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Check it out folks. I was browsing through the Playstation section of the official Sony USA website and I must admit I'm not sure WHEN these bundles were first announced, but since I'd stumbled on them I decided to be a good patron and pass the information along. Sony is coming out with some new bundles for what I'd expect are holiday promotional-type deals. Most interesting of all, at least to me, is the new lilac colored PSP (pictured above). I mean, check that sucker out. There's no other way to describe it other than... well... lilac. And that it is. That version right there is bundled with the Hannah Montana Entertainment Pack which comes with the Hannah Montana: Rock Out The Show game, a UMD featuring 3 episodes from the hit TV series, a nice 2gb memory stick, and last but certainly not least, a sheet of vinyl stickers to deck it out in girly amazingness. This item may not be for everyone but the lilac color is actually pretty neat!

Going along with the bundle theme, Sony is offering some other options as well. There's 3 other bundles that they've also setup. One bundle is for the newest Gran Turismo game, as should be expected. That bundle comes with a silver PSP 3000 series with a 2gb memory stick, the Gran Turismo game, and two vouchers to use online. The first one is for the movie, The Italian Job, and the second voucher is for a special downloadable content add-on for Gran Turismo. It's a white Corvette ZR1 for the game to add to your collection... pretty sweet.

Next on the list is the Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines bundle. This bundle includes the Pearl White colored PSP 3000 series unit, again with a 2gb memory stick, the UMD copy of the Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines game, as well as a voucher for the movie Angels & Demons.

Last on the bundle list is the Rock Band bundle. This bundle comes with the Piano Black PSP 3000 series unit with a 4gb memory stick, the UMD game of Rock Band Unplugged, and a voucher for the PSN for the movie, School of Rock, starring Jack Black.

It should also be mentioned that all of the bundles except for the Rock Band bundle also include a voucher for 10 downloadable songs on the PSN and the USD price tag for these bundles will run you $199.99.

Are you one of the dozens millions of people that can't wait to get their hands on the new PSP Go? Sony CEO Adam Grant announced that if you have bought or are planning to buy a PSP Go that you could get a game absolutely free. The game selection for the United States is as follows. You can get the new Gran Turismo that was delayed for an eternity, the fast-paced MotorStorm Arctic Edge, or the adventure-ridden Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines game. You can, however, get one of these games absolutely free. How? Well, word on the internet is that if you sign in to the Playstation Network (sign up required) and download a copy of their newest PSP Go Promotional Theme that they have that you'll also be given the game of your choice to download through the store. I haven't personally tested this yet, but I fully-intend on doing so. Apparently you download the theme and then Sony will shoot you an email with a voucher for one of the games that you can choose to use towards whichever game you want. Pretty sweet? Yes, yes it is. The email that they will send the voucher to is whatever email account you have linked to your PSN account, so make sure of that. Also, they are apparently making sure not to make sure people are abusing this by using multiple PSN accounts for one unit according to the MAC address of the PSP being used... but that has got me thinking... "Why not just hack the MAC to be different?". You didn't hear that from me, but it might just bring you a little extra couple presents from the Sony Santa Claus this season.

Many people are giving the PSP Go a rough time. I've actually had some hands-on time with the unit myself and it's a really nice little piece of technology. I'd recommend one if you're just getting into the PSP scene. They are even working on getting these bad boys running all of the homebrew that the PSP has been known for. The recently-released and long-awaited Gran Turismo has finally come to the PSP and if Sony plays their cards right, the PSP could very-well be what they'd always wanted it to be. There's an official "Digital Comics" section of the XMB in newer firmwares which is really pretty neat. The program they've written for navigating through the comics is really easy to understand and enjoyable to read.

Alrighty, so, a while ago, FreePlay discovered a game save exploit that would run homebrew. He didn't want to give it away because he knew Sony would patch it. However, Sony got it's hands on the exploit and patched it up in a recent firmware update. So, FreePlay released what he had been working on. Now, we're passing it onto you!

Firstly, I'd have to point out that this exploit requires firmware 6.10 and requires Archer McLean's Mercury.

Second, thank you FreePlay for making this possible! This will definitely lead to some great stuff! :D

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Fantastic news for all you people out there with the new PSP Go!:

There's an eLoader being developed as we speak! FreePlay's gotten his Savegame exploit to work and proved that it was universal- meaning that it works on all gamesaves and all PSP models. He's now gotten the NID resolver working flawlessly and if he can peice together the eLoader source code from team N00bz of Noobz.eu, then we'll have a perfectly working eLoader!

I can't wait to see the outcome of this!  :D

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If you've bought the new Evangelion: Jo or G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, then you'd be happy to know that there actually is a future for homebrew for you. I've been watching this exploit since day one and apparently, Sony hasn't. Shame on them. they've come out with 3 firmware updates and none of them patched this exploit. Maybe this is the king of all exploits. Ya' know, 'The Unpatchable Exploit.' It seems the code is triggered by a glitch in the game. Sony would have to include files in an update to specifically deal with the glitch. Due to the laberynth of legal contracts, it may be illegal for Sony to do.

I've seen comments on blog sites saying that this won't ever get anywhere, but I must insist that you watch the video before saying something like that yourself. The guy that got this to work has a little program he runs from it. That is a definite sign of what this will probably turn into.

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We all know that alpha versions of programs aren't meant to be released publically and used over betas but this one is pretty nice. I'm glad to see many much-needed updates for this emulator. I personally love this emulator and you probably would too!

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Yabause 0.9.10 is  SEGA Saturn emulator for the PSP. It's experimental and not all the games work. Of course, you'd also have to find the SEGA Saturn BIOS by yourself. They aren't that hard to find and Google will really help you out if you know the magic key-words.

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Some people have gotten there hands on a dev version of Persona for the PSP over at Siliconera. What's interesting, however, is that the game includes the mandatory firmware 5.55 update.

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One of our forum members, kairus101, released Chicken Invaders V1 recently. It's a clone of the original Chicken Invaders for the PC. All you've got to do is put the folder from the Download onto your Memory Stick Pro Duo and launch it up! I'm a personal fan of chickens and I'm sure you'll love this game! Try it out!

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P.S. Chickens rock!!

aznag88 stopped by our forum to release Naruto (Contra Edition) V2 for the PSP.

It's basically a side-scroller that's very similar to Contra for the NES but with Naruto characters. You've got to make your way to the final boss defeat him and kill his menions along the way.

Here's what's new in this update:

• Platforms
• 2 bosses
• Better AI
• Score
• Energy
• Mini-story
• Every enemy is different and it follows the Naruto anime story
• 2 Difficulties
• Combination key for cheating

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Apparently, G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra's UMD requires the user to update to 5.55. No real word yet on what it updates but surely it blocks the 5 exploits people are working on for 5.50 and 5.51. It's yet to be confirmed but what we all can agree that this will be bypassed soon as this is a warning that a wave of new updates is coming out.

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Apparently, whenever you purchase the new PSPgo at Best Buy, you'll get a Voucher for a downloadable version for Rock Band Unplugged. Sony hasn't confirmed this as being a universal extra for the PSPgo and retailers are leaving no clue on their websites for this except Best Buy. It could be an exclusive but it may be one of Sony's launch plans. If you guys bought this game already and are planning on buying the PSPgo, you might want to trade in your version to Gamestop or someplace afterwards.

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When was the last time any of you bought anything online on your PSP? When was the last time you purchased levels for LittleBigPlanet for the PS3? I'm pretty the answer to both of those are going to be a 'Never.'

Silicornera had a nice little post about how a demo version of LittleBigPlanet for the PSP was stuck at a menu showing a "Purchased Levels" option. Pretty interesting considering that there's only been a few releases of purchasable levels for the PS3. I wonder if they're waiting to release more when the PSP version comes out. If so, will the same levels be available for both consoles?

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Dark Shark has released the newest version of his brawler game called Battle Fantasy to 1.0. It's first full numbered version. Believe me, this version kicks butt! This game is very well polished multi-universe fighter and includes some nice features. The best of which is AD HOC!

Go ahead and play as Sonic, or Goku, or Princess Peach, or Freeza, or Naruto, or any of the other billion characters.

Here's the changelog:

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A hacker by the name of kgsws has released the second version of his hack for Medal of Honor Hereos that works on Firmware 5.51. This is great news because we could potentially gain Flash access through this so we don't have to use the ChickenHEN everytime we restart our PSP's.

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German hacker named Miche2245 has been able to use a vulnerability in the Japanese version of Monster Hunter Freedom 2 and the English version of Need for Speed: Underground to access ChickHEN on firmware 5.50. Right now, the only download you can get is for the Japanese version of Monster Hunter Freedom 2... :(

Unless you live in Japan, you won't be able to test this out.

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Well, the first obviously is the PC so there's no reason to make a post about it, but what is interesting is that Japan’s RealWorld RealResearch polled the Sony PSP as being the second biggest platform to run Skype off of in Japan. Wow! That beats the iPhone, landlines, and other platforms like the Sony Mylo.

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Assassin's Creed: Bloodline For PSP


Gran Turismo For PSP


Little Big Planet For PSP

Appearantly RealView Innovations has announced that they will be releasing the V-Screen for the PSP which will make the objects seem to 'pop out of the screen.' I've seen technology like this used on computer cameras to make your pictures look 3D but they turn out aweful. It works by checking how dark or light parts of the picture is and then gives the image depth using that information. No word yet on how the V-Screen will work but it may use that or RVI software to space out objects further away than usual.

The creators claim that no other hardware will be needed. No word yet on price or which PSP systems it will be compatable with.

The V-Screen will be released this holiday season (2009) so we'll probably be hearing more about it in the coming months.

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Recently, and not so recently, there has been some loose talk about a new gamefor the PSP called,

Undead Knights.

From what has been said around the net, the game has a very simple form of gameplay. You turn knights into zombies, they attack other knights, and you get one massive undead military force that is seemingly unstoppable. Depending on what type of enemy you convert to your forces, they retain the abilities from when they were your enemy. Even though its said that there isn't much of a tactical point to the zombies, it doesn't seem necessary considering, them being zombies and having a one track mind.

Even though the game was talked about late last year, it seems revolutionary for a PSP title, and IGN.com has an exclusive interview with the producer of the game, Kohei Shibata. Click the source below to delve deeper into Undead Knights.

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Horror is difficult to get across on a portable. After all, if things get too unnerving, you simply toss the system aside and breathe easy. That said, Playlogic is the latest to try its hand at fright on the go, announcing plans to again port Obscure: The Aftermath to yet another platform the PSP.

Set to ship in North America this September, the sequel to 2005's Obscure looks to offer much of the same B-movie shock value as it has on other platforms, just on a smaller screen. Still, our previous time with the teen horror romp was more annoying than scary, and we doubt being able to play it while waiting for the bus will be enough to make our hair stand on end.

Source: PSP Fanboy

Looks like the list of the PSN just goes on and on as the weeks go by. This week there are a lot of Playable Content, and really good add-ons too!

Playable Content

• Qore May 2009 edition ($2.99 or $24.99 for yearly subscription)
• Puzzle Quest: Galactrix full game ($19.99)
• Savage Moon demo (free)
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine demo (free)
• Bowling PS1 game ($5.99)
• R-Type Delta PS1 game ($5.99)
• Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage PS1 game ($5.99)

Add-on Content

• Buzz! Quiz TV Rock Legends pack ($7.99)
• LittleBigPlanet Norse Mythology pack ($2.99)
• Disgaea 3 content (continued)
• Need For Speed Undercover Boss Car Bundle ($4.99)
• Need For Speed Undercover Challenge Series expansion (free)
• Guitar Hero World Tour Ferret/Metal Blade track pack (free)
• Rock Band DLC (continued)
• Sonic Unleashed Mazuri Adventure pack ($2.99)
• Street Fighter IV Alternate Costume pack ($12.49)
• Tom Clancy's HAWX US Eagles pack ($4.99)
• Trivial Pursuit TV pack ($4.99)
• Wheelman Free Street Showdown pack (free)
• Wheelman Premium Street Showdown pack ($4.99)

Disgaea 3 DLC

• Gig character ($2.99)
• Revya character ($1.99)
• Soul Nomad character pack ($3.99)
• Raspberyl Chapter 1 expansion ($2.99)
• Raspberyl Chapter 2 expansion ($2.99)
• Raspberyl Chapter 3 expansion ($2.99)
• Raspberyl Chapter 4 expansion ($2.99)
• Raspberyl Chapters 1-4 expansion ($11.99)

Rock Band DLC

Franz Ferdinand 3-pack ($5.49)

• "Do You Want To" ($1.99)
• "Lucid Dreams" ($1.99)
• "Take Me Out" ($1.99)

Individual Songs ($1.99 ea.)

• "Smooth Criminal" Alien Ant Farm
• "Blue Sky" Allman Brothers
• "Midnight Rider" Allman Brothers
• "Drain the Blood" Distillers
• "Naked Eye" Luscious Jackson
• "Idealistic Types" Prong
• "The Banishment" Prong

Videos

• Pulse 5/7 edition
• inFamous Power Trip trailer
• Killzone 2 Steel and Titanium pack video
• Patapon 2 Build Up Your Army trailer
• SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 announcement trailer
• Alpha Protocol Gameplay Walkthrough video 1
• Magic Ball Booster Pack trailer
• Mahjong Tiles Booster Pack trailer
• Tekken 6 Editor's Day 2009 trailer
• Speedway TV Spot
• The Making of Speedway

Themes and Wallpapers

• Disgaea 3 Gig theme ($0.99)
• Disgaea 3 Raspberyl and Sapphire theme ($0.99)
• Anime MBM theme 2 ($1.49)
• Bunnies Pinups theme 2 ($1.49)
• Metal Battalions Maidens theme 2 ($1.49)
• NASCAR/Sprint Cup Series Monsters theme (free)

PSP Content

• Bowling PS1 game ($5.99)
• R-Type Delta PS1 game ($5.99)
• Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage PS1 game ($5.99)
• Patapon 2 full game ($19.99)
• Pursuit Force full game ($22.99)
• SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3 announcement trailer
• Pulse 5/7 edition
• Patapon 2 Build Up Your Army trailer

The 3000 series is finally feeling the love. It wasn't too long ago that "Hello World" was successfully exploited onto the 3000. Now just a short time later, the third full generation of the PSP is headed towards a wonderful hombrew-enabled future. ChickHEN is here for the PSP 3000.

Developer, Davee, of Team Typhoon, has released the exploit and directions for this seemingly easy-to-do hack. The steps and a handy-dandy download link are provided below for those of you who thought that you were doomed on the "Unhackable T88v3 and TA-090 motherboards".

Before I roll out with the good stuff, however, it's important to make known a few of the downsides of this Homebrew Enabler. ChickHEN currently cannot make .ISO or .CSO backups run. This applies for Playstation 1 titles too. You will also not be given access to flash memory either, so custom XMB's are not going to be readily available (yet). Plugins also won't be able to be loaded as a result of this, obviously, and that goes for custom firmware too. As of yet, no custom firmware is released for the PSP 3000, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. With breakthroughs like ChickHEN, developers are questioning just exactly how far they can go.

To run ChickHEN, follow these steps:

1. First off use the supplied TIFF image and place it in the PSP>PHOTO Directory.
2. Copy h.bin over to the MS ROOT and safely remove device.
3. Scroll over to the PHOTO icon on the XMB and click the ChickHEN folder and wait.
4. If all goes well the screen should blank out and flash green showing that the HEN is loaded and all is well.
5. Wait for your PSP to reboot and check your PSP's system software. It should now display: "5.03 ChickHEN".
6. Scroll on over to GAME and enjoy some Homebrew!

