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Custom firmware, also known as aftermarket firmware, is an unofficial new or modified version of firmware created by third parties on devices such as video game consoles, mobile phones, and various embedded device types to provide new features or to unlock hidden functionality.
Nintendo has released only limited information about the Switch's internals to the public. However, computer security researchers, homebrew software developers, and the authors of emulators have all analyzed the operating system in great depth.
Softmodding a PS5 allows running homebrew, load game backups, modify the PS4 backwards compatibility blacklist, install and run PS4 "FPKGs" (including PS4 homebrew and PS1/PS2/PS4 game backups), change fan speeds, and spoof firmware (which allows the install of games that require an update patch, and can also block updates).
Homebrew, when applied to video games, refers to software produced by hobbyists for proprietary video game consoles which are not intended to be user-programmable. The official documentation is often only available to licensed developers, and these systems may use storage formats that make distribution difficult, such as ROM cartridges or encrypted CD-ROMs.
Ship of Harkinian is an unofficial source port of the 1998 Nintendo 64 video game, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, that runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS, Wii U, and Nintendo Switch. It was first released in March 2022 for Windows, four months after Ocarina of Time 's source code was decompiled and released.
Yuzu was announced to be in development on January 14, 2018, [1] [2] 10 months after the release of the Nintendo Switch. [3] The emulator was made by the developers of the Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra, with significant code shared between the projects. Originally, Yuzu only supported test programs and homebrew.
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Citra can run many homebrew games and commercial games. [6] As of August 2024, Citra has been forked in a GitHub repository by former Citra team member PabloMK7, and is currently continuing development. [7] Citra was first made available in 2014. The core team behind it went on to develop Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu in 2018. [8]