FW 2.0 question

[Goat-Heard]

Okay so I went to my local EB and bough t a used psp got home turned her on and BAM got myself a 2.0.. I was so excited... now heres the question..

I loaded nes emulator to test.. Fanjita's eboot tiff exploit worked like a charm.. now Should I try the downgrade? Would I benefit from it? I like to tinker around in C++ and am an avid guinea pig for betas... should I keep it 2.0 or upgrade to 2.6 ( just kidding, im not that dumb!) but what are the bene's for 1.5 as opposed to 2.0 or 1.7?

[capnfuffy]

the only real advantage for the average gamer on a 1.50 is the ability to pirate games - but if your a coder than i would assume it would be much better to have a 1.50

[Hardrive]

the only diff. is that the version 1.5 can load umds from homebrew (like in psp-oss)

[Goat-Heard]

cool, thanks.. I'm not real big into umd ripping or anything like that just really into my old school games.. although im getting a wierd message on snes9x here is the error.. know anything about this? found suspicious hard pathat 0898000b ms0:/psp/game/snes9x/rom.smc kinda wierd

[capnfuffy]

Originally Posted by Goat-Heard

cool, thanks.. I'm not real big into umd ripping or anything like that just really into my old school games.. although im getting a wierd message on snes9x here is the error.. know anything about this? found suspicious hard pathat 0898000b ms0:/psp/game/snes9x/rom.smc kinda wierd

well you dont need that file to run the emu so just try deleting it - .smc is the extension of a snes rom so maybe its just a bad rom?

[omnirage]

FYI, you can zip up your .smc rom files and save some space. Works wonders if you only have the 32mb stick.

A 1.5 PSP is also able to load up wifi apps like PSP radio without the wifi loader, which still isn't that diffucult at all to operate. PMP also allows you to play full-res Divx/Xvid videos, so thaTt's definately a good thing to look forward to on 1.5. I suggest you try out 1.5 just for the hell of it, I used to have it before I upgraded to 2.0 and I liked it a lot. I've since downgraded once just to try PSPRadio, but since it's working on 2.0 now, I had no reason to stay on 1.5. Give it a try, I guess.

[spam23]

Originally Posted by omnirage

FYI, you can zip up your .smc rom files and save some space. Works wonders if you only have the 32mb stick.

you learn something new everyday!, thanks for that, i just saved myself some well needed space

i can't .rar them though can i? -- i'll try it soon either way, but an answer would be great

cheers

[omnirage]

Nope, no rar support. I wish

[Simpson17]

goat heard try the .85 loader for snes 9xtyl.. can have bnoth loaders installed ^^

[Fanjita]

Originally Posted by Hardrive

the only diff. is that the version 1.5 can load umds from homebrew (like in psp-oss)

v2.0 should also be capable of doing that. It's just not able to emulate UMDs.

Originally Posted by Goat-Heard

cool, thanks.. I'm not real big into umd ripping or anything like that just really into my old school games.. although im getting a wierd message on snes9x here is the error.. know anything about this? found suspicious hard pathat 0898000b ms0:/psp/game/snes9x/rom.smc kinda wierd

This just means that SNES9x is hard-coded to be installed at /psp/game/snes9x, and the loader detected that. You can usually ignore it, and if you look in the readme or the configuration link in the uber-sticky, you can see how to turn off that warning.

[XteticX]

Originally Posted by c4pnfuffy

the only real advantage for the average gamer on a 1.50 is the ability to pirate games - but if your a coder than i would assume it would be much better to have a 1.50

what? That's not true. First of all, if you dont mind loosing the web browser and the abiliy to have high definition backdrops, then downgrade. Sure you can run ISOs, why? cause homebrew can access kernel memory. I recall a good couple of homebrew apps not running on 2.0. If your a coder this is better for you, having access to USB,WiFi,Infrared without restriction. Plus, the method for loading apps is way cleaner. No need for 1000 files scatered all over the memory stick then havign to go trough another launcher to then launch your app either. Just drop in /psp/game/ and run from the main dash.

I've noticed the bad wave going around these forums associating 1.5 users to dirty dirty pirates. Try it for yourself Goat-Heard and decided from there. No harm from up/downgrading a couple times.