Interested in downloading this? The link is below! Enjoy!

[_DOWNLOAD:_ChickHEN_]                                                                        [_SOURCE_]

Q. What is the PSP missing now? No, not a second analog nub or built in webcam at this point. It's missing a mouse, of course!

PSP hacker TokyoDrift found a way to map the handheld's buttons to a mouse, using nothing more than a PS2 mouse, an ATMEL ATmega8 chip-sporting breadboard, and a massive brain. PSP users looking to do this themselves can find all of the steps at the pspfreak.de forums.

NOTE: Of course, it goes without saying that you should probably be somewhat comfortable with homebrew before trying this yourself.

Source: Engadget

Capcom is going to make its PlayStation Network presence a lot more robust as it begins releasing ports of PS1 titles and providing downloadable versions of previous PSP titles throughout the year. The company spoke with Capcom's Chris Kramer, who let us know that the company would be listening to what the community wants and figuring out internally what titles to release but don't expect any of them to involve licensing shenanigans along the lines of Marvel vs. Capcom.

"We'll definitely be looking at a lot of titles that have things like Street Fighter and Resident Evil in the title," Kramer said. "We're thinking about putting together a long list of the titles we're looking at, and then releasing it on Capcom Unity and having people vote on them. Ultimately we're looking at bringing between 20 and 40 titles to the PSN over the next several months."

Source: PSP Fanboy

It is nice to see it being rated though. What do you guys think? Would you like this game to come out any time soon?

Source: PSP Fanboy

"Rumors of a major PSP hardware redesign have repeatedly bubbled to the surface over the last several months some claiming the removal of the system's UMD disc drive, and others pointing to a second analog stick and sliding screen. According to sources directly involved with the new system, we have learned that Sony will quell those rumors by unveiling their revamped PSP at this year's E3 conference in June.

Many have speculated that the update would be called either the PSP 2 or PSP-4000, but our sources claim Sony will forgo a numerical moniker in favor of a subtitle. We've heard various rumored code names for the project (including PSP Slide, PSP Flip, and PSP Go!), but given that Sony has introduced the Go! brand of add-ons (the Go!View video on-demand service and 1.3 megapixel Go!Cam) for the European PSP, it seems likely that the new system will in fact be called the PSP Go! Our sources further confirm that this redesign will be available in two SKUs, with either eight or 16 GB of built-in flash memory. The system is set for release in Japan this September with a U.S. debut coming in either late October or early November.

In addition, since the UMD is going away, Sony will have over 100 classic and new PSP titles available for download at launch (Gran Turismo Mobile is said to be one of the premier launch titles). As for the hardware itself, the redesign will include a d-pad, analog nub, and face buttons as part of a sliding unit sticking out below the screen (as seen in our mockup above). Unfortunately for those looking for twin-stick shooter controls, the new system will not have a second analog stick, but instead will remain consistent with the current control configuration.

When asked about any of these details, Sony, of course, stated that it "does not comment on rumors or speculation."

As a bit of actual speculation, we wouldn't be surprised to see Sony borrow many design features from their Mylo 2 handheld Internet device, which is seemingly dead in the water. This could provide an 800x480 pixel touch screen for the system, as well as a camera on the system's backside.

Between the redesign and a strong lineup of recently announced PSP titles (see: Tekken 6 and Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny), Sony is clearly attempting to assert their relevance in the wake of the DSi's release and success of the iPhone as a gaming platform. It'll be interesting to see what sort of a splash Sony makes and the reaction the new hardware receives when it debuts at E3, which is only a month away. Preloading every PSP Go! with a copy of LittleBigPlanet would certainly make some waves ."

Source: http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/

How do you like him? Young or old?

Source: PSP Fanboy

This week is pretty good, we have quiet a few updates here with acouple of demos and themes:

PLAYABLE CONTENT
- Marvel vs Capcom 2 demo

PSP CONTENT
- Patapon 2 demo
- Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero "Lil Asagi Comes Home" level pack $3.99

- Patapon 2 Battlefield theme

THEMES & WALLPAPERS
- Patapon 2 Battlefield theme
- PixelJunk Eden Encore theme B
- Disgaea 3 Pleinair theme $0.99
- University of Louisville theme $1.99
- Ole Miss theme $1.99
- PixelJunk Eden Encore wallpaper B

ADD-ON CONTENT
- Killzone 2 Steel and Titanium pack $5.99
- LittleBigPlanet Egyptian minipack $2.99
- Burnout Paradise Cops and Robbers pack $9.99
- Disgaea 3 DLC (continued)
- Need For Speed Undercover Boss Car Bundle $4.99
- Need For Speed Undercover Challenge Series expansion free
- Guitar Hero World Tour DLC (continued)
- Rock Band DLC (continued)

Release notes fron Fanjita:

Guide for running the developed Phantasy Star Portable Exploit:

• Check that you have an Japan or US version of Phantasy Star Portable (Japan: ULJM-05309, US: ULUS-10410). Work on the European version will be following soon.

• Extract the contents of the 'MS_ROOT' folder from the ZIP file into the top-level of your memory stick. (HINT: If you wind up with an 'MS_ROOT' folder on the stick, you've done it wrong).

• Start the game, and as soon as it gets to the 'Press START' screen, press START. If you wait until the demo has started, the exploit may not work.

• The screen should go blank, and the exploit will start after a few moments. It doesn't do anything except look pretty at this stage - but feel free to enjoy the first homebrew on your PSP Brite.

Oh by the way, this is a joke. April Fools style.

A couple days ago this homebrew came out, which is a port from the PC version that was originally created by Axel Meierhöfer. This port is a really good representation of the original game and is a welcome addition to the homebrew library available for the PSP.

The idea is that you are the pilot of a space ship very far out in space where "Crazy Gravity" is in effect. The purpose of the game is to transport valuable cargo amidst a variety of obstacles in your way. Things like magnets and cannons are definitely things to be careful of as you're trying to get the cargo to your home base.

The download links below are for the initial release and the release from just a little while ago which also includes a level editor!

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Here's a little program that should burn some time. The developer, Jum, has jam packed some nifty little features in this homebrew program. Our downloads section gained about 20 downloads as soon as this was added. Basically, if you're unfamiliar with a drum machine program, it works like this. On the left-hand side you have different sound effects like "snare drum" or "clap". Then, on the corresponding grid to the right, you check boxes in each row according to how often you want to play that particular sound. Once activated, the sequencer shows a line moving from left to right and when the line comes across the spots you marked on the grid, the noise will play, effectively allowing you to sample your own beats!

There's been other drum machines that maybe have more features or looks, but this little homebrew is at least something else to keep you busy for a minute. Grab it from our downloads section by clicking the link below and get jamming.

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A game many people had anticipated, Resistance Retribution, seems like it is defining a better business model for new games to follow. The PSP game lineup is arguably one of the weaker areas for the PSP. Some games you can tell were rushed, others too bland. Yesterday, however, the PSP scene has another one of the actual "great" games to add to the selection.

I've been scrambling for reviews and consumer-sided feedback for this game for a few days and just got my hands on the game myself. Resistance Retribution places you in the time frame between Resistance 1 and 2 on the Playstation 3 console. Your main character, James Grayson, is a protagonist on a mission to destroy Converting Centers that create more Chimera-infected people after he is forced to kill his own brother before he becomes fully-infected as a Chimera. Retribution offers a fairly dynamic storyline, easily-handled controls, and good graphics to boot. No, it isn't Crysis quality, but the graphics are certainly more than what you'd expect on the PSP. The presentation of this game is similar to other great titles in the PSP lineup. The quality of presentation instantly reminded me of Vice City Stories as well as God Of War Chains of Olympus.

I can recommend this game to others. If you're wanting a new experience on your handheld, this game will more than likely compensate your ill-feelings toward the PSP game library. Give it a shot.

Sony released their profit margins for their 4th quarter business earnings recently. The 4th quarter is usually the biggest quarter of the year, especially for many electronics businesses due to the holiday season shopping. As reported on Gizmodo, however, Sony has to acknowledge a 95% loss in profits due to harsh world economy. In Japan, they received 10.4 billion dollars for their 4th quarter this year...whopping ninteen and a quarter times lower than their profits the year previous - 200.2 billion.

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It's the day of updates! First Dark-Alex brings us 5.00 M33-5 then a few moments later he bumps out another revision bringing it to 5.00 M33-6. Listed are the updates to both revisions...

<sup><sub>"5.00 M33-6


This update is a try to fix memory stick low speed since 3.80.

Instructions: Copy UPDATE folder /PSP/GAME/ and run.

If you come from a version prior to 5.00 M33, put sony update as 500.PBP in same folder, or let the program download it for you using a wifi connection.

Changes in 5.00 M33-5:

- A setting has been added to recovery, that, when enabled it may increase memory stick reading speed. (only on the psp, not in the pc).
By default it is disabled. If you installed 3.71 fatmsmod, do not use this setting, as its perfomance with 3.71 driver has not been tested.
Instead, reinstall 5.00 m33-4 using dc8 and update to 5.00 m33-5

Changes in 5.00 M33-6:

- Fixed a bug that made unbootable psp without memory stick or with a bad one.

The included file fat_comparison.html contains a comparison of perfomance between the 5.00 fat driver, the 3.71 one, and the 5.00 one with the speed up hack during the read of an iso.
The test was done on the game Valkyrie Profile in cso format in march33 mode. Other games, modes and applications different than iso reading showed similar results."</sub></sup>

Now for those of you who are still on official firmware, visit the tutorial section of our forums to find out how you can convert your PSP to custom firmware. For those of you already on custom firmware, the download for this update is linked below. Enjoy!

- Source

- 5.00 M33-6

Sony rolls out a new update for our PSP firmware bringing it up to 5.03. For those of you interested, here are the changelogs for this update according to Eric Lampel...

_{"Hi, everyone, I wanted to give you a quick heads up that a new PSP firmware update, v5.03, will be released soon. This is a small update that improves system software stability during use of some features."}

Now for all of us on the brew scene, we already know what that changelog means. It's basically an update to prevent the new exploit found in gripshift. For those of you who own 2000 or 3000 model PSP's and would like to have homebrew, I would advise against updating your firmware from this point onward until the gripshift exploit is perfected. Of course, on the other hand...if you enjoy what Sony has to offer then by all means update.

Thanks to Devil May Cry for the tip off.

We all knew it was on its way. Now we see it in action! Homebrew enabler for the PSP 3000 and 2000 v3. While the files haven't been released as of yet, the PSPGen team have given their reasons being that they need to find a second kernel exploit and that Sony will patch the exploit files upon release. This is definately great news to those of you who might own one of the aforementioned PSP models. We'll keep you posted on the status of the operation. Video available on the source page.

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 Well, here we have it. The PSP 3000's very first homebrew game. Using MaTiAz and Freeplay's "Hello World Sparta SDK" exploit, dragula96 a PSP homebrew developer has managed to release a very beloved classic for us all to enjoy. Ping Pong! Go ahead and indulge yourselves. Download link below.

- Gripshift Pong

It's a good day for the PSP homebrew scene. MaTiAz, a well known developer on the brew scene has found an exploit that uses the gamesaves in Gripshift to run arbitrary code. Now while this is just a proof of concept, this is a huge door open towards being able to fully hack the latest 3000 models. Here are a few words quoted from MaTiAz himself...

<sub><sup>"So, happy new year. I think presenting a new usermode exploit on the PSP is a good way to start 2009

GripShift has a buffer overflow vulnerability when loading savegames. The savegame contains the profile name which can be easily used to overwrite $ra.
The savegame file is pretty big (25kB) so you have lots of space to put your code there. I wrote a simple blob of code to paint the framebuffer completely white (to just indicate that arbitrary code is running).
The return address is located at offset 0xA9 in the file. In this poc it points to 0x08E4CD50 (which is only a few bytes after the return address), and the code starts at 0xCC in the file.

It was tested on 4.01M33-2 with US version of GripShift (ULUS10040), and psplink.prx, usbhostfs.prx and deemerh.prx loaded (also without psplink and usbhostfs). The decrypted savegame (sorry, couldn't [be bothered to] get Shine's savegame tool working so it's in plaintext form) is in the SDDATA.BIN form which Hellcat's Savegame-Deemer produces (thanks to him, if the program didn't exist I wouldn't have bothered with this.). Just copy the ULUS10040SAVE00 directory to /PSP/SAVEPLAIN/ and run the game. EDIT: yeah, don't forget to have Savegame-Deemer working, duh."</sup></sub>

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According to a blogpost on the PSBlog, Capcom is planning to release psone games to the PS store for download. This hopefully means we can get hold of some of those nostalgic games to play on our PSP / PS3's. Not to mention give us some more variety of gaming options.

"You might have seen on some french webpages some 88v3 hacking video, showing how a 2k model with an alleged 88v3 mobo ("confirmed" with pspident and DC7) is cfw'd. Keep on reading.


Well, let's take a look at DC7 source;

char *mobos[] +
{
"TA-79 v1", "TA-79 v2", "TA-79 v3", "TA-81", "TA-82", "TA-85", "TA-85 v2", "TA-86", "TA-88", "TA-88+", "O_O'"
};


Now let's see pspident source;

char *mobomodels[] = {
"TA-079 v1", "TA-079 v2", "TA-079 v3", "TA-081", "TA-082", "TA-086", "TA-085", "TA-085 v2", "TA-088", "Devkit", "Unknown" }
(thanks jas0nuk)

So, from this couple things and from the video we take 2 conclusions:

1. DC and pspident were hex edited (or source edited if it's DC, as it's Open Source). If it was indeed a TA-088v3, it would have shown TA-88+, O_O, or Unknown within pspident.
2. That pack' mobo is probably an TA-088v1. (Check here, thanks sandungas)

So please, before making any of these statements, be awared of what's under all those tools. So, until no proof is shown against this argument, i would suggest to NOT believe on this video."

Alien_X decided to drop by our forums to show us his latest project. The PSP Plexi! If you haven't already guessed from the picture above, Alien gutted his PSP, piggybacked the control points and mounted it all to a sheet of plexi glass. Not only that but the main controls are controlled by a modified PS2 controller...

"The main controlling is done via a Modified PS2 controller, that Plugs in VIA the DSUB 25 pin connector, but also due to the boards plug and play nature, I could make an array of tactile switches to control it if the need arises.

I spent alot of time on this project, and literally Blood sweat and Tears, So please tell me what you think. "

For anyone interested, Alien also mentions that this PSP Plexi will be for sale in the near future.

So what are you waiting for!?! Go on, check it out and make sure to leave some comments for Alien.

Link to forum here.

Well...looks like Sony messed up yet again! Yes indeed those are scan lines you are seeing on the brand spanking new 3000 model PSP. When confronted about the issue, an SCEJ representative responded with...

"the interlacing-like lines are just "features" of the new LCD, and currently, there are no plans to fix it with a future software update since it is in the hardware."

I guess a lot of people who were considering purchasing this new model or asking for it for the upcoming christmas holiday now have to think about if this is something they're really willing to live with.

RACE! PSP has now reached version 2.0. The project was picked up by uberjack but was originally started on the PC by it's main creator, flavor. This particular emulator is a very fast and unfortunately, still a little premature. Save states are not yet supported, however, information is saved on the flash memory when returning to the emulator's menu or returning to the XMB. Look out for this one, guys! It's certainly going places.

