A community dedicated to video game console and peripheral modding and hacking, whether it be hardware, firmware, or software.
Retro and modern both welcome!
An overclocked Nintendo Switch modded with 8 GB RAM is capable of running emulated PlayStation 3 games surprisingly well.
PlayStation hacker TheFloW has disclosed a new PS5 Kernel vulnerability via bug bounty platform HackerOne. This is a full disclosure (albeit without actual PoC code), so assuming matching usermode exploits eventually get discovered, this...
A few days ago, developer EchoStretch confirmed that kstuff now supports PS5 Firmwares from 3.00 to 7.61 included, bringing what’s currently the best that these firmwares can get in terms of kernel exploits. Kstuff...
PS5: etaHEN 2.0b and ItemzFlow 1.09 released + PKG install Writeup by LightningMods
Developer LightningMods has released etaHEN 2.0b, following several months of this version being in Beta (or pre-release, depending on how you look at it). Due to the nature of the tool being open source,...
Using a Raspberry Pi I wrote a small tool to help read and write the EEPROM on an original xbox. This post goes over how it was done and how you can use your own RasPi to fix your xbox console.
A Bluetooth exploit for the Nintendo Wii. Contribute to Fullmetal5/bluebomb development by creating an account on GitHub.
Finding and exploiting bugs in the Xbox 360 hypervisor to create the "Bad Update" exploit.
PlayStation hacker TheFloW has brought some updates to the BD-JB hack. In particular, access to the Kernel API directly from within the BD-JB code, as well as code improvements which, according to the developer,...
PS5 Developer Hammer-83 released PS5-JAR-Loader 4.01 a few days ago. The utility lets you run payloads via the bd-jb exploit, on PS5 Firmwares up to 7.61 included. This new release leverages a discovery by...
Developer idlesauce has released a payload For Jailbroken PS5s, which allows to pair the console with a remote client (such as Chiaki), even if the console isn’t connected to the PSN. This enables Remote...
Developer LightningMods has released a Beta version of etaHEN 2.0. This new release adds a new Cheat support (similar to what we have with GoldHEN on PS4), as well as bug fixes. If you...
Developer LightningMods has released a Beta version of etaHEN 2.0. This new release adds a new Cheat support (similar to what we have with GoldHEN on PS4), as well as bug fixes. If you have a hackable PS5 model that supports etaHEN (currently, from Firmwares 1.00 to 5.50), you’ll probably want to give it a try. Keep in mind that this is a beta and a few things probably still need to be ironed out.
What is etaHEN for PS5?
EtaHEN is a payload that runs on a Jailbroken PS5, and basically acts as a Custom Firmware for the PS5. EtaHEN leverages lower-level exploits and utilities (depending on your Firmware, either Byepervisor or ps5-kstuff), in order, among other things, to run PS5 Apps. This includes Homebrew, but also PS5 “backups”, aka decrypted PS5 games.
Japanese 3DO FZ-1
Here are some pictures of my most recent soldering bench (2020) and a Japanese 3DO that I bought from Japan for $20, because it needed new caps and some trace repair.
In one of my weirdest and most shady feeling transactions, I managed to source an ODE from MNEMO. It paired nicely with the console.
One of the biggest physical design flaws with the 3DO is the hardwired power cord. So, I bought some parts online and modded in my own removable cable.
Picture dump below...
Old, bulging and leaking caps:
New caps and cleanup:
Removable cord mod:
All cleaned up and pretty:
