@@quantumgigavsigmaraven1745 🤔😆 lols ok then? But it was, in fact if you check VitaDB you can see it was just updated - the sequel's coming along as well... maybe that isn't mine either? 🤷♂️
Also with a hacked Vita you can develop your own apps. It certainly isn't easy, but not many other devices have analog sticks, buttons and a touchscreen. So it could be a great project if you don't mind using C. I'm writing an app that controls a DJI Tello drone, which you were supposed to control with your phone's touch screen. And Vita almost looks like a profesional DJI controller. The video feed doesn't work and the code is awful, but the drone flies and that's awesome! And I had only minor C experience (from Arduino).
2 old 4 gaming: gameplays and top lists, aka the best entertainment for ps vita lovers PsVita at 2am: the best news anchor Tech James: hands down the god of teaching how to hack your console Nanospeedgamer: the Tech James of Spanish speaking people
@@2old4gaming would you say its worth buying a vita or a retro portable emulator. Also should I still buy an oled one off ebay because I've heard they can degrade?
I wish I could replace the screen of the newer version to that of the OLED. Why downgrade to LCD, from a beautiful screen. Of course the bleeding is annoying on OLEDs. My phone often bakes in the image of something I left it still on due to it being an organic LED.
1: free games 2: emulation (with save states) 3: easy to pass files between pc 4: really super awesome community that makes the vita do anything for you 5: use sd cards 6: dual analog psp games
how do you use sd cards i dont know where to put em at is it on the right side of the PS Vita up there where the game is on the left one ? like when you have the PS Vita and you look at it from top left you have the casual 1 game insertion and then on the left theres another slot which i dont know for what to use it is it that thing for SD Cards ?
@@AngelMilanovSqnkaaShadow u put in the normal game cartridge slot...(on the up part of the vita) u need a sd vita plugin ( u can find it in the auto plugin vpk)..and u need a sd2vita adapter....just search at youtube things like.....how to use/install sd2vita
The top 3 features of my hacked Vita are........ 1. Using any size micro SD card 2. Emulation, Emulation, Oh Yeah, and EMULATION! 3. Having two full Analog sticks for PSP games We can all agree that those Sony memory cards were A$$ from day one, and probably the biggest negative to the Vita since it launched. Having the ability to use any micro SD is what this should have done from day one! As mentioned, emulation here is amazing, but does require some effort to get going properly. Sadly, most native emulators to the Vita run like ass, so many of the PSP's offerings will yield the best results, as PSP can be run 100% on the Vita using the Adrenaline app. The ones that are optimize for the Vita do run well, but those are few and far between. And my last best feature is being able to play all those dual stick shooters of the PSP with real analog sticks, has breathed new life in to many old PSP games. Even the ones that only use the left stick are greatly improved(Outrun), due to how much better the Vita's analog stick is compared to the PSP one. EDIT: And all the other features(which are many), are just more icing on the Vita "Is Life" Cake!
My favorite feature is connecting my hacked Vita to my hacked ps3 from there I can remote play any of the ps2 games I have installed, some of the ps3 games work well like skyrim, gta4, and dark souls having a hacked Vita and ps3 practically allows you to play all PlayStation consoles from one small handheld
About retro games - Sega and Capcom (maybe someone else too) have released their old games as Classic collection or something like that so that you don't have to pirate them! I also agree about pirating currently available games - developers can struggle to scratch the bottom line sometimes and they need your support by purchasing the game.
Hey man, i love how you explained the whole emulation thing, and i agree with emulating retro games ( Who wanna pay 100$ FOR THE ORIGINAL 80'S SUPER MARIO BROS GAME) thanks for this video, hopes everything Will be okay man!
The main reason I haven't done this is because I still have a good chunk of games that I need to finish first. A lot of them JRPGs, so I don't think I will be hacking it soon. Besides, I'm a legit trophy hunter. The other day I was accused of having a CFW just by have hidden trophies. So... Great video, but for now, I will pass. Also, I need time to get a SD2VITA card or whatever (I don't know its name)
@@ProtonTech1 that's not the point. The point is: you admit that you have a hacked device and you are banned from leaderboards. I don't care about them but other people who don't know anything about you will call you "cheater" and discard your opinion without even reading.
@@KATTmkv the majority of top players on PSNP use hacked vitas, you just can't prove it. As long as the timestamps aren't obvious nobody cares. It's a shame but it happens a lot. I would never use my hacked vita on PSN because I own so many digital games and whilst Sony may not have banned anyone yet (that Reddit knows about, there are plenty of people who never use social media) there's always that risk and I'm not egotistical enough to think I would avoid a ban if they ever did decide to send out a wave. I'd rather spend 30 quid on a cart if I really want the trophies, but I'm not competing with anyone and would never catch up if I tried so I mostly play games I enjoy. The hacked vita just means I can play games that have long since been pulled from the store, which is a longer list every day.
PS Vita was so under rated that I didn't even get it after I had my PSP. Sometimes makes me sad I didn't but then again i was just following where Monster Hunter was going at that point. Glad I had picked one up earlier this year to experience it. PSVita is for my psp/ps1/psvita games and gpdxd+ Is for everything else pretty much.
Back when all the quarantine start a grabbed my vita and went to a ship and I have being enjoying all that the vita has to offer. The only limitation I had was my 8GB memory card... for some game I had to uninstall 1 or 2 games in order to play them. Overall I think you can still enjoy the Vita without hack it, but after this video I want to test the ps4 dualshock controller, I wonder if you can still use the ps4 remote access while using the dualshock controller, that sound amazing. Thanks for the vita content, I love this videos!!!
I appreciate the thoroughness of this video! I am one, however, who will likely never hack either of my two Vitas. I have too much invested in the library of Vita/PSP/PS1 games I've downloaded (& bought physically) to risk bricking my consoles or shortening their lives in exchange for some quick fun and functionality today. I also still use PSN regularly with both Vitas, so I'd hate to install something accidentally that would jeopardize my Vita's relationship with my PSN account. I just downloaded Attack on Titan & Ar nosurge plus last week and am having a blast with both! I am the kind of retro-gamer who plays everything original hardware/original software -- always have in 30-plus years of collecting -- and I want to do my best to ensure that my kids and I can play our favorite Vita games 20 years from now. That's why I have two Vitas and four proprietary memory cards: to future-proof with back-up console & memory. For me personally, the main compelling reason to hack is the English translation patches ... and that is indeed tempting. Maybe I'll buy an old 2nd-hand Vita one day and try it out.