[ Download: RACE! PSP v2.0 ]  

Hot off the press comes the new release of PSP Filer. This fantastic program, if you didn't already know, is one powerful piece of homebrew ingenuity. For instance, you can move files around, view UMD files, view flash1 and flash0 files, play MP3/WAV files, view text files and so much more. PSP Filer has come a long way thanks to homebrew developer, Mediumgauge. This version is more or less a bug fix from version 5.5 released just the other day, so get this newer and more stable version and get to tinkering.

[ Download PSP Filer 5.6 ]    

Homebrew developer, highboy, updated his Wav-to-Vag homebrew, a click sound replacer for the PSP. It has the nice new GUI and much more faster. This maybe the last update from Highboy.

"Now at V 3.0 most likely last update

I think i am finished with this now as it will edit,write a system_plugin.rco and make a wav to a vag plus vag to wav.i have also stream lined it so it will not freeze by multiple threading and cleaning up code.i have also made it into an installer so there should not be any problems with file associations.if anyone can think of a tweek or improvement please let me know and thanks for trying it out."

ENJOY!!

Download: Wav-to-Vag v3.0

Sony anounced that it will be shipping a new version of the 2000's (slim/lite) the 3000. the new PSP modle comes with built in microphone and a screen that better handles the glare that you get when playing out side.

Release is set for October 14th for $199.99. It will now include the following:

• Mystic Silver PSP-3000
• Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
• National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets UMD
• echochrome PSN voucher
• 1GB Memory Stick PRO duo

• Piano Black PSP-3000
• 4GB Memory Stick PRO duo
• Everyday Shooter PSN voucher

 Hellcat programmer published the first version of his recovery program, which he christened Recovery flasher. The goal of this program is to create a Reinstalling the custom firmware without Pandora battery. Recovery flasher is removed from the recovery of the PSP menu on the menu item Run program at / PSP / GAME / RECOVERY / EBOOT.PBP started, and from there you have various options: 

 Download: Hellcat's Recovery Flasher

While it's technically not stealing candy from a baby, it's at least stealing the opportunity for someone to enjoy your PSP without your permission! You may even make someone end up like the poor little boy in this article. That's gotta get your evil juices flowing!

What's particularly special about this program is that you can display your own personal message to someone who is trying to use your PSP. Have a younger sibling and want to tell them off? You get the picture.

To download ChildBeGone and read other information about this application, click the link below.

  [ ChildBeGone Release Thread ]

Download [ TVersity v1.0RC2 ]
Via [ Tversity ]

[ PSP China ] via [ Kotaku ]

Sony has been seriously considering the addition of hard drives to new PSPs. This idea has been going around for a fairly long time in the Sony managemnent. A quote from Jack Tretton, President and CEO of Sony Somputer Entertainment America pretty much confirms this.

"I think we definitely thought about it [Adding harddrives to PSPs], I think that's the trend moving forward."

Will this pose problems for homebrew? Will this give Sony any sort of sales boost? We'll just have to wait and see.

Sony has released PSP Firmware 4.05 to the public.  Not much is known about this firmware, besides the obvious added visualizers.  Check it out:

UPDATE: Thanks to 1/-0 , we know more about this firmware. Sadly, this update benefits only Japanese PSP owners.

Here are the changes:

*Added new visualization effect under [Music]. 

Slim-only features: 

Via [ Engadget ]

So it's finally here, the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit. Today is the day. It will last until the 16th. But what can you expect for the next few days? Well, for starters, you won't here anything today about Sony. Microsoft and Electronic Arts will be dishing it out at 10:30 am PT / 1:30 pm ET and 3:00 pm PT / 6:00 pm ET respectfully. But tomorrow on the 15th, we'll see what Sony brings to the table.

For the PS3, you may hear new information about games like God of War III or possibly Heavenly Sword 2, but don't hold your breath on the second one. You may also hear about future firmware expectations as well as coverage on the new 2.41 firmware. If I had to put my money where my mouth is, I'd say Sony will also discuss the "Greatest Hits" collection. Japan already has it, and Europe is getting it soon, so it seems like a worthy mention.

For the PSP developments, things are very up-in-air. I think we will definitely be hearing about a Patapon 2 and/or Loco Roco 2 in the works since Sony wants to show it cares about UMD sales.I think we'll also hear big developments from Ubisoft. They are planning to release a whopping 12 PSP titles this fiscal year, and so far these have remained secret. Rayman is expected, but what else? I think we're going to find out! I also expect that Sony will talk more about downloadable content. Sony seems like they are aiming to make the PS Store accessible directly from the PSP itself instead of only on computer. It would be interesting if Sony revealed a "PSP Trophy" system similar to PS3 Trophies and Xbox Achievements, but that's not likely. Lastly, I'm wondering how Sony plans to market the PSP through the holiday season. New colors, bundles, accessories? I guess we'll have to wait until the 14th! Gamespot will have live coverage here, so enjoy!

Via [ Gamespot ]  [ PSPFanBoy ]  [ Joystiq ]  [ Sony ]  [ e3summit08 ]

Thanks to RoxFox we know about this new release title. I would tell you what it is...but Rox said it best!

 Date: 2008-07-09 

Coded Red has released a fun Lua Game called "Deer Avenger Mini" 
Its a Lua clone of Simon & Schuster Interactive's 'Deer Avenger' For PC and Mac. 

In the menu: 
  D-Pad = Move 
  X Button = select 

In game: 

  O Button = Back to menu 
  X Button = Fire gun/Select 
  D-Pad = Move Cursor/Crosshair

To install it just Place the foldor named "Deer Avenger Mini V2.00" in PSP/GAME 

Enjoy! 

Thanks RoxFox64!

Source

Dark-Alex's new experimental plugin, PspStates, allows users to make save-states in their games. Unlike typical save-states, the games are normal PSP games, not emulated games. This is quite convienient, albeit highly experimental, as it only works with the PSP Slim and there are issues with the plugin.

For those that are interested, here's the version 2 changelog: 

Warnings: Only PSP Slim users can use the plugin, UMDs and certain ISO modes are not fully supported, and be sure to backup the full NAND of your PSP before attempting useage. PSPbrew, the Brewology, and Dark_Alex are not responsible for any errors or damages caused by use. And most importantly: Read the Read-Me file included before using the plugin.

Download [ PSPStates v2 ]

Via [ Dark-AleX ]

Team XLink has just released a new version of XLink Kai, a program that allows you to play System Link and Ad Hoc games globally over the internet.  The best thing is, its absolutely free!

Via [ Team XLink ]

The EZ-Installer I put together can also be downloaded here.

• Bug fix: vshmenu didn't let change camera mode due to camera_plugin using select button. Fixed, now vsh menu will not be loaded when using the camera.
• Recovery can now be translated, See how below. Translation to spanish is autoincluded.
• Updated the M33 SDK with a new function and sample, and released the psp-packer tool to compress prx's and PBP's in the ~PSP format.
• The folder of 4.01 and higher homebrew will be GAME4.XX so it won't need change on update.

Make sure you take a look at the readme for installation procedures and other notes form Dark AleX and Team M33. The team also notes that the 1.50 kernel add-on will be released in a few hours, so make sure you check back on that. In the mean time, update your CFW!

 via {pspupdates}

 

The newest update to the 3.95 GEN CFW has been realeased.  There's a notable list of changes:

~Fixed issue which crashed the PSP if you had vshmenu mode 'None'.

~Fixed SNES emu issues

~Fixed some unremarkarble homebrew issues with the Slim.

~Issues with running the latest version of the SNES emulator, PSPTube and many other homebrew using ME are fixed

Download--->  

The devs released installation instructions, to make things run smoother but I made a less confusing one... not really, I just kinda paraphrased:

1. Make sure your PSP is already plugged in and in USB mode

2. Click "download"

3. Choose the "open" option when the box pops up

4. Choose the option "extract all files" when it opens up

5. Go to the PSP itself and run the update

6. SMILE

The same team that brought us the 3.95 GEN has decrypted 4.00 OFW.  They took a peak at the resource directory in 4.00's flash0 and found some PRX changes.  The team found that these changed PRXs are pops, popsman, npdrm, np9660, mlnbridge, sysmem, umdcache, sysconf, and video.  They also saw that the NIDS have not changed.

They conclude that it should be no problem to develop homebrew on the new firmware so we will be keeping our eyes peeled for 4.00 ??? CFW. 

Sony has released their newest firmware addition.  The changes aren't major but are fine nonetheless:

~The "internet search" option has been added under the network menu.

~The option of changing the viewing speed of videos has been added. 

Download: HERE

NOTE: If you update to this Sony firmware, you will not be able to run any homebrew games or downgrade without Pandora.

Well we are back! Thanks to MonkeyMaximus (I bother that man constantly for you members) the news maker is back up. Over the past week or so when we tried to post some news it would give a file permission error. Now it is fixed

so expect some updates on all of your favorite consoles.

BKF/ Staff 06-13-2008

C O N T E S T

Hello brewology memebers! Today Graphixbrew has a contest for all of you to kick off the summer!

This is called the Animation contest. This contest will test a persons knowledge and skills in Photoshop.

The goal is to make the best looking animation out of all the entries.

The Rules are

-No copying another persons work

-Dont make a animation pointless

-The animation must not be larger than 500px by 500px.

-The animation can ONLY be in .GIF Format

-The animation must be suitable for people under 18.

So if you want to enter Post your animation Here

Contest Begins Today (Wednsday, June 4th 2008)

Judging will begin on July 10, 2008

Have you ever wanted to play Smart Cycle on the go? Well, now you can thanks to crait who made this awesome emulator!!

The controls are simple when the emulator is running a rom...
= The D-Pad controls the Analog Stick
= The Nub controls the direction of the Handle Bars
= Square is the Right Handle Bar Button
= Circle is the Left Handle Bar Button
= R speeds up the peddleing
**(To use the other three keys, hold L and press Square, Cross, or Circle)
Other controls include...
= Select is emulator menu
= Start is pause or freeze (even if the game does not include pausing)
These are the controls for ROM selection...
= Arrows control the selection
= Cross selects that ROM and runs it
= Start Exits

Downloading and installation is simple!
Place the EBOOT.PBP, ENGINE0.NE, and all ROMS under MS0:/PSP/GAME/SMARCYCLEM/ then go to the XMB and select the game!
Smarcyclem V. 0.23 is fullspeed and runs all valid SC ROMS. There are still some bugs and two of the games do not have working audio at this time. This emulator is also compatable with Slim and Original PSP systems.

Download

• General

• Kernel updated to 3.95 (new nids, patches etc.)

• * Recovery

• Option added in recovery to choose between VSHMenu and in-XMB recovery.
• Option added in recovery to choose between Sony, GEN and M33 network update modes

• XMB
• Access vshmenu/recovery with the SELECT butto
• Network Update icon can download directly from the GEN server (adjustable)

3.95 GEN is compatible with the PSP Fat models. Also, the VSHMENU from Popsloader, most of the functions of IRShell, and the CXMB were tested on the new CFW with limited success.

 Homebrew developers The U.P.M.S. Team has released a new build for the UPMSInstaller, bumping it up to version 4. The application gives Sony PlayStation Portable owners a clean memory stick for a fresh install.

This is especially helpful when you want to upgrade after having a working Pandora or UPMS stick. In this way, you will no longer need to write the IPL on the stick again or install fatms371.prx.

The following changes to the installer itself and the ultimate loader in version 4 of the program were provided by The U.P.M.S. Team:

Installer

* You will need the following EBOOTS to the root of your Memory Stick before proceeding:
o 150.PBP
o 371.PBP
o 380.PBP
o 390.PBP
o UPDATE.PBP (Only if you want to downgrade to 1.50 Firmware)
o 340.PBP (Only if you want to Install Time Machine)
o 360.PSAR (Only if you want to Install Time Machine)
* New Improved Splashes
* New Improved visual install proceedure
* New Motherboard detection using Pommel, Tachyon & Baryon values. (Now displays your PSP model ie. TA-079.)
* New Displays the available free space on your memory stick which updates as the install proceeds.
* Renamed the Clean Nand items in Utilities menu, to stop confusion of people thinking it's installing the clean nands to the actual psp without creating a nand backup.
* Added 390 Kernel 150 Addon
* Removed writing of the full eeprom to the battery
* New Dark AleX's Time Machine IPL can now be installed from the IPL menu, this also installs the config file which contains the LTrigger for booting to UPMS. Now no need to convert Pandora's IPL or install the IPL, just launch Time Machine from the Utilities Menu then select the firmware you want to install.
* Disabled the battery menu for the latest PSP Slims V2.
* New Random Serial Generator for when you want to make your Pandora Battery normal, creates a randomly generated hex number.
* Now installs Despertar Cementerio V5 (TheJoker has had to be removed)

Ultimate Loader

* Firmware installation:
o 352M33 via Hellcats Menu
o DCv3
o DCv4
o DCv5
* New PSP Motherboard detection
* New Reboot to XMB option added. (TA-082 has troubles with display after reboot)
* Added Free Memory Stick Space for visual confirmation.
* Added Nand Backup direct from Ultimate Loader. (For Fat & Slim PSP's)
* Added IDStorage Key Backup direct from Ultimate Loader. (For Fat & Slim PSP's)
* Removed NandManager as NandTool by Cory is UPMS-Projects preferred backup/restore tool.

UPMSInstaller v4 comes with several documentation in .PDF format which should be read first before doing anything to avoid any problems. 

Download

As a thanks from the Graphics Team over at SmashGFX.com, They have made us some nice looking psp wallpapers! There are pleanty to choose from (the one above being one of them), So no matter your taste, there's a brewology wallpaper that will suit you!

The National Purchase Diary released their monthly sales report, with only 1,969,800 next generation consoles sold. The Nintendo Wii was in first at 714,000 sales, 36% of all sales that month. Nintendo DS sold 414,800, and the PSP sold 192,700. The Xbox 360 was fourth place this time, at 188,000. The PS3 ranked fifth with only 187,100, very much less than expected. Though many estimates for sales were off by large numbers, it was a good month for Nintendo and the Wii.

[source: qj.net]

Here's the changelog:

• UMD backup in CSO format
• File conversion from ISO to CSO
• Transfer directories in ADHOC mode
• File and directory properties change (access right, creation/update/access dates) (WELL it’s not really new it was present in the homebrew but not in the doc)
• A single bug correction in the default value of the OSK virtual keyboard. The effect of the bug was that sometimes strange extra characters could be seen in the default value.

The most interesting feature, the ISO/CSO from UMD option, works quite well. After about an hour or two, the app made a CSO straight from a copy of Castlevania: the Dracula X Chronicles, which ran without any issues excluding minor lag in load times. Be sure to read the Read-me included before running, as this app can mess a few things up if you aren't careful.

