How Does a PSP Mod Chip Work?
Purpose A mod chip for the Sony PSP is a tiny device that adds a plethora of additional features that were not intended by the designer and publisher of the system and its games. Installing a mod chip requires the user to open the case of their PSP and properly solder the chip to the unit’s CPU. This tiny device overrides the main instructions that the PSP runs and allows the user to install any version of the PSP firmware, which allows the playing of “home brew” (games designed by third parties and not officially licensed) and unsigned video games. Mod chips for other systems such as Microsoft’s XBox also allow users to play games from all regions; the PSP however, is already region free. Emulation One popular feature that a Mod Chip allows a user to do is emulate other video game systems on their PSPs. What this means is that by using an emulator, which is a digital representation of a video game console, and “roms”, which are digital representations of video games, you can play game
