PS Vita Hack: And the new exploited psp game to run VHBL on 2.06 is…
Disclaimer: I haven’t tested this VHBL version myself. People who tested it in EU/US version have told me this VHBL compatibility is below average, but compatibility may increase in future releases. As usual, the choice is yours.
Another long wait is over, this is the public announce for the game exploit that will let people run TomTomDu80’s port of VHBL on Vita firmware 2.06. Once again, an army of very dangerous people will start playing 16 bits games on the Vita, putting one of the biggest hardware companies of the world in great danger of bankruptcy. Watch as Sony pulls the game from their stores within 48h, when it took them months to fix an actual security vulnerability on the device 🙂
Haha, I kid, I kid, we all know Sony have to pull these games off their stores, who knows if this new game exploit won’t be the vector to an eCFW release at some point… speaking of which, before you go ahead and buy the game, let me go with a disclaimer:
Disclaimer: the vulnerability in the game disclosed below is a user mode exploit in a PSP game. TomTomDu80 has ported VHBL to this exploit on the vita firmware 2.06. VHBL does not let you play pirated PSP games, let alone pirated Vita games. VHBL lets you play a subset of PSP homebrews on your Vita, including a wide range of oldschool consoles emulators. Compatibility of VHBL varies depending on the exploit, and I want to emphasize that I have myself not tested this VHBL port at all. Early reports I have gotten from beta testers is that the compatibility is below average compared to other VHBL releases (with a few annoying bugs such as some crashes when exiting some specific homebrews). As usual, you buy this game at your own risk and with no explicit guarantee from me that this will let you do anything else than, well, actually play that game…
So, here we go, the vulnerability found by TomTomDu80 is in:
Apache Overkill (PSP Mini)
The game is, unfortunately, not available in all PSN stores 🙁 If you are in a store where the game is not available, it is recommended that you open an account in a location that has the game, acquire a PSN card for that store (some online services sell those, either google them or PM me on /talk if you need help) and use it to buy the game. Please understand that the game availability in your country is not the choice of the hacker.
Also enjoy this video from The Z, showcasing TomTomDu80’s VHBL port in action:
As usual, we are not releasing the files yet, they will be released in a few days (usually we wait until the game has been pulled from the PSN)
Feel free to report if the game is available in your store or not 🙂
9:40am CST Sun the 24th, just bought
Still available at US PSN, but I’ll skip that one, since the only thing that I would use on VHBL is SNES Emu, the my PSP can do the job atm.
Savings for the next kernel, that I believe will not come any time soon, since sony in a way or another is yet to release a whole new firmware with PS Vita Slim after PS4.
The firmware will probably insert some features to work with PS4, that will be more than mandatory update.
I don’t expect any kernel exploid release before that, and I’m be patient.
Anyway, thanks TomTomDu80′s for this, and thanks to everyone involved.
there is a rumor that snes is working now
Also if a eCFW is released it will most likely it will be ported to this game
I believe we are not too far from a big update, I mean so months to go. Due this may not be a good idea to waste a kernel exploid atm.
But I’m not the one behind the scene, so is just my thoughts..
y una vez descargadoeljuego,que version de vhbl hay que descargar para ejecutar las isos?
no no puedes run iso en vhbl lo siento y me tuve que traducir para usted
i dont get why when a exploit is released the name is for members first because couldn’t sony members just sign up and find out
Because if they did that, we would find another way for the release. Bottom line, they have better fish to fry, and the way they typically contain the issue by quickly pulling the game is more efficient.
8:10am PST. still up US PSN.
8.39 pm still avaible in european store 🙂
3 P.M. in U.S.A.! Still here!
apache good usa 4.35 pm
Finally im on time for one of the ninja releases… still open 10.00am New Zealand
march 25 1:10 in the morning and still upbin EU store… weird…..
still up in the USA as of 7:30 east coast. Just got it for $2.99. make my psvita worth it please!
