How to Hack a PlayStation Portable. The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a very popular system in the hacking community. For PSP 1XXX and 2XXX, you will need to launch the “CIPL Flasher,” found in the Game menu. This will change the IPL (Initial Program Loader), which will set your custom firmware to launch when the system boots. Sep 29, 2011 Developer neur0n has today updated his plugin satellitegame or The Game VSH Menu, that means you can use this VSH menu while playing games. It is compitable with all CFW (ME, PRO, TN,) from 6.XX to 6.6X. Here is its screenshot posted by neur0n. Change log-v7- Fix a bug in BackColorSetting.
Make a choice between old, new, and custom firmwares. Firmware is the version of the software that makes your PSP tick. Every once in a while, Sony issues a new firmware with better features. There are also these things called homebrew games. These games were made by using flaws in the old firmware that allows unsigned code (a.k.a. the homebrew game code) to be ran. Homebrew games cannot be played on newest version of the firmware. Besides homebrew, old PSP firmwares can also run emulators for other game systems. There is another option as well, which is custom firmware. Custom firmware is the 'hacked' version of the newer firmware. It allows you to run homebrew games, change the look and feel of your PSP's menu system, run ISOs (aka PSP game images), as well as a few other features. Getting custom firmware onto your PSP can be a dangerous process, as messing up the upgrading process results in a 'bricked' PSP. Here's where you have to make choice: Do you want to play various cool homebrew games and emulators, do you want to have Flash Player, WMA Playback, Camera, MP4/AVC support, and other features, or do you want all of those options and are confident enough that you can complete it without ruining your PSP? The best version for Homebrew or custom firmware is anything below 2.81. You can downgrade very easily if you're using firmware below 2.8. Although, many games require that you have an up to date firmware. If you have 2.70 firmware, you now have access to flash content (ONLY Flash v6.0) and RSS Audio/Video channels using your internet browser. If you have 2.60, you can enable WMA playback. If you have 3.01, you have the PSP Camera Icon, PS3 Connectivity, AVC/AAC (without renaming them to M4V*****), and many other features. But if you update to latest firmware you have to wait for many months for homebrew to become playable on your PSP. The best way to figure out how to get custom firmware onto your PSP is to check out http://www.psp-hacks.com/ and look into their forums. Updating to custom firmware should not be done lightly, but with some research, is quite easy.