Questions about the PSP 3000

[tpex]

So my little brother got a PSP 3000 for his birthday, and I want to get him some games and stuff for it.

First of all, For those emulators (GBA, NES, SNES ect.) does the PSP need to be hacked to use those?
2nd if it does, is it possible to hack a PSP3000 running Firmware 6.60 to run homebrew apps?
and 3rd, are there free games I can download (preferably on PC and then copied to the PSP)

Thanks guys.

INb4 Piracy, this post is just about emulators and legally free games.

 

[MOnk]

You need custom firmware, no idea how you going about putting it on so I can't advise with that regard. As far as being legal emulated games are not legal unless they have been specifically put into the public domain which most of the stuff people play hasn't been.

Even if you own the games you are emulating there are still technical legalities but I don't really concern myself with those. Not sure about free games, there are some free homebrew ones but they tend to be really bad to the point you would be better off playing something on your phone.

 

[Graal]

Yeah, you need to load custom firmware on your PSP to play anything not officially supported by Sony (meaning not sold specifically for PSP in-stores or through PSN), even for pirated PSP games.

If you do decide to load custom firmware, read up on the versions and make sure to know exactly which version of the firmware you need, and if possible if it is a temporary Custom Firmware, meaning it can be removed. I only ever upgrade if it is temporary. Silly me upgraded the Official Firmware a while back, and there isn't a CFW out for that version yet. I used to use CFW to play my games from the memory card, seeing as I once dropped my PSP and it refuses to read UMDs now. Now I sit and wait for the next CFW that I can upgrade to before I can play most of my games.

Also, if you load CFW and your PSP needs repairs, they can refuse to repair it, if I remember correctly.