’re hacking you should use the vita.hacks.guide as even he references in the first paragraph
RGC is great about showing everything you can do once you’re done installing CFW.
Fair point fair point
Apps are available as .vpk files. There is a database.
https://vitadb.rinnegatamante.it/
Mostly I install stuff with the app-store style browser for that repository though, not manually downloading the files.
The actual modding process is extremely streamlined nowadays.
Wait, so if I factory restore and update it, I can install CFW straight from the browser?!
Yup
Also, guide site: https://guide.psp2.dev/
And you might want to get one of these and few hundred gig micro sd: https://www.ebay.com/itm/314591086242?hash=item493f1706a2:g:EPkAAOSwE7BkYIaY