Major news from the Wiibrew front! Stalwart Wii homebrew developer waninkoko has done it again, making waves in the community with the release of Custom IOS37, the Wii's first custom firmware around. For now, the firmware patch doesn't do much, but it's a first step in a long journey as this opens the door to custom firmware being released left and right, if the PSP homebrew community is any proof of that.

To demonstrate the power of the custom firmware, waninkoko has also released a Wii DVD Dumper, as well as a new version of GenPlus, the Genesis emulator for the Wii. The new build features support for the new firmware. He also provided an uninstaller for the Custom IOS. Here's a vid of the custom firmware in action, courtesy of our own linkinworm:

As linkinworm in the forums stated, you'll need "IOS37-64-v2070.wad" to get the custom firmware to work. Make sure to read the documentation included in all the download archives for more information.

Thanks to Maxexcloo and linkinworm for the heads up!

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*Article originally posted Jul 16, 2008 at 09:18AM

*UPDATE* waninkoko has released an updated version for his releases yesterday. The respective downloads have now been taken down, and have been replaced with the newer versions with a cleaner code.

Download: Custom IOS37 rev 01
Download: Custom IOS37 rev 02 *new*
Download: Custom IOS Uninstaller v1.0
Download: Wii DVD Dumper (Custom IOS) v1.0
Download: Wii DVD Dumper (Custom IOS) v1.1 *new*
Download: GenPlus-GX SVN with DVD Support
Visit: QJ.NET Wii Forums, Wii custom firmware discussion thread

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Related links:

• Forum discussion: help with custom IOS
  
• More Wii homebrew from developer waninkoko
• Wiibrew news: Homebrew Channel Beta 9 in development, plans for custom firmware, more
• GenPlus - Genesis emulator for the Wii