Announcing the PSP Genesis competition 2011
Sony has been slowing down on new releases for the PSP1 in Q4 2010, and announced the NGP a few days ago.
But the PSP’s not dead.
Since its release in 2004, more than 60 millions of PSPs have been sold, and hundreds of thousands of players around the world enjoy homebrews on a daily basis. The scene has never been so alive, with HBL in 2010, and now the HEN for 6.20 and 6.35, or the recent possibility to run our homebrews on all PSPs without hacking them.
So before we kiss the PSP1 goodbye, and start moving on to the next generation, we want to go with a bang. The PSP underground is more alive than ever, and respected scener npt is proving it by organizing the biggest PSP homebrew competition ever, the PSP Genesis Competition. By “biggest” I mean that the prizes are going to be massive. I can’t reveal much for now, but I’m glad to announce that not only will I be a judge in this contest, wololo.net will be a sponsor and add a bonus prize of 100$ that will go to my favorite entry. Just know that this 100$ prize will only be a tiny fraction of the total prizes in this competition.
We are currently finalizing the rules and prizes, as well as looking for additional sponsors who might want to add their own contribution to this contest, but I’ll have more information in a few weeks.
If you are a homebrew programmer and are thinking of starting on a new project, or finalizing some work in progress, now’s the good time to go full steam. We’ll give programmers enough time to submit something good, but I suggest you start now. Full information, including submissions rules, will be announced in a few weeks.
Thought the PSP scene was dead? We will prove that 2011 is the year the PSP scene was reborn. Get ready to submit your best homebrews for the PSP Genesis Compo!
hey wololo does that mean youre going to stop developing for the psp after this?.will you move on to the ngp? will they still be psp hackers? aplologies for all the stuid questions
So does this mean no more PSP OFW updates?
@Wololo.
Hey with GeoHots homebrew hack for the PS3 released weeks ago, do you have any plains of porting Wagic To the PS3?
Thanks!
I agree
The homebrew scene sucks for PS3 🙁
Though the hack was released only like a few weeks ago, and before that, no one was interested in what CFW’s did exist for PS3.
PsP1 ruels
this is great, psp scene has never been more alive!!!!
exactly we re couting on you for the ngp….
if its worth to be hacked XDD
and thanks to you for making me happy playing psp. for giving me iformation about the new things going on in the scene, tank you for hbl … my first hack on my psp and thank you for being wololo :3
but i have a question. i am playing with the thougt to make an siple homebrew for my psp … (my programming skills are really bad but a simple programm i can make XD). in which programming language do i have to do it ? and do i need some kind of linux emulators ??
omg sooo many letters combined with bad english… shame on my english teachers XD
Liebe grüße ;P
wowowowowowow no!
before saying good bye to the psp by the last homebrew competition 1 thing is still waited: the tn-hen D allowing pops.
beast this is going to be so fun and cool
Awesome to hear there is a BIG competition going happen! Wow, is all I can say! Wish I was a programmer or coder, I would definitely enter! Good luck to all entering and looking forward to it!
I hope someone will develop a Visual Boy Advance for PSP1. If a Nintendo DS emulator is made, the better. The best part is, the prizes will go to the deserving winners.
There’s already a GBA emulator for the psp. Search for gpsp.
There’s already a GBA emulator for the psp. Search for gpsp..
This is great!
I’d love to manage a project in this compo, it’s what I’m good at including brewing-up ideas. But I have no skills in programming. I’m definitely keeping an eye on this to see where some programmers are going and maybe help out some of the teams/coders.
I don’t even care about the prize, I just want to build an epic piece of homebrew. ^_^
Aw. Im no developer unfortunately. Oh well.
You’re talking as if PSP is already half-dead. I’m sure that there’ll be the same thing like it was with PS2 and PS3 (I mean the majority will stay with PSP for, maybem 2 or 3 years and buy NGP only then. heck, I still didn’t play all PS2 games that I wanted to!) And I’m sure that “NGP will have no gaems, only movies”.
That’s great news! Good luck to all the developers.
@olegv11 ps3 games can be ported to psp ngp so yeah.
finally, an excuse to dig up my half-dead project and complete it 😛
I might join with phase or a Amnesia clone. lol
the last thing im waiting for the psp is a tubeplayer for ofw but not even in great era of the psp occur so im crossing my fingers for at least they do this before stopping the development of the psp
You guys SAVED the psp scene. THANK YOU!
It would be awesome if the day before the NGP came out, a CFW was released for all PSP’s
End with a bang 😀
will tn-? hen keep on updating or is psp= RIP for good? i hope all Devs dont transfer to the npg psp2.
I want all entries to be released and tested by us! yey that will be cool!