Download

Downloadable Games

• echochrome (US$ 9.99)
  

• Rock Band
  
  • “Zero” - Smashing Pumpkins (US$ 1.99)
  • “Time-Sick Son of a Grizzly Bear” - The Mother Hips (US$ 1.99)
  • “Red Tandy” - The Mother Hips (US$ 1.99)
• Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore (US$1.49 each)
  • “(You Make Me Feel Life) A Natural Woman” - Aretha Franklin
  • “Against All Odds” - Phil Collins
  • “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
  • “Ain’t Nothing Life the Real Thing” - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
  • “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” - Temptations
  • “Alone” - Heart
  • “Always Something There to Remind Me” - Naked Eyes
  • “American Woman - Lenny Kravitz
  • “Born to be Wild” - Steppenwolf
  • “Careless Whisper” - Wham
  • “Complicated” - Avril Lavigne
  • “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” - Queen
  • “Do I Make You Proud” - Taylor Hicks
  • “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” - Culture Club
  • “Every Rose Has its Thorn” - Poison
  • “Flashdance…What a Feeling” - Irene Cara
  • “Greatest Love of All” - Whitney Houston
  • “Here I Go Again” - Whitesnake
  • “I Got You Babe” - Sonny & Cher
  • “If I Ain’t Got You” - Alicia Keys
  • “I’m Coming Out” - Diana Ross
  • “It’s Your Love” - Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
  • “Just the Way You Are” - Billy Joel
  • “Ladies Night” - Kool & the Gang
  • “Let’s Get it On” - Marvin Gaye
  • “Love Will Keep Us Together” - Captain & Tennille
  • “My Girl” - Temptations
  • “New York
  • "New York” - Frank Sinatra
  • “On the Road Again” - Willy Nelson
  • “Photograph” - Nickelback
  • “Proud Mary” - Creedance Clearwater
  • “Respect” - Aretha Franklin
  • “Stand By Your Man” - Tammy Wynette
  • “Straight Up” - Paula Abdul
  • “Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down” - Fall Out Boy
  • “Taking Care of Business” - Bachman Turner Overdrive
  • “The First Cut is the Deepest” - Sheryl Crow / Rod Stewart
  • “The Real Thing” - Bo Bice
  • “When the Sun Goes Down” - Kenny Chesney & Uncle Kracker
  • “Who Can it be Now?” - Men At Work
  • “You and Me” - Lifehouse
  • “You’re My Best Friend” - Queen

• Dark Sector (free)
  

• echochrome Trailer
• Battlefield Bad Redford Blog
• Kung Fu Panda Trailer
• Dead Space Announcement Trailer
• Dead Space Ship Date Trailer
• Turok “Bring It” Trailer
• Turok - “Kane” Gameplay Trailer
• NBA Ballers: Chosen One TV Spot
• Wyclef’s “Fast Car” Music Video

• echochrome Wallpapers (x4)
• Kung Fu Panda Wallpapers (x3)

• echochrome (US$ 9.99) (also downloadable via PS3)
  

• echochrome Trailer
• Wyclef’s “Fast Car” Music Video

• echochrome Wallpapers (x4)

Quite a lot, no? Enjoy! :).

For PSP homebrew users that don't always have access to a computer, the Get!T application can download and un-zip files using wireless internet. The newest version improves on the app's functionality and adds new features.

Changelog:

• Update feature
• Use of graphics
• Custom error codes
• Set path to extract ZIP file
• Menu
• Battery warning at startup

The new update feature allows the user to download a new version every time a new version is released, useful for those that only use their PSP to veiw the internet and download files. As with all apps, read the read-me included before installing. Enjoy ;)

05/05/2008: Version 0.4 is now available, which fixes a few bugs and allows for simultaneous downloads.

Well for everyone who doesn't know what this is, it is a PRX that allows you to listen to your saved music anytime. That is right, including IN GAME. 

Cpasjuste has recently ported the Music PRX plugin to custom firmware 3.90 M33. Enjoy your own MP3s and atrac3 files straight from your memory stick’s MUSIC directory. Cpasjuste also notes,

“this has been tested on a 3.90 M33-3 slim PSP, WITHOUT the fatmsmod patch applied.”

If you are using a lower firmware please upgrade.

 Download

Changes:

Uses the 3.93 kernel

Same ol' same ol' custom firmware features.

Ability to use the normal recovery inside the XMB by pressing the HOME button:

• When in the recovery, the system is suspended, and you can change all options directly.
• All options work immediately, there is no need to reboot
• Ability to make a Pandora battery from the recovery, read and restore the EEPROM, etc. Providing that the motherboard supports it.
• Ability to hide the MAC address in System Information, if you do so, the MAC will show visually as all 0’s.
• Ability to save the savegames in normal format, rather then encrypted (only functions in March33 and Sony NP9960 mode).

• The native 3.93 pops isn’t as good as the previous pops; therefore hopefully the popsloader will get updated to support 3.93.

1.50 Kernel:

• Install kernel 1.50 on a PSP Fat. To use the 1.50 kernel for an application, you will DEFINATELY need to put the kernel to 1.50, even if the application is in the GAME150 directory. If you change the kernel in VSH Recovery, you’ll still need a reboot.
• The new recovery has these two asked features:
  • Suspend device
  • Shutdown device

Keep in mind that a just newly release CFW is like a box of chocolates, you never know watcha' gunnu get! It's up to you and you only if you want to take the risk and upgrade.

WARNING!!!

DO NOT LEAVE YOUR PSP UNATTENDED WHILE DOING THIS UPDATE, YOU WILL NEED TO PRESS "X" RIGHT AFTER THE SONY INSTALLER IS OVER OR ELSE YOU WILL GET A BRICK!

Download: http://www.psp-hacks.com/file/1460

1.50 kernel: http://www.psp-hacks.com/file/1461

 PSP users that also love their Nintendo 64 have been using Daedalus for some time. While riddled with minor bugs and issues that rendered some games unplayable, games like Super Mario 64 functioned well on the emulator. R14, the next release, currently in it's beta stages, has numerous new features and fixes made to improve functionality.

Changelog:  

The beta is too unstable to be released yet, but the future looks promising for N64 players. Stick around for more information on the application and it's release. [source: QJ.net]

New for 3.95:

A new option for playing PlayStation® format software has been added. You can now select [Custom] for the assignment pattern under [Assign Buttons].

You can now choose either [Quit and Turn Off the PS3™ System] or [Quit Without Turning Off the PS3™ System] after you select [Quit Remote Play].

"On its online instruction manuals, Sony Computer Entertainment has a few images for use as labels. There's one for the original PSP-1000 series (click here), and another for the current PSP-2000 series (click here). However, curiously there's also a placeholder image for the logical next-step: the PSP-3000 series (click here).

The availability of the PSP-3000 image on the PlayStation site shouldn't come as a signal that a redesign is impending -- it's clear that Sony plans on revising the hardware through its supposed ten year life cycle. However, it does seem to display a bit too much forethought from the web designers that created and uploaded this image. How long will it take before we hear rumblings of yet another PSP redesign?"

So maybe a PSP Super Slim? This will bring out a lot of speculation to the PSP scene. The most "logical" thing I can think of is a PSP Phone. 

arpaagent came by our forums earlier today, and announced his release of VisMP3 Media Library / Visualizer v0.1.2. This amazing psp homebrew app lets you visualize your music as you listen to it. It also lets you customize your listening experience with fully customizeable sound settings and speeds. It also has some nice eyecatching backgrounds! check it out!

Homebrew developer Yellow_Rain dropped this unofficial patch, based on the most recent custom firmware released by Dark AleX, it contains a reversed and updated popcorn.prx. Also, a hex-edited vshctrl.prx and a new GetVersion opcode were both updated in this new build. The developer has tested and confirmed that CFW 3.93 M33 works for both the classic and Slim PSP. Please take note that it only flashes the changed modules, so make sure that you have CFW 3.90 M33-2 installed on your psp before running the patch.

Download

 Now to the "how do I do it?!"part. 

1. Boot to the custom firmware recovery console (hold R-Trigger when booting)
2. Browse to Configuration and set “Fake region” to Europe
3. Back, then Exit
4. Select the Go!Messenger icon, download and install the client
5. Connect PSP via USB or use something like PSP Filer
6. Copy (don’t move) PSP/APP/ULES00856 to PSP/GAME/ULES00856; keep a copy of DATA.DRM in PSP/APP/ULES00856
7. Reset your region back to your choice (using the recovery console)
8. Launch Go!Messenger from the game menu and enjoy!

If you would like to share your username with our members you can talk about it in our forums. 

• Added new levels (11-20)
• wall-kick has been changed to only work against a wall
  
• I beam wall kick has been disabled.
• Fixed a memory link so that the score can surpass 99,999 points
  

That's pretty much it. To download Dragula's TetriAbetes, a highly recommended download compared to PSP Tetris, click the link below.

Download: TetriAbetes v.1.43

Ok, get this... Time Baby is capable of a slew of features. First of all, it looks somewhat old-school which helps appeal to its charm. More importantly though, it can set the time precisely on a PSP with a GPS connection which now makes 3 ways to set the PSP time (manual/ wifi/ GPS)... but that's not all. Time Baby also will speak the time out loud at the touch of a button like many higher-end table clocks will do. But there's even more. It will also play your music files. But... you guessed it, there's more on top of that. There is also an alarm clock feature that can wake the PSP from suspend or standby mode(s). And still there's more. Every sunrise you'll even hear a rooster sound! But there's STILL ONE MORE THING! Time Baby can be used as the first-ever PSP heart rate monitor. "Wait a minute, did he just say that right? Heart monitor?" - YES, a heart monitor. If you don't believe me just take a look at the screen shot below or use the link below to download this file (courtesy of Exophase) or visit Art's link at the bottom for more information about this program.

Download: Time Baby

Sources: Exophase , Art

Similar to BOOSTER’s DevHook; TimeMachine loads previous official/custom firmwares

off the memory stick using a Pandora battery and custom IPLs.

The timemachine is useful to run software that is not supported anymore, and also as a way of booting psp’s even if the internal firmware is destroyed. It can also be useful for developers to test their homebrew in different firmwares.

The packaged readme details the available installation options, usage, known problems and considerations; I strongly encourage you to read that over before you begin.

Find all the necessary firmwares here (official), and here (custom).

TimeMachine v0.1 currently supports the following:

• Original 1.50 — can only be loaded on the phat
• 1.50 with some 3.40 hw modules — can be loaded on both, phat and slim
• 3.40 OE — can only be loaded on phat
• 3.60 M33 — can only be loaded on slim

Other firmwares are said to be added in the future.

download

if you didnt notice there is mention of "TimeMachine" this app will be able to allow slim users to run homebrew on the 1.50 kernel, this is not out yet

source:qj.net

download the: Ez-install

check out our downloads for the update.

what you should know.

3.80 M33 Changes:

• HEN core: user mode can load now signchecked files from flash.
• recovery: flash1 format will create flash1 directories after format. This could fix some flash1 issues with the previous versions.
• network update from dark-alex.org page. By default is enabled. You can turn it off in recovery (when off, network update will download sony updates as usual).
• Nids resolver for various kernel libraries.

Users should note: “…popsloader plugin from 3.71 will not work in 3.80 M33 due to its system dependency. A new one will be rewritten for 3.80 M33.”

Update: Dark_AleX has quickly corrected a few issues; thus releasing 3.80 M33-2!

• Function scePowerGetClockFrequency / scePowerGetClockFrequencyInt was not resolved properly due to confusion between two nids applying to the same function. Fixed, this update is necessary for plugins and kernel homebrew reporting PSP CPU speed.
• PSX EBOOT.PBP that have an icon of 80×80 pixels will not be replaced by Dracula icon in savedata.

(also a 1.50 kernal is not yet avalible)

my ez-install is now up: download

PSP Phone?

• It's Free Software - In Both The Beer, And Speech Senses.
• You Can Use It Anywhere In The World, Subject To Signing-up To A Suitable Local Sip-based Voice-over-ip Provider And Being Near A Usable Wifi Access Point. In Many Countries, You Can Find Those For Free Or Nearly-free - E.g. With Sipgate, In The Uk, You Can Call To Your Psp From Any Standard Phone (Landline Or Cellphone) For Just The Standard Local Call Cost, And From Psp To Another Sip Phone (Another Psp Or A Pc) For Free.
• It Runs On Both Slim And Fat Psps.
• It Uses Open Standards, For Maximum Compatibility With Other Phone Systems.
• You Can Use A Go!cam (Chotto Shot), Talkman Microphone, Or Socom-style Headset For Audio Input. (And Even If You Don't Have Any Of Those, You Can Still Send Audio From A Wav File In A Pinch).

Brewology Staff

Ok this is a little old but still a good find. This is the end of the "pandora creation". It will install all the needed files to the memory card for you.

• It will work for both slim and fat psps
  
• It can recognize what kind of psp is being used and will only allow the correct programes to be used.
• You can make and unmake Pandora batteries
• Direct install of 3.52M33-4
• Direct install of 3.71M33-2 (with 1.50 kernel for fat psps)
• Full 1.50 boot from memory stick
• Downgrade for fat psp's to 1.50
• A bunch of tools (key cleaner, nandtool, ect...)

tutorial

An interesting thread started by Mathieulh indicates custom firmware 3.80 M33 is in the works. Furthermore, the possibility of a 3rd generation PSP model could be under development too… Have a read:

While working on the future 3.80M33, we found a VERY interesting string in the IPL’s playload: “/kd/pspbtcnf_03g.bin”

For those who do not understand here is a bit of history:

since 2.71 and especially in 2.80, we could see a string refering to pspbtcnf_02g which suggested the support of a new hardware or at least of a new operative mode. Later with the slim release we found out that the slim’s codename was this infamous 02g (proably standing for second generation) and that it used the _02g modules as well as pspbtcnf_02g.bin. It means that they worked on slim firmware/kernel for months before the actual hardware was announced/released.

We believe it is the same with the 3rd generation hardware which they are now preparing for sure. Will it be yet another lighter (and pandora proof) psp or will it be the new psp phone? Time will tell

- source: lan.st

Thats right! It's here,sonys new firmware update. Take a look at what it has to offer but remember if you update to this firmware you will lose the ability to play hombrew. So just wait untill the next M33 or HX version comes out.

3.80 changes:

• The function [Radio via Internet] has been added under [Network].
• The import of channels OPML format is now possible under [RSS Channel].
• Pictures can now be displayed under [RSS Channel].
• New visualization effects were added to the viewer under [Music].
• Support for PLAYSTATION®Network titles has been expanded

If you want to download it here is the link download

i also just found some more info on slim and lite updates on the japan site

Update: A quick Popsloader bug fix:

• When selecting a firmware for a multidisc game, the setting was remembered for any other multidisc game too. Fixed.

The M33-4 package below contains the corrected ’seplugins/popsloader.prx’ file.

M33-4 & Popsloader changelog:

• Bugfix: Multidisc psx games bought in the psn store would not work due to the format being different and M33 treating them as decrypted games.
• Added support for decrypted multidisc psx games created with popstation_md (supplied with this release).
• Bugfix: Games without compression had sound issues when using 3.72 pops. Fixed.
• Added support for multidisc px games created with popstation_md. Note: multi disc games will only work in 3.71 and 3.72 pops. Previous pops will exit to the xmb with generic error 0×80000004 when attempting to run multidisc games.

• HERE is the Download Link
• Then a BUG FIX to the popsloader in 3.71M33-4

Word has been released that Sony Japan will be sending out a new firmware update bringing it's users to 3.80. Well, this usually means that a firmware update will soon follow for our systems as well. Scheduled for release only a week away on the 18th, the new update will bring the following additions... (Translated)

• SARAGETCHU Zarzal blitz (Trial version and wallpaper)
• Anywhere with - Let's school! PSP Greatest Hits (Trial, wallpaper, a promotional video)
• LocoRoco (Loco Loco) PSP Greatest Hits (Trial version and wallpaper)
• SARUGETCHU PIPOSARURESA PSP Greatest Hits (Trial)
• Brave habit to actual trendy (Trial)

Dark Alex seems to have another fresh batch of homebrew goodness on its way to add as a nice stocking stuffer for PSP owners who enjoy playing PS1 games on their portable consoles. Now for this particular version of popsloader, it is said that...

