ModChat

Mar 04 2025 138 ep. 63 mins 404
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Come join MrMario2011 talk about modding, exploiting, a bit of game/console hacking, and everything in between!

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ModChat 131 - The Xbox 360 Hypervisor Exploit is Here! Bad Update Overview & Demonstration

Mar 04 2025 60 mins  
At last the long awaited Xbox 360 Hypervisor exploit shown by Grimdoomer has arrived in the form of Bad Update! This means that unsigned code can be run on any Xbox 360 up to Kernel/Dashboard 17559 using only a USB drive and the NTSC version of Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. This does not require any other modifications to be done to the hardware and can be performed on an unopene

ModChat 130 - PSP Gets Online Again, PS5 JAR Loader for 7.61, Game Bub Open Source FPGA Handheld

Feb 24 2025 42 mins  
Some great new functionality being added to consoles old, new, and even a whole new FOSS based handheld to check out! The wpa2psp plugin for PSP was released and took off, allowing most PSP consoles to get back onto modern WiFi networks again. The PS Vita gets some more love with a couple more ports, one for Carmageddon and another being the Ultimate Spiderman game on Android. We e

ModChat 129 - Dreamcast Port Galore (GTA3, DOOM 64) and DOOM in a PDF

Jan 27 2025 30 mins  
A Dreamcastic (or maybe Dreamtastic?) episode of ModChat starting off 2025 with some awesome ports for Sega's last console! We talk about the recent Grand Theft Auto III port being released in an open-alpha test, the DOOM 64 port, and even the beginning of a port of Xash3D for Half-Life! PC players also got an AWESOME port of Star Fox 64 in the form of Starship. Evilnat has been wo

ModChat 128 - RXDK for OG Xbox, RPCS3 on Raspberry Pi 5, Overscanning Dreamcast Secrets

Dec 18 2024 24 mins  
Last episode of the year for ModChat! This time around we've got some awesome developments for original Xbox developers, a whole Lightshow for the Xbox 360 just in time for the holidays, the power of the PS3 being shown on a Raspberry Pi 5, and finally some Dreamcast secrets many could have dreamed of.

ModChat 127 - Xbox 360 Slim Printable Shell, Xbox-Scene Modfest, DoomBIOS for OG Xbox

Nov 23 2024 31 mins  
An Xbox centric episode of ModChat with a side of preservation to wrap up the month of November! We cover what seems to be the first Xbox 360 Slim 3D printable shell for use with a DVD-driveless console out there. Xbox-Scene gets a bit of a shout with the announcement of their upcoming Modfest, covering both hardware and software categories across all Xbox consoles. Doom also now r

ModChat 126 - PS5 and Xbox 360 Hypervisor Exploits, SSD Support on Retail Xbox 360 Incoming!

Oct 28 2024 41 mins  
Some truly hyper news over Hypervisors for not one, but TWO different consoles! We discuss the recent PS5 Hypervisor exploit released named Byepervisor, the Nintendo Switch emulator Ryujinx shut down, and give some credit where credit is due with... Well, a hidden credits screen found in Majora's Mask on the GameCube! We also discuss two amazing breakthroughs on the Xbox 360: One b

ModChat 125 - Xbox One Games Playable on Windows & A New PS5 Jailbreak for 5.00 is Here!

Sep 28 2024 20 mins  
Just a couple of topics for this month's episode, but we first talk about XWine1, an upcoming translation layer capable of running dumped Xbox One games on Windows. Second is a new jailbreak for the PS5 in the form of UTMX, currently working through WebKit up to firmware 5.00 and with capabilities of working up to 7.61 using an alternative entrypoint!

ModChat 124 - Tony Hawk's games can mod our favorite consoles now.

Aug 31 2024 38 mins  
Going in this month with a heavy focus on the Xbox 360 with much of the coverage being around Tony Hawk's Pro Strcpy, a new development which utilizes multiple Tony Hawk games across multiple consoles and even multiple generations! Save game entrypoints, network based entrypoints, and more! We also get an easier way of making our own retail compatible Xbox 360 hard drives thanks to

ModChat 123 - Xbox One & Series Kernel Exploit Released, Nintendo Sues a Reddit Moderator

Jul 16 2024 35 mins  
A whole slew of news coming in for this episode of ModChat! The first big development being the release of Collateral Damage, the SystemOS Kernel Exploit for Xbox One and Xbox Series consoles! Nintendo also gets quite a bit of coverage here for suing Modded Hardware as well as a Reddit moderator by the name of Archbox. Ports, ports, and more ports! These come in the forms of 3D Pin

ModChat 122 - PS4 11.00 Jailbreak Fixes, N64 Recompilation, PlayStation Portal Exploit Disclosed

Jun 22 2024 28 mins  
Covering a whole lot of PS4 and N64 topics this episode of ModChat! Going over the GoldHEN release for PS4 consoles on firmware 11.00 or lower, PPPwn fixes, the return of PS4-HEN-VTX for lower firmware or noBD consoles, and the use of a Raspberry Pi to jailbreak a PS4. N64 gets a ton of love with both recompilation and a new decompilation project being released. Burning Rangers for