Important announcement
I am not supporting the HBL for the golf exploit anymore, and this page will not be updated anymore. For the new HBL versions, please check the HBL main page. The information below is outdated but remains for archive reasons.
What is it?
This page is for HBL on the Golf exploit. This exploit works for PSPs on firmware up to 6.31 included, and requires an unpatched UMD or PSN version of one of the following games: Everybody’s Golf (EU), Hot Shots Golf Open Tee (Greatest hits version prefered) (US), Minna no golf Portable (JP), Everybody’s Golf 2 (EU), Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee 2 (US), Minna No Golf Portable 2 (JP), or Minna No Golf Portable 2 “The Best” edition (JP) .
If you have a firmware higher than 6.31, please go back to the HBL main page and select the version that matches your firmware.
This page is the official Download page for Half-Byte Loader. If you have questions please check the FAQ. For the latest news about Half Byte Loader, check the HBL Category on this blog.
Half-Byte Loader (HBL) is an open source Homebrew Loader for the Sony PSP. It allows to play fan-made games on any PSP up to firmware 6.31. HBL allows to run emulators for the Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 64, Sega Megadrive, NES, Super NES… and many other applications.
On this page you will find my own works related to the HBL: downloads for the latest version, patched games that improve compatibility, the savegames necessary to trigger the exploit, and other cool stuff.
This page will always be the first one to have a compiled version of my own patches to the SVN, as I will update the SVN and this page simultaneously. This guarantees that you can get the latest compiled version here at the SAME TIME as I upload it to the SVN. I will also announce new releases on my blog here
Downloads
Be sure to choose the version that matches the region of your game!
Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee (Greatest Hits) (US)
This section is for people who own the US version of the game. This is for the “Greatest Hits” version, if you have another version of hotshots golf, see below.
Latest stable release. Fast and reliable, this is the version I currently recommend. We don’t accept bug reports for this version!
Development version of the HBL. We only accept bug reports for this version
- Hotshots Golf Exploit (by Wololo)
This crafted Savegame is required to run the HBL with Hot Shots Golf Open Tee
Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee (US)
This section is for people who own the non Greatest Hits US version of the game. If you have the “Greatest Hits” version, see above.
Latest stable release. Fast and reliable, this is the version I currently recommend. We don’t accept bug reports for this version!
Development version of the HBL. We only accept bug reports for this version
- Hotshots Golf alt Exploit (by JJS)
This crafted Savegame is required to run the HBL with Hot Shots Golf Open Tee
Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee 2 (US)
This section is for people who own the US version of the game.
Latest stable release. Fast and reliable, this is the version I currently recommend. We don’t accept bug reports for this version!
Development version of the HBL. We only accept bug reports for this version
- Hotshots Golf 2 Exploit (by Wololo)
This crafted Savegame is required to run the HBL with Hot Shots Golf Open Tee 2
Everybody’s Golf (EU)
This section is for people who own the EU version of the game
Latest stable release. Fast and reliable, this is the version I currently recommend. We don’t accept bug reports for this version!
Development version of the HBL. We only accept bug reports for this version
- Everybody’s Golf Exploit (by Freddy)
This crafted Savegame is required to run the HBL with Everybody’s Golf
Everybody’s Golf 2 (EU)
This section is for people who own the EU version of the game’s sequel
Latest stable release. Fast and reliable, this is the version I currently recommend. We don’t accept bug reports for this version!
Development version of the HBL. We only accept bug reports for this version
- Everybody’s Golf Exploit 2 (by JJS)
This crafted Savegame is required to run the HBL with Everybody’s Golf 2
Minna no golf Portable (JP)
This section is for people who own the JP version of the game
Latest stable release. Fast and reliable, this is the version I currently recommend. We don’t accept bug reports for this version!
Development version of the HBL. We only accept bug reports for this version
- Minna no Golf Exploit (by J416)
This crafted Savegame is required to run the HBL with Minna no golf Portable
Minna no golf Portable 2 (JP)
This section is for people who own the JP version of the game’s sequel. If you own “the best” edition, please see below
Latest stable release. Fast and reliable, this is the version I currently recommend. We don’t accept bug reports for this version!
Development version of the HBL. We only accept bug reports for this version
- Minna no Golf Portable 2 Exploit (by J416 and Mamosuke)
This crafted Savegame is required to run the HBL with Minna no golf Portable
Minna no golf Portable 2 – “The Best” Edition (JP)
This section is for people who own the JP version of the game’s sequel, “The Best” Edition
Latest stable release. Fast and reliable, this is the version I currently recommend. We don’t accept bug reports for this version!
