Rykhorne wrote:
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check out qj.net's forums to read about hacking the psp (or google it, there are many sites on the subject). You will find out quickly wither or not you can attempt it.
I've considered cracking my PSP, but I don't believe custom firmware can still play UMDs, and I would rather not lose access to the games I already own.
PSPs with Custom Firmware can play retail UMDs. They can also play "Backups" that you ripped from your UMDs to an ISO/CSO(compressed ISO) on your memory card. With Custom Firmware installed, you can easily backup all the UMDs you own and put them on your memory card. This makes it easy to consolidate your handheld system and not have to carry around all your UMDs, and possibly lose them (I left my Final Fantasy I and II UMD in a hotel in South Carolina, I was pissed).
They can also run Homebrew like other system emulators, GBA, N64, NES, SNES, SEGA, etc.
The PSP has native PSX emulation capabilities, starting at around Official Firmware 3.01 I believe, it was dubbed "POP" or Playstion on PSP. It was added so that they could play Playstation Classics purchased from the PSN. Like every other form of "backup" playing, in order to play your own PSX backups on your PSP, you have to use a mod or crack to bypass the anti-piracy features on the system. This is where the Custom Firmware comes in.
A PSP with Custom Firmware installed can do everything that a PSP without can do, plus more. UMD, Homebrew, Backups, etc.