Advice on Buying a PSP for Homebrew

[Techn9ne1730]

I am looking to buy a PSP. I am not going to get the GO unless there is any homebrew advantage to it, which looking at a thread a lil further down the page, it said there was no CFW for it. I want to be able to run a CFW as I want homebrew ability to load up emulators,specifically a Saturn emulator and probably Genesis emulator. Other then staying away from the PSP Go is there any specific generation of PSP I should be looking for?

[tthousand]

I am looking to buy a PSP. I am not going to get the GO unless there is any homebrew advantage to it, which looking at a thread a lil further down the page, it said there was no CFW for it. I want to be able to run a CFW as I want homebrew ability to load up emulators,specifically a Saturn emulator and probably Genesis emulator. Other then staying away from the PSP Go is there any specific generation of PSP I should be looking for?

Visit psp-hacks.com. That is where I get all my info from. Right now, all PSPs are hackable, including the GOs. As long as you have 6.35 Firmware, you are good to go. The newest hacks are 6.20 hen and 6.35 pro.

[flo]

If you want homebrew you want to avoid PSP 1000 as it has only 32mb RAM available ( emulators need RAM)
2K/3K and Go have about the same specs .
Advantages of 2k/3k over Go : better battery , bigger screen , cheaper memory stick type,standard usb cable .
Go advantages : 16GB built in , smaller , lighter

[SP193]

If you want homebrew you want to avoid PSP 1000 as it has only 32mb RAM available ( emulators need RAM)
2K/3K and Go have about the same specs .
Advantages of 2k/3k over Go : better battery , bigger screen , cheaper memory stick type,standard usb cable .
Go advantages : 16GB built in , smaller , lighter

The PSP-1000 series might have a smaller amount of memory, but it's construction is good (Figures, it has a metal frame in it!) and it's battery is superior to all other console models (1800mAh vs 1200mAh).

Even if it has 32 MB of memory, most homebrew software will run fine on it.
I have not come across any homebrew software that will only run on newer consoles yet.

If you can get the Sony extended battery (2200 mAh), that's even better!

PS: You can't really say that all consoles are indeed "hackable".
Only the PSP-1000 and PSP-2000 (Excluding the model with a TA-88v3 mainboard) series of consoles can have a full custom firmware that uses a modified IPL.

The latest CFWs that use modified IPLs are 6.35 custom, 6.37 ME and 6.38 ME.

The other consoles will have to use a HEN (Homebrew enabler) instead.
Some HENs are permanent (Like a true CFW), and will still allow you to launch homebrew again after power was lost and restored to the consoles.

Others will require you to "re-install" them into RAM.

[magimog]

If you want homebrew you want to avoid PSP 1000 as it has only 32mb RAM available ( emulators need RAM)
2K/3K and Go have about the same specs .
Advantages of 2k/3k over Go : better battery , bigger screen , cheaper memory stick type,standard usb cable .
Go advantages : 16GB built in , smaller , lighter

Not to mention they sell them used at Gamestop for $99. I'm sure almost everyone who bought one figured out they couldn't do crap with it and traded it in. You are near guaranteed to get one like new at used price!

Saturn emu? PC's barely get by with Saturn emu's, you should ask for a PS3 emulator while you're at it.

Looking at SP193s point of reinstalling current CFW's to RAM, it takes 5 seconds and two X presses to get the job done. If you're on a GO and are playing a PSP game you can do a save state (also a plus to the GO) and when you restore the state the CFW is already in RAM. Win/Win!