Full on PS3 and Wii Homebrew Approaches

**acn010** · February 12th, 2008, 17:21

Originally Posted by sappo

As every leaked SDK

no, i mean official and homemade sdk's for ps3 is illegal

**fpcreator2000** · February 12th, 2008, 17:24

Hmm....
PS3 - If Dreamcast emulation is possible, along with every system that came before it. Hmm....

Delicious!!!!

Swwwweeeeet!!!!

I would have a reason to plop down 500 for a PS3.

It might be easier since the system supports games that run both on the PSP and the PS3, and I'm not just talking PS1 here. I'm thinking PS3 ports of PSP emulators. The only thing left to understand is how the games that the systems play (from the playstation store) are either games based on a PS1 format, or are they indeed games that run on code that's inherent to both systems.

Only time will tell, but it looks like the future is going to be bright.

**fpcreator2000** · February 12th, 2008, 17:30

A ps3 is a computer, anything can be installed if you know how to. I don't see a problem installing windows xp on PS3. Of course, something of that magnitude would require intimate knowledge of the system hardware and software, and the creation of a hypervisor to run virtual machines on the system would be required making the process very tedious, difficult, and remote.

**andytjm** · February 12th, 2008, 17:35

Originally Posted by fpcreator2000

Hmm....
PS3 - If Dreamcast emulation is possible, along with every system that came before it. Hmm....

Delicious!!!!

Swwwweeeeet!!!!

I would have a reason to plop down 500 for a PS3.

Hmm... wouldn't it be cheaper to just by a dreamcast and the games

**mavsman4457** · February 12th, 2008, 18:58

Well I am psyched for the PS3's homebrew and I actually didn't even notice this up until now which is pretty sad. At first I was just excited for an N64 emulator but now that I think about it, there could be some greatly creative homebrews that could take advantage of the SIXAXIS or the PSEYE. The possibilities would really be endless. We just need that one Hello World. The difficult part will be deciding between the new firmware, which should have in-game XMB, and the potential for great homebrew. It would be easy if a bunch of great homebrew came out with a Hello World but I doubt that will happen. A firmware update will probably come before any of the real homebrew that I'm looking forward to. Therefore, please gimme a custom firmware.

**Zin0099** · February 12th, 2008, 19:16

Originally Posted by fpcreator2000

A ps3 is a computer, anything can be installed if you know how to. I don't see a problem installing windows xp on PS3. Of course, something of that magnitude would require intimate knowledge of the system hardware and software, and the creation of a hypervisor to run virtual machines on the system would be required making the process very tedious, difficult, and remote.

no i mean use the other os to install i'm sure with later hacking someone will manage to download and install without virtual crap

**phsychokill** · February 12th, 2008, 21:19

Originally Posted by Zin0099

no i mean use the other os to install i'm sure with later hacking someone will manage to download and install without virtual crap

wether the os is installed with a virtual machine or not either way there is no program with support for the cell cpu its not x86 or x64 so to get windows to run you would have to fully reverse enginner windows changing the very base code that makes it work to make it even reconise the cell and that is before even refining the os.

with that in mind you may as well just start from scratch and make your own os. the linux that goes on the ps3 is a specail version that is specificaly built for the cell and that is the only reason it works.

they fact is you can sit and say oh well the ps3 can do this it can do that the fact is alot of the actual software dev's from big companies are complaining the ps3 is insanly hard to program for compaird to any other system.

the fact is if it hasnt been made for pc since pc's now are more powerfull than the ps3 it is not going to suddenly come out for the ps3 as why would you skip the things that are simple to code from and go to something that is total hell.

**one__eyed__snake** · February 12th, 2008, 21:44

would be greate to have soe working aplications or programs from the ps3 menu

aslo to add dark alex is not bothering on the ps3 but is focusing on the xbox360 only

my source for this infmration was on qj.net

long live homebrew

... we need emus for our ps3

**mavsman4457** · February 13th, 2008, 02:14

As I said before I just began to think of the potential of the creativity that programmers could have with the homebrew on PS3 considering the SIXAXIS and the PSEYE but it will also be interesting to see the homebrew on the Wii.

There is going to be some amazing stuff on each of these systems once the hacks come out for them. In fact, now that I think about it the homebrew on the Wii could potentially draw me in to buying a Wii but I wouldn't buy it for the console itself.

Oh yah and as for homebrew on the PS3 I also want to play some SNES and Super Mario War. I assume that those will be given since they can almost run full speed in Linux without any hassle but the main reason I want to have them through homebrew is for a standard and easy way of using the SIXAXIS to control through bluetooth. I hate going on ubuntu and then having to set up the SIXAXIS through bluetooth through a series of commands and then having something go wrong.

Essentially, ease of use will be the first positive for homebrew for me as I still haven't gotten SNES and SMW to run at full speed with sound with the SIXAXIS without a hitch. And if I did then it would be a hassle.