 Essentially, this means that when converting multi-disc PSone games for use with custom firmware on the PSP, users will be able to store and compress all the data into one EBOOT file, rather than building a separate EBOOT file for each disc."

This is definately a must have for all PS1 gamers. Keep checking back for updates and further information on its release date.

A new PSP Firmware Update is now available via Network Update and linked below. Thus far, only one familiar change is listed in the changelog:

Not an exciting update, although it means more PSN titles for PSP are forthcoming which will likely require Firmware 3.73. Additionally, Service Mode has been confirmed as working and PSAR Dumper decrypts everything for those wondering.

Download Official 3.73 Firmware here

** This will make you lose ALL homebrew compatibility. 

Graphixbrew's Official Signature Contest - Details

Did you ever make a signature that was breath-taking? Or have you ever wanted to make one?
Well now you can enter that sig and get it judged, At
Graphixbrew's First Official Signature Contest. See below for details

Prizes
1st Place gets

-Custom title (a reasonable one)  **MAYBE**
-mentioned on the front page
-Custom Userbar

2nd Place gets

-mentioned on the front page
-custom userbar

3rd Place gets

-custom userbar
=====OR=====
-Mentioned on the front page



Rules
1. No ripping, you will be disqualified and banned if you do.
2. It has to be your own work
3. Must not exceed 530x150 Pixels
4. This is a freestyle Contest
5. Renders and C4D's May be used
6. All material in the renders must be appropriate for viewers under 18.
7. No racial or sexual content
8. You may ONLY submit ONE signature

Contest starts November 25th, 2007 and ends December 20th.

Enter HERE

We MIGHT be able to issue custom titles, however if we cannot, we will have a different prize for you.

Dont have Photoshop or a decent paint program? if so PM ME.

• Fixed a critical bug in the iR Shell firmware patch which results in unable to launch UMD in XMB and also causes various incompatibility issues with other homebrew apps & seplugins. Just apply the new patch and all issues will be resolved.
• Fixed a bug in Contact Menu which wouldn't allow you to choose "Select" or "Start" menu items.

Those who grabbed iR Shell v3.8 only need to download a small file loaded with update files. For everyone else, AhMan provided a full download of v3.81 with all the greatness of iR Shell intact. Minus the bugs, of course. Oh, and don't forget to read the readme.

So here is the download links.

**Fixed. Thanks AdventWolf

3.81 update (for IRshell 3.80 users)

3.81 Full Update 

For those who dont know what this little app is. It is great app for unlocking the full power of the PSP, adding tons of features, from using the PSP to control your TV and DVD player, to MP3 alarms. This is a most have app for all homebrew users.

Any way there is a ton of new features, as well as a lot of bug fixes. And the best part is that it also runs of the PSP slim! Along with these other host of features from the change log:

* Supports the latest M33 firmwares across both Phat & Slim. Slim users can choose among 3.60M33, 3.71M33-1 to 3.71M33-3.
* PSOne 2-Player Adhoc Support.
* Introduces a new Context Menu System. Functions (plugins) under context menu will always be available to all file types, similar to the right mouse menu click under Windows.
* Added a new Multi-tasking PRX Plugin System. This allows user written PRX Plugins for iR Shell to multi-task with another game/app. The included PRX HTML/Text Viewer developed by korDen allows you to view HTML & Text documents while playing games or homebrews..
* With the help from Dark_AleX, support to M33 & NP9660 No UMD Modes have been added. NetHostFS & UsbHostFS are also available for the No UMD modes.
* Added support to the latest Popsloader for 3.71M33-3 by Dark_AleX.
* Allow random start of MP3 for the alarm clock function, so you'll be greeted with different tunes each morning.
* Added the options to put your PSP to auto-sleep while idle to save battery.
* Allows you to press Hot-Key to turn off/on all LEDs. The annonying memory stick or WiFi LEDs will no longer distract you from watching your favorite video/movie.
* Support TV-Out for Slim via component cable.
* Added the display of volume bar for PSP main volume in iR Shell.
* plus numerous bug fixes.

Now something to note is that all the features that work on the fat PSP, should also work on the slim (With the exception of the Infra-Red remote)

With that said give this great app a try.

Thanks to forum member blackmage for the heads up!

Download: IR Shell 3.8

This is great news for all of us who use custom firmwares from the M33 team.

This new was posted at lan.st by user Mathieulh, and here is what he had to say:

"Not quite a surprise but I rather make it official, after much reflexion Alex decided to go on with the M33 project, although you should not expect as regular updates as there used to be, for instance the M33 will be updated to future kernels only when believed necessary, thus no 3.72M33 planned (we are waiting on future official firmwares and keep improving M33's features from now on.)
About the releases you should either check the m33 website, exophase.com, the maxconsole forums, Dark_Alex's website or the lan.st forums, or any other news site you see fit (although the previous ones are likely the ones that are getting update the sooner)

If you have any improvements idea feel free to notice us about those, also if you wish to participate actively in M33 and wish to share code to the project, you shall allways contact us (or at least me by mail at mathieulh@gmail.com (checked daily) if you have any trouble in contacting Alex)

Cheers"

Well this is great new for the homebrew scene, and hopfully we will be able to see some more great M33 custom firmwares some time in the near future!

Alright, we just got our hands on custom firmware 3.72 HX-2. And now it gets even better, yes its the 1.5 kernel add-on by developer Dark_Moon!

Ok guys, what this little tool does is help us unlock our PSP's even more. For those of you who dont know, a lot of homebrew is made in the 1.5 kernel, now when first installed 3.72 HX-2 DOESNT have that kernel. BUT thats where this comes in, its the kernel add-on!

Ok so here are some notes by Dark_Moon, and also how to install this.

Instructions :

1. When you have installed the firmware 3.71 m33 and the kernel addon download this file and open MS_ROOT. Then copy the PSP folder to the root of your memory stick.
2. Run the app, and press Square. Now the program will start to dump the addon. The dump is on ms0:/psp/game/update/km. Copy the km folder to your hd.
3. Install 3.72 HX. Later copy again the PSP folder that contain this app to the root of your memory stick.
4. Connect the USB (Flash0) and copy the backup done before in the root of the flash0. Run de app again and press X. It will copy the reboot150.prx and all will be done!

So there you go, now guys before you use this be warned that this can be unsafe to try if you are not careful. So read the instructions carefully and enjoy.

Download: 3.72 HX-2 kernel add-on

Yup guys thats right it seems that _HellDashX_ has giving us a update on his custom firmware.

There are a lot of changes that have been made this time around, the underclocking has gotten easier, and there are now two updaters to keep you from all the messing around with the PSP from last time. But thats not all, just take a look at the change log.

• Contains the latest 3.71 M33-3 changes.
• The file vshctrl.prx IS NOT the one from Dark_AleX,It's coded by me after reversing it 100%.
• The exported functions from the vshctrl.prx are the same like the 3.71 M33-3 SDK,plus two more:
• int vctrlVSHEraseIsoCache(con st char* path) -> Lets you erase the cache from an iso created by the CF.
• If the parameter is empty "",it will erase the whole cache,not just from one iso.
• The iso cache will not be created in the memorystick. It will be in the flash1.I made this function to test stuff faster.Gives a 0 if it deletes correctly else it will give -1.
• int vctrlVSHMakeCFDirs() -> Lets you create the custom firmware directories,in case you dont have them(GAME150,GAME372...) in the memstick.Good if you have a pandora memstick and cant format the ms but dont want to create all directories by hand.
• Only one vshctrl.prx for both psp models.In 3.71 M33-3 and others there was a vshctrl for the fat and an other one for the slim because they have slight changes.This new vshctrl will detect if you got SLIM or FAT.
• Other non important changes in the code.
  

So with that said a few other thing to note, since with this update there are two updaters make sure you get them right.

The mini updater is for those of you who are at 3.72 HX-1, and the full updater if this is you first time using the firmware.

So make sure you use the right one, also its a good idea to read all notes that come with this firmware.

So with that said give _HellDashX_ a great big thanks and enjoy.

Download: 3.72 HX-2

Wow, it has been a while since we last heard from DAX but here is some news from him. We now have update 3 of some of his latest work. It has fixed some of the major issues people have been complaining about and most of all, it shows DAX might be around a little while longer.  

 3.71 might not have the best themes yet but i hate seen some that are pretty nice.  So, time to get out your PSP to upgrade.

Thanks  majik2007 for the heads up.

Requirements:
- 3.71 M33 1 or 2

Installation:
Copy the update folder to /PSP/GAME/UPDATE and run it.

Changes:

- Fixed a bug in access to flash by usb.
- HEN core: kernel prx's with syscall exports work again.
- PSP Slim: programmers can set the size of user memory to 52 MB by using a sfo flag. Check sample in sdk for usage.
- March33 NO-UMD driver:
* Fixed a bug that could hang the psp when exiting with home.
* Fixed compatibility issue with Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles, and maybe more games.
- Vshmenu: it wasn't displaying properly with psp slim TV-OUT due to the change of resolution.Fixed.


Included with the release is a new version of popsloader:

Requirements:

- 3.71 M33-3 or higher (until sony makes it not to work again :p). It won't work in prior versions of 3.71 M33, because it needs a function from 3.71 M33-3.

Changes:

- Support for 3.71 and 3.72 pops has been added. Note that 3.71 however will not appear in the list in 3.71 M33 as it is not necessary.

List of files needed for each version:

3.00-3.03: kd/popsman.prx, kd/meaudio.prx, kd/pops.prx, vsh/module/pafmini.prx
3.10-3.30: kd/popsman.prx, kd/pops.prx, vsh/module/pafmini.prx
3.40-3.72: kd/popsman.prx, kd/pops.prx, vsh/module/pafmini.prx, vsh/module/libpspvmc.prx

The files must be decrypted. (use square in psardumper). Support for encrypted&packed files is planned for the future.

3.71 M33-3 plus popsloader Download

3.71 M33-1 Download

Alright guys there is now a new firmware out! This time around you might not be thanking DAX. But think again, this new firmware has been reverse engineered for DAX custom firmware.

But thanks to _HellDashX_ this version has a 3.72 in the name. 3.72 HX-1.

Alright guys here is a little info about the firmware from the official thread of the release.

"First of all,a big thanks to Dark_alex

Thanks to him I learned alot.

After reversing the whole 3.71 M33-2 custom firmware(you can have a prove if you want),
and knowing that Dax is retired,I decided to release the custom firmware.

The Recovery is the old one,soon update will come with new one,my own.

Not much changed from 3.71 to 3.72 so I just had to adapt the code to the new firmware.

The updater is the same as Dax's(all reversed by me,too).
No 1.5 kernel included.

INSTALATION

Put the eboot and the umodule.prx in the folder PSP/GAME/UPDATE and put the oficial 3.72 eboot with the name 372.PBP in the same folder.

The sony code will install 3.72, when it says to press X,You MUST PRESS X.DONT SHUTDOWN!

IF YOU DONT PRESS X YOU WILL BRICK!.

Tested on PSP Fat 3.71 M33-1 and 3.71 M33-2 same for SLIM.



Again thanks to Dark_Alex (for the good time) and Coolj for being my good betatester.

_HellDashX_"

Ok with that said lets all give a big thaks to _HellDashX_ ,and also DAX, And Coolj.

(Also i great big thanks to mice R nice ~(_"> for the heads up )

So why not give this new firmware a try!

Alright, like the title says its out! After a somewhat long wait we can now all enjoy this great emulator, and even with savesstates!

Here is the info about the release straight from StrnmNrmn's blog.

"The most significant new feature is savestate support. You can now save your progress at any point, via the Pause Menu (accessed through hitting the Select button). Savestates are written out to the memory stick, and consume around a megabyte per slot. You can load up a savestate at any time from the Pause Menu, or via the front end (hit the right shoulder button to swap from the rom list to the savestate list.)

Other than savestates, the most significant change in R13 is a number of optimisations to the dynarec core which should give a 10-20% speedup depending on the title being played. I've tested these optimisations as much as I can, but if you find that roms which worked with R12 are now broken, try disabling 'dynamic recompilation' and/or 'dynarec stack optimisation' from the rom's preferences screen.

I haven't looked at compatibility at all in R13, so it's unlikely that any roms will have started working in R13.

I'm interested to hear your feedback on both of these features. Let me know if you have any problems with savestates, or if you've found roms are no longer working in R13. I'll try and keep on top of the comments pages over the next couple of weeks.

It's taken a LOT longer to get R13 out than I had hoped. I can't quite belive the last release was in June! I'm hoping now I've got this release out of the door I'll be able to get back to making small, more frequent releases."

Ok with that said here are the download links so you can l enjoy this great new update, for this already great emulator

For PSP kernel 1.5: Download

For PSP kernel 1.0: Download

Deadalus R13 seems to be just a few hours away

Yup is seems StrmnNrmn has just posted in his blog to announce that, if all goes well, his Daedalus R13 Nintendo 64 homebrew emulator on the PSP will finally be released tomorrow! Yes!

StrmnNrmn is done with the last few save state features he's been working on. There is just a little testing and such before a release! if all goes well he'll be listing the changelog and related notes by tomorrow. Along with a download!

We will keep this updated and post as soon as there is a offical release.

Keep your fingures crossed and hopfully we will have a chance to play some N64 tommorrow!

That's right. It seems sony has rolled out the newest version of PSP firmware.

and heres what we have got as for changes with this new version

(Thanks to bkfraiders7 for the change list)

**You can now set a theme under [Theme Settings].

• The home menu color, background and icons for XMB™ (XrossMediaBar) will change, based on the theme that is selected.

• New for 3.72: Support for PLAYSTATION ®Network titles has been expanded.

*** this update is now ready to download over at the official psp website. Remember, updating to this firmware will cause all homebrew not to work anymore.(bkfraiders7)

Alright guys so enjoy this update or, more then likely a custom firmware will likely follow suit.

First go out and buy yourself another battery. This is because after you do this your battery will not work anymore. Make sure your new battery says "MADE IN CHINA" since sony is now shipping "un-pandorable" making batterys that dont allow you to convert it.

Next make sure you have some soldering knowledge, and you are on your way. 

Take a look at these pictures and with one soldering of a wire you have now made a Pandora BATTERY without the need of another psp.

PSP FAT BATTERY 

PSP Slim Battery

Thanks to Darkpacman77 on this site for the idea and thanks to psp-hacks for giving this information. 

 ***you don't need a second PSP to make the memory stick  correctly AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A CARD READER for your computer.

This is an Prx plugin file was made by Coolj but he also gives credit for some of the code to Team tOc and _HellDashX_.

Now for those of you who havent heard about this plugin, what it does, is hide the UMD update icon, thus making it so you can not update off a UMD.

So for those of of us who might not want it there so that we cant make a mistake, or maybe have a friend or family member who might, and end up with an updated PSP slim this is great!

So what said give this great Prx a try

Download:Anti Update Prx

That's right, thanks to this new release from Tabula those of you who are on 3.71 M33 too can now enjoy the this great Prx.

This update you not only get the ability to run this Prx on 3.71 m33 but also its been reported to work with the slim PSP!

Now before you get to crazy with joy, please take note that this is a beta version and there are quite alot of error reports.Here is a small list of bugs reported by users.

*This keeps freezing my PSP after switching songs a few times... Also, every time I try and access Music from actual memory stick option, and try and play a song, instantly freezes up.
* it crash with VSH menu when pressing NOTE|SELECT. And it crash with Cwcheat..after u enter the game..no way out..
* It only works while i am playing. Is not working in the internet or xmb.
* psp crashes after 5 musics....

But not to worry this is still a beta and bugs can be fixed.