That’s totally fair. I was nervous at first too. The translation patches are great to have. I’ve bought quite a few Japanese games and being able to now play them in English is awesome
@Vanilla I understand that hacked Vita guys tend to think like you do that careful collectors like me are morons. I've already had my fun spending those hundreds of dollars. Hopefully, I'll still be happily playing my Vitas in the year 2040, like I'm still playing my Saturn/PS1/GBA regularly today. Not sure if all you hacked Vita guys will be able to. ... maybe?
It is VERY easy. I made a mistake installing Enso EX WITHOUT having an SD2Vita, but was easily remedied via a $5 SD2VITA. However to practice, I soft bricked it on purpose by blocking updates. Simply plugging into my PS3 to update restored it for me to follow directions again. www.cfwaifu.com/psvita/
i've had my vita since day 1, and i just bought another the sapphire blue one from japan, the vita is my fave handheld system, i only hacked it for the more storage really, i feel bad for the devs that were still working on stuff for the vita and weren't told they were shutting down the store, i hope all the time and effort they put into the stuff that wasn't released yet doesn't go to waste and they still put it out somewhere even if it's a small thing put on the ps4 or even just thrown onto steam.
Great video! Explains the benefits and versatility of a hacked vita. I have done many of the things you have described, but was pleased at discovering the ability to use USB cable to stream on pc. I am very much looking forward to see how the community further innovates new features and emulators.
As much as I love my switch I’m not gonna lie I’ve been playing my hacked vita all week. New version of the n64 just released today and DC coming soon from the same dev. English patch for Catherine full body is 🔥
THANKS FOR THIS !!! FOR KEEPIN THE VITA ALIVE BROTHER, Please make more Videos about VITA games , and Vita new features as well, HOPE THE DEVS MAKES MORE ANDROID PORT GAMES , BIG POTENTIAL FOR VITA :) SUPPORT FROM THE PHILIPPINES
I bought a vita a few years back because I wanted to play OG castlevania SOTN and OG risk of rain on the go. I tried remote play on it for my ps4 with middling results, and being able to play some of my ps4 library is cool, but after that the magic was kind of gone and its sat there for months. Hacking my vita is probably a good thing and will save me some money too, considering that during the pandemic scalpers have bought up every console known to man, meaning you can't play a lot of retro games officially atm. Emulating all the igavania games on the vita is gonna be fantastic.
I haven't seen the video by tech James you referred to but another TH-camr whose channel is Blain locklair (I think that's how you spell it) had some really good and easy to follow videos on how to jailbreak you're vita or ps tv.
If you don't have a Nvidia GPU you can still stream from you PC using PC Link app, which uses Steam in home Streaming. It is way less developed, but enables you to do something really cool.
VitaTV practically needs hacks to be, well, practical. I have hacks to: -remove the whitelist (Sony should have been sued over this) -use sixaxis as motion sensing -fake the camera so games that use it wont crash My 3g Vita has an internal SD card, with a hack to remove the "you dont have permission to use trophies" warning Both Vita and VitaTV have: -overclocking (via the other one, not lolicon) -allow use of PSP games -VitaGrafx, which lets you increase the resolution many games run at Vita has: -custom warning screen with my contact info in case I lose it to a good smaritan -use PS4 controllers
Good recommendations. The whitelist hack on the PSTV is at minimum required. It’s so silly that Sony didn’t just allow all games to be playable and throw up a warning that they may not function properly. The confusing messaging hurt the PSTV from the start
Awesome video it’s seems very compelling to hack! If I do will I still be able to download and play games from the PSN store just like on a vanilla Vita?
I hacked my Vita not for the games, (because I bought a lot of physical games and I’m still buying physical games to this day so I don’t need to pirate [also support the devs!]), but for the overclock plugin. Overclocking that Borderlands 2 made the game playable. Unfortunately, I finished the whole game first before hacking the Vita so it’s a bit pointless...
Hi David, I think that’s really complicated. Hacking a vita isn’t easy and takes time. I had to read/watch a lot of different guides which I won’t remember. My advice is start with Tech James’ videos. He had some useful easy to follow guides
Guys... model 1000, custom shell with l2/r2 + l3/r3, moonlight (for a hacked vita), and even with a nvidia card between 100-150$ you can play titles like ffxv, the witcher 3, both the middle earth games and every modern AAA title on a GORGEOUS screen that has all the buttons of a controller. You literally have a controller with a screen with the crispiest colors can actually have on a so tiny device, and just with 1280x720 of resolution you get the most beautiful graphics out of every game, with rock 60 fps. Basically every AAA game on a handheld at 60fps native. The only cons is that moonlight drains the battery a bit faster than local games, with ratchet and clank trilogy for the vita i get 3-4 hours of game and more, but with moonlight i can only get 2-2.30h and keeping it under charge when playing is not perfect because the cable is right in the bottom middle and the whole thing can be heavy to keep in the hands.
moonlight is SICK !!! i play alot of games on my VITA. GTA 5 is the best example. If you can buy a case with R1-L1 buttons you're going to enjoy it to the core.
hi, im wondering how do you get Kingdom hearts birth by sleep on the vita? Will you make a video on it or do you plan on making one? is it possible to get KH2 on the vita? thanks in advance!
The ps vita is such a powerful device. I love mine and been playing Banjo-Kazooie on the n64 emulator. One of my old favorite from back in the year 2000 Too bad Sony give up on it. One more thing I wish for is that they had more cheats for most of the games on the vetacheat thing
I never played Cathrine, excited to download it, I didn't know it was on Vita, thanks for the heads up. I'm going to download it after FFIX and the two untold legends games.
