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Device used to disable artificial restrictions in video game consoles
A modchip, the blue circuit board, attached to a PlayStation mainboard.
A modchip (short for modification chip) is a small electronic device used to alter or disable artificial restrictions of computers or entertainment devices. Modchips are mainly used in video game consoles, but also in some DVD or Blu-ray players. They introduce various modifications to its host system's function, including the circumvention of region coding, digital rights management, and copy protection checks for the purpose of using media intended for other markets, copied media, or unlicensed third-party (homebrew) software.
A modchip (short for modification chip) is a small electronic device used to alter or disable artificial restrictions of computers or entertainment devices...
have coordinated with law enforcement agencies to track down and seize modchips for their consoles, such as in the 2007 Operation Tangled Web. The same...
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game and released unofficial patches for the Windows and Xbox (with a modchip) versions as well as a PlayStation 2 version through the use of an Action...
publicly released. Unlike later systems, the Atari 2600 does not require a modchip to run cartridges. Many games are clones of existing games written as programming...
public from running unsigned code, one must either use a modchip, or a softmod. Originally, modchips were the only option; however, it was later demonstrated...
External hard drive (HD) support Consumer programmability Via Softmods and/or modchips; Modified Windows CE 2.x, Linux. Development on PC with XNA Game Studio...
established in 1998 in Hong Kong. It became well known for its sales of modchips for video game consoles that enabled the normally locked-down consoles...
those that made modchips for its hardware; notably, in 2020 and 2021, Nintendo took action against Team Xecuter which had been making modchips for Nintendo's...
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console for activities unintended by the manufacturer. Several brands of modchips are available for the Wii. The Wii Remote also became a popular unit to...
released within its predetermined region; however, this is circumventable via modchip installation, boot discs, or cheat discs such as Datel's Action Replay...
who visited Hotz's website. PlayStation 3 homebrew Game backup device Modchip Privilege escalation George Hotz PlayStation 3 system software EdDSA "PSJailbreak...
community. While they cannot be modded by normal means ("softmodding"), a modchip can be soldered onto where the Switch's USB-C port would be after it is...
software on video game systems. Game backup devices differ from modchips in that modchips are used in conjunction with systems that use generally available...
federal prison and a $28,500 fine for selling modchips on isonews.com. Krazy8 later indicated that modchips was the 'official' modus operandi, but every...
diminish any (or very little) power from the console. Hardware hacking Modchip Modding Overclocking USB decoration "Science Fiction Case Mod Contest:...
can be modified to have its regional-locking disabled through the use of modchips. Although region locked on film DVDs and film Blu-ray Discs, the PlayStation...
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unsigned code to execute which include software exploits, the use of a modchip, a technique known as the swap trick or running a softmod. It may not initially...
endorsed or supported by Microsoft in any way, it means XBMC4Xbox requires a modchip or softmod exploit installed to run on the Xbox game-console. Binary builds...
However, it is possible to disable region locking on said systems via a modchip or performing a disk-swap when the console starts. In the case of the PlayStation...
Digital Millennium Copyright Act violations for selling PlayStation 2 modchips, along with HD Loader. A clone of the patched version of the official version...
run on the console without the need for hardware modifications, known as modchips. The PS2 Independence Exploit also used a buffer overflow to achieve the...
switch board connector, which was reversed to prevent the use of no-solder modchips. V5 also introduced a more reliable laser than the ones used in previous...
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