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We've heard of people hacking consoles to allow them to rip their games, but it looks like the PS3 comes standard with that option. All you need is some Linux experience and the right software.

When Sony decided to give PlayStation 3 owners the option of installing Linux on their consoles, they failed to foresee the potential for a huge security problem. There's a command for Linux that allows you to dump images from game disks onto the built-in hard drive. With the right software, it would be possible to use the images as "backup copies." At this point that software has not been developed, but the discovery of this vulnerability is a start.

A 7GB dump of Madden 07 shows that disk images of PS3 games are similar to those of PSP games.

[Dump PS3 Blu-Ray images to ISO structure via Linux install @ Maxconsole]

[image:550 align=left hspace=5]Owners of the 5th generation iPod and the iPod Nano can now enjoy some classic arcade games on the go with iPod MAME. This port of the MAME arcade emulator is available thanks to the kind people over at iPod Linux. As of now, the only functioning titles are Pacman and Ms. Pacman, but an effort is being made to increase the number of games that function with the software.

[image:525 align=right size=medium]In today's world of mobile gaming, the PSP and the DS reign supreme. But last year, a South Korean company known as Gamepark created the GP2X, a device based around the open source philosophy that has gathered a considerable fan base. Gamepark plans to launch two new devices into the worldwide commercial market--the XGP and the XGP mini.

[image:526 align=right size=medium]The XGP will feature a 4" LCD screen, 64 MB of storage (expandable via SD slot), and it will support both DMB TV and Wi-Fi. The smaller XGP mini will have a 2.2" screen and an SD card slot, but it will have half the memory and no DMB TV or Wi-Fi features.