
Evoking bad memories of the past, a group of Russian hackers have reportedly hacked the PSP's retail version of Manhunt 2 to unlock the game's censored content. However, unlike the highly publicized "Hot Coffee" mod, you don't need a third-party device to access the content, only a homebrew-enabled PSP and the modification a few configuration files.
If word of this gets out to the mainstream media, it's possible Rockstar could face yet another row of bad press and costly lawsuits. God forbid anyone dressing up as a scientist turned mental patient and going on a dismemberment spree.
Since GTA: San Andreas had a nifty name for its mod, we've come up with one of our own - the "Hot Man Coffee Hunt."
[Thanks for the tip, Mexa]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-31-2007 @ 3:15PM
GoBob said...
Considering that this process involves deleting 5 lines from 2 files, I can only assume that this was all a planned stunt by Rockstar for publicity.
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10-31-2007 @ 3:24PM
cbroz91 said...
I agree. There is no way that after the Hot Coffee saga that Rockstar would let the code "accidentally" remain in the game. This is a publicity stunt as well as a way to get the game the way Rockstar intended it to be into the hands of the public. Is there any word that the other versions of the game can be hacked to access the "removed" content?
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10-31-2007 @ 3:30PM
bob said...
yep its true, people already made tutorials on how to do this
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10-31-2007 @ 3:52PM
MazenH said...
Its true I am playing the uncensored version right now, and it is very easy to do all you need is UMDgen and notepad.
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10-31-2007 @ 4:11PM
Julio said...
crap I wish I knew how to work all the custom firmware crap since I will buy this game just to play it
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10-31-2007 @ 4:47PM
cafecito said...
LOL. Now all I need is to know how to rip an UMD's contents...
Oh. And get the game too.
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10-31-2007 @ 4:53PM
cafecito said...
Oh and Julio... what else would you buy a game for besides playing it?
Wait. Don't tell me.
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10-31-2007 @ 4:57PM
Mobat said...
The key here is that you have to have broken Sony's EULA before even attempting to do this. Its not nearly as simple of a hack as you might think becuase it requires everything to be done to a psp to make it home brew capable before the edited game can be played.
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10-31-2007 @ 5:50PM
Kattleox said...
@Cafecito #7
Tell that to everyone that bought a copy of GTA or Lumines, not to play, but to hack their PSP's. Seesh, I know people that bought LocoRoco and Lumines just to attract/keep the attention of girls. It's pretty sad, really, but alot of games have several reasons that they are purchased (Simpsons "game", the aforementioned GTA and Lumines) that have absolutely nothing to do with playing at all.
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10-31-2007 @ 7:28PM
TrackSol said...
Remember that they had to quickly patch the game to get the ESRB M rating. They didn't rewrite the whole game. All they did was just add graphic filter over the killing video sequences. So this hack just removes the filter.
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10-31-2007 @ 7:29PM
TrackSol said...
And editor, I think "Blood Coffee" would have been a better hack name.
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10-31-2007 @ 9:20PM
KILLU said...
can someone put the link to a good tutorial video on how to do the hack, thank you.
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10-31-2007 @ 11:25PM
Ken Edwards said...
Wait a minute, so installing homebrew software is in no way using a third party "device" to gain access to it? I would say that homebrew constitutes third party, and a lot more work than the Hot Coffee mod did.
I also think that "Hot Wrench" sounds a heck of a lot better than "Hot Man Coffee Hunt."
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11-01-2007 @ 2:22AM
Julio said...
@7 haha yeah that kind of came out wrong. I meant that I would buy the game and go through all these loop holes just to see this uncensored content. Plus this is a good way to get me to pick up this version over the wii one
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11-01-2007 @ 4:05AM
imxiaozhu said...
I doubt whether simply removing the graphical filter solely would produce the original "uncensored" version, coz the filter hasn't really changed the tone of the game or made the execution much less violent. On the contrary, it renders the killing process more artistic, which makes it more of a feature that is forced to be turned on maybe due to censorship reasons. The problem is, what does the original version really look like? Only those who had experienced that particular version may know.
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11-01-2007 @ 8:19AM
jesuscondom said...
I followed the steps to the letter, yet my edited iso is no good, any thoughts? Any videos yet, or tutorials with pics? What about the spacing between non deleted lines in the .ini code, is that important?
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11-01-2007 @ 8:55AM
thisguyrighthere said...
They should have just left it AO and none of this would be an issue. I can walk in to any BestBuy and grab an R movie or a CD with "explicit lyrics" or one of those "X" rated Playboy car wash or whatever DVD's so what's the big deal about an AO game? The whole reason the industry agreed to the rating system was so they could get away scott-free with anything they wanted to without suffering idiotic law suits and liability noise. So why don't they already?
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11-01-2007 @ 10:31AM
GoBob said...
@thisguyrighthere
Didn't you know? Only children play video games.
/sarcasm
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11-01-2007 @ 12:16PM
panzerdrako said...
yeh yeh..
and the tv educates them for us...
anyways..
*.ini modification only remove the filter in the executions...
so...
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11-01-2007 @ 12:19PM
DepheCt said...
I am not RUSSIAN, so I dont know what thats about... but if you're looking for a video and tutorial, its on www.psp-hacks.com
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