Adrenaline 8.0.2: PSP games and homebrew on a hacked Vita

Adrenaline runs the PSP's 6.61 firmware inside the Vita, with custom firmware, so PSP homebrew and your own PSP games run. Version 8 is isage's fork; the community guide still links the older Adrenaline 7.

For: a Vita or PS TV running HENkaku, HENlo or Ensō, firmware 3.60 to 3.74 · updated Oct 29, 2026 · not sure? check your Vita

Steps

1. You need VitaShell 2.02 (VitaDeploy's App downloader has it). Get Adrenaline 8.0.2 onto the Vita (VitaShell's FTP or USB mode, into ux0:data/), then install it from VitaShell.
2. Open Adrenaline and press X: it downloads the 6.61 PSP firmware from Sony and closes when done.
3. Open it again: it starts in PSP mode. Follow the instructions on screen.
4. Optional: add ux0:app/PSPEMUCFW/sce_module/adrenaline_kernel.skprx under *KERNEL in ur0:tai/config.txt so Adrenaline starts once instead of twice after each restart.
5. Updating later: in PSP mode, System Settings, System Update (from 7.1.0 or newer, and not from a nightly build; otherwise update by hand, as the manual shows). Coming from Adrenaline 7 with plugins: version 8 changed the plugin configuration format, see the changelog.

Files

File, and how to check it	From
Adrenaline 8.0.2 500 KB SHA-256 85d553f8e029fc4a5f1354c714b706c4cf8256751f65c5b115e4147edf90450d as listed by GitHub (the release page's digest), checked by Brewology on Oct 29, 2026	GitHub (isage) release page	Get it

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Then

• Prefer ARK-5? Adrenaline 8 can boot into it; see FasterARK.
• PSP homebrew goes in ux0:pspemu/PSP/GAME/.

Sources

Adrenaline manual: installation · Adrenaline 8 releases · vita.hacks.guide: Adrenaline

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