I have a vita and hacked it, a while back, mostly to play arcade games, but now i might try to find out how to play these emulators. I was a little bummed that when i did it, I basically lost access to all my digital and physical games, but I saved a backup to my desktop and I am considering getting a 2nd vita. Maybe I will keep that one official, though I am sure there is a way to make it so you can play your official games, I like that you can use actual SD cards now so will need to look into how to do that too. I got one of those cases that adds L2 and R2 triggers that will press on the rear touch pad as well as two paddles on the back that press into the lower half of the touch pad on the back essentially making them L3 and R3 but not all vita games made full use of it, still its a nice touch. Have to agree the way that Sony just let the vita wither and hope for it's death is going to be black mark on them for a lot of people, though I'm sure most of us will still get PS5's by the time the year is out.
Alrightie, there I go being monitored by Google again. Last week, I downloaded a PSP emulator on my computer and my favorite PSP game, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7. And now I see this in my suggested videos. Thanks for tracking me Google but I can't lie and say that though I don't have a PSP/Vita, I'm not interested. On with the video!
Best console for emulation from video games birth to ps1/Saturn and even psp. Didn’t know that the n64 emulator was improved, have to check that. Cant wait for Dreamcast and GameCube emulators now ! Thanks, great video !! And yes, tech James channel is the best if you guys want to hack your vita 👌💎
My vita has been hacked for two years now and I love it cause I can back my games up to a sd card and play them that way my collection can stay on display not getting ruined
I really want to like send my PSPs off too some one to jail break them cause I don't have a pc, but I don't know who to send them to for things like that.
I never heard of hacking a vita. I have the game Crisis Core and can't play it because no psp so deffo gonna look into this. Thanks for the video dude!!! And now...... BEER!!!
Do you by chance know the max memory storage for a PS Vita some people are telling me $256 GB and I've heard it can go up to two terabytes but I don't know officially
Chaos Rings II is for some reason, in english. I think patch for the third game works with it too. I was so mad when they shut down that app on google play...
It is a very nice video, but I feel it needs more information. If you want to know more about using a DS3/4 with your vita, look for "XXXX" or something - a starting point for someone to research.
i got my vita back in march and i’ve used it to read and store manga on there and i also like having sd2vita. the seller was nice enough to include an 8gb memory card but i burned through it pretty quickly 😂
@@kasciem194 sorry for leaving u hanging i had to go back in my vita since i forgot but i use Bookr MOD vita and from there you can upload the manga files/images to your vita from your pc and read them on the vita! i forgot the details exactly on how to download them but if you just google bookr mod vita you’ll get some info. hope this helps
Just a few questions. On a hacked Vita will it show what you’re playing for example am emulated game like Super mario 64 to your friends on PSN? Also, can you still earn trophies for emulated the games such as a patched Trails in the sky etc?
Quick question: I have been grappling with the issue of whether or not to mod my Vita. The reasons you've listed here are indeed appealing, but I'm concerned about two things. I'm not really worried about bricking the system (I'm very careful when doing this kind of stuff), but I do worry that I won't be able to connect my console to the Internet ever again, for example, to sync trophies. Since I also have a modded PSP (which works like a charm), I'm not really sure I need to mod my Vita for emulation purposes, at least not yet. Since Sony has mostly abandoned the Vita by this point, I'm wondering if it maybe would be better to wait a little bit longer until it has *completely* abandoned the console to mod it safely. I sure as hell don't want to risk jeopardizing my 11-year old account with a ban.
So Sony hasn’t banned anyone yet but I think it’s always a risk. I don’t pirate Vita games, cheat at multiplayer or hack trophies so hopefully I’d be ok. You can never really tell though. If you can, buy a second vita just for hacking and don’t associate it with your PSN account. Being able to have 200gb of storage for retro games is pretty awesome
Late reply, but as 2 old 4 gaming mentioned, there're no reports of Sony banning accounts playing on a modded Vita. So long you spoof your PSN and firmware version, you should have no issues with connecting to the Internet and even playing multiplayer. However, it's advisable not to hack your trophies.
@@Lord_Fong Geez Fong, you're not helping by scaring him, @tomcat just make sure you're following instructions and be patient with the tutorials, don't fly ahead of them thinking you know what's coming next and you'll be fine.
If you haven't modded a psp before or anything like that, I can understand the hesitation since you definitely can brick your $200+ device, but the learning experience and the results are so so worth it. The level of freedom that it and the Vita community provides really allows you to make your Vita your own.
Hi i have a quick question i have a hacked psvita 3.60 and i spoof it to current version 3.73 so is it okay for me to go online do i get ban for going online using pkg games i dl?
Just bought a vita. I absolutely love it! However I'm a little afraid to hack it. I hacked my PSP but I know that there was a chance of damaging the system. With the vita it cost quite a bit more and don't really want to take a chance on messing up my vita but I really need the extra storage and ordered the sd adapter before i realized you had to hack it before you can use it. What is the risk factor here? How safe is it to do this?
I didn't own a Ps vita until New, i start to search if is worth to hack it or not.. I have in my collection ps2 ps3 and ps4 pro and own an 2004 psp hacked , and tomorrow my ps vita will arrive and i don't know for sure what to do , but i'm 80% sure i will hack him just for emu feature.. Thx for The video buddy, like it !
Considering hacking and wanted to know, if I factory reset and clear my main account and hack on my 2nd account will this stop my main from getting banned
You can play your PSN games too. There is always a risk Sony decides to shut down access but they haven’t so far and I think it’s unlikely they would bother doing that
I could do all of that just by using my Sony Xperia Z3, it’s exactly the same thing except that I don’t need to hack my Xperia to do this, therefore I will not hack my Vita, but for people who doesn’t have a Sony Xperia, I guess it’s worth hacking.
2 old 4 gaming no not really, but I can play PlayStore games with PS4 controller, old retro Java games, I use my 256gb SD card and I don’t need to hack my Xperia to make all that possible, I guess people can hack their Vita if they want to play Vita games but I personally bought all the Vita games that I wanted to play, so in my perspective I don’t think I need to hack my Vita just to play Vita games, maybe I would’ve a long time ago but now I have a Switch and I use that as my main handheld system.
