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Dark Alex/M33 Team to abandon 1.50 Kernel

Looks like Team M33 & Dark Alex are going to be removing/disabling support of the 1.50 kernel add-ons for their Custom PSP Firmwares starting with the release of M33 4.0 sometime this week.

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Azures5783d ago

I can understand the move. Pretty much anything you needed the kernel for is working on current firmwares now (emulators, etc.), and it works for phat psps anyway which are becoming a rarer commodity.

Keep on trucking Alex & M33, hopefully everything works with 4.00m33

The Phantom Agree5783d ago

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Wait, I don't even know what this means (do I care? I should research this)

Agrees and bubbles to you and the next three replies to your comment

LJWooly5783d ago

Agrees and bubbles to The Phantom Agree, and the next three replies to my comment.

Pornlord5783d ago

I've not been following Alex latelty, looks like he's into some good things though. Need to read up on it. Go M33!

Wildarmsjecht5783d ago

Woot LJ handing out bubbles!!

I cant wait for the 4.0 though. Wanna keep playing my old nes games.

The Phantom Agree5782d ago

As agreed bubbles and agrees for you

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r-nice5783d ago

Piracy is killing the PSP.

Azures5783d ago (Edited 5783d ago )

Or helping it flourish, its a gray area.

Piracy isn't as rampant as people believe. As a psp pirate myself I can say its quite the involved and complicated process for the Slim. The phat was very easy to hack but that was the past.

tatotiburon5783d ago

Killing?? is because Dark Alex that the PSP is not dead right now

f7897905783d ago

That is definitely killing the psp. NOT! Its nice to try out any game before buying though. That probably decreases a few sales since I can steer clear of crappy games.

princejb1345783d ago

i wouldnt even buy a psp if it wasnt for dark alex

DX F3NIX5783d ago

very true. i wouldn't have bought a psp if it wasn't for Dark Alex and Team M33

Strife Lives5783d ago

I researched everything on M33 firmware.surprized myself,chopped up the battery to make a pandora battery. Downgraded from Ofw 3,70 to M33 2,80 then to M33 3,70 ,and the rest is history.why? I dont copy psp games,nope.but. . .I do. . .love playing Dino Crisis 2 and Gran Turismo 2 on the go :D ,and btw,Dark Alex,dude,u and Team M33 are a bunch of geniuses. Keep up the great work. Lol Sony and M33. their like I.S.A Vs Helghast lol. m33 is the I.S.A Lol.

f7897905783d ago

I knew there was something missing from my psx collection on my psp. I completely forgot about Gran Turismo 2. Definitely playing that on the plane this Thursday.

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Acquire Joins KADOKAWA Group: Could This Mean A Revival for Tenchu & Way of the Samurai ?

Acquire, famous for games like Tenchu and Octopath Traveler, becomes KADOKAWA subsidiary. Can this mean a revival for beloved series?

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Snookies1216d ago (Edited 16d ago )

I would kill to have a Way of the Samurai game with a huge budget and modern tech... The first game was one of my greatest joys on PS2 back in the day. And I really hope From Software will do something with Tenchu... I hate that they're just sitting on the IP like it doesn't even exist.

Relientk7715d ago

Don't play with my feelings like that.

Also, new Tenchu please!

TheColbertinator15d ago

Tenchu would be superb in this day and age. Ninja and samurai games are hot right now and more is better.

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Original Final Fantasy 7 - Is it Worth Playing in 2024?

Final Fantasy 7 has come back under the spotlight thanks to the release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, but is it worth replaying the original?

ravens5218d ago

Got to Zacks part in 7 Rebirth. Said f it. Finishing my game in 7 og. Just got to part 2 yesterday. I also got Crisis Core... So it'll be a while before I'm back to Rebirth. I just keep thinking about it too smh, want to get back to playing it. Not till I know Zacks story though. I beat 7 og sooooooo long ago, it's crazy going through it again and remembering things.

MrNinosan18d ago (Edited 18d ago )

Got to Zacks part in Rebirth?
You mean you started the game and turned it off?
The game starts with Zack...

ravens5218d ago

... Really 🤓 lol. His second part, I've played for 80hrs lmao. <---- PS5 Run time, probably not all game time. You guys know how it goes.

