USB Dolphin: USB HDD Demo
USB Dolphin: USB HDD Demo
Gaming on a Baby Toy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DCjPpL71kc
#consolemods #GameBoy #FisherPrice #fisherpricetoys #retrogaming

How Sony’s broken promise transformed the PS3 from “unhackable” to a homebrew dream

>Sony was an unstoppable force in the early 2000s. The release of the PS2 went swimmingly, and gamers worldwide were enjoying the technological advancements made by the console. Despite going on to become one of the best-selling consoles of all time, Sony wasn’t fully satisfied with how things were going later in the PS2’s lifespan. Much like its predecessor, the PS2 had a serious security problem. Once the copy protection was broken, it became the wild west, so much so, that if you buy a used PS1 or PS2 in 2026, there’s a good chance it has some kind of modchip inside. Things had to change for the PS3, and Sony had a plan.
MechaCon: PS2s Unbreakable Gatekeeper ...Until it wasn't [9:48] | Modern Vintage Gamer
>The Sony PlayStation 2 contains a chip called MechaCon. Its job was to be the system’s ultimate security gatekeeper, controlling disc authentication, region locking, MagicGate encryption, and KELF file decryption. For years, it was considered the last unbreakable barrier in PS2 security. Modchips could only bypass it. But buried inside Sony’s redesigned Dragon MechaCon it was discovered that it was EEPROM patchable and exists a factory service feature. > >In this video take a closer look at the exploit chain from the PS2’s boot certification handshake through the cryptographic failures, and the tools that finally cracked it open: MechaDump and MechaPwn. The factory backdoor Sony built for their own service centers became the front door for the homebrew community.
Exploring Homebrew For The Pokémon Mini
Here's another Sega Mega Drive/Genesis video covering the openheart mod. You install a Raspberry Pi Pico or RP2040 into the console and it expands what it can do.
https://youtu.be/SMpkl_64S-g
#sega #genesis #megadrive #mastersystem #modding #consolemods #raspberrypi #retroconsoles #retro
L'autre jour, à la pause déjeuner on a fait le deuxième épisode de discussion sur les consoles et leur modifications matérielles, les développements récents sur des anciennes architectures, les détournements et curiosités, hacks en tout genre. La console choisie était a SNES (après une première session sur la NES). C'était passionnant. J'ai encore appris plein de trucs...
https://consolemods.org/wiki/SNES:SNES_Mods_Wiki (et autres)
Prochain épisode : N64 & GameCube.
PSBBN: PS2 FreeMcBoot Alternative
Wii U SDBoot1 Exploit “paid the beak”