Lol, I know!! When I was recording the audio I did think that to myself but I was already recording so I thought I’ll just keep going! I did wonder if anyone would notice. You win a virtual high five! 🖐
I wanna hack my Vita. But I lack the confidence to do so. And every guide I've found is too confusing or difficult. So I am stuck with the stock firmware.
It is quite complicated but not impossible. There are a lot of hoops to jump through but it is worth it. Maybe you could find a second hand already hacked vita. I’ve seen a few on sale on ebay
Hello sir. I recently read about a news that playstation will do a bug hunt for psn by public. What do you think about the news despite we still hunting for trophies (that is me 😂) in hacked vita? Thank you.. *sorry for my bad english
Can you still hack if you have the latest firmware? I bought a really nice blue Vita in December of 2018 but didn't realize at the time it wasn't hackable with the latest version installed. So I waited awhile for the guy who created the hack to release his new one but got tired of waiting and decided I probably shouldn't have a handheld anyway as I'm more a home console gamer and sold it. I'd like to get an OLED Vita next time if I know it's still possible to run CFW...
I love the Vita, I have 4 , I hacked 2 of them, and the other 2 I kept them official.. I always have one in my backpack wherever I go .
Same here man. One of my Vitas will always be with me
Me too, i have 4 psvita, 3 of them hack with 128gb, and 1 for not hack and trophy purposes. For my 3 henkaku, 1 of them all are ps1 games.
Dam bro you really making me want to catch up to you 😂🗣 I have 2 but I’m looking to get more colored this time 💯🔥😫🔥
Now i see where all the vita went😂😂😂😂😂
That is my goal lol two more to go
I'm so grateful to the Vita modders/hackers, it's like a completely different (and much improved) console with all the additional features, it's crazy
Yeah I agree. It’s amazing how capable the Vita is.
That's my game! My game appeared on TH-cam! That's practically validation in itself 😆
That's awesome, good luck on future projects
What game was it?
Nah that wasnf your game
@@Knivess0 apologies, I didn't see this comment! The game is Temporary Space and it's on VitaDB :)
@@quantumgigavsigmaraven1745 🤔😆 lols ok then? But it was, in fact if you check VitaDB you can see it was just updated - the sequel's coming along as well... maybe that isn't mine either? 🤷♂️
Top 1 reasons to hack your ps vita:
1. Free games
2. More games
3. Interesting games
@@SardonicJosh No.
@@Pirater666l yeah, PSVITA has lesser options for games.
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Also with a hacked Vita you can develop your own apps. It certainly isn't easy, but not many other devices have analog sticks, buttons and a touchscreen. So it could be a great project if you don't mind using C.
I'm writing an app that controls a DJI Tello drone, which you were supposed to control with your phone's touch screen. And Vita almost looks like a profesional DJI controller. The video feed doesn't work and the code is awful, but the drone flies and that's awesome! And I had only minor C experience (from Arduino).
That’s impressive man!
thank you soo much for this very good idea
You can also use unity it's easier but does need a little hassle to set up but now I have it working
Impressive!How did you achieve such thing?I know C# and I would love to make some apps for the vita.
Do you have to use C to develop for the vita? I’ve been thinking of making a game for the vita but I’d much rather use C++
2 old 4 gaming: gameplays and top lists, aka the best entertainment for ps vita lovers
PsVita at 2am: the best news anchor
Tech James: hands down the god of teaching how to hack your console
Nanospeedgamer: the Tech James of Spanish speaking people
PSVita at 2am and tech James are great. I hadn’t heard of the other channel but great to know other TH-camrs
@@2old4gaming oh, he's absolutely the TJ for Spanish speakers, he has a more energetic vibe though; I still prefer Tech James
Techsavvybuyer taught me a lot too
@@cristianromero2214 I was about to say, love his vids.
Blaine Locklair is the best for guides, tech james okay but Blaine is the daddy right now.
I’m all about those English patches!
It’s great. I’m looking forward to getting into Catherine
Yep I hacked my vita to play trails the sky trilogy English patched
But no patch for FSN and FHA vn.
@@alumlovescake Got any sites on where to find english patches?
Now on 2020 I want a vita :) I'll buy one as soon as I'm able to.
You won’t regret it!
@@2old4gaming would you say its worth buying a vita or a retro portable emulator. Also should I still buy an oled one off ebay because I've heard they can degrade?
@@Chipgargoyle123 slim if you ask me the oled seems to burn it self out, gets dark spots on the screen and other stuff
I don't need the color saturation feature.. because mine is OLED :D
I wish I could replace the screen of the newer version to that of the OLED. Why downgrade to LCD, from a beautiful screen.
Of course the bleeding is annoying on OLEDs.
My phone often bakes in the image of something I left it still on due to it being an organic LED.
@@glynkeegan306 to reduce costs of course,
1: free games
2: emulation (with save states)
3: easy to pass files between pc
4: really super awesome community that makes the vita do anything for you
5: use sd cards
6: dual analog psp games
how do you use sd cards i dont know where to put em at is it on the right side of the PS Vita up there where the game is on the left one ? like when you have the PS Vita and you look at it from top left you have the casual 1 game insertion and then on the left theres another slot which i dont know for what to use it is it that thing for SD Cards ?
@@AngelMilanovSqnkaaShadow u put in the normal game cartridge slot...(on the up part of the vita) u need a sd vita plugin ( u can find it in the auto plugin vpk)..and u need a sd2vita adapter....just search at youtube things like.....how to use/install sd2vita
The top 3 features of my hacked Vita are........
