What is it?
Vita Half-Byte Loader is a homebrew loader HBL for the Playstation Vita, running through the PSP emulator on the Playstation Vita.
For the latest news about Vita Half Byte Loader, check the VHBL Category on this blog.
Half-Byte Loader (HBL) is an open source Homebrew Loader for the Sony PSP and the PS Vita. It allows to play fan-made games on any PSP and PS Vita. HBL allows to run emulators for the Game Boy, Nintendo 64, Sega Megadrive, NES, Super NES… and many other applications.
Disclaimer
- VHBL does not technically allow you to play any pirated PSP or Vita games.
- Although VHBL is free and open source, the current version relies on vulnerabilities in specific PSP games that you need to buy from the PSN. VHBL comes with no guarantee, especially I cannot guarantee it will work on your Vita, so remember that you pay for a PSP game, and not for anything else. I do not do refunds for the money you gave to Sony
- It is super easy for Sony to patch the vulnerabilities used by this tool, given the amount of control they have on the PS Vita. VHBL runs fine and is extensively tested, but for all I know it is possible for Sony to patch the game’s vulnerability without a firmware update. So, once again, before buying the game and downloading VHBL, you need to understand that you pay for the game, and VHBL is a bonus that might or might not work.
Downloads
- Space Invaders Extreme (up to firmware 3.15)
- Jikkyu Powerful Pro Yakyu 2012 Ketteiban (up to firmware 2.61)
- Arcade Darts, Arcade Air Hockey, Arcade Pool, and World of Pool (up to firmware 2.60)
- Gamocracy One: Legend of Robot (up to firmware 2.12)
- Apache Overkill (up to firmware 2.06)
- Monster Hunter (up to firmware 1.80)
- Super Collapse 3 (up to firmware 1.67)
- Motorstorm Arctic Edge (Motorstorm Raging Ice) (up to firmware 1.61)
- Everybody’s Tennis (Minna No Tennis) (up to firmware 1.61)
Sony’s strategy so far has been to remove these games from their store, and put them back once the Vita firmware is patched. Most likely, if you didn’t buy the vulnerable game(s) in time, you will not be able to run VHBL. But we are regularly bringing more exploits to VHBL, so stay tuned on this page for further updates.
does it work for fw 3.01
Many of us just can’t buy the Fifa 11 or 12 exploit because was too expensive…I just hope that VHBL for 3.01 releases soon…I’m not interested in playing Psp games…just want to run emulators and homebrew with this VHBL…so PLEASE…release it soon…the Zett told that in the December-January period it will be released…but its February…
If you bought a Vita just for homebrew/emulators, why didn’t you just get a cheap android console instead? If you can’t afford PSP games, you certainly can’t afford Vita games… so why do you even have a Vita?
Or maybe even a cheap PSP?
Cant u guys make a more reliable hack for the public?
I mean tn-v whatever depends on the random chance that i might have the game, at the right time, which to me dosent really help,
i mean all the work you guys do is incredible.
The only way… every day check wololo… isn’t easy but its sure way…!!! I noticed by this way of Fifa 11/12 TN-V explot game…just I haven’t the money to buy it…(only by $3 ) bad luck damn it…
hi wololo i have a vita cfw with fifa 11 but can’t find th vhbl for it. i must only wait for it or there is one already??and i have another answer: when i start fifa 11 and going into the 6.60 psp i use 6.60pspfiller to install iso like god eat2 but when i tryed to install any other game the filler don’t see any change in the memory like i don’t copy the iso into the mem stick but with god eat…all going well like the tutorial tell can u explain me why???sry for my english tooand bye jaffopunx80
plsss make an exploit on reality fighters or leggo batman 2 or little big planet. i really want to play psp games on my vita. T.T ;((
hi you can create a FAKE NP to sign psp games without hack ps vita and pass them to the vita without THROUGH exployts or other games? It is better to create an application to sign psp games and pass them to the PS Vita .. I can try?
IS THERE A HBL FOR PERSONA 2 SIN (AKA NEWEST EXPLOIT)??? PLEASE RESPOND
at this point the dev kit has been free for awhile I have searched and searched but I can not find any compiled game or source code to put on the vita by means of the dev kit to launch and exploits like vhbl or otherwise am I looking for something that has not been done yet or is it there but I am not doing the right search
I got the egg on this page.
THANK YOUUUU!
hi wolol im michael i just got this problem if you dont mind post in youtube how to install my stylist fwm3.15 pls i beg you and pls reply going to cry all day i was in here like 10 hours to put it and i broke my ps vita slim that i bought last last month and bought a new one last week in korea pls tell me how pls reply
im michael
wolololo , cn u make one for tekken 6
pleeease
how do i get vhbl on my system
waiting for the Space Invaders savegame -.-‘
how do I suppose to get it if I don’t notice at the right time. Is there any way to someone share space invaders and patch to use on any vita?
Any VHBL emulator for 3.15 yet??? Please update. Got a new PS Vita but men… I want to play my PSP games on my PS Vita.
Hi
congratulations for your recent progress on the vita hacking，and here’s a question：did you try to use the hacked PS3 to get the PSV root？Hope it is a little help.
Cheer
There is no vhbl software for the newest up date on vita can plez make new software for 3.30
when will come the vhl and some exploit for 3.30?
Wish the next vulnerable game is a cheap one (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻
really looking forward to 3.35
Can I use Prometheus ISO Loader is VHBL to run my PSP backups on my Vita?
are you going to post a guide for the patapon2 exploit for fw 3.36 soon?
Arent there any apps free in ps store????????
Is there uno vhbl for PS vita 3.36 if not. How can I make vhbl for uno
Very new here but have been gaming for around 26 years lol was a very big handheld fan and just recently repurchased a psp 1000 and a vita… Keen to start running some exploits!!! Can’t wait for a new one to be released, so different from the old psp days of hacking but if it’s one thing I remember is that u have to be patient
I just ran the ninjahax on the 3DS but… Homebrew for the 3DS has a long way to go 
very excited to have found this site :))))
Yup. Another billion visits and I can take an early retirement in about 400 years. Seriously though, when the release happens hopefully it will become clear to you why it happened this way.
Well Said wololo, keep working and no marcy for the viruses
Morals and justification aside, running commercial roms in emulators IS STILL PIRACY. Piracy is determined by law, not “i owned them as a kid on a cart, it broke, and so now i should be allowed to own the rom” justification.
Don’t get me wrong, I play them too, but it still is piracy.
You chose pac-man as an example. People are in fact still selling the original pac-man rom in many forms. The exact same compiled source code. Namco owns the rom and Midway releases it in the USA in many formats. These may be a joystick you plug into your TV with it embedded on a chip, or some MIDWAY CLASSICS console or PC release. Many of these types of releases use the same source code. This goes for many games.
Even if a game isn’t “obtainable” any more, it is still classified as piracy to have the rom. Even if you owned the cart, or even if you still DO own the cart, it is piracy to own the rom unless you dumped that rom yourself from your own cart (and even then, it’s a legal gray area in many cases).
Emulators are awesome, but don’t inform the masses that it is legal when it most definitely is not.
No it isn’t. If you own a physical copy of the game, then it is perfectly legal to own a backup copy of any sort. Get your facts straight and maybe next time you won’t be ignored as a dolt. Is it really that hard to do a little research to prevent yourself from sounding dumb?
people are rude, impatient, and refuse to read ALL the given information. its sad @fabian hasnt walked into traffic for failing to read street lights