This particular release is for version 2, which will hopefully fix the reported music/video player problems.

Now for those of you who might want to try this out, we strong suggest that you read the readme first to get an idea of how .

With that said enjoy this great release.

Download:Music Prx for 3.71 M33 (Beta)

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For all who haven't heard, yes, AhMan has updated his famous IR-Shell to 3.7 now. This works for FAT PSP OWNERS only. You have to have a CFW (works with 3.71 M33) or 1.50. Here are some key changes..

* Added support for M33 3.71 CFW for PSP Fat.
* Screen redirection via Tyranid's remotejoy. UMD Game compatibility has also been enhanced and save/load dialogue boxes will no longer crash. Thanks to Tyranid for making this possible.
* 2 Player PSOne games via usbhostfs/nethostfs keypad direction using 2 PC joysticks/keyboard. Screen redirection via remotejoy is also supported for PSone games.
* Support for M33 popsloader when IR Shell running under M33 3.52 CFW. Only the latest verion popsloader is supported (that is, the one for pops from 3.00 to 3.52). All other previous versions of popsloader won't work with IR Shell. If you're running IR Shell under M33 3.71, the "POP Version" setting in IR Configurator is ignored. This is due to popsloader currently doesn't work with M33 3.71 due to changing NIDs by Sony.
* Support for M33 UMD Video ISO feature under IR Shell File Browser. This will also work with USBHostFS & NETHostFS. Again, for legally owned backups only.
* The number of iR Shell EBOOTs for various firmwares have been consolidated into just 2. One for firmware 1.5, and the other for firmware 2.x/3.x. This should make it earier for users.
* A new autoboot seplugin is introduced to replace the old "irsfw30x.prx". This plugin will work under all firmware versions, including 3.71.

To download this new IR-Shell click here.

Make sure to read the readme file included.

For beginners who don’t know what IR-Shell is, it's a multimedia application that allows you to listen to music, view pictures, launch homebrew, view memory stick files, and even copy and paste files. There is also a lot more this nifty app can do. You can set it to where you launch it from XMB or even launch before the XMB is booted up.

• There was a bug that caused corruption when writing files of more than 32256 bytes using usb flash. The bug has been corrected, and now the implementation is as reliable as it was when it was based on 1.50 kernel. (tested with a full restoration of a dump)
• Psp Slim: a functionality to let the charge of battery when connecting a usb cable has been added. This feature is based on Noobz plugin code. By default is not enabled, you can enable it in recovery. Note that the charge of battery may be delayed some seconds since the moment you plug the cable.
• After installing this update, program at /PSP/GAME/UPDATE will always be executed on 3.71 kernel, despite configuration.
• VSHMenu: vshmenu will not be executed when onscreen keyboard is active, to avoid the lost of the select button function in the keyboard. An option to reset the psp has been added.
• VSH plugins are not longer executed anymore in recovery mode, that was the cause of pseudo-bricks.

Also, a bug that sometimes crashes the PSP upon coming out of sleep mode has also been fixed. Be warned though, two bugs still exist - those, however, are Sony's fault. It's a little illegal to edit Sony's code to fix their error, so I expect that this will be fixed officially by Sony with a new firmware release, but you never know. Download this by clicking the link below, which was uploaded by eckounltd .

Download: Custom Firmware M33-2

Download: Click here

This will bring your PSP's firmware version to 3.71. Because of this, you will need the following files in order for this to work.

Despertar Cementerio Unbricker

Firmware 1.50 (US)

Firmware 3.40 (US)

Firmware 3.71 - available at Sony.com.

Well here it is folks, 3.71 Custom Firmware fresh on a platter. Yes, you've also read correctly...Team M33 is infact Dark_Alex. Rumor has spread rampant about "who figured it out first", but on the brew, our own forum member, bkfraiders7, was the member who brought this to light. Aparently for this release youll need to be at 3.52 M33-3 or 3.52 M33-4 on the fat PSP's or 3.60 M33 on the slim PSP's before being able to upgrade to the 3.71 custom firmware. Now that we have that out of the way, lets get into the details of this release...

3.71 M33 by M33=Dark_AleX

Changes in 3.71 M33:

- Now uses 3.71
- VSH Menu is not longer launched using HOME key, but using SELECT now. This is to not
interfere with the XMB function of home, which is now more useful in this firmware.
- Psp Slim: umdcache was allocating memory even when homebrew was launched, wasting
memory that homebrew programs may want to use. Now umdcache module is stopped before
it can allocate any memory, only in the case homebrew is launched.

Also, memory is unprotected for user memory usage by M33 core (only when homebrew is launched).
Developer, for a sample of how to use the extra memory, see the extra ram sample of the M33 sdk.

- Both version boot now from 3.XX ipl, and are independent of 1.50.

The main installer will not install 1.50 kernel anymore.
A 1.50 kernel addon for 3.71 M33 that will install inside 3.71 M33 will be released in a
few days (for fat only)

Note: due to some changes in kernel nids by Sony, you can expect a lot of kernel plugins not working anymore.
Programmers: refer to the sdk readme for details.

As always, make sure to follow the instructions that come with this package and take notice to its warnings as neither I or any members of pspbrew.com will take responsibility for your misfortunes.

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With this new tool, you will be able to use a battery that you've converted to be used as a Pandora's Battery, as the primary battery. Before, trying to power a PSP unit on with the Pandora's Battery inserted was a joke. You weren't able to power the PSP without help from the AC cord. Now, what this little tool does, is write an IPL to the memory stick pro duo which allows the XMB to be booted into properly without having to revert the Pandora's Battery back to a normal battery. Useful? - yes, and also no. No because the battery will only work in your PSP with YOUR memory stick pro duo... but that may also be a good thing as well. Have a little brother or sister that bother you and try to use your PSP all of the time? Not a problem! Just take out your memory stick from the PSP and that sucker won't even turn on! Of course, it may be a bit of a hassle, but for those of you that may want to stick with your Pandora's Battery, at least now you have another option.

It's important to note that you should not install this on a memory stick that you used during the creation of the "magic memory stick". Also, 32mb memory sticks are not compatible with this. Make sure to READ ALL DOCUMENTATION CAREFULLY before installing this tool. Since we don't have this in our downloads section yet, just pick it up at any neighboring PSP hacking website.

Team M33 comes through again with another win for the homebrew scene. This is the first custom firmware ever made for the PSP Slim. Anyhow, here are the release notes for Custom firmware 3.60 for the Slim...

• We are proud to present the first custom firmware for the PSP Slim, and the first custom firmware that runs using a 3.XX IPL (3.60).
• 3.60 M33 for PSP Slim has all the features of 3.52 M33, except the 1.50 kernel support, as that kernel doesn't work properly on psp slim (hardware problems, screen problems). 3.60 M33 will load homebrew from GAME, GAME150 and GAME360 directories, but all will be executed with 3.60 kernel.
• This mean that some homebrews done specifically for the 1.50 kernel cannot work on 3.60 M33. However, the adaptation of code to 2.XX+ kernels is not difficult, and homebrew developers can port their aplications to work in these firmwares.

As always, make sure to follow the instructions that come with this package and take notice to its warnings as neither I or any members of pspbrew.com will take responsibility for your misfortunes.

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More great news arrives from Team M33. This new version of Popsloader is compatable on all current custom firmwares released to date (with the exception of the new 3.60 M33 for PSP Slim). For those of you who have been living in the dark, popsloader is basically a PSOne emulator for your PSP. Anyways, without further ado, here are the release details...

• Added the remaining pops: 3.00-3.03
  • These pops require the following modules: kd/meaudio.prx kd/popsman.prx kd/pops.prx and vsh/module/pafmini.prx. As always, they go in seplugins/popsloader directory with the naming meaudio3xx.prx, popsman3xx.prx etc.
• Added compatibility between savedata <= 3.30 and those of 3.40 and higher.
  • The thing works like this: If you have been playing in for example 3.52 pops, and then you select a pops from 3.00-3.30, popsloader will automatically convert the savedata into the old format.
  • The reverse operation, from old format to new format, will be done by Sony code with a confirmation dialog.

• popsloader plugin work in 3.51 M33, 3.52 M33 and..... 3.60 M33 for PSP slim. Coming soon.

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As promised, Fanjita and Team Noobz have delivered a downgrader and homebrew enabler (HEN) for 3.11 firmware users. In order to run the downgrader/HEN, you will require a European or US version of Lumines. It is also noted that this release will fix the problem with idstorage issues that disallowed TA-082 - TA-086 motherboards from upgrading past 3.30 on official firmwares.

Anyways, to clarify the details of this release a little bit more, heres what you can accomplish with this package...

This release consists of HEN for v3.11,  plus a v3.11 downgrader, and an idstorage key fixer for v3.11.  This allows you the choice of either

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- Buy Lumines

As read here , Fanjita is leaving for a few reasons. The main reason, as one would assume, is that a bond of trust between Fanjita and his partners was broken before the release of Pandora's Battery. No word is out as to who is responsible for the "betrayal of trust" that Fanjita describes in his "rant". Furthermore, he is leaving for more personal reasons. If you've been following his more personal life, you should know that he is entering into the realm of fatherhood and not only that, but he has a couple projects that he'd like to finish up and then be through with the PSP scene. Apparently, Fanjita is finishing up those last projects and then is leaving the homebrew scene for good.

We at PSPBrew would like to thank and also congratulate Fanjita on his various projects which enhanced the homebrew experience for thousands of PSP users worldwide. Fanjita is most well-known for his hand in the creation of the e-loader which enabled homebrew for those 2.xx users who hadn't previously had it, as well as his genius in the aid of the Pandora's Battery project. Farewell Fanjita, you will be missed.

This is a monumental day for the homebrew community as Team Noobz and Team C&D have released a program entitled "Pandora's Battery" which allows you to unbrick a psp. What this program does is turn your normal PSP battery into a "Jigkick Battery" and a regular 256mb memory stick pro duo into a "Magic Stick". These are the tools Sony themselves use to unbrick PSP's. Before you start though, you'll probably want to use a spare battery and a 256mb memory stick pro duo for this because you wont be able to use them for normal gameplay after the conversion has been completed. Here's some of the notes and restrictions packaged in the readme...

NOTES AND RESTRICTIONS

- The firmware in the Memory Stick is not a full 1.50, but a minimal
  subset. Therefore, not all applications (such as flashers, or
  recovery apps) will load.

- Only Memory Stick Pro Duo are compatible. Memory Stick Duo
  (e.g. 32MB sticks) are not supported.

- The IDStorage cannot be totally restored, as there is no known way
  to regenerate it properly.

- It is strongly RECOMMENDED to make a flash dump of the PSP before
  any downgrading operation.

- There might be a BSOD at the end of the downgrade. This is normal,
  and happens on the standard downgraders.

- All hardware revisions known at this day are supported.

- This release contains no Sony-copyrighted material.  All required
  Sony data is generated from the v1.50 update files.

Many thanks to...

- All work done by the Prometheus team aka Team C+D:

  Adrahil (VoidPointer)
  Booster
  Cswindle (Caretaker)
  Dark_AleX (Malyot)
  Ditlew
  Fanjita (FullerMonty)
  Joek2100 (CosmicOverSoul)
  Jim
  Mathieulh (WiseFellow)
  Nem (h1ckeyph0rce)
  Psp250
  Skylark
  TyRaNiD (bockscar)

- With thanks to everyone who has contributed to the PSPSDK, without which
  nothing would have been possible.

For further information and instructions on how to use this program refer to the readme file included in the download.

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- Easy Installer

- Installation Tutorial

PSPBrew is proud to announce their first Game Review and Referal Contest.

As the title of the implies, this contest will be focusing on the aspects of PSP game reviews as well as member referals. Naturally, the person with the most points at the end of the contest wins. Read on for more details...

The contest rules are as follows:
1. You may submit as many reviews as you like.           

2. You must use the template provided for your reviews.
3. Your reviews must comply with our forum rules.

4. Your review must be of a PSP game title.

Our rating system goes as follows:
1. For each review you will receive 10 points.
2. For every full 3 reviews you submit, you will receive an additional 20 points.
3. If your review is good, you will receive an additional 10 points.

Our referal system goes as follows:
1. For each person you refer to the site you will receive 10 points
2. Your referal must post your user name in our referal forum for you to receive points.

Prizes are as follows:
1st Place: Winning review will be posted on our front page
               Custom Signature
               Custom Gif Avatar
               Custom Avatar
               Custom Name Title of your choice (within reason)

2nd Place: Mentioned on front page
                Custom Avatar
                Custom Signature

3rd Place: Mentioned on front page
               Custom signature

There will be a scoreboard available for all contestants to view how many points they have received and there will also be a leaderboard for all contestants to view the top thre competitors of the competition. They will both be updated daily.

To make things a little more clear for people, for the referal portion of the contest you get a friend, family member, or online buddy to sign up at pspbrew. Once they have completed the sign up, they must post your username in the referals forum.

Example:
I got my friend Julia to make an account on PSPbrew
Once Julia finishes signing up, she goes to the referal forum and posts "I was referred by Staxx"

I then receive 10 points.

We will be monitoring IP address's. If anyone is caught cheating, they will be automatically disqualified from the contest.

The competition will begin on August 8, 2007 and will end on September 1, 2007. We will anounce the final results on September 5, 2007.

Good Luck!

- Link to review template
- Link to contest game review forum
- Link to referal forum
- Link to scoreboard forum

Team Wildcard does great service for the homebrew community with their release of 3.40 LE. This firmware was compiled by completely reverse engineering Dark Alex's 3.10 OE firmware. They then proceeded by updating all the tweaks for 3.40 and adding their own patches. Heres the features list...

• Everything you know and love from 3.40 OE-A
• Sexy new SCEP-style recovery menu
• In-XMB configuration menu
• Auto-detection of the kernel needed for homebrew - no need for GAME150 and GAME340; just put it all in GAME

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Team Wildc*rd's Shout-outs
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• Thanks to Mathieulh and Dark_AleX before all others! They inspired us with their awesome releases. Without them this wouldn't have happened.
• Greetz to poison for making SCEP open-source
• Greetz to eXonet and Malloc.us
• Greetz to Noobz. You continue to be most excellent.
• Greetz to Skylark, adrahil, and our benevolent testers.
• Greetz to maxconsole, qj, and any other website that supports us!

As always, make sure to follow the instructions that come with this package and take notice to its warnings as neither I or any members of pspbrew.com will take responsibility for your misfortunes.

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The long wait is over! AhMan almighty and StoneCut have given us a new update to the very popular homebrew application IRShell. This version of IRShell is usable at full functionality on all custom firmwares released to date. Take a look at the v3.6 changelog...

- Added support for Team M33's newest custom firmware (See note 1). If you don't want to update to M33, you will still be able to use this new release with older OE firmwares.
- Launch and multi-task with PS1 games from within iR Shell (works also via USBhostFS and NetHostFS) (see note 2).
- Backup ISO plugins now integrated into iR Shell 1.5 EBOOT and 3.5x EBOOT (also supports USBhostFS and NetHostFS).
- Backup UMD Video ISO support (also supports USBhostFS and NetHostFS).
- Direct switching between 1.5 EBOOT and 3.5x EBOOT via new shortcut combo.
- System-wide "Quick Exit" function to quickly shutdown games, homebrew etc and return to iR Shell.
- Improved Autoboot to iR Shell plugin.
- New Comic Reader plugin based on PSPComic for CBZ and CBR files by suloku.  Original version by Archaemic.
- Added the ability to flash/blink the menu highlighting cursor.
- Added support for adhoc PC nethostfs connection under 3.xx CFWs (some additional firmware files required)
- Added a new config item in configurator to turn on/off the Music button for screen capture.
- Other bugfixes and tiny improvements.