1. Using any size micro SD card
2. Emulation, Emulation, Oh Yeah, and EMULATION!
3. Having two full Analog sticks for PSP games
We can all agree that those Sony memory cards were A$$ from day one, and probably the biggest negative to the Vita since it launched. Having the ability to use any micro SD is what this should have done from day one! As mentioned, emulation here is amazing, but does require some effort to get going properly. Sadly, most native emulators to the Vita run like ass, so many of the PSP's offerings will yield the best results, as PSP can be run 100% on the Vita using the Adrenaline app. The ones that are optimize for the Vita do run well, but those are few and far between. And my last best feature is being able to play all those dual stick shooters of the PSP with real analog sticks, has breathed new life in to many old PSP games. Even the ones that only use the left stick are greatly improved(Outrun), due to how much better the Vita's analog stick is compared to the PSP one.
EDIT: And all the other features(which are many), are just more icing on the Vita "Is Life" Cake!
I have a question, once modded, do you need to download anything for the Vita to accept any micro SD cards?
You need an adapter (sd2vita) and copy some data to the sd card.
My favorite feature is connecting my hacked Vita to my hacked ps3 from there I can remote play any of the ps2 games I have installed, some of the ps3 games work well like skyrim, gta4, and dark souls having a hacked Vita and ps3 practically allows you to play all PlayStation consoles from one small handheld
That’s awesome! I haven’t tried that
Andrew J hey I have a hacked ps3 and a hacked vita. But I can't get any games to remote play! Can you help?
Once you said you can stream to PC and record that did it for me. Will have my backup vita now for sure!
Bought an OLED PS Vita at the beginning of this year and modded it right away. I'm on a look out for another one - should've bought a 2nd one sooner.
It’s definitely worth having 2 Vitas, one for modding and one regular
About retro games - Sega and Capcom (maybe someone else too) have released their old games as Classic collection or something like that so that you don't have to pirate them! I also agree about pirating currently available games - developers can struggle to scratch the bottom line sometimes and they need your support by purchasing the game.
Try. I’ve got the PSP collections physical and digital and the recent Megadrive one on my Switch. I played the PSP ones so much!
Hey man, i love how you explained the whole emulation thing, and i agree with emulating retro games ( Who wanna pay 100$ FOR THE ORIGINAL 80'S SUPER MARIO BROS GAME) thanks for this video, hopes everything Will be okay man!
Thanks man and thanks for watching :)
The main reason I haven't done this is because I still have a good chunk of games that I need to finish first. A lot of them JRPGs, so I don't think I will be hacking it soon. Besides, I'm a legit trophy hunter. The other day I was accused of having a CFW just by have hidden trophies. So... Great video, but for now, I will pass. Also, I need time to get a SD2VITA card or whatever (I don't know its name)
Awesome choice
Right nice solidarity my friend
@@ProtonTech1 that's not the point. The point is: you admit that you have a hacked device and you are banned from leaderboards. I don't care about them but other people who don't know anything about you will call you "cheater" and discard your opinion without even reading.
@@KATTmkv the majority of top players on PSNP use hacked vitas, you just can't prove it. As long as the timestamps aren't obvious nobody cares. It's a shame but it happens a lot. I would never use my hacked vita on PSN because I own so many digital games and whilst Sony may not have banned anyone yet (that Reddit knows about, there are plenty of people who never use social media) there's always that risk and I'm not egotistical enough to think I would avoid a ban if they ever did decide to send out a wave. I'd rather spend 30 quid on a cart if I really want the trophies, but I'm not competing with anyone and would never catch up if I tried so I mostly play games I enjoy. The hacked vita just means I can play games that have long since been pulled from the store, which is a longer list every day.
Same here. I'm trying to buy all the games I want to platinum and then hack it lol. 52 platinums and counting
bought one a week ago hacked it instantly and my god it's awesome
PS Vita was so under rated that I didn't even get it after I had my PSP. Sometimes makes me sad I didn't but then again i was just following where Monster Hunter was going at that point. Glad I had picked one up earlier this year to experience it.
PSVita is for my psp/ps1/psvita games and gpdxd+ Is for everything else pretty much.
Nice. I’ve got the GPD Win Max coming soon. I’m looking forward to it not just for retro games but as my main laptop
I hacked mine this weekend. I'm waiting on my SD card adapter. But I got n64 emulator Nd been playing mario kart64!! Great video man!
Thanks man. :)
Saying "SD Card" while Gambit threw Kinetic Cards was great and i refuse to believe it wasn't intentional.
Great video! And don't forget the MODS! I have installed some mods like dead or alive xtream 3 (nude) and Valkirye drive! But there are several mods!
Nice. I haven’t explored them
Back when all the quarantine start a grabbed my vita and went to a ship and I have being enjoying all that the vita has to offer. The only limitation I had was my 8GB memory card... for some game I had to uninstall 1 or 2 games in order to play them. Overall I think you can still enjoy the Vita without hack it, but after this video I want to test the ps4 dualshock controller, I wonder if you can still use the ps4 remote access while using the dualshock controller, that sound amazing. Thanks for the vita content, I love this videos!!!
Using a dual shock 4 and SD cards are major benefits and you can use a DS4 while remoteplaying.
Thanks for watching Carlos. :)
I appreciate the thoroughness of this video! I am one, however, who will likely never hack either of my two Vitas. I have too much invested in the library of Vita/PSP/PS1 games I've downloaded (& bought physically) to risk bricking my consoles or shortening their lives in exchange for some quick fun and functionality today. I also still use PSN regularly with both Vitas, so I'd hate to install something accidentally that would jeopardize my Vita's relationship with my PSN account. I just downloaded Attack on Titan & Ar nosurge plus last week and am having a blast with both!
I am the kind of retro-gamer who plays everything original hardware/original software -- always have in 30-plus years of collecting -- and I want to do my best to ensure that my kids and I can play our favorite Vita games 20 years from now. That's why I have two Vitas and four proprietary memory cards: to future-proof with back-up console & memory. For me personally, the main compelling reason to hack is the English translation patches ... and that is indeed tempting. Maybe I'll buy an old 2nd-hand Vita one day and try it out.
That’s totally fair. I was nervous at first too.
The translation patches are great to have. I’ve bought quite a few Japanese games and being able to now play them in English is awesome
@Vanilla I understand that hacked Vita guys tend to think like you do that careful collectors like me are morons. I've already had my fun spending those hundreds of dollars. Hopefully, I'll still be happily playing my Vitas in the year 2040, like I'm still playing my Saturn/PS1/GBA regularly today. Not sure if all you hacked Vita guys will be able to. ... maybe?
