Homebrew software is software that has been written for use on the PSP by
independent developers and is not distributed on regular UMDs. There are hundreds
to thousands of games, utilities, applications, exploits, and more available for free -
all you have to do is download them. It’s not piracy, although there are applications
out there that do that sort of stuff, which sucks since it gives the hard-working
homebrew developers a bad name, even if they didn’t write the applications which
encourage piracy.

There are many different firmware versions out there, since Sony continues to
upgrade the PSP. In order to run homebrew on your PSP, you will likely need a
launcher. Launchers run the homebrew applications off your Memory Stick. You’ll
likely want a higher capacity Memory Stick once you get into homebrew, as you’ll
download many games and utilities and they’ll quickly fill up the 32 megabyte unit
that comes with the PSP Value Pack.

You can find many homebrew downloads in the Hacking the PSP Homebrew
Software Library. Of course, you don’t have to just run homebrew – you can write
your own. Homebrew software development is not covered in this tutorial. I do,
however, explain it in detail in my book, Hacking the PSP.

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