Note:
1) CFW 3.51 M33 Original version, 3.51 M33-2 (patch 2 with WLAN fix) and 3.52 M33 are supported.  3.51 M33-3 to 7 (patch 3 to 7) are not supported due to a sceKernelLoadExecVSH bug which had been fixed in 3.52 M33.
2) The launching of PS1 games via USBHostFS & NetHostFS works on all OE firmwares and also 3.51 M33 Original & Patch 2.  The latest 3.52 M33 firmware currently has issues when launching user converted PS1 games via USBHostFS & NetHostFS, but PSN store purchased games works fine.  Team M33 is currently looking into the issue.

As always, make sure to follow the instructions that come with this package and take notice to its warnings as neither I or any members of pspbrew.com will take responsibility for your misfortunes.

AhMan and StoneCut would like to send their special thanks to...

- Dark_AleX for his previous contributions & help in iR Shell development.  We hope you had enjoyed hacking the PSP.  Happy retirement and wish you best of luck in your future endeavors.
- Team M33 for continuing DA's work and their help in fixing M33 firmware compatibility issues with iR Shell.
- All iR Shell private forum members for their contributions, including donations, testing, skin making, plugins, etc.  Without their support, especially StoneCut, you won't see this special public release.

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• Added support Team M33's newest custom firmware. If you don't want to update to M33, you will still be able to use this new release with older OE firmwares
• Launch and multi-task with PS1 games from within iR Shell (works also via USBhostFS and NetHostFS)
• Backup ISO plugins now integrated into iR Shell 1.5 EBOOT and 3.5x EBOOT (also supports USBhostFS and NetHostFS)
• Backup UMD Video ISO support (some additional 1.5 firmware files required)
• Direct switching between 1.5 EBOOT and 3.5x EBOOT via new shortcut combo
• System-wide "Quick Exit" function to quickly shutdown games, homebrew etc and return to iR Shell
• Improved Autoboot plugin
• New Comic Reader plugin based on PSPComic for CBZ and CBR files by suloku
• Added the ability to flash/blink the menu highlighting cursor
• Added support for adhoc PC nethostfs connection under 3.51 EBOOT (some additional firmware files required)
• Added a new config item in configurator to turn on/off the Music button for screen capture
• Other bugfixes and tiny improvements

Diehard335 dropped by our forums to notify us that he has released HCPortal v1.2. This application uses the psp's web browser to bring flash games, movies, music, and more right to your finger tips. No need for custom firmware either as it works on any firmware. Anyways, here's what you can expect from this application...

- over 20 games

- 4 applications

- Direct links

- Music

- Videos

- Pictures

And a lot more! all for any flash enabled psp!

To install this application all you need to do is unzip the folder you downloaded. Take the hcportal folder that's inside the unzipped folder, and copy/drag it into the root of your memory stick. Then you go to your browser and type in: file:/hcportal/index.html

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It seems that an anonymous group of 10 developers have gave a bit of insight as to whats in store for the future of psp custom firmware. They made note to mention that they are planning to create this new custom firmware by reverse-engineering Dark-Alex's work, and that their 3.51 custom firmware will surpass the quality of Dark-Alex's previous work. There is no mention of a release date, but keep posted for updates.

Here are the controls:

• DPAD LEFT/RIGHT - Thrust left/right.
• DPAD UP/DOWN - Navigate menus.
• CROSS - Normal Thrust / Menu Select.
• CIRCLE - Hyper Thrust / Menu back.
• START - Pause Menu
• SELECT - Take screenshot.

Note: This is a homebrew game, so it does require either 1.50 or a custom firmware to be played. Also, as always, read the readme included before you go asking questions.

becus25 has released his latest custom firmware for 3.40: IE-A2. IE (increasing edition) is his top work yet! His new update mainly takes the problem out of when people enter configuration.

Heres some stuff he's provided from his last notes:

• Pressing L+Select will resotre configuration if you cant enter it from the recovery menu

• Copy the PSP folder in the root of your memory stick

• Run the flasher

• It will write on flash 0 and flash 1 and on abc.txt (configuration)

• There is the IeCtrl.pbp on pspgameboot called eboot.pbp

• When you have expansion written, on flash activate autoboot function from the OE recovery.

Great work you got there becus25! We hope to see your next build of this astonishing release! Keep at it.

Download: [3.40 IE-A2 ]

For those of you who have been watching the Press Conferences at E3, the first started out with Microsoft, and the second just today started out with Nintendo. The sony conference has also begun and ended. They have revealed some of the top sales market pros, new merchendise and tremendous updates for the PSP and PS3. Many updates were in there and some amusing times we cant forget. Heres many things we can look forward to within the following year, and for next year aswell:

• New PSP Model!
Although the new PSP model looks not much differrent from the current model, but when you hold it in your hands,
you will feel the differrence. Its a lot lighter than the current version, and is also 19% slimmer. This new model will also feature the display tool, which will allow you to access what ever you have on your PSP to your own Flat Screen TV! The new model comes out in september.
• New Silver PSP!
• PSP Home feature!
Invite friends family who ever! You design your own character, and your home. The Playstation network also has an
environment for yourselves. Possibly one of the best life-wise reality games! You can even upload your own images from the real world and put them inside your home, and put them on a picture on the wall, or where-ever. Even invite your friends to play a game or two right from the PSP Home game.

• New PS3 Model! Priced at $599 with a new 80Gig HD, also included with the Motor-Storm racing game.
• Current PS3 Model Priced down to $499

Heres some new games that have been announced:

• Call of Duty 4 announced!

• Resident Evil 5 announced!

• Burnout Paridise announced!
• Madden NFL 08 announced!

And lots more!

We hope to see more from Sony and what they have to offer this year and next year.

If you want to watch the video you can at www.gamespot.com, the live video feed has ended and the download to the

video should be up within a few hours. You can comment on the E3 conference on pspbrew or ps3brew forums:

PSPBREW: http://www.pspbrew.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8657

PS3BREW: http://www.ps3brew.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=208

Enjoy!

PSP Coder Xandu has released an alternative music player for the psp called Xandu's Media Player 2, also known as XMP 2. Xandu explains that this homebrew is designed to make your psp function more like an ipod, while giving the same look and feel as an ipod.

Here are the features so far in XMP 2:

• Supported formats: MP3, WAV, MOD, S3M, IT and more!
• iPod graphics (including animated songbar)
• iPod clickwheel using analog
• Mp3 streaming (which means you can load up huge sized Mp3s)
• Music Quiz
• Album Art
• ID3 tags
• iTunes friendly (song info)
• Lyrics functional
  

Download: [Xandu's Media Player 2]

Xx FightStar xX has released his homebrew game: Halo Genocide. You all are probably familiar with the common Halo games, but his Halo game is a version of the Halo CE (combat evolved).

Heres his current features:

*Weapon pickup/selection, 3 weapons (Pistol, Machine Gun, Sniper), Weapon Armor and Ammo (individual for each weapon)

*Weapon power and ammo (for certain weapons)

*3 differrent types of enemies

*Menu and Intro

*4 levels

*Scrolling

*Interesting story (Similiar to the game)

*Smooth animation and weapon selection

*Impressive HUD which keeps you updated with things

Xx FightStar xX also explains that the game is a bit buggy and that the crosshair has to be exactly/almost on the enemy for it to hit. Good job there FightStar, we hope to see your next versions!

Download: Halo: Genocide

PSPSource has just announced their summer coding competition. All you homebrew developers out there won't want to miss out on this one as the prizes are more than generous. Take a look below at the rules and list of prizes. Good Luck!

Rules

 

• A splashscreen has to be present for five seconds before the game or the program itself.
• The eboot must be playable on a homebrew-compatible psp firmware.
• The PSPSource Team will choose the top 10 best games/tools  but the community will be voting for the final winners.
• The competition will end on Sept 7.

 

Prizes

•  First Place - Burnout Dominator and 8GB Sony Memory Stick PRO Duo
• Second Place - Rainbow Six: VEGAS and 4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo
• Third Place - Legend of the Dragon and 2GB Memory Stick PRO Duo
• Special Prize for best gameporting - PSP Go!Cam  (the games you can port are: Duke Nukem 1/2, You don´t know Jack or 4D-Sports Driving)

 

For more info and how to register check the link provided below.

- Registration and info

It seems the long awaited SNES update has finally arrived. However, it comes not from Ruka, YoyoFR, or Laxer3a, but from DAVEX. This update to the SNES emulator will be an add on to the current SNES9xTYL++, so be sure to have a copy before proceeding with DAVEX's update. The features are, drum roll please...

• Quick save state [press RTRIGGER + SELECT] and quick load state[ RTRIGGER + START]
• 2. Auto-fire [Available in CONTROLS main menu]

You may use the links below to download both SNES9xTYL++ and DAVEX's update, just be sure to check out the instructions.

- Download SNESxTYL++

- Download DAVEX's update

There are reports that Sony has already patched the Japanese version of Lumines, making it require Firmware 3.51. This prevents the Illuminati exploit, meaning no downgrading for newer versions of Lumines.

The recent Homebrew exploit called Illuminati used a save game exploit in the game Lumines similar to the GTA save game hole. This resulted in a downgrader for all PSP firmwares 3.50 and below.

Lumines has been patched fairly quickly compared to the Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Sony is working fast to prevent more people from downgrading.

Expect to see patched versions of Lumines in areas other then Japan very soon, so if you are looking to downgrade you need to act fast.

Fresh on the virtual shelves available for download is MediumGauge's newest revision of PSP Filer. For those of you who are unfamiliar with PSP filer, this program allows you to organize your files as well as access the flash folders to customize the look of your PSP. Great for on the go modification. Everybody loves to keep things tidy and pimped out at the same time right? If your nodding your head or saying yes, then you should give this program a shot. Without further ado, here's the change log for v3.51...

-Fixed a bug allowing files " ", "." and ".." to be created on RAMDISK
-Fixed missing option to overwrite files on flash0/1
-Able to delete read-only files
-Able to play low bit rate and high sampling MP3 files
e.g. less than 48kbps and 44.1Khz
-Files and directories are now drawn with different colours
-When copying/moving files, selecting cancel in 'confirm overwrite' dialog will not close copying dialog

For now you can use the link below to download directly from MediumGauge's site, but check back for a direct download from pspbrew.

Link to our download section has now been added.

- Download (Pspbrew) 

- Download (MediumGauge)

Yarrr matey's!! Fresh off the plank and available for download is MEXICANSNAKE and DEANAW22's update to PSPirates alarm clock. I'm sure current and previous users of v0.1 will be glad to hear about the 20% battery saving in alarm mode as well as many of the other updates packed into this useful application. Anyhow, take a gander at what this update has in store for you...

• Some bugs corrected
• AM PM modes
• Louder alarm
• Power saving by declocking +20% battery saving in alarm mode
• Time displaying corrected
• Button errors corrected
• Autopoweroff prevention
• Take screenshots
• New sounds
• Alarm errors corrected
• USB mode corrected
• Night mode for the game
• New animations
• And more features...

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-Digg: Easy way to arrive at the popular site digg.com

-Lock: Eye candy sweetness. This app enables the user to start a, often rather sexy, screensaver to show off the brilliant psp screen.

-Browser: An obvious internet browser dubbed "Expedition". Includes tabs and bookmarks.

-Messengers: Your gateway to messengers provided by eBuddy.

-Photos: An app that displays up to 10 photo's in 5 second intervals, similar to a slideshow.

-Weather: Weather forcast for our meteorologist members.

-Games: Easy way to access and play some flash games included with iPSP.

-Mail: Gateway to most email providers such as aol, msn, and yahoo.

-Vipr Online: Your way to access Vipr Online Media Service, which is currently still in development.

And I believe the rest are self-explanitory. Also included in v1.10 is an iPod service which allows the user to play music via PSPTunes, which is also included in the installation package, and a rather enjoyed update to the out-of-memory issue that v1.0 was faced with. Last but not least, read the readme included before you asks lots of questions. Note: This app is compatible with any official/custom firmware that has the web browser available to it, but in order to use the games, you need Official firmware/Custom firmware 2.71 or higher.

Website: iPSPv1.10

Download: Easy Installer | Zip Archive

After a quite succesful three seasons and two motion pictures, MTV's Jackass have decided to entertain us on our gaming consoles. With this title set to release September 25 for the PSP and PS2, you can expect that the usual suspects; Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, and Wee Man, will be up to their old bag of nonsense and eager to take any painful stunts you can throw at them.

It is said to feature 35 stunts which will make up 7 virtual episodes so if you do the math thats 5 stunts per episode. A few of the many stunts will be San Fran Trash Can, where you'll be steering your favourite jackass character through traffic, around pedestrians and other obstacles as you go flying down the hills of San Francisco in a trash can. Suburban Catapult, where you'll be launching these crazy guys from a human slingshot into a nearby neighbourhood or construction site. If that's not enough for one day, you can try Golf Rally, where you'll be using a golf cart as your weapon of choice to terrorize the golf course and other scenery.

Sounds like fun to me. Heck, who doesn't love driving wrecklessly, demolishing golf courses, terrorizing neighbourhoods, and launching a buddy through the air. It's the dream of a teenager and even the child in some of us adults. To sum it up, it's a typical game to complete the Jackass series. Take a look at the full preview and trailor by clicking on the link...

- Source

- Trailor

• Added support for M3U file
• Added playlist browser
• Added playlist editor
• File browser now filters files, showing only mp3 and m3u
• Added shuffle and repeat
• Added volume boost option

Remember to read the readme before you go asking more questions.

Remember when supposedly strmnrmn said that his next version of Daedalus would most likely include the user downloading a copy of the N64 bios? Well it seems he has recently made a new post in his blog stating the information PSPUpdates was given is false. This is what he mentioned in his blog:

"I never emailed pspupdates.qj.net, so it looks like someone has been deliberately trying to mislead them... The information doesn't seem to be particularly malicious, but I didn't write it."

So there you go. R13 shouldn't need a N64 bios, unlike the fake that posted that piece of news. From now on strmnrmn also stated that "...Anything I have to say about Daedalus, I'll talk about here, on this blog." I believe this should be a good relief to some users of Daedalus.

-Strmnrmn's blog: Here

As promised, team noobz have finally compiled the HEN and downgrader for Japanese version of Lumines. So if your one of the lucky folks to have a Japanese copy of the Lumines UMD with ULJS00005 (the original Lumines) or ULJS19005 ('The Best' version) written on your casing, then you can go ahead and use the link below to downgrade your 3.50 to the magical world of 1.50. Be sure to check out the forums for help.

As always, make sure to follow the instructions that come with this package and take notice to its warnings as neither I or any members of pspbrew.com will take responsibility for your misfortunes.

Download

Homebrew developer fard0che has just made his first contribution to the PSP brew scene with the release of PSPLive v1.01. This Lua coded program is sort of a virtual meeting place for homebrew gamers to meet up and play together. As it currently stands, the maximum capacity for this lobby is set at 20 but fard0che states that theoretically, the number can be unlimited. As of yet this program is not coded into any games but fard0che states if you are interested in coding this program into your games that you should contact him.

Can't wait to see what fard0che's next release has in store for us as this program seems promising for the future of mutiplayer homebrew.

Download PSPLive v1.01

Homebrew developer Richard Sparrow has just released PSPCP v1.0. This nifty little program allows its users to flash custom files to their psp as well as clear up some extra space to allow more room for your flashing needs.