Development version of the HBL. We only accept bug reports for this version
- Minna no Golf Portable 2 Exploit (by J416 and Mamosuke)
This crafted Savegame is required to run the HBL with Minna no golf Portable 2 (The Best)
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Additional downloads
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Previous Versions
- HBL rev 107 Hotshots (US)
- HBL rev 107 Dev Hotshots (US)
- HBL rev 107 Hotshots2 (US)
- HBL rev 107 Dev Hotshots2 (US)
- HBL rev 107 everybody (EU)
- HBL rev 107 Dev everybody (EU)
- HBL rev 107 everybody2 (EU)
- HBL rev 107 Dev everybody2 (EU)
- HBL rev 107 Minna (JP)
- HBL rev 107 Dev Minna (JP)
- HBL rev 107 Minna2 (JP)
- HBL rev 107 Dev Minna2 (JP)
- HBL rev 107 Minna2 best (JP)
- HBL rev 107 Dev Minna2 best (JP)
- HBL rev 101 Hotshots (US)
- HBL rev 101 Dev Hotshots (US)
- HBL rev 101 everybody (EU)
- HBL rev 101 Dev everybody (EU)
- HBL rev 101 Minna (JP)
- HBL rev 101 Dev Minna (JP)
- HBL rev 100 Hotshots (US)
- HBL rev 100 Dev Hotshots (US)
- HBL rev 100 everybody (EU)
- HBL rev 100 Dev everybody (EU)
- HBL rev 100 Minna (JP)
- HBL rev 100 Dev Minna (JP)
How to use
Check the README.txt file in the zip file 🙂
More Info
HBL is a work in progress and sometimes it might fail to load your favorite homebrew. However we believe it is harmless for your PSP and I personally test my work on several PSPs before releasing it. We are also confident that this program cannot “brick” your psp and it will not void your Sony Warranty.
HBL is open source, the compiled versions I provide are a compiled version of the sources available freely here
Need Help?
If you have questions/issues please go to the official forums
Want to Help?
HBL is a work in progress and we need your help. Bug reports, test reports, and code patches are welcome. I also accept donations if you want to support my releases.
Wololo,
I just tested SnesTYL and still doesnt work. It’s stuck on white load up screen.
Please advise.
Test done on:
PSP GO 6.31 fw
Hot Shots Golf 1
@Muffinhead: we have a ticket to track this specific issue, so you can know if it ever gets fixed. The chances are slim, honestly, as HSG1 is a pain to work with.
http://code.google.com/p/valentine-hbl/issues/detail?id=330
and be able to play snes
i have a question withHot Shots Golf: Open Tee (Greatest Hits) (US)
the old game have a xploit ??
si pero es el HBL r100
yes but is the HBL r100
works with Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee still (nov 15) downloaded from the GSN
so excited! i got gba, n64, nes, and sega emulators to work
@jose
The greatest hits version is the only one with exploit (as I know). The “old” version is not compatible with the exploit.
@wololo:
Just to make a comment on a previous problem, I downloaded HBL r107 and the savegame using IE, but was unable to do it using Firefox…
Hi wololo, I am having a problem with my PSP Go(6.31). The HBL runs great, but it seems that I can’t run gpsp(GBA Emu) in HBL R107. I tried all kinds of solution and can’t get it work. GPSP crashed in the loading. Can anyone help me.
Hi I am Brazilian and I have a psp version 6.31 I wonder if wheel
the hot shots golf’s greatest hits without being psn and I wonder if wheel
Super Nintendo games? Thank you.
help! minna2(Hk) doesn’t work
I tried the everybodys golf 2 hbl rev 107, but the game doesn’t read the save file. It just says there is no savedata. What should I do?
hotshots 2 savedata not working
@eddie : can you be a bit more specific? If you have trouble running the exploit, please ask for help on the forums at http://wololo.net/talk.
Also try the hello world just to make sure it works for you:
http://wololo.net/wagic/2010/10/12/wip-half-byte-loader-on-6-306-31-with-hotshots-golf-2-hello-world-included/
Everyone who want’s a SNES TYL Version that works on OFW 3.31 use snes9xTYL-0.3 it works the only thing that is missing is the cheat function or at least I did not see one, but that does not matter to me.
It works better then the uo Snes9x 0.02y33 Build 0034 in my opinion, because allot of games I play on the uo version crashes but on TYL .3 they work fine.