It is VERY easy. I made a mistake installing Enso EX WITHOUT having an SD2Vita, but was easily remedied via a $5 SD2VITA. However to practice, I soft bricked it on purpose by blocking updates. Simply plugging into my PS3 to update restored it for me to follow directions again. www.cfwaifu.com/psvita/
i've had my vita since day 1, and i just bought another the sapphire blue one from japan, the vita is my fave handheld system, i only hacked it for the more storage really, i feel bad for the devs that were still working on stuff for the vita and weren't told they were shutting down the store, i hope all the time and effort they put into the stuff that wasn't released yet doesn't go to waste and they still put it out somewhere even if it's a small thing put on the ps4 or even just thrown onto steam.
You've inspried me to hack mine. Luv the channel xx
Great video! Explains the benefits and versatility of a hacked vita. I have done many of the things you have described, but was pleased at discovering the ability to use USB cable to stream on pc. I am very much looking forward to see how the community further innovates new features and emulators.
Same here. It’s crazy how much potential this little device has.
As much as I love my switch I’m not gonna lie I’ve been playing my hacked vita all week. New version of the n64 just released today and DC coming soon from the same dev. English patch for Catherine full body is 🔥
The English patch for Catherine is brilliant. So glad we were able to get that
2 old 4 gaming played through it 4 times so far, it’s now my favorite game of all time =)
THANKS FOR THIS !!! FOR KEEPIN THE VITA ALIVE BROTHER, Please make more Videos about VITA games , and Vita new features as well, HOPE THE DEVS MAKES MORE ANDROID PORT GAMES , BIG POTENTIAL FOR VITA :)
SUPPORT FROM THE PHILIPPINES
I bought a vita a few years back because I wanted to play OG castlevania SOTN and OG risk of rain on the go. I tried remote play on it for my ps4 with middling results, and being able to play some of my ps4 library is cool, but after that the magic was kind of gone and its sat there for months. Hacking my vita is probably a good thing and will save me some money too, considering that during the pandemic scalpers have bought up every console known to man, meaning you can't play a lot of retro games officially atm. Emulating all the igavania games on the vita is gonna be fantastic.
I haven't seen the video by tech James you referred to but another TH-camr whose channel is Blain locklair (I think that's how you spell it) had some really good and easy to follow videos on how to jailbreak you're vita or ps tv.
Here after they announced they'll be terminating the Vita PS Store.
Aren't we all haha.
Me too. I have a PSVita but almost no games
@@salj.5459 yeah i hacked mine after the store shut down, now i got all vita games i ever wanted lol
If you don't have a Nvidia GPU you can still stream from you PC using PC Link app, which uses Steam in home Streaming. It is way less developed, but enables you to do something really cool.
That’s great to know. Thanks
VitaTV practically needs hacks to be, well, practical. I have hacks to:
-remove the whitelist (Sony should have been sued over this)
-use sixaxis as motion sensing
-fake the camera so games that use it wont crash
My 3g Vita has an internal SD card, with a hack to remove the "you dont have permission to use trophies" warning
Both Vita and VitaTV have:
-overclocking (via the other one, not lolicon)
-allow use of PSP games
-VitaGrafx, which lets you increase the resolution many games run at
Vita has:
-custom warning screen with my contact info in case I lose it to a good smaritan
-use PS4 controllers
Good recommendations. The whitelist hack on the PSTV is at minimum required. It’s so silly that Sony didn’t just allow all games to be playable and throw up a warning that they may not function properly. The confusing messaging hurt the PSTV from the start
Awesome video it’s seems very compelling to hack! If I do will I still be able to download and play games from the PSN store just like on a vanilla Vita?
Yup you can
Great points. What's the game at the overclock part of the video?
Chaos Rings 3. It was only out in Japan but there is a translation patch for hacked vitas.
@@2old4gaming ohhh this was originally a mobile game right? Thanks I'll look into it.
I hacked my Vita not for the games, (because I bought a lot of physical games and I’m still buying physical games to this day so I don’t need to pirate [also support the devs!]), but for the overclock plugin. Overclocking that Borderlands 2 made the game playable. Unfortunately, I finished the whole game first before hacking the Vita so it’s a bit pointless...
Hacked mine! Love the emulation on it!
Worth getting ??
Can you do a top ten video about guides - tutorials useful and safe for hacking or installing different plugins for the vita, please?
Hi David, I think that’s really complicated. Hacking a vita isn’t easy and takes time. I had to read/watch a lot of different guides which I won’t remember. My advice is start with Tech James’ videos. He had some useful easy to follow guides
What game are you playing at 3:45 the turned based one? Looks so sick and I don’t recognise it.
It’s Chaos Rings 3. I did a video on it here:
th-cam.com/video/HpnxJJcZtTw/w-d-xo.html
@@2old4gaming thanks you sorry for the late reply
this is sum FIRE A$$ content keep it up bro all love here
Guys... model 1000, custom shell with l2/r2 + l3/r3, moonlight (for a hacked vita), and even with a nvidia card between 100-150$ you can play titles like ffxv, the witcher 3, both the middle earth games and every modern AAA title on a GORGEOUS screen that has all the buttons of a controller. You literally have a controller with a screen with the crispiest colors can actually have on a so tiny device, and just with 1280x720 of resolution you get the most beautiful graphics out of every game, with rock 60 fps.
Basically every AAA game on a handheld at 60fps native.
The only cons is that moonlight drains the battery a bit faster than local games, with ratchet and clank trilogy for the vita i get 3-4 hours of game and more, but with moonlight i can only get 2-2.30h and keeping it under charge when playing is not perfect because the cable is right in the bottom middle and the whole thing can be heavy to keep in the hands.
moonlight is SICK !!! i play alot of games on my VITA. GTA 5 is the best example. If you can buy a case with R1-L1 buttons you're going to enjoy it to the core.
