PSP Summer Homebrew Coding Contest 40
quickjump writes "PSP Updates and Lik-Sang yesterday kicked off their second PSP coding contest, the Summer Homebrew Competition. Programmers now have 45 days to submit a new program, to be screened by people such as Fanjita and others, and then put up for a popular vote to determine the 3 winners with over $500 in PSP prizes, including a 4GB Datel drive, Blaze TV adapter, faceplates, battery packs, cases, a 1GB memory stick and more!"
Who is Fanjita? (Score:2)
Re:Who is Fanjita? (Score:5, Informative)
Lame? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Lame? (Score:1, Troll)
Re:Lame? (Score:2)
For that amount of work, $500 in prizes is quite a lot. And if one of the already-being-programmed games wins, they were going to give it away anyhow, so they made out like bandi
Re:Lame? (Score:2)
First, $500 is like pay for perhaps half a week of programming. And that assumes that one person got all the prices, and that the prices where actually worth the stated value to that person (unlikely, or he'd have bougth them already) and that he knows before starting that he'll certainly win.
Re:Lame? (Score:2)
This will NOT produce a 'killer app' homebrew for the PSP. Nobody in their right mind expects it to.
Re:Lame? (Score:1)
Re:Lame? (Score:1)
Re:Lame? (Score:3, Insightful)
It is because techies value this stupid idea of some great prestige over their time. And we never fail to disappoint. We will produce content worth tens of thousands of dollars for a _chance_ at a $500 iPod.
For such "smart" folks, we sure are gullible bastards.
Re:Lame? (Score:2)
meanwhile, Google's paying what seems about a low entry level salary for the Summer of Code participants... (and considering none of the participants has even graduated yet, it's pretty good)
Re:Lame? (Score:1)
2.7 firmware? (Score:3, Insightful)
How can one run these homebrews if all new PSP units have firmware 2.7? In fact, how can anyone run homebrew on a 2.01 or later PSP in regions where Grand Theft Auto has not been released (such as if it has been refused classification)?
Re:2.7 firmware? (Score:1)
If GTA: LCS has not been released in your area, you could simply import the game from an area where it is released, as PSP does not have region locking for games.
Flash authoring? (Score:2)
Are you sure that there will ever be such an exploit?
So how do I make flash applications without purchasing Macromedia's pricey authoring tools? And wouldn't it be called a Flash compo instead of a PSP homebrew compo?
And watch it be stopped at customs.
Re:Flash authoring? (Score:1)
So, how do I make a PSP game without purchasing a pricey PC? If you want the better tools you gotta pay for them.
$ vs. $$ (Score:1)
So, how do I make a PSP game without purchasing a pricey PC?
Developing PSP 1.5-2.6 apps needs a pricey PC. Developing PSP 2.7 apps needs a pricey PC and pricey software.
Re:Flash authoring? (Score:2)
Given enough time, there will be a firmware exploit [patience grasshopper...] Even if there were no firmware exploit, there is now a PSP mod chip. With enough time, the chip [just like all other modchips] will eventually become more and more increasingly easier to install. Eventually requiring no solder, and eventually will be external.
Re:Flash authoring? (Score:1)
Re:2.7 firmware? (Score:2)
as for GTA, a copy can be imported or bought through ebay since games are not region locked on the PSP. this is probably easier to do than to order a passthru device in order to enable ANY form of homebrew on the DS.
Where do you get the developer's kit? (Score:2)
Re:Where do you get the developer's kit? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Why exact/y would anyone want to do that? (Score:2)
Re:Why exact/y would anyone want to do that? (Score:1)
Re:Why exact/y would anyone want to do that? (Score:2)
all companies close found vulnerabilities over time. microsoft patched dashboard versions all the time with the xbox1. later revisions of xbox hardware changed solder points, etc... ninte
Re:Why exact/y would anyone want to do that? (Score:2)
whenever psp homebrew is mentioned, someone always decides to throw in the obligatory GP2X free ad. its starting to become yet another
Re:Why exact/y would anyone want to do that? (Score:2)
Re:Why exact/y would anyone want to do that? (Score:2)
the wiki is known to be wrong at times, maybe you should edit the article.
Re:Why exact/y would anyone want to do that? (Score:1)
2 - There's a lot of PSP owners out there who can play your game, not just other homebrew authors. I don't think nearly as many non-homebrew authors are going to be buying the gp2x.
Oy vey! (Score:2, Funny)
What a Bunch of Cheap Bastards (Score:1)
$500 in PSP prizes
4GB Data drive
Blaze TV adapter
faceplates
battery packs
1GB memory stick
Re:What a Bunch of Cheap Bastards (Score:1)
Re:What a Bunch of Cheap Bastards (Score:2)
Re:What a Bunch of Cheap Bastards (Score:2)
Now participate in the competition and win those prices, or else!
Re:What a Bunch of Cheap Bastards (Score:1)