Datel claims new Action Replay works on PSP Go, we hope cautiously
By Darren Murph 
posted December 25th 2009 8:26AM
posted December 25th 2009 8:26AM
Now this is interesting. Datel, which is well known for enabling all sorts of hacks on varying consoles, seems to have just introduced a refreshed version of its Action Replay PSP. What's new, you ask? Why, PSP Go support, of course! In the item description, we're told that those using this on Sony's UMD-less portable console will have to install it directly on the inbuilt memory, but one of two things has to happen (in theory, anyway) for that claim to be true. The first is that Datel is now an official Sony partner, which is about as likely as you getting a Foleo for Christmas. The other is that Datel found a way to run unencrypted code on the PSP Go, and if that's the case, we've got an idea that the homebrew junkies in the crowd will be all over this in search of further exploits. Hop on past the break for a promo video, and if you're down with shelling out funds for something that may or may not work as advertised, it's all yours for $24.99.[Thanks, Bill]
Or its just more "powersaves" which are savefiles you "modify" using their software then copy over to the psp...
@Reluttr nevermind, I guess I should had watched the video. I got a feeling sony with patch this in the inevidible update, which is a shame because it looks like this is a fairly good clone of CheatDevice for GTA LCS.
@Reluttr I suspect that if Sony patches the loophole in question, they will do what they (And other cheat device makers) have done in the past, find a new whole and expoit it. Then offer free or really cheap upgrades to their users.
This all started with Galoob, and the Game Geni. Nintendo would mod their console... Then Galoob would release a new Game Geni, and offer a free trade in program if the Game Geni you had did not work on your console.
@Reluttr
Well as FrozenIpaq suggested, you should check out: http://forums.mformature.net/showthread.php?t=6997
Because they have examined both the full version and the demo version of the new Action Replay. It's not another save editor. It's not an exploit from the homebrew community. Additionally, it's not something Sony can patch or block. Datel have reverse engineered PSP's protection. Like they did for GC disc's and Magicgate if you recall.
The pandora battery was a homebrew exploit that Datel then sold on. But somethings like this are not. To the user who posted that they are probably using an exploit found by the homebrew community, just take a step back and think. If they "STOLE" it from the homebrew community then why haven't we heard about this supposed exploit the PSP scene has uncovered. Datel have gone way further than anyone in the scene, instead of exploiting they have broken the protection and can now sign their own apps.
Whatever your opinion is just try to make in an informed one.
@Bill32 I just tried the demo, and it does indeed work flawlessly. Now all we need is for datel to make a psx game installer, since sony obviously has no plans on doing it.
@Bill32 If you knew your Home-brew history, I would think Team Noobz and people like Dark Alex and team c& d have done much much more for the psp hacking community than Datel have or ever will. This exploit has been around for ages. The PsP community is just waiting for better features to arrive on the "Go" so that it would be totally worthwhile to release. If you Google: FreePlay. You will see just one of the exploits.(that kid freeplay stole that from a group of developers and claimed it as His own) So no I don't think Datel came up with this on their own. I've been in the 'Scene' since the psp release day. Heck I even helped to find one of the original exploits so that all of us wouldn't have to keep switching memory sticks to get HB games running. (the split eboot %folder)
@(Unverified)
Its not an exploit.
I'm not going to try and convince you. Lets just wait and see.
If they found an exploit, they probably STOLE it from the Homebrew Community. Just like they did when they were selling jigkit pandora'd batteries. Did they give the No0bz team any money? No. Datel are sheisters.
It's spelled shyster, but the point was received so it doesn't matter really.
And you often see variation on the spelling of yiddish words anyway, but dictionaries spell it shyster.
I'm betting it's just a save hacker.
I remember the irresponsibility of one of Datel previous products, the Wii Freeloader. It used an exploit, first discovered by the homebrew community, that they knew Nintendo was going to patch further down the line. Everyone who bought it was later screwed because it, predictably, stopped working with a later system update.
The good news is that Datel donated $1000 to the Wiibrew community after a blog post was published criticizing them for this... though they did not pull the Freeloader off shelves, and screwed a bunch of people over.
I also remember buying a cartridge that could back up and restore saves from game carts. It stopped working with the Pokemon games. When I asked them for a firmware update, Datel basically told me to eff myself, this product "isn't supported anymore," and to look out for a new product that they were going to release that had that functionality.
Of course, that also means I'm never buying from them again.
I predict Sony pulling a MS and just banning the thing outright. Personally, I wouldn't mind because I've never bought a datel product that lasted for more than 6 months.
Hey, I got a Foleo for Christmas...
I had an Action Replay. It was red... and it would slot in the back cartridge port of my Commodore C64. Ahh those were the days...
@buoy
Funny you should say that I was just remembering the old magazine adverts for the C64 Action Replay with it drawn like a spaceship docking with the back of the machine.
@simbr yeah! i would by the magazines for the pokes. You'd freeze the game, type in your pokes and then continue the game with 500 lives or god mode or similar. was great! :P
We have been actively discussing this product as well as its capabilites on the MFM forums: http://forums.mformature.net/showthread.php?t=6997
The last few pages are worth a read for anyone interested in if this actually works and what we have learned from it.
Yes, me need. [packing up]
i am surprised it's not just a save editor.
There is a 3rd option. Datel could have the psp's hidden key. Then they can encrypt whatever they want...
Tested on my PSP Go w/ Firmware 5.70. Works 100%!
Thanks Datel. Hopefully someone in the PSP hacking scene will figure this technique out and release homebrew apps and emulators.
Didn't even know it exsisted till this article, so thanks! Downloaded and it 100% works on PSP Go with FW 6.20, but crashes GT and GTA; VCS codes seem to mess up play compared to the GTA cheat thing from a few years ago :( Pretty promising tho...