PSP Genesis competition: Would you like to win 3200$?

February 8, 2011 in PSP Genesis by wololo | 37 comments

Here we go!

A few days ago, I announced the upcoming PSP Genesis competition, a massive PSP homebrew contest. I announced it would be one of the biggest psp scene contest ever in terms of prizes. I’m extremely proud to announce that thanks to the massive positive reaction from several sites of the PSP scene, the PSP Genesis competition is going to be THE biggest PSP contest ever.

As I type this, the cumulative amount of prizes is 3200$, of which almost 3000$ is cash. Want to know more? Is it enough if I say that the first prize is the impressive amount of 1600$? did I lie when I said that my personal contribution of 100$ would be only a small part of the prizes?

What else? 750$ for the second best entry, 400$ for the 3rd one, 100$ for the members’ vote on /talk, A PSP Go for the members vote on psp-hacks.com, as well as my personal contribution of 100$ for my favorite open source entry.

Many thanks go to npt, psp-hacks.com, pspslimhacks.com, wololo.net, the first sponsors of this massive event. We are still welcoming more sponsors of course, so if you’re interested to become a sponsor of this contest, please check the sponsors’ page.

And if you’re a homebrew developer… Well, I do believe that the prizes should be motivation good enough. So go and check the rules, you have until May, 15th to submit your entry!

(We are still ironing out a few things, we didn’t expect something that huge, please bear with us as it’s our first time organizing such an event)

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Dallox on February 8, 2011 at 2:46 pm

HOLY SHIT!

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1. wololo on February 8, 2011 at 2:47 pm
  
  Yeah, that’s pretty much what I’ve been saying to myself all day long as I was staring at these numbers
  
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2. i00i on February 8, 2011 at 4:19 pm
  
  my words exactly!
  
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Nikos0067 on February 8, 2011 at 3:16 pm

I wanna win cause I have to buy a new laptop!
The one I have right now sucks.. xD

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sav on February 8, 2011 at 5:35 pm

Wicked prize.

I’m not a developer, but i am waiting at the edge of my seat for how the competition will play out.

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bluesora98@yahoo.com on February 8, 2011 at 6:09 pm

“100$ for the members’ vote on /talk, A PSP Go for the members vote on psp-hacks.com” waaaaaaa!!!!!

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cmbeke on February 8, 2011 at 6:17 pm

time to start coding

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npt on February 8, 2011 at 10:17 pm

Yes, it is quite a large number. But, since this is intended to get people coding with a “masterpiece” in their mind, as, by simply winning this I imagine it could mean a lot of different things to different people. : )

2k11 PSP Homebrew!

Regards,

npt

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1. jones on February 8, 2011 at 10:41 pm
  
  more like 3k 2011 PSP Homebrew :p
  
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Jorge on February 8, 2011 at 10:50 pm

I don’t think some body got a chance to win if TN whit his HEN is on this competition
or Liquidzigong’s whit his Custom Firmware 6.35 PRO-A……so every body else be prepare to have the 3r Price….or less.
and Games …good Games ..come out of this competition…..I don’t think so…..not for 3200$.
The cost of a 3D program like 3ds max to make a character is 4000$..and plus programing etc.

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1. wololo on February 8, 2011 at 11:27 pm
  
  You’re not in the judges’ head, so you don’t know if a CFW would win the competition. I for one have a major preference for games over a CFW/Hen. You don’t even know if liquidzigong or TN will submit their entries, and you don’t even know if they will be accepted (most CFWs are derived from Dark Alex’s work, so we might argue that developers of such work need his authoriation to submit their work to the contest. We might also argue that a new version might not be “new” enough to be accepted)
  
  I don’t know where you got this 4000$ value…probably from a company who’s taking lots of money for the work done by a designer who will receive 10% of the money…
  
  This contest is not to “pay” for somebody’s work, but to reward quality work. If you think an independent developer is not capable of producing good games for 0$, you should have a look at the appstore and some of the existing psp homebrews . The prizes are just additional motivation, not a cause.
  
  Finally, the second and 3rd prizes of this contest offer more than the first prizes of most homebrew contests I’ve seen so far
  
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Andrew on February 9, 2011 at 12:12 am

Oh man, gotta pull out all stops for this competition, but will 3 months be enough, I wonder.

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Lampworker on February 9, 2011 at 12:25 am

Speaking of being in the judge’s heads, you can read the topic ‘Meet the judges’ here: http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=2808

A thread to get to know a little more about the people involved in the judging. See that they are all unique people, with tastes and ideas just as diverse as the scene itself.