Just bought it from the NZ psn store
Wow sony is really slacking on taking this game down. When I got SC3 sony took it down in 14-16 hours depending on were you live. We are on day 2 now
Yeah, It was a good idea to make apache overkill the bass, cause nobody really cares if it’s taken off the market, so the vhbl haters won’t be hating us for supporting vhbl cause they’re making sony take “good” games off the market…
Base*
The game is OK its hard as *** but I like these kind of games it reminds me of lightforce for nes. I made is to mission 9 thats it
Apache Overkill is actually a pretty decent game.
I suppose but you know.. nobody really knows about it.. just lucky they didn’t take the old tomb raiders off 😛
just bought it in the US store, still there
Still available 8:00pm CST.
i dont get it way does it make a difference if the files are out or not
I think it probably just has something to do with last minute fixes and tweeks after more people have tested it. They got the exploit in a working state good enough to released and then made the public aware of the game so they could get it and some trusted people could test it to get some good feedback to fix some bugs. Then again this is just my guess. I’m just as excited for this exploit as the next guy, but we have to be patient. These aren’t easy to find and they are very time consuming to code.
I believe they are using this as a way to make profits.
Allow the games to be exploited for a while, under the guise of patching until they get their cash when sales drop boom, new patch.
^ What he said…..
I think Sony has realized that most of the exploits aren’t kernels, so these “user-mode” exploits are only helping Sony get more $$$$$ (Cash)
12:01AM EST Still up in us store
Downloaded from US store, 6:23 Hawaii region
Downloaded from US store, 12:08am Central Time.
i dont see it now in US store. please check
QUOTE SONY:”We are smart, we lets hackers invest us money, then we patch the exploit and release wonderful app, games, and feature in new update for the people to thirst for them”
ME:”Why do you have to do that!”
Mexico 12:40 am Disponible aun!!! 😀
Yeah thanx guys that you released it on Saturday you dont know that the banks are close? the banks in Greece will remain close till today so i lost the exploit.
I know Greece is in bad shape these days, but if you don’t have 3 euros handy on your credit card to buy the game, maybe you shouldn’t have bought an expensive portable console in the first place. As far as the releases happening on the weekend, this is the best we’ve found to prevent an instant reaction from Sony. Last time we released on a week day, the game was removed from the store 8hrs later. Additionally, the Ninja release has been going on for weeks, so if you were a member of our community, you would have had a decent head start (at worst on your Friday morning even if you had joined /talk very recently).
So, yeah, I’m honestly not sorry at all for what’s happening to you. If you’re lucky, the game will still be around when you get your money.
Apache overkill removed from eu store!
Apache overkill Removed from European store
still up in us store 7:41AM EST
Yeah Apache overkill has been removed from eu store, but lucky i got it before it got removed 😛
still up in PSN Mexico!!
Sill up 🙁 I want donload. I’ll be parient.
The game is not available on the PS Store EUR !!
Yes, Sony removed it an hour or two ago 🙁
Good luck to everyone else that has the chance to get it.
Thanks everyone that is releasing this to the public.
Actually, I bought this game yesterday in EU Store, just go to minis and watch at the A
WOW, I was was wrong, but I got lucky, It was about yesterday evening I saw that the next exploit was for Apach Overkill on this amazing website, and I bought the game imediatly.
I’m sorry guy’s for the bad reply.
But I can’t wait for the files ( Hoping it is not with survey’s or something, because I can’t do any survey ).
Still up in UK Store… darn….
Its out of EU now.
its out of the store now and they said they will do their best to upload the files once that has happened so everyone please have patients,because they did’t have to do this.
try and hack the memory card that holds the vita games on and turn it in to a r4 card for vita that would be cool.
Apache overkill: Removed from US store between this time frame: 8:00-9:30 (My time)
It is 10:06 right now, I found it 3 hours ago and it was there O.o but i couldn’t download it
Official… Apache overkill has now been removed
If I’m wrong please tell me, but i cannot find it whatsoever.
Officially removed!!!
Off store in us
FRICK I MISSED IT. OFF THE SHELF IN US STORE
Hi All,
Can this exploit run PSP or PS1 isos yet on a 2.06 VHBL System?