As visible in the picture, the PSP control panel program can:

Flash 01-12.bmp (Background)

Flash opening_plugin.rco (Start  up)

Flash gameboot.pmf (Game start up)

Flash system_plugin_bg.rco (XMB Waves)

Flash topmenu_plugin.rco (icons)

Replace jpn0.pgf with smaller file

Replace gb3s11518.bwfon with smaller file

The replace options allow you to clear up 2.5mb of flash0 space. However, by replacing gb3s11518.bwfon you will get half cut off text in your web browser.

I'm sure a lot of you who are skeptical about manually flashing files will find this program valuable. Happy brewing!

Please note, neither the members of pspbrew.com nor myself shall be held responsible for any mishaps during the use of this program.

Download PSPCP v1.0

Dark-Alex, the man responsible for bringing us such programs as SE and OE firmware, the 2.6 Downgrader, and HEN-D has announced that he will no longer be active on the PSP homebrew scene. As found on Dark-Alex's home page, he had written us a farewell message...

Bye, scene.

I've decided to cease OE development, and leave PSP scene.
The reasons are various.
One of them is the time it consumes, which i'm losing from other things.
The other is related to my security. I didn't like Sony menaces to PS3 hackers.
I think it is better to leave now rather than end paying the consequences.

Rather than let ourselves get all worked up about this news, we should instead thank Dark-Alex for all the hard work and time he had given to us.

Thank you Dark-Alex, and all the best in your future endeavours.

Johnnyrainbow has given us a new way to chat amongst each other. Written in LUA, his messenger supports: MSN, AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, and Gtalk in his application. It comes with quite fabulous skins and many features in which these many clients support, including the use of 'nicks. Johnny's chatter is patched and unpatched so if your using the patch be sure to have the WLAN switch on and a stable internet connection aswell! I'd reccomend a good PSP keyboard unless your a fast typer on the PSP, but this app has its own typing system, so not to worry!

Heres some features you may be interested in:

Simultaneous use of multiple accounts on differrent networks

Ridiculously skinnable interface

MP3 playback, remote support

Audio alerts

Chat logs (choice of enable or disable)

Three original skins (+AFKIM skin)

Uses the faster "danzeff" typing sytem (custom)

Our friends over at the Next Hacks network, specifically at Next PSP Hacks, have announced that they are hosting a custom gameboot contest for all of you custom gameboot enthusiasts out there! What's great is that there are even some pretty substantial prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. For the official rules, it will be in your own self-interest that you check out this link for more information.

How it is going to work is basically like this. You submit your custom-made gameboot.pmf file to the contest page on nextpsphacks.com along with other entries and then you are instantly entered into the contest. The gameboot doesn't HAVE to be in .pmf format, but it is preferred.

Ok, you guys aren't stupid. Daedalus, the Nintendo 64 Emulator that

StrmnNrmn has been working on for so long is starting to blossom into

a more developed piece of homebrew. Not only that, it seems that the

doubters out there might soon be holding their breath. Daedalus R12

boasts some nifty improvements. Improvements have been made specifically

for Super Smash Brothers and 007 Goldeneye and I must admit, it's

definitely quite exciting to see it at work, albeit a little slowly... but it's

definitely an improvement! Here's the changelog and below are the

download links. Enjoy!

• Fixed issue preventing GoldenEye from being loaded
• Fixed dynarec for Goldeneye
• Fixed dynarec for Super Smash Bros
• Fix various texturing issues with 4bpp and small or non power-of-2 textures
• Fix TexRect instructions with negative s/t components
• Fixed the HUD in Mario 64 (broken in R11)
• Fixed lights in F3DEX2 microcodes
• Correctly implement instruction fetch exceptions, improving compatibility
• Improved floating point compatibility
• Correctly handle mask_s/mask_t tile values
• Implemented a few custom blend modes
• Screenshots just cover visible viewport

This is a bit of a crazy little mod. Although this device is not yet released "fully" around the globe, it has already been modified. See, the Go! Camera (or Chotto Shotto), recently the talk on many psp websites, apparently makes a rather loud and obnoxious sound when it takes a picture. The developer known as SparkyPSP has released a mod that has the ability to mute that sound. Actually, the root of this problem is related to Japan. In Japan, they have a law that specifically states that any digital camera must make an audible sound when taking a picture. Technically, in Japan, this may be breaking the law. On a side note, many places are beginning to talk of easily being able to take "upskirt" pornographic pictures. The purpose of this mod is to silence the camera noise. That said, the actual real-world use for this mod depends on the end-user. If you own one of these devices and this sounds appealing to you, make sure to pick up a download of this mod by clicking the link below.

Download: camera_plugin_v1.zip

Could non-downgradable PSPs be coming to retail stores?

According to Nadclovek from PSP-Spot, new shipments of Playstation Portables will be coming to stores with a higher firmware (4.xx) They will be sold at the retail price of 169.99 CAD or around US$ 153.67. Although its a good price to par for the unit this could mean no homebrew, that brings me to the question; is it worth it?

Nadclovek says:

"Sony was sending out Emails to its Commercial Retailers that all new PSPs to be sent out will have 'Downgradable Prevention' built right into them. All new PSPs to be shipped out as of next week Friday, May 18th, will be a higher firmware, 4.xx (specifics were not released), but they were promised to include new security features to prevent hacks and downgrades. Apparently this is one of their first steps to start focusing on the PSP again, instead of diverting all attention to the PS3."

Keep in mind that this is only a rumor for now, but this would not be good if it was true because it could end any homebrew chances on new psps.

Do you think this is the last we will hear of Fanjita? Do you think his limited attendence is going to hurt the homebrew community? Let us know what you think!

A while back there was a discussion that took place in our forum. The issue at hand was that someone was wanting to make a request for a (user friendly) way to be able to easily change your XMB customization(s)/ themes.

Your wishes have been granted.

Using this new handy bit of homebrew is sure to be able to make a few lives a little bit easier. With XMB Theme Cycler, you are able to cycle between 3 different themes (perhaps more supported in later versions) and apparently turning off and on the psp will also automatically change your XMB theme! Good? - Bad? - well, that is for YOU to decide!

For more details, please check out the readme.txt included with the download.

Download XMB Theme Cycler

Ok... perhaps 15 hours is over the top for most of the mainstream public, but how many of you have had the psp die out on you before? For most people, the power/ battery light gets covered up by their thumb as they are playing the psp and don't ever realize that it is running out of power before it is too late. Well those days are long gone! Check out this new battery from Blue Raven. This battery, while being a bit on the large side, offers a very boastful 15 hours of battery life. Now you can feel free to take the psp on a long road trip without the need of multiple batteries. It's priced quite well too at about $100 US. That may seem steep, but keep in mind that a new battery along with a battery charger can cost $80+. Anyways, below are some statistics.

• offers 7x more battery life
• charges in roughly 5 hours
• connects to the psp easily and smoothly
• has 4500 mAh capacity as opposed to 1800 mAh

The really large downside is that this battery is a little on the large/ bulky side. However, it can be argued that this battery is setting a new standard in terms of battery life. Now you could use wifi and not worry about the psp running out of life, or perhaps this feels more comfortable in peoples' hands than normal. The one thing to make note of is that this battery is large, so fitting it in the soft stock psp case is probably not an option.

The amazing psp developer StrmnNrmn has hopes for releasing the latest and greatest Nintendo 64 emulator, Daedalus R11 next weekend. He has been working hard the past few weeks and has results to show for it:

* Streamlining the N64-format-to-PSP-format texture conversion process has halved the memory resources required for each texture, StrmnNrmn reports. Slightly faster than the previous approach, too.

* A "very simple one-line change" to the texture cache code makes the cache "100% leak-free" and a surprising 4-5% speedup.

* Last significant change is that he set a hard limit to how much memory the texture cache used. "This change means that if the limit is ever reached, I just display white textures until some texture memory is freed up a little later. Previously Daedalus would just keep allocating RAM until it ran out of memory and crashed, so the new solution is much nicer."

With the changes that he has done, StrmnNrmn says that he "can can permanently allocate 8MB for the Expansion Pak, and not worry about running out of memory(which caused crashes). A welcome side-effect to all the texture changes I've made is an approximate 5-10% speedup over R11." Strmn Nrmn has a bit of work left to do but hopes to release R11 by next weekend.

The Sony site has not been updated to accomodate the new firmware, but the firmware is available via network update feature. Also, pspbrew must stress the important issue of homebrew. Homebrew is not available on version 3.40. If you update, you will not be able to downgrade/ install custom firmware/ use homebrew - so update only if you understand the repurcussions.

You should all be familiar to the way this works by now. See, a firmware of Sony's gets decrypted incredibly fast by a wise dev or dev team and sooner or later we see a wonderful little custom firmware created by the magical psp God.. errr, I mean Dark_Alex. In any sense, I introduce to you 3.30 oe-a. Now, it is pretty easy to admit that 3.30 oe-a doesn't offer a significant extra that's worth dying for, but the changelog is, for the most part, hinting that 3.30 oe-a offers a few pretty important bug fixes.

One should make note that the popsloader is not backwards compatible with other versions of custom firmware - go figure... but anyways, a new popsloader fix will be out soon for sure. Custom firmware 3.30 oe-a offers:

• Updated from psp firmware 3.10 to 3.30
• Fixed a bug that could have caused instability in 3.10 OE after recovering from sleep mode.
• Patched a protection that prevents the firmware to load higher firmware modules.
• Apparently the pops emulator supports many updates as well!

Download 3.30 oe-a - you will need the 3.30 eboot and 1.50 eboot as well to upgrade.

So maybe you've been looking for a way to easily access the usb connection on the psp... MAYBE you've been looking for a way to access the 4th level of brightness by simply pressing the screen brightness button... or heck, maybe you haven't. Either way, this plugin is definitely going to bring some convenience to PSP users that are using custom firmware 3.03 oe or 3.10 oe. This plugin, USBon, will keep the usb toggled to on at all times so all you would need to do is simply plug in the usb cable (while in the psp menu) and viola - instant access! As a side bonus, this plugin will also unlock that fourth level of brightness for 3.03 oe users. If you need extra help then make sure to read the readme.txt file for further details.

Download USBon plugin

Features:

• Flash your PSP using the internal USB Port
• no additional USB Port required
• latest ACTEL ProASIC 3 technology
• NO power consumption
• doesn't touch the battery power in any way, powered by USB for the time being used to flash the PSP
• preassembled hi-tech flex pcb for easiest possible conection to the psp mainboard
• works on all available PSP versions incl. the new TA-082 and TA-086
• custom BIOS with a lot of cool additional features (tba)

Source: psp-devolution

After toying with this new release you will be BEGGING for more, and if you are, head on over to StrmnNrmn's blog to send your praise. Download Daedalus R10 for PSP below ;)

Daedalus R10 (version 1.00)
Daedalus R10 (version 1.50)
Daedalus R10 (source code)

Looks like Square Enix has given us a new sneak peak at possibly PSP's best new sprite RPG?

As you can see from the picture Square has definately enhanced the sprites from Playstation 1's remake,

as well as the GBA's remake. The sprites, the environment and the lighting also has been remade to perfection!

The due date is expected for early or late June 2007. For the PSP version, the only new additions besides the graphics

and possible sounds, is a new dungeon (like in the GBA version, we had Soul of Chaos) while in this new PSP version, we have

"The labyrinth of Time".

Judged by its name, heres what PSPUpdates are judging:

"In this new dungeon, the player will suffer from a continuous HP decrease. Were not 100% sure since we cannot

read japaneese, but it seems that maybe the use of Magic and Items will not be available either. Also the ability

to run may be disabled. It seems that to survive the dungeon you must make it so the deepest part until

the timer has run out."

Were expected to have no new monsters or anything as of now but you can never be too sure!

via PSPUpdates

StrmnNrmn, the author of the famed Daedalus Nintendo 64 emulator, has brought his newest creation to us. This version has been tweaked significantly from the previous versions. If you have been under a rock for the past few months (or just want to learn specifics) you should head over to StrmnNrmn's blog to read how this emulator has evolved over time. Even if you know nothing about how the emulator functions, StrmnNrmn explains things in a very understandable way. If you don't even care about the technical aspects of the emulator, you should still feel free to sign up and tell him what a great job he is doing!

Basically, and put in his own words, StrmnNrmn says that the new version changes are:

• faster
• new UI
• audio
• various graphical fixes

In his blog, StrmnNrmn states that he thinks that when the audio is enabled, that it takes up about 20% of the resources that the emulator has, so if you would like to speed up the game(s), it is probably best if you disable the sound. He has also made HUGE advancements in how the memory is being handled which has allowed for just about a 40% increase in speed across the board!

Pick up the download right here in our download section!

for firmware 1.00 and for firmware 1.50

The source code can be downloaded here .

If you are a nut about modding your psp to the hilt, you should definitely check out this new mod. The file provided in the link below is red; however, you can most likely search and find other variations.

You can download this HERE. This has been tested to work on 3.10 oe-a as well!

When I first looked at the title I was thinking an actual 3D Mario Model, my first thought was N64 Mario,
my new thoughts are: "Is that possible? In C???" Yup, or thats what SANiK intended. He sais

that this will for sure not be a fully completed game, because of the lag, he sais its possible to boost

the FPS up, and the speed up to 90%. Heres what he said:

<sup><sub>"This demo is never going to become a full game. It lags at certain points but could be sped up 90%, I didn't give a kwap though to put more time into it. My little Mario Demo is just a taste of what could be done if one actually tries (with just 6 days to code it + 1 day to port it to the PSP)

This isn't within everyone's ability, and of course depending on the homebrew game 2D could be the better of the two. However this demo illustrates that 3D homebrew game is not impossible (take AnonymousTipsters' ThrottleX as evidence for that!) and therefore SANiK is giving developers the chance to finish this game; which apparantly can be achieved by starting from scratch using poly.c and math.c."</sub></sup>

To be honest, Its pretty obvious C++ can have quite the potential, but in C, wow just amazing.

All I want is your opinions on this. Download below. Enjoy!

[ Mario 3D Demo + Source Code ]

were just glad strmn nrmn is back right? Right. The release wont be out

for atleast the couple weeks of february. One of the major updates

hopefully in his changelog include audio support (sound enabled) and

the ability to dump textures!! Thats right, soon maybe your own textures will

roam on Peach's castle wall. Who knows.

Now lets get to what you are all waiting for:

[ 3.03 downgrader ]

Well I'll be darned, Fanjita has come back with a hack for firmwares up to 3.03. Seems as if the GTA exploit was not fully patched. Right now it is just a proof of concept showing some text. Fanjita is going to wait a while and let us soak this in before he works on it more, he also wants to give Sony time to smack their heads and say "Doh!"

The remaining question, is there venerability to kernel mode? Here is what Fanjita had to say, "It's a bit tricky, but yes, ther kernel mode found by Team C+D still works from the Goofy exploit. The down grader will use this to perform its magic." The problem is you will need a copy of the original, unpatched, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (No Vice City). The new UMDs in stores are patched, so look for used or a friend who has one.

Here are the instructions

• You need an original, unpatched GTA:LCS game. The new copies that you find in the shops now will not work.
• This only works for Liberty City Stories, not Vice City Stories.
• Extract the files from the ZIP into the /PSP/SAVEDATA folder on your memory stick.
• Start the GTA game, and enjoy the feeling of freshly-minted homebrew :D

Enjoy, hopefully we wont get any more people asking for hacks for some