Major_Tom recently released instructions for decrypting and dumping games right from the PS Vita using the new HENkaku web exploit for 3.60 by team Molecule.

He also details how to run game mods by modifying the files in the redirected space, much like smea's homebrew 3DS app that enables users to change the game content-- meaning fan translations and skin hacks!

Does this mean piracy for Vita is just around the corner? Probably. But in the mean time, we can run homebrew now in Vita hardware space instead of just in PSP Emulated space, giving us access to better hardware for the emulators and homebrew!

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[Deleted User]

Really nice, too bad their are all of 15 people to enjoy this.

 

[aaronz77]

you can not find a vita on walmarts website or bestbuys website. my walmart or gamestop dont even have them local

There are about 8 to 10 pre-owned vitas at each Gamestop I visit in my city. I wonder if that number will do down now.

 

[Hyro-Sama]

You know this is false right? Vita has only stopped production in a few small markets like The Netherlands. Japan and US production is still active, you can find a VITA anywhere. I honestly don't see them stooping production anytime soon either.

None of the local retailers in my area carry the PS Vita.

 

[Anunnymous]

same here, I've not seen a Vita physically for sale in a BB or walmart in Sask, Canada for probably close to a year

Same, you can't get a Vita in South Dakota except for Pawn Shops. Our Wal-Mart still has a ton of PSTVs they're trying to liquidate, still $19.99.

 

[cearp]

Really nice, too bad their are all of 15 people to enjoy this.

already more than 30000 installs i think buddy... lol

 

[Deleted User]

So is it possible to mod games files to change certain aspect of a game? Like mod files in atelier games to mod the time mechanism?

 

[aenoch]

Same, you can't get a Vita in South Dakota except for Pawn Shops. Our Wal-Mart still has a ton of PSTVs they're trying to liquidate, still $19.99.

Any bundles?

 

[cracker]

So is it possible to mod games files to change certain aspect of a game? Like mod files in atelier games to mod the time mechanism?

As long as they are decrypted and the db is patched then whatever is in the patch directory will override the file(s) in the game directory.

 

[chartube12]

I can't get online with my vita. It's asking for a system update. I am already on 3.60. This sadly means an update is out and I can't do the hacks. Looks like I am staying on 3.60 until a work around is discovered

 

[vbkun]

Mind pointing me to what you call shovelware? Too many people throw this term simply on their own idiotic notions of a video game they dislike or aren't interested in.

Remember, shovelware is software which has little to no effort. Something I would find to be shovelware would be the "101- games-in-one" crap.

Exactly that, games with little to no effort, plain and simple.

 

[Zeriel]

Well, between needing a new PSP and homebrew (especially emulators) for the Vita looking like it'll be a thing, it makes me consider finally getting one. It's gonna be either that or a GPD XD.

Don't buy the GPD because all of my money is on the Nintendo NX being a handheld similar to this

 

[Arecaidian Fox]

Don't buy the GPD because all of my money is on the Nintendo NX being a handheld similar to this

Well, I'm looking at what the GPD XD can offer now. We can assume the NX won't have support for special chipset SNES games (without homebrew), for starters. We can also safely assume it won't have DOS emulation support (again, without homebrew), nor a huge range of N64 titles. Those plus a few other minor details makes a GPD XD very enticing.

 

[Anunnymous]

Any bundles?

Negative, just the standalones. They have the shelf label for the bundles for $29.99! I wish though, that would be a killer price for a DS3 and Vita memory card!

 

[aenoch]

Negative, just the standalones. They have the shelf label for the bundles for $29.99! I wish though, that would be a killer price for a DS3 and Vita memory card!

I know lol thats how i got my bundle lol

 

[breaktemp]

Awesome, it is great to hear this works with the PSTV/VitaTV !!

Now to look up the tutorial to get this working "