Nice! I wish my PC could handle it
hi, im wondering how do you get Kingdom hearts birth by sleep on the vita? Will you make a video on it or do you plan on making one? is it possible to get KH2 on the vita? thanks in advance!
Great vid. Is the full library of psp and ps1 games compatible with a hacked vita?
Yup they are
Sony needs to continue this thing again, it’s a masterpiece.
The ps vita is such a powerful device. I love mine and been playing Banjo-Kazooie on the n64 emulator. One of my old favorite from back in the year 2000
Too bad Sony give up on it.
One more thing I wish for is that they had more cheats for most of the games on the vetacheat thing
I never played Cathrine, excited to download it, I didn't know it was on Vita, thanks for the heads up. I'm going to download it after FFIX and the two untold legends games.
I have a vita and hacked it, a while back, mostly to play arcade games, but now i might try to find out how to play these emulators. I was a little bummed that when i did it, I basically lost access to all my digital and physical games, but I saved a backup to my desktop and I am considering getting a 2nd vita. Maybe I will keep that one official, though I am sure there is a way to make it so you can play your official games, I like that you can use actual SD cards now so will need to look into how to do that too. I got one of those cases that adds L2 and R2 triggers that will press on the rear touch pad as well as two paddles on the back that press into the lower half of the touch pad on the back essentially making them L3 and R3 but not all vita games made full use of it, still its a nice touch. Have to agree the way that Sony just let the vita wither and hope for it's death is going to be black mark on them for a lot of people, though I'm sure most of us will still get PS5's by the time the year is out.
Alrightie, there I go being monitored by Google again. Last week, I downloaded a PSP emulator on my computer and my favorite PSP game, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7. And now I see this in my suggested videos. Thanks for tracking me Google but I can't lie and say that though I don't have a PSP/Vita, I'm not interested. On with the video!
Happens to me all the time too. Thanks for sticking around and watching though. :)
@@2old4gaming Certainly, it was a good video :)
Best console for emulation from video games birth to ps1/Saturn and even psp. Didn’t know that the n64 emulator was improved, have to check that. Cant wait for Dreamcast and GameCube emulators now !
Thanks, great video !!
And yes, tech James channel is the best if you guys want to hack your vita 👌💎
Can i still play my other physical games when its hacked?
My vita has been hacked for two years now and I love it cause I can back my games up to a sd card and play them that way my collection can stay on display not getting ruined
I really want to like send my PSPs off too some one to jail break them cause I don't have a pc, but I don't know who to send them to for things like that.
I never heard of hacking a vita. I have the game Crisis Core and can't play it because no psp so deffo gonna look into this. Thanks for the video dude!!! And now...... BEER!!!
Nice!
How do I use dual shock or would I say pad on psvita
You need to hack your vita. It’s totally worth it though in my opinion
Hi, which hack method has all the features in the video?
I used Henkaku
Do you by chance know the max memory storage for a PS Vita some people are telling me $256 GB and I've heard it can go up to two terabytes but I don't know officially
I’m not sure man. I’ve heard mixed things too. I use 128gb as it’s enough but it would be amazing to have 2TB
Chaos Rings II is for some reason, in english. I think patch for the third game works with it too. I was so mad when they shut down that app on google play...
I’m about to get one to hack it. What is the recommended amount of memory space do I need to have all these games?
So definitely enable the SD card first and get the SD2Vita adapter. A 128gb SD card will be a good amount to retro and Vita games
At 3:40 what game is that? Also great vid!
It’s Chaos Rings 3
@@2old4gaming thnx mate 😋
It is a very nice video, but I feel it needs more information. If you want to know more about using a DS3/4 with your vita, look for "XXXX" or something - a starting point for someone to research.
I love my hacked vita ! Download psp PS1 and psvita games straight from the console 😱😍🔥😍
I gotta get me a Vita one of these days after my Nintendo Switch Lite
i got my vita back in march and i’ve used it to read and store manga on there and i also like having sd2vita. the seller was nice enough to include an 8gb memory card but i burned through it pretty quickly 😂
Omg manga my g
How do you read manga on there????
@@kasciem194 sorry for leaving u hanging i had to go back in my vita since i forgot but i use Bookr MOD vita and from there you can upload the manga files/images to your vita from your pc and read them on the vita! i forgot the details exactly on how to download them but if you just google bookr mod vita you’ll get some info. hope this helps
Gonna upgrade my Vita after work ASAP !
I just bought a vita I would love to know how to put all those on mine
Also me it’s so overwhelming isn’t it😂
can you save your game progress on a hacked vita, such that when i want to come back to the game i can pick up where i left off?
For Vita games? Saves work as normal for a non-hacked Vita. You can’t save at random points. For emulated games though, you can
Just a few questions. On a hacked Vita will it show what you’re playing for example am emulated game like Super mario 64 to your friends on PSN? Also, can you still earn trophies for emulated the games such as a patched Trails in the sky etc?
You can still earn trophies and yes it will show you are playing Homebrew games
my favorite feature would ofc be installing pirat... ehm legally owned games 😅
Quick question: I have been grappling with the issue of whether or not to mod my Vita. The reasons you've listed here are indeed appealing, but I'm concerned about two things. I'm not really worried about bricking the system (I'm very careful when doing this kind of stuff), but I do worry that I won't be able to connect my console to the Internet ever again, for example, to sync trophies.
Since I also have a modded PSP (which works like a charm), I'm not really sure I need to mod my Vita for emulation purposes, at least not yet.
Since Sony has mostly abandoned the Vita by this point, I'm wondering if it maybe would be better to wait a little bit longer until it has *completely* abandoned the console to mod it safely. I sure as hell don't want to risk jeopardizing my 11-year old account with a ban.
So Sony hasn’t banned anyone yet but I think it’s always a risk. I don’t pirate Vita games, cheat at multiplayer or hack trophies so hopefully I’d be ok. You can never really tell though. If you can, buy a second vita just for hacking and don’t associate it with your PSN account. Being able to have 200gb of storage for retro games is pretty awesome
Late reply, but as 2 old 4 gaming mentioned, there're no reports of Sony banning accounts playing on a modded Vita. So long you spoof your PSN and firmware version, you should have no issues with connecting to the Internet and even playing multiplayer. However, it's advisable not to hack your trophies.
