GTA : LCS Running on 1.50 Firmware!!!!!!

**Spicker** · 02-23-2006, 12:59 AM

Everything was working out peachy for PSP Gamers, or so they thought as they started to enjoy the homebrew and their current PSP games off the same handheld earlier this year. Then Sony started releasing firmware updates. This update not only added a few nice features for video / web browsing but at the same time disabled the homebrew exploit, KXploit.

This is where MPH comes in. When a PSP is upgraded to 2.0, Sony had temporarily prevented all previous forms of running homebrew on the PSP(hacks that ran via Kxploit), with the help of determined and noteworthy developers such as Groepaz and MPH, among others they succeeded in releasing a downgrader from PSP System Software version 2.0 to 1.5. Thus allowing PSP gamers to have full access to their PSP's again.

Sony has been relentless and has been releasing more updates, 3 individual updates, in fact since the last time the PSP was blocked and then rehacked. Some updates are purely "preventative" ones. That "prevent a hacker from bricking your psp" (aka reblocking the ability to run homebrew.) While others actually serve a purpose, from the likes of adding Location Free connectivity to simple RSS feed integration.

This latest update from MPH won't cease to amaze, as MPH announced that they have succeeded in launching Grand Theft Auto on his 1.50 version PSP. Loading GTA as a UMD or ISO for that matter was futile previously on 1.5 PSP's, since GTA requires files in the 2.0 library in order to function. This resulted in people needing to update to 2.0 in order to play GTA on their PSP or have another PSP with 2.0+ System Software. Needless to say this is a major step forward in fully unlocking the PSP so gamers may do whatever they wish with a handheld that they purchased for their enjoyment.

In order to run this exploit you must have the following:
- GTA:LCS official Game or ISO Backup (that you must create from your legally owned copy)
- You will need umd emulator, umdgen and a tool called DecryptPRX which is no other than a modification of the psardump tool of psppet.

Source: MPH

**Guyver** · 02-23-2006, 01:23 AM

cool.

**suprafreak6** · 02-23-2006, 01:27 AM

yeah read this about 2 hours ago, i was going to write about it, but go to torrentspy if you want gta lcs...if you search GTA liberty city... you see a torrent that currently has 3000leechers and like 6 seeders...how convieneint...ill take this when those leechers seed...(dought they will though) my posts on here have become really sloppy i believe...

**silent h3ro** · 02-24-2006, 03:51 AM

Yep I read this on PSP updates... I check that site daily haha. I just need to buy my 2 gig stick or wait for the 4 gig ones and I'm def. downgrading to 1.5 and dling this.

**Rip The Jacker** · 02-24-2006, 06:25 AM

Damn I wanted to make a thread about this, you beat me to it.

I still can't believe this happened. We 1.5 users were waiting for this for a looong time, and it's here. I've been playing GTA on my 1.5 PSP for hours now... and what's more... I also got Megaman Maverick Hunter X to run on my 1.5 PSP with MPH's loader.

All the people who upgraded to play Megaman are going to be sooo pissed. MPH has done some amazing work!

**suprafreak6** · 02-24-2006, 10:01 PM

im the same as rip the jacker, i got both gta and megaman working along with crashteam racing

**Spicker** · 02-25-2006, 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by Rip The Jacker

Damn I wanted to make a thread about this, you beat me to it.

I still can't believe this happened. We 1.5 users were waiting for this for a looong time, and it's here. I've been playing GTA on my 1.5 PSP for hours now... and what's more... I also got Megaman Maverick Hunter X to run on my 1.5 PSP with MPH's loader.

All the people who upgraded to play Megaman are going to be sooo pissed. MPH has done some amazing work!

This new version like the previous version lets you play UMD games that require 2.0 + firmware on 1.50. There is a catch however, you need to have an iso of the same game in order for the loader to work.

The new version lets you play games for more than 10 min. The previous version seized after exactly 10 minutes, so for the MPH loader users, this is a great update to the loader. The previous version was "demo" release eventhough some people thought it was the real thing, but realized that it only worked for 10 min.

Looks like its time to bust out the old psp

havent touched the dam thing in months..

**Rip The Jacker** · 02-26-2006, 05:28 AM

Originally Posted by Spicker

The new version lets you play games for more than 10 min. The previous version seized after exactly 10 minutes, so for the MPH loader users, this is a great update to the loader. The previous version was "demo" release eventhough some people thought it was the real thing, but realized that it only worked for 10 min.

Meh, the same day MPH released the "demo" version, about 2 hours later a bunch of people posted patches for it removing the 10 min limit.