Letterbomb: Wii 4.3 Homebrew Installer Without Need For Special Game Disc

http://hackmii.com/2011/08/letterbomb/

by niekmaas • 15 years ago

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cube13• 15 years ago

Is there really that much actual homebrew going on with the Wii?

Since the Wiimotes use bluetooth(and there isn't any other interesting hardware in the system), I was under the impression that most of the homebrew community was just syncing them to PC's rather than really trying to hack the Wii.

Xuzz• 15 years ago

The website where most of it happens (wiibrew.org) seems to be down, but here's a Google cache of the list of available homebrew: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:hODdueH...

streptomycin• 15 years ago

There's not a ton, but there's some. It's allowed me to use my Wii as a media center (accessing media on my network) and a DVD player. Works great for those of us who haven't made the jump to HD yet.

Besides that, there's a couple fun homebrew games, mainly ports of emulators and games that you could also play elsewhere.

electromagnetic• 15 years ago

Mine's hacked, which I did via one of the simple flash-bombs. I've got a few homebrew games, but the most fun I've had is playing old point & clicks via ScummVM.

CrazedGeek2• 15 years ago

Emulators are mostly what you'd use it for, but there are a few other good ones, including an awesome port of Syobon Action.

TheAmazingIdiot2• 15 years ago

No, that's now what these exploits are used for.

I've used these exploits, along with an external drive formatted to wbfs and used as a "backup drive". (Read as piracy storage)

Ive played the emulators on Wii, as well as video players. They stink because of excessive lag, even mplayer. If there were cool things one could do with a Wii, Id like to see them. Aside from Wiimote Blackboard and other controller apps, its a rather unimpressive boring system.

So its back to piracy.. and cheating.

jcapote• 15 years ago

Syobon Action is one of my all time favorite games ever, would've never thought I'd hear about it here on HN though.

autumn_• 15 years ago

Although it's not /really/ homebrew, most of the use of a hacked system is for game mods. I know that the Super Smash Brothers. Brawl modding community is on fire with mod projects, but that's the most popular title by far.

ROFISH• 15 years ago

My Wii's disc drive is in the process of dying, and I doubt I will get a replacement after it kicks the bucket. I rip legitimate games that I own and use a USB hard drive addon to play them from. (Bonus: less loading time)

Letterbomb: Wii 4.3 Homebrew Installer Without Need For Special Game Disc

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