Homebrew presses on: Web browser for DSLinux, Flash for PSP

by Paul Miller, posted Feb 28th 2006 at 9:33AM

We've got to hand it to these homebrew types, toiling away in their free time just so you and I can stick it to the man -- true heroes. This time we've got a pair of hacker feats feats; some DS guys got the retawq text browser working for DSLinux, and some PSP hackers got a Flash (SWF) player running on the PSP. Of course, Opera is on the way for DS users, and Flash will only be working until Sony can figure out an excuse for another firmware upgrade, so get 'em while they're hot and oh-so-rebellious.

[Thanks to everyone who sent these in]

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Skrilla @ Feb 28th 2006 10:08AM

I still have a 1.5 PSP. I will never upgrade it.

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Luke Rehmann @ Sep 1st 2008 11:41PM

To have homebrew work on PSP you need to have 1.5 Firmware or Custom Firmware. If you have 1.5 you should upgrade to CUSTOM firmware (google it).

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JinKazama @ Feb 28th 2006 10:12AM

I understand why Sony fights this homebrew stuff but they would well served to release a "developers PSP" so to speak. In the grand scheme techies like us make up only a small portion of PSP sales and the benefit they could get back by letting us see what we can get out of their hardware would be tenfold.

With how much power the PSP packs I bet the Homebrew community could make it a must have item if give free reign with it.

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dreampc @ Feb 28th 2006 10:37AM

Ford embraced the "overclocker" crowd with it's SVO efforts, and even venerable VW does the speed thing too with it's "Get Your Fast" promotion... and we all know about the Honda "R" crowd... fart can mufflers and all.

so why not let Sony PSP owners do it?

... because those same hacks also are thickly mixed into the efforts to rip games.

It's ashame that Sony doesn't try to find middle ground.

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Mecha: Insulin 2 @ Feb 28th 2006 3:31PM

and AGAIN, homebrew released a groundbreaking application before Nintendo (the homebrew community was the first one to make an application connect to the internet, before the first wifi game).

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c.Lake @ Mar 1st 2006 11:26AM

I'm sorry? What does Nintendo have to do with this? Is it at all possible to sperate these two products, without bringing up the other?

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Matt @ Mar 2nd 2006 12:49PM

The DS had flash before the PSP. HAHA.

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shay @ Apr 17th 2006 5:39AM

Umm... does this work on psp 2.6?
please say yes!!!

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