Can I play wwf no mercy? On the 64 emulator
Do you know anything about retroarch and runahead on the vita to get rid of the massive input lag? To clarify, the audio is bad with the feature on.
What game is this at 3:45 just before you bring up sd cards
I'd be too scared of breaking it
@@Lord_Fong Geez Fong, you're not helping by scaring him, @tomcat just make sure you're following instructions and be patient with the tutorials, don't fly ahead of them thinking you know what's coming next and you'll be fine.
If you haven't modded a psp before or anything like that, I can understand the hesitation since you definitely can brick your $200+ device, but the learning experience and the results are so so worth it. The level of freedom that it and the Vita community provides really allows you to make your Vita your own.
5:59 plz say the name of this game.
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7.
One of the best games on the PSP
@@2old4gaming true XD
thanks a lot guys
@@2old4gaming oh am, I remember when i first Beat the game as a kid, I cried at the end due to the growing of Zack... what an amazing game
Thumbs up for showing Ac!d during the montage.
Right? Hands down one of my most played on my psp and Vita. Have you played the first one? I've only played Ac!d 2.
What are some must have packages and plugins?
Can you give me the Name of the Application which I can use to stream my PC games to PS Vita?
Moonlight
Hi i have a quick question i have a hacked psvita 3.60 and i spoof it to current version 3.73 so is it okay for me to go online do i get ban for going online using pkg games i dl?
There is always a risk of going online with a hacked device but so far no one has been banned with a hacked vita going online
I see..... that helps a lot thanks
Just bought a vita. I absolutely love it! However I'm a little afraid to hack it. I hacked my PSP but I know that there was a chance of damaging the system. With the vita it cost quite a bit more and don't really want to take a chance on messing up my vita but I really need the extra storage and ordered the sd adapter before i realized you had to hack it before you can use it. What is the risk factor here? How safe is it to do this?
I’m in the same boat...let’s see if anybody replies
And me.
So few games for a vita.
I didn't own a Ps vita until New, i start to search if is worth to hack it or not..
I have in my collection ps2 ps3 and ps4 pro and own an 2004 psp hacked , and tomorrow my ps vita will arrive and i don't know for sure what to do , but i'm 80% sure i will hack him just for emu feature..
Thx for The video buddy, like it !
I worries. Thanks for watching
What’s that Mickey Mouse game you show? At around 3:20
Castle of illusion, the megadrive/ genesis game
Considering hacking and wanted to know, if I factory reset and clear my main account and hack on my 2nd account will this stop my main from getting banned
What is the name of the background song of this video? I like it!
I have one question if I hack my vita am still able to play vita games that I have on the system or can I only play the games from emulators/homebrews
You can play your PSN games too. There is always a risk Sony decides to shut down access but they haven’t so far and I think it’s unlikely they would bother doing that
Dungeon Travelers 2 is kicking my ass into the dust.
Do you know how to hack it on Mac? I can't seem to find any tutorials for the latest firmware update one.
I’m not sure man. I used a PC
@@2old4gaming oh ok I wish had pc lol:)
Bootcamp. That's what I used and it worked
@@treblemix_ thank you I'll try it.
Is there any place in particular that hacks it for you? I don't wanna break my Vita
Not that I know but I have seen already hacked vitas for sale on eBay
i always feel bad when modding a console when it is still getting updates
I can understand that. I didn’t hack my PSP until after the Vita was out and it was truly dead
@@2old4gaming I was in the same boat
The title should be "No reason not to hack your vita"
I could do all of that just by using my Sony Xperia Z3, it’s exactly the same thing except that I don’t need to hack my Xperia to do this, therefore I will not hack my Vita, but for people who doesn’t have a Sony Xperia, I guess it’s worth hacking.
I don’t think it can play vita games though, right?
2 old 4 gaming no not really, but I can play PlayStore games with PS4 controller, old retro Java games, I use my 256gb SD card and I don’t need to hack my Xperia to make all that possible, I guess people can hack their Vita if they want to play Vita games but I personally bought all the Vita games that I wanted to play, so in my perspective I don’t think I need to hack my Vita just to play Vita games, maybe I would’ve a long time ago but now I have a Switch and I use that as my main handheld system.
trivia time!
how many times did he say hack?
Lol, I know!! When I was recording the audio I did think that to myself but I was already recording so I thought I’ll just keep going! I did wonder if anyone would notice. You win a virtual high five! 🖐
Hacked my 1000 model, since i like the screen more. My 2000 is stock. Fav new thing i can do is actually moonlight. That is the streaming thing.
Nice! I still haven’t been able to do it. I love that feature though
I have a question, can I use my modded Vita to remote play the PS4 playing an online game?
E.g.
I want to play GTA Online on my bed using the Vita.
Yup you can :)
I wanna hack my Vita. But I lack the confidence to do so. And every guide I've found is too confusing or difficult. So I am stuck with the stock firmware.
It is quite complicated but not impossible. There are a lot of hoops to jump through but it is worth it. Maybe you could find a second hand already hacked vita. I’ve seen a few on sale on ebay
Hello sir. I recently read about a news that playstation will do a bug hunt for psn by public. What do you think about the news despite we still hunting for trophies (that is me 😂) in hacked vita? Thank you.. *sorry for my bad english
Can you play all PS3, 2, 1 titles on Vita?
Can you still hack if you have the latest firmware? I bought a really nice blue Vita in December of 2018 but didn't realize at the time it wasn't hackable with the latest version installed. So I waited awhile for the guy who created the hack to release his new one but got tired of waiting and decided I probably shouldn't have a handheld anyway as I'm more a home console gamer and sold it. I'd like to get an OLED Vita next time if I know it's still possible to run CFW...
I’m not sure to be honest. You probably can but you’ll need to downgrade the firmware
Already did and made a vita dock too im loving it!
Oh nice. Are you on Twitter? I’d love to see it