WiiHD's homebrew guide: hacking doesn't get much easier than this
By Paul Miller 
posted Jun 24th 2008 2:30PM
posted Jun 24th 2008 2:30PM
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It is ridiculously easy to play homebrew *cough*pirated*cough* games on the Wii.
you do know, that it is impossible to play wii games with the homebrew channel, do you?
I thought you needed a mod chip to play backed-up discs...
Duh. The Homebrew Channel is a launcher to launch Homebrew apps (some which are to LOAD pirated Virtual Console/WiiWare games).
seriuosly pirated games work?
Gee I sure glad I got me this 250$ machine to play 15 year old games on..
Actually, the Wii is really nice to play old games on. Having them all on there with a wireless controller (let's ignore the plug in aspect of the classic controller) is nice and all, but being able to play games over component versus composite makes a big difference.
I busted out my SNES the other day for nostalgia and let me tell you, that lone yellow cable just did not help. Component cables on the Wii (and no need for battery back ups, which were also surprisingly still good) actually are really nice touches.
I always used to get my Nintendo consoles modified to output RGBcvS (Red, Green, Blue, composite video Sync) via scart for crisp graphics; even the US models I imported to the UK.
So have alway had "component" video of sorts on my Nintendo consoles, but the RGB kind rather than YPbPr one.
"You need to... uh... speak up."
Good god, he sounds like a pedophile.
no kidding. what's with the whispering?
is he still in his mom's basement?
We uh have that available for you :S
It's so shady he has to whisper.
Your avatar is brilliant!
Does the Quake homebrew come with the NIN soundtrack?
@John
I remember reading somewhere (from one of the guys who was involved in the original) that Trent threw the whole thing together in a few days and treated it like a "nothing" project except for the track that plays when the game first starts (that's a good one). You can sort of tell he phoned it in, it's just a bunch of noise. It works, but I would have liked a real NIN soundtrack, too...
The expansion packs, those had really good music. I think somehow the dude who wrote those was related to NIN in some way.
I would go look it all up to check my facts but... eh. I will just be lazy and not do that.
Wii-broot hehe!
Great walkthrough guide but I feel as if the son of satan was the tour guide.
Question; so i can homebrew this without installed mod chip in my wii, just installed those files at my SD Card? will it work with Wii download games or other nintendo older games?
Yup. No mod chip required.
The "Twilight Hack" requires an SD card and a copy of the Zelda: Twilight Princess game. This allows you to load homebrew and pirated Virtual Console games and WiiWare. No mod-chip required.
His mother was clearly in the other room.
"Ralphie who are you talking to?"
"The internet, mother."
HAHAHAHA.....he said "Wii-boot"
Little off topic: Does anyone know if or when Quake III: Arena will be coming to XBLA?
voted down for plugging the Wii60.
booooo.
Hopefully not... the game is way too fast for thumbsticks. I think they got it running on a DS tho
So, no thumbsticks are better than 2?
This is a legit application to play "HOMEBREW". You don't need this to play *cough*pirated*cough* games on the Wii,
You may need this to pirate DLC for guitar hero 4 though, best get the channel installed before nintendo fixes it :)
Hmm... wiibrew. Sounds like Nintendo's way to put a pun in hebrew, much like Apple's i's.
Fail, not made by nintendo ... please try again.
who doesn't know it's not made by nintendo. I worded my post wrong.
do i need the twilight princess disc? because on the main page it showed twilight princess in the disc slot. also, where do i download the file?
Yes. This requires the Twilight Princess game disc to INSTALL. Once you run it once, you don't need it anymore. Just rent it if you don't have it.
The Wii Menu 3.3 update disables Twilight hack...
Fail. Twilight Hack has been updated to work with the System Update 3.3. And yes, it has been released.
.. and this new save file hack circumvents that
moron
I like how there's like ... oh, four posts ... 4 ... FOUR ... following the article under the title of "Relevant Posts" .. all discussing the 3.3 hack returning.
Way to go Luis ... way to go.
The Wii Menu 3.3 update has been worked around. The fix was a far too specific fix for the exact bug they were using
They've already worked around the 3.3 update.
I was playing Quake the other day on my Wii... it's a little tricky to start, but once you get used to it, it's quite fun.
Definitely worth $0.
@Neng:
Wrong! System Update v3.3 defeated the OLD twilight hack. there is a new and better one that does work with v3.3. So twilight is still enabled.
@Pfanne: yes, yes you can. its called gecko regionfrii. look it up and get your learn on.
and GX quake is better than regular on wii
as stated above, it disabled the OLD twilight hack, but it was re-hacked.
http://hackmii.com/
OMG that QUake demo got me dizzy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This guys choose right game to promote the hack...
I'm sold :)
Last week I hacked 3 Wiis in ten minutes, including the time it took to copy things from my SD card to their SD card. Yay me!
Relevant but unnecessary. Bushing already put together a fine tutorial on getting it running.
He also has a homebrew pack you can download.
any risk of bricking w/ this hack?
There's usually no risk, if you follow the instructions, unless you run into one of those random WTF things that no ones ever seen, or can recreate.
this seems cool, but even knowing this i still dont think my wii is going to be of use to me. Even free i cant find much on it i like to play.
Quake sold it for me. I'm gonna mod mine tonight. Is there online play for it yet?
I think I would wet myself if there was but someone would likely have to setup a server or you would have to do ip to ip play(which would be fun too) online play would make this game one of the best of the wii... then again I'm a quake fan boy.
I might go rent twilight princess tonight if not this weekend. :)
What version of Wii will work with this hack?
Any. Requires NO modchip. And the latest system update is supported.
I myself have gone homebrew since the 3.3 killed my freeloader that I used for my "purchased" version of SSBB. Nintendo, no way im buying another copy. The darkside has pullled me in ( via gecko) and now I'm taking my chance going allout.
So where can we get the duckhunt game for this? And a side note, it doesn't work on my system that's 3.3 :-(
***** NOTE *******
the twilight hacked worked without a hitch ... having issues actually starting quake or tetris.
What kind of trouble?
Does anyone know if the hack if able to be detected after it's been uninstalled? I checked various brew websites and FAQ's but they do not mention if a system is still considered to be 'clean' after an uninstall. The reason I ask is because I only recently purchased my Wii and I don't want to worry about losing my warranty status.
I'm buying a Wii for this!!!
Fail. He missed the quad-damage powerup.
I am not able to view any saved games on the SD card... anyone else having that problem?
He zipped it wrong. There's a new file on that same page now.
http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Wii_Brew_SD_Installer
just use this prog, its much simpler and is up to date w/ the TWH
That doesn't come with Quake, though...
Sweet, Now to get a Wii... Hmmmm.
i have tried the twilight hack, and have done everything the guide says but it still wont work for me...... : (
all it says is
"USBgecko serial interface not detected"
or
"failed to read boot.elf"
or
"failed to read boot.dol" ??? :S
any ideas as to what im doing wrong
please reply i want to try out this homebrew shizzle lol
thanks in advance =]