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LOSTAROT on February 9, 2011 at 12:32 am

wow… I’m going to download every entry and vote.. nice.. There’s still no good snes emulator out there. Adhoc for NESTER J.

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lane on February 9, 2011 at 12:40 am

damn this is huge. i wont compete in any way however. i have enough shit as it is. besides, i have a psp hacked and thats all i need

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StefanoB on February 9, 2011 at 12:41 am

wololo would be possible to insert a GSM module in the slot Memory Stik Duo by turning PSP into a phone? Maybe even put Android .. Transforming psp-go in Sony Ericsson Xperia Xplay .. it would be possible or just a dream?

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1. jailbust on February 9, 2011 at 1:49 am
  
  No, that would require some illegal hacking there. I was an IT developer for phones for 4 years. I helped design Android Froyo, and the basic outline and compatibility modules of Android 3.0. You would require: GSM module, SIM card adapter, An antenna of some sort, A transmitter, and satellite communications. You would need to hack and open a backdoor in the satellite network of a phone company, and rewrite some code to recognize your modified SIM card, and to make it see the GSM module as a phone. Expensive stuff and illegal. Then you would need some hardcore OFW/CFW hacking and some Kick-Ass coding capabilities to get the PSP to actually recognize the GSM module, meaning porting some Phone code over to psp code, and then making it think that it is supposed to be there. Or just make some SICK kernel homebrew. Too hard mate, not possible. Just buy the Xperia Play.
  
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  1. jailbust on February 9, 2011 at 1:52 am
    
    AND, I am going to be in this contest if I can refresh my coding skills. I need to figure out the Ad-Hoc and possible infrastructure stuff. Look out for JailBust!!!
    
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    1. LOSTAROT on February 9, 2011 at 2:48 am
      
      haha nice… adhoc for some emulators.. but they wont give you credit I guess cause I think your not allowed to just modify others’ code… sad.
      
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2. toBsucht on February 9, 2011 at 9:25 pm
  
  @StefanoB to use your psp as a wlan phone is possibel with a hb. To insert a GSM module in the slot Memory Stik Duo; i can say it is possibel to change the slot to a multi cardreading port or if u a good to a (limited)usb port.. to use the psp org.usb-port for a GSM module should be much easyer.
  I think this would be a dream 4 most of the psp user!!!
  
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HAHA on February 9, 2011 at 3:12 am

DON’T BUY THE XPERIA PLAY! IT’S HORRIBLE.

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Wololoys on February 9, 2011 at 9:42 am

Make a Super Street Fighter 4 for PSP and ill donate 1000$!

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1. toBsucht on February 9, 2011 at 9:08 pm
  
  i don´t know a hb as street fighter, good idea
  
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2. toBsucht on February 17, 2011 at 12:22 am
  
  Batalla.Ninja.v2.5 http://www.mediafire.com/?2b4bwoo6x2n1j9u
  it i kind of street fighter homebrew ) new release (o:
  
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Shinny on February 9, 2011 at 9:52 am

wordlessssss)))) cant w8t to see the winees homebrew))))

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kolomootro on February 9, 2011 at 7:32 pm

can somone make fallout 3 for psp?

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kolomootro on February 9, 2011 at 7:33 pm

or a better youtubing homebrew

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asmith906 on February 10, 2011 at 1:25 am

if i can learn how to hand code and build a website in a week. I can learn how to code for the psp. Now anybody got any links on where i can start.

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1. cmbeke on February 10, 2011 at 2:54 am
  
  Lua: http://www.evilmana.com/tutorial/psp-lua-programming/ or http://www.retroemu.com/forum/index.php?/forum/27-tutorials/
  
  C/C++: http://www.psp-programming.com/tutorials/ or http://forums.psp-hacks.com/f141/the-ultimate-start-to-programming-t259069/
  
  If you have no experience at all programming with c/c++ you should probably go with lua as c/c++ might take longer to get the hang of.
  
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2. w7y7a7t7t on February 10, 2011 at 3:00 am
  
  lol learning to write some basic html, and learning C well enough to create a decent homebrew are on two completely different skill levels.
  
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  1. asmith906 on February 10, 2011 at 5:37 am
    
    hey this took a little bit more than some simple html ( blackbeltchamber.org ) though i must admit i had some help from dreamweaver
    
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sandesh on February 10, 2011 at 2:53 am

I hope many people will participate in this.
more ppl= more ideas= more homebrews!

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Fei on February 15, 2011 at 3:06 pm

Sounds great. I hope to get surprised by some awesome HB’s. *sigh* I wish someone would make a GBA emulator with Ad-Hoc…

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