Calling this the Genesis competition may be confusing as people might think it is about the Sega Genesis. Sorry to be a Debbie downer. Actually, I’m quite excited for this. I wonder if there’s any good “training wheels” dev-kits out there 😀
you can always use lua 🙂
@wololo since your a judge, can i assume you won’t be participating?
We agreed of some rules with the other judges, basically if any of us participates, it will be made under a different nickname so that other judges don’t get influenced, but this is just something we discussed quickly and this rule is still not finalized.
That being said, I have no homebrew project for now, so I have no current plan to participate.
Oh snap. I guess everyone should start buying that BIG sized memorystick because, all the homwbrews for the contest are gonna be BIG. @Wololo, what do you mean by “We will prove that 2011 is the year the PSP scene was reborn.” Do you think the PSP3000 and PSPGo will also have the Permanent CFW unlocked?
@aceofspace i hope so, a Permanent CFW for 6.20+ on 3k and go models would be BAEST! with the <——- A missplaced
@Wololo what are your plans after this competition? are you going to move on to psp2?
Yea which one is better?
The best homebrew game for PSP or a permanent CFW for the PSP3000 and Go models?
anybody heard anything about tn-d got the urge to play legend of dragoon on my psp go.
does my permanent cfw for 3000s and 2000 (unhackable) count as homebrew
The “permanent CFW for 3000 and Go PSP Models (or the unhackable 2000)” has been discused like 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000
times! It isn’t possible!! Please stop spreading fake rumors.
LOL. you fell for it.. sure it counts, you will be a guaranteed winner then no questions asked..
cuz if it does im going to realese it but im not sure if it does count as hombrew cuz its a reconstructed version of ofw @wololo help!!!!!!
***!! You a damn lie!! YOU actually found the code to unlock PERMANENT CFW for the PSP3000 and Go models?!?!?! Don’t make me laugh as you already did. XD XD XD
I’m definitely participating in this one. It’s about time I dust off the psp and get reacquainted with OSLib and Visual Studio 2010 via psplink. I made a Zelda like clone just last year but I’m ready to start fresh. Anything suggested in the rules yet that homebrew needs to be signed?
It’s not a definite answer, but I don’t think we will require the homebrew to be signed. People can sign homebrews themselves.
Sounds good as I only have a psp 2000 to work with. Looking forward to posting my entry once the competition has started.
I hope when psp2 has been released, devs(hackers) of psp will still make more project and dont just let psp die.
im goin to dnt worry….as long as im alive the psp will not be dead
i like your comment man.. LOL.. go with the permanent CFW man.. woot woot.
I dont think the PSP1 is gonna die just yet. I’m still hoping for 6.20 TN-D
If sony upholds their comment at the playstation meeting, regarding the playstation android suite and that it may have PSP games, we should start seeing even more people writing for it. If they offer PSP games over it, my first cell phone will be the Xperia play. And if they don’t, well they’re just stupid (oh wait, it’s sony, so I don’t really have great expectations).
I must say I am very excited to see such interest in the compo! This is going to be a heck of a lot of fun!
npt
most uselful psp homebrews yet to be developed(my dream list)
!) a fully functional n64 emulator
2)a fully functional nintendo ds emulator
3) a bluetooth file transfering/linking program for the psp go
4)a signed cfw for the psp 3004s and gos (permanent if possible)
5)an app that uses the psp camera for motion detecting(im just kidding)
soo developers out there if youre reading this plzz tell me if anyone of the above is possible.saying that i wish wololo and all psp 3004 owners and devs a happy homebrew blast 2011
r.i.p. psp1
I need a homebrew that gets me a girlfriend ;D
that would be awesome! xD
definitely awesome 😀
Grow up and use metaphores…. The HEN was possible even before TN-HEN was released (5.03 HEN rings a bell?) but a Full CFW is not possible on 3000 2000(newest) or Go because of the Pre-IPL checking Sony installed on the newest motherboards. And of course I am a developer for god’s sake!
not only that. i guess lostarot is actually him or someone he knows.
Oh REALLY….what did YOU develop, or who you work with? Hmmmmm?? That would give you credit I guess—right?
actually thought we was trolling.. Hehe.. I did not believe the guy.. the “LOL” on my comment was intended as an insult..
I mean “actually thought he was trolling..”.
i wanna help out the community with GUI stuff, so if your a homebrew developer drop me a line XD
how ’bout a working gps program with usa maps.. that works with psp-290
sucks for psp
nobodys hacking ps2
so nobodys gonna hack psp
once the ngp comes
out
it sucks
Well the NGP can’t be “hacked” till they find an exploit. I’m sure there will be plenty of YEARS where the PSP will get attention because of that. And Sony will continue to put out games for it…maybe not all that “good” but something new anyway. After Games have been out for awhile on NGP (stupid name) I’m sure Sony will down convert them for PSP (suck all the money they can)…..