jouster
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So recently there have been a spate of mentions of the PS Vita on the “show us your purchases” thread and this alone got me to get mine out of a drawer where it has been for at least 6-7 years.
Like many, I picked mine up at launch at the promise of its amazing functionality and at the start I quite enjoyed playing on it. Of course the free PS+ games gave it a bit of a jolt but in truth the expensive price of memory cards put most people off.
So into the drawer it went
Then a few weeks ago someone here mentioned Custom Firmware and facilitating micro SD cafds and I’ll be honest, it piqued my interest - I’m glad it was mentioned where it was or I could easily have missed it.
So within 24 hours I’d ordered an SD2Vita, this one, although it’s currently unavailable from the same seller. I already had a spare 256GB Micro SD card, as you do, so I had everything I needed to at least get started
Thanks to some of the early posts, I was pointed towards the following site
vita.hacks.guide
It gives a LOAD of info which is a bit much to take in at first if honest.
My Vita was still on 3.60 firmware so the CFW process was very simple
there are also a lot of YouTubers that cover a lot of stuff in details
Tech James & Tech Savvy Buyer are two well worth checking out.
There is a lot that can be done once the CFW is installed and two I’m really interested in are Homebrew and Emulation. In particular I’ve been very interested in MAME and Amiga Emulation. I’m even playing JetSetWilly II again which was a big favourite back in the day.
Most of the stuff you can do on the Vita you can also do using a PlayStation TV. I helped a mate mod his and he was in Amiga emulation heaven after a few hours
To keep things above board, can I please ask that no one discusses anything illegal in here.
So basically no asking about any games or ROMs in anyway as those mentions will be tidied up and warnings will be given.
This is really interesting for me and I’m sure those of us that have disappeared down the rabbit hole can offer some assistance to anyone knew to this.
Like many, I picked mine up at launch at the promise of its amazing functionality and at the start I quite enjoyed playing on it. Of course the free PS+ games gave it a bit of a jolt but in truth the expensive price of memory cards put most people off.
So into the drawer it went
Then a few weeks ago someone here mentioned Custom Firmware and facilitating micro SD cafds and I’ll be honest, it piqued my interest - I’m glad it was mentioned where it was or I could easily have missed it.
So within 24 hours I’d ordered an SD2Vita, this one, although it’s currently unavailable from the same seller. I already had a spare 256GB Micro SD card, as you do, so I had everything I needed to at least get started
Thanks to some of the early posts, I was pointed towards the following site
vita.hacks.guide
It gives a LOAD of info which is a bit much to take in at first if honest.
My Vita was still on 3.60 firmware so the CFW process was very simple
there are also a lot of YouTubers that cover a lot of stuff in details
Tech James & Tech Savvy Buyer are two well worth checking out.
There is a lot that can be done once the CFW is installed and two I’m really interested in are Homebrew and Emulation. In particular I’ve been very interested in MAME and Amiga Emulation. I’m even playing JetSetWilly II again which was a big favourite back in the day.
Most of the stuff you can do on the Vita you can also do using a PlayStation TV. I helped a mate mod his and he was in Amiga emulation heaven after a few hours
To keep things above board, can I please ask that no one discusses anything illegal in here.
So basically no asking about any games or ROMs in anyway as those mentions will be tidied up and warnings will be given.
This is really interesting for me and I’m sure those of us that have disappeared down the rabbit hole can offer some assistance to anyone knew to this.
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