Here is a link for it.
http://www.filestube.com/15a2265ce8617ba403ea/details.html
the only suggestion that I think you should do before you play your rom is in the settings menu change the GFX engine from “PSP Accelerated” to “PSP accel.+accu.soft. to correct the graphic issues.
I meant 6.31
Hi wololo i have the pspgo with 6.31 firmware, the hbl works very well but Mobile Assault it does not work it always crashes, any suggestions
80% of the time i open up hotshots to use hbl it shuts down i have 109 the newest version… and i dont know what im doing wrong!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!!!!
@Conner Hofheins: I had the same problem with the one downloaded from this page I just use the link that Mr.X provide for the version solved the problem.
It works for me maybe you should try it heres a link
http://www.mediafire.com/?ec8t3fmfhxjkb30
thanks
HBL doesn’t work for me. Upon launching game, screen gets black and PSP shuts down.
I am running PSP 3000 OFW 6.31. Hotshots Golf Open Tee from PSN store. Interestingly, Hello World works, but not HBL. This suggests that the game is not patched yet. Tried on two devices. Tried all available HBL versions.
please, help. Can I somehow help investigating why this is not working?
Please disregard this post. It looks like PSN version of the game IS “greatest hits”. Once I use appropriate HBL tools HBL loads.
I am trying to launch SNES emulator at the moment, but getting “white screen”…
Try this homebrew @Gunny http://wololo.net/wagic/2010/07/18/15-essential-homebrews-that-run-on-half-byte-loader/
Also, search for NesterJester or NesterJ if you want a good SNES emulator.
PspGo Ofw 6.31 Running with Hbl R101 hotshots golf open tee works perfect but 109 and 107 freeze up and restart my psp
What’s the difference between the hotshots and hotshots (Greatest hits)?
6.35 is out dont update!!!
Sony is preparing a new OFW 6.35. So, we can hope TN release soon after that his exploit for systems with 6.31.
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@alastor: Now, with the new HBL rev 109 there is no difference (to the final user, maybe some minor issues). You can have any version of the game, there is an exploit for each one. Only ensure you are downloading the aproppriate versión of the savegame and the corresponding HBL.
How do I download that golf game from the store? When I go to the PSN store on my PSP it asked me to update first!
to pii: use media go, and download the game from the software. then transfer the game to your psp go
and same as PspGoFTBLBP, only rev 101 works on psp go
@Pii if you have not found a way yet i suggest using a PS3 or Media Go through the computer
can you make the patapon2 demo for 6.31 version plzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!
Is there anyway to do this with my Korea version of this game?
@iy12l: there is no way to use patapon2 demo to run HBL. The demo was patched. Use a golf game.
Korean, you didn’t say wich game do you use.
Please Wololo has an HBL R95 for Hot Shots Golf Open Tee
What that means, panchiooo? You can download revision 100, if you want. Even R109 works great. Why do you want R95?
Anyway, if you still want R95 of HBL, go search in this page: http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=51
CANT U GIVE GAME LIKE MIDNIGHT CLUB 3 DUB….EXPLOIT!!
i would like to post a bug for the not dev version lol
-The stuffs are in the root of my memorystick and savedata is here it should be but whenever i load the hot shots golf it just freezes and goes of. I,ve tried everything here and evev changing the hbl/libs_6xx to hbl/libs and all that but it still doesn’t work
What console and FW do you have?
I think I did everything correctly. I have a PSP 3001 running on OFW 6.31 and I have the Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee UMD. I formatted my memory stick, and reset my PSP’s settings to default. I downloaded the Half Byte Loader and the Save Data. I copied the “hbl” folder, “h.bin”, and the hacked “PSP” folder to the root of my memory stick. I don’t know where I could have gone wrong but when I try to run the HBL by putting the game in and running it, my PSP loads to a black screen point and shuts off. I would like to know why this is happening.
Update* – I got it, I had done something wrong.
hey the same thing happened to me ( I have a PSP 3001 with OFW 6.31) so what i did was use the HBL rev 107 and the hot shots golf open tee greatest hits save data by wololo. It works great. But they should really see what’s wrong with HBL rev109 for the non-greatest hits version.
hey…..cud u give this on demo………….pls
I was running into the same issues with my PSP 3001. I would put in the HSG Greatest Hits UMD and get the loading then black screen before it would shut it self off. I decided to buy the PSN version for $10 and it worked like a charm. Still have no idea why the UMD wouldn’t work when I didn’t do anything different with the downloadable HSG to get it working.
is there any psx emulator compatible with HBL?
thanks Oo