PS Vita gets hacked to run Sega Genesis games
The race is on. Proving that no gadget is hack-proof, homebrew developers have discovered an exploit in the PS Vita and have used it to get Sega Genesis games running on the handheld.
On the market (Asian) for a little over two weeks, the PS Vita got its first "Hello World" just before the end of 2011 and now, the next level of hacking has begun.
According to frwololo's YouTube video, the hack uses an exploit in the PS Vita's PSP emulator. Combined with Half Byte Loader and and an emulator called "picoemulator", frwololo can spoof the PS Vita into play Genesis games like Sonic & Knuckles albeit without properly synced audio. Bear in mind, PS Vita hacks are still in their infancy, and frwololo even warns that Sony has tougher security measures in place on the handheld, so a public release of the exploit might not be made soon.
