[spike021]

I really miss the old PSP homebrew/hacking "scene". Met some very cool people through it that I wouldn't have otherwise.

Would be super cool to see this blossom, but I'm guessing most if not all exploits nowadays will be kept hidden.

[noname120]

There is also a Vita (aka psp2) homebrew/hacking scene that's still alive. There is an SDK [1], a discussion channel on Matrix [2] which is bridged to IRC [3]. There is also a Reddit community [4] (although it's more used by users rather than devs).

[1] https://vitasdk.org/ [2] https://riot.im/app/#/room/#henkaku:matrix.org [3] #henkaku @ irc.freenode.net [4] https://www.reddit.com/r/vitahacks/

[synaesthesisx]

Indeed - that was one of the most vibrant, active homebrew scenes I've had the pleasure of participating in.

Ironically, I played more classic (SNES/PS1) and homebrew games than actual PSP games on my device. Nevertheless PSP "hacks" are what got me into exploring other types of hardware, and eventually jailbreaking iPhones when they were first released. I used to participate on an IRC channel frequented by George Hotz (geohot) and was present when the iPhone was finally jailbroken. For a device that had no app store or games at the time, this was a huge deal - and the homebrew scene quickly flourished.

I still get nostalgic thinking about how I'd spend my lunchtime in high school playing Tap Tap Revolution or SNES emulators on my iPhone...

[fapjacks]

For me it was crouching in the bushes in my front yard at 3am chatting on IRC with the PSP homebrew since I didn't have wifi, but my neighbors did. Very nostalgic time for me.