Gaming Withdrawal

Apr 24

We’ll be coming right back

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Uncategorized

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Alright, so as some of you may have noticed, the site died recently. But fear not, some of the kinks have been worked out behind the scenes and we will be returning shortly.
See you soon

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Jan 06

Rogero 4.30 CFW v2.05

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Rogero has updated his custom firmware for you modded PlayStation 3 users out there. The new update brings some new changes, including a “Toolbox” (which is a renamed app_home/PS3_GAME).

Other changes include an updated package installer and a Cinavia patch care of Team Rebug. Check out the changelog:

v2.05
* Changed the [app_home/PS3_GAME] IPF Name and Icon to show as “ToolBox” now so we don’t have duplicate “IPF” entries on XMB.
* Added the Cinavia Patched Video Player module to disable the Cinavia Protection on HDD based content ( Credits to Team Rebug for the module )
* Added the new patches that allowed the return of the Original “*Install Package Files” and “Install All Packages”, Credits to Szalay and “hidden Man”.
* Updated Dean’s “*Install Package files” (Toolbox in v2.05) on [app_home] to the latest version that doesn’t requires additional HDD space or a PS3 Restart anymore.
* All the previous features of version 2.03 are all preserved.

The source has a huge list of download mirrors, and we will have it hosted here as well.

Tags: CFW, PS3, Rogero

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Jan 03

D2X CIOS Released for Wii U

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Gaming News, Wii, Wii U

by admin

First new post of the new year, davebaol has updated D2x CIOS for the Wii and Wii U platforms. You can now use the Wii Mode on your Wii U to run Wii backups.

Let me stress you can’t use this to play Wii U backups, but rather Original Wii Titles on your Wii U. The release comes in 2 flavors and 2 versions. One version is for the Original Wii, the section is for the Wii U and is labeled vWii (Virtual Wii). For flavors, you have the regular and alt. alt gives you less NAND compatibility but both USB ports can be used, while regular is the opposite. For the full changelog:

d2x cIOS beta v10 changelog
- Added support for Virtual Wii bases 56/57/58.
- Reverted to r43, i.e. last v8 revision. Also ported some useful fixes and
features from r49, i.e. last v9 revision, especially:
* Fixed an EHCI issue in ReadCapacity that prevented certain usb devices from
working (tnx to digicroxx).
* Fixed an EHCI issue in GetDescriptors that prevented certain usb devices
from working (tnx to digicroxx).
* Removed from ciosmaps.xml the patch to skip the process id check inside
os_software_IRQ(4).
* Fixed content id for bases 60/70/80 in ciosmaps.xml (tnx to dragbe).
* Added maked2x.sh to build the cios on Linux (tnx to r-win).
* Added stripios source to svn.
* Removed the easter egg introduced by Waninkoko in cios rev20.
* Minor changes and code clean up.

Given the nature of how often the d2x releases change, I won’t mirror them here. You can grab them yourself at the Google Code page. I have however attached the vWii installer by FIX94. Enjoy!

Download

Tags: davebaol, Wii, WiiU

Jan 03

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

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Site News

by admin

Man, the festive season takes a lot out of you! The past few days have been one hectic time. But fear not, cause GW are back online and ready to bring you all your console modding needs!

So from Gaming Withdrawal and our families to yours, we wish you a safe and eventful 2013!

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Dec 21

multiMAN 04.17.00 Released

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Gaming News, PS3

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There’s no doubt that deank’s MultiMan is the fastest updated and most advanced piece of homebrew you have available for your Custom Firmware enabled PS3.

The new update holds true to previous MultiMan updates, in that it contains a crazy amount of new features. Being a new version, the package is not “install over top blah blah”, but a full package.

Improved overall speed of all functions and GUI

Data Test/Verify functions now take fraction of the time compared to previous versions

Improved ‘Verifying data’ of USB games by a factor of 50

Improved scan before copying a game/folder

Improved loading folders in mmOS

Improved just a bit deleting games/folders

Greatly improved loading content when browsing PS3 HDD/USB drives in game modes

Loading Retro ROM/Video/Photo and ISO folders while browsing PS3 HDD/USB is now about 15 times faster

Added “Friendly” name option in “Settings”/”Network Servers” for /net_host parties

Fixed over-scrolling when browsing through large number of entries

Increased max number of entries in game modes by 50% to 3072 (from 2048)

Improved speed when copying games/files from/to USB HDDs

Improved speed when copying games from PS3 Game Discs

Improved speed when copying/browsing folders via FTP (LIST/MLSD)

Added support for up to 99 pkg files in the [* Install Package Files] queue

[* Install Package Files] function will scan /dev_hdd0/PKGTMP and will MOVE the queued pkg files from this folder (saving HDD space by not copying to temp location)

mmOS will now honor the “Verify USB Games” setting when starting games from icons/shortcuts/game-folder

Scanning for active USB storage devices is now performed in the background and will speed up loading games on 4.**CFW

Verifying games in now performed in the background (when possible) to avoid delays when loading games

You can download the new version below as always.

Tags: Deank, Multiman, PS3

Dec 17

IrisManager Updated for 4.30

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With so much new surrounding MultiMan, it’s sometimes easy to forget there are other backup managers available. One of those managers is IrisManager.

IrisManager is a completely open-source loader, based on HermesLoader. Today a new version was released by D_Skywalk (featuring Estwald) that adds support for 4.30 based custom firmwares (such as Rogero’s).

Changelog English:
v1.25 – r84 (commit 63eccf64b7659e2f8e293653c720ac3a159ccac4)

Added Support for 4.30 CFW – thx to Estwald for the help!
Now IrisManager Supports 3.55 and 4.30 CFW

ON UPDATES: DO NOT DELETE OLD RELEASE, JUST UPDATE!

If you want to try another loader besides the now famous MultiMan, hit up the download link below.

Tags: D_Skywalk, IrisManger, PS3

Dec 14

multiMan 04.15.00 Update

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Deank is back once again with an update to MultiMan. This update brings a cool new feature: Remote Access.

4.15.00′s Remote Access feature is amazing for a homebrew application. Not only can you remote into multiMan using your PC, but you can also connect to another PS3 running multiMan while on your PS3. Keep in mind, this is another update that must be installed on top of an already working 04.14.00. The full changelog is as follows:

04.15.00
* Updated PC application “ps3netsrv” to support fast folder-data retrieval
* Greatly improved loading of remote /net_host folders (up to 4096 entries in mmOS and 2048 in other modes)
* Greatly improved loading of remote Retro ROMs folders with covers
* Added support to access remote PS3 system in mmOS or in game modes via /net_host
- You can access all data of a remote PS3 to view/play photo/music/video files, transfer files/folders (and load ISO games/movies PS3/PSX/DVD/BD if used with Cobra CFW)
* Added option in “Settings” – “Connect to Another PS3″ – it allows full remote control (screen/pad) of another PS3 running multiMAN 04.15.00 and later
* Added option in “Settings” – “Remote Access Permissions” (Disable/Files/Screen/Full) to restrict remote connnections to your PS3
* Added support for mmRAS – PC application by Aldo (aldostools) which allows remote access to your PS3 (screen/pad) while running multiMAN
* Screenshot feature in multiMAN (START+R2) will now save screens as JPEG.

The new update is quite awesome. You can download it, as always, below.

Tags: Deank, Multiman, PS3

Dec 08

HackMii Installer Released for Wii U: Homebrew Channel for All Wii’s

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Wii, Wii U

by admin

The HackMii team is back again with a new release of their HackMii Installer. This is the tool you need to get Homebrew Channel running on your Wii, and now your Wii U! That’s right, the Wii U is now running the Homebrew Channel. It’s your portal to running all types of homebrew on your Wii U.

The Homebrew Channel runs in a the Wii U’s Wii Virtual sandbox, with very light access to the Wii U operating system. Here is the official explanation from HackMii:

Despite all of the anti-reverse-engineering tricks we put into our last installment of the HackMii Installer, Nintendo managed to find the IOS exploit we used to install The Homebrew Channel and fix it sometime within the last two years. There never was a Wii system update for this, the fixed IOS versions can only be found on a Wii U.

They also blocked our old title ID. Consequently, we have a new release with a new version of The Homebrew Channel; this will install on both Wii consoles, and inside the virtual Wii sandbox inside the Wii U. The currently used IOS exploit is courtesy of tueidj.

Please note that this is not running in full Wii U mode; running this on a Wii U will probably work just like on a Wii. (See if you can find any differences, we can all try to hack the Wii U together from inside Wii mode!)

Also, due to technical limitations of the virtual Wii mode, BootMii will not work on a Wii U. If we are able to resolve this, we will make a new release with BootMii support.

So enjoy homebrew on your Wii!

Tags: HackMii, HBC, Wii

Dec 04

Team SGK 4.31 CFW v3.1

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Right behind Rogero comes a new update from Team SGK. The new release bumps the release version to v3.1. Unlike the last time we saw an SGK release, this one is a lot more stable with a smaller risk of bricking.

Team SGK have built their firmware on top of Rebug 4.21 and Rogero’s 4.30, with some addition of 4.31 files to create a 4.21/4.31 hybrid custom firmware. Their pride of this release is an added SGKXMBM package manager.

Changelog:
PSN access
Added package SGKXMBM +
Lv1 Lv2 and recompiled.
Patched Peek & POKE
Coldboot replaced
Coldboot game replaced
Theme changed from dynamic watch dogs
More corrections

You can grab a download of the new firmware below.

Tags: CFW, PS3, SGK