VIK212118d ago (Edited 18d ago )

Did you not ever play the OG FF7? After you recruit Vincent, later in the game, disc 3, return to that basement and look at the pod, there's a whole Zack story that'll trigger as a memory.... it's well hidden in the game and a lot of things regarding Zack are cleared up. FF7 Crisis Core is basically an extend feature of that hidden flashback... It took me years to discover it back then lol

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

MrNinosan18d ago

@ravens52
80 hours in Rebirth by doing everything, and you should've reached Zacks story about 5 times 🤣

ravens5217d ago

Ye I kno that's y I said not all gameplay time. But also I am very anal when it comes to exploring.

ravens5217d ago

Not to mention fighting Titan at his full strength. Hours spent trying still haven't succeeded. Found all 3 ruins but I'ma masochist when it comes to games.

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Barlos18d ago

Very much so. Graphically it's dated but the story and the gameplay haven't aged a day. It's still one of my all time favourite RPGs and for me is better than Remake in some ways.

Barlos18d ago (Edited 18d ago )

It always takes me back to Christmas 1997, I got it as a gift and I was blown away when I played it. I couldn't believe games could look that good. The combination of pre rendered backgrounds and FMV really made it stand out. It definitely still has a certain charm that modern games can't replicate.

I can't imagine people will still be talking about Remake and Rebirth in 27 years.

Tapani17d ago

Fully agreed. To me the atmosphere, pacing, gameplay and music are all better than in the remake.

Rebel_Scum18d ago

Yes, play this, skip remake, start rebirth for new players.

I_am_Batman18d ago

Skip Remake? That's terrible advice.

leahcim18d ago

Remake is so amazing, pure FFVII Love, play it on PS5 please! aww the graphics the battles, the music... a dream come true.

Rebel_Scum18d ago (Edited 18d ago )

I disagree Batman

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FF XVI Producer Is Interested In Working On A New Final Fantasy Tactics Game

Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida is interested in working on a brand new Final Fantasy Tactics game.

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GoodGuy0920d ago

It's insane its been this long since the last release.

CrimsonWing6920d ago

Not from you.

Knowing how you handled FF16 by trying to make it appeal to non-fans and changing the entire gameplay design I can see you changing Tactics to appeal to non-fans.

If they’re going to do this please give it to someone who wants to keep the game and genre in tact.

VersusDMC20d ago

He worked on tactics ogre reborn. Was there changes? He wouldn't make an FF tactics game an action game. It will be AA but faithful. Probably what the Diofield Chronicles team and some of the FFXVI team is probably working on already and he is just keeping a secret.

And FF hasn't had a set gameplay design since X. I disliked the MMO, 12, 13 FF's but didn't mald for years. I played other games. Stop crying as he probably won't make a single player FF again and will be busy with the next FF MMO.

EternalTitan20d ago

I can feel your hatred. Keep it up.

Ataraxias20d ago

Tactics Ogre Reborn was an overall solid product but almost eliminated the concept of builds in the game.
So we'd probably end up with a system where character jobs like Mercenary for Ramza is 80% of the character instead of being freeform.

SegaSaturn66919d ago

Tactics Ogre Reborn changed a lot of gameplay mechanics for the worse. The class system is weird and hard to lock in roles, and they shoehorned a new "random card appearing" mechanic on the maps which makes no sense. Previously you obtained those boosts from killing powerful opponents, not spawning randomly.

There's a way better way to play Tactics Ogre: the fanmade onevision mod of the psp version.

EternalTitan20d ago

16 was just a terrible mess.
Its not even a JRPG let alone a final fantasy game.
Yosi piss(who said he hates JRPGs) should not touch another Final Fantasy game ever again.

VersusDMC19d ago

87 metacritic can't be a terrible mess.
If Kingdom Hearts is a JRPG then FFXVI is a JRPG. And he said he hates the term JRPG as it carries a bad stereotype with western journalists.

So you're just incorrect on several fronts...

Asterphoenix19d ago

I wouldn't mind a new FF Tactics longs they keep the tactical elements of Tactics in it as well as a very in depth story. Which FF Tactics years ago has by far one of the best stories in the series.

Tapani19d ago

Yes, alongside with Vagrant Story. Playing FFT, then Vagrant story and finally FFXII is a bliss. Deepest lore and best stories ever made in video games.