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Early Halo beta running on PSP

2:36 PM on 12.30.2006   |   Ishaan

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Mother of God. Some people have way too much time. And talent. Two homebrewers who go by the names "1337PSPM0dd3r" and "PSMonkey" have managed to get an early beta of Halo working on the PlayStation Portable. Sound crazy? Here's the news, straight from PSP Updates:

We've received an e-mail from 1337PSPM0dd3r, saying that through hard work, he and PSMonkey have managed to get an early beta of Halo running on the PSP by modifying the homebrew game 'Iris'. He has provided a video and a screenshot to prove it, and I've gotta say, they're pretty good.

Awesome. Pointless, but awesome. I see hope for you PSP lovers yet.








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Namelessted's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2006 14:34
Namelessted
Hurray, people wasted a bunch of their time to get a worthless version of Halo running on their PSP. I guess they are so sad that Sony has completely failed to do anything useful with it that they tried to take matters into their own hands. But then they failed. Turns out the PSP is completely useless.
lAboMbA's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2006 14:39
lAboMbA
HLYBBQ!

that beta was weak. i'm supposed to waste my wad on two secs of that?

Namelessted's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2006 14:51
Namelessted
I am wondering what beta they actually have running on it. Halo went through a lot of phases and betas and start overs.
Daniel Husky Lingen's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2006 15:24
Daniel Husky Lingen
that's amazing!
dark_inchworm's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2006 15:30
dark_inchworm
They probably meant a beta version of their own port of it to PSP. I doubt that's a Halo beta... I don't think any beta game for the PS2 (before MS bought Bungie) or Xbox could look *that* damn bad. Alpha? Maybe.
Methodis's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2006 15:37
Methodis
Oh namelessted, you're so funny. Perhaps you should go on tour? That'd be great. I'd buy many tickets. Hey, can I make a suggestion?

When you tell a story, have a point. It makes it so much more interesting, for the listener!
Gregor's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2006 15:41
Gregor
Wow, another bad game on the PSP.
Namelessted's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2006 15:42
Namelessted
I have no story, i just am. Its not a beta version of the port, it is a port of a beta. If you actually look at it, its in 3rd person. A very early version of Halo was was 3rd person. They will never get the final version of Halo running on a PSP. It is impossible, the PSP does not have the power to run Halo.
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2006 16:52
Aaron Mxy Yost
Pointless, but awesome indeed!
P-dubble39's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2006 17:30
P-dubble39
If only I had those modders' skills! <bows down in amazement>
Zero_'s Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2006 23:20
Zero_
Cool, but the hacked PSOne emulator is so much better.
Rezbit's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2006 23:27
Rezbit
PSP is like the new Dreamcast. Except without the good games.
ravioli's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2006 23:41
ravioli
lets try to read a lil closer k?

some guys made a 3d engine for psp thru homebrew called iris

this is ppl making models and maps to resemble halo...it uses quake3 models and halflife models.

soooo they can make as much as they want theres nothing from any halo being used. :P
gamehunter101's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2006 00:55
gamehunter101
lol thats so old some person has a really good one running but cant release
Ignignokt01's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2006 04:33
Ignignokt01
What Ravioli said.
johnnytwotoes's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2006 14:07
johnnytwotoes
is it just me, or did console fps gaming peak with goldeneye? why can't someone figure out how to make that run on my psp?
boombye's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2006 15:20
boombye
i bet those guys who coded it work for sony but can't do this shit officially...they need to make up for that flog which really killed it even more for the psp if that's even possible.

i mean their names make it seem so obvious.

What self respecting coder or hacker calls themself 1337.
MassiveDuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2006 15:47
MassiveDuck
it's only a short time until Microsoft takes this down, they need to protect there intellectual property.
nat145pp's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/05/2011 03:29
nat145pp
Excellent read, I just passed this onto a colleague who was doing a little research on that. And he actually bought me lunch because I found it for him smile So let me rephrase that: Thanks for lunch!
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nat145pp's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/05/2011 03:31
nat145pp
Pretty good post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I have really enjoyed reading your blog posts. Any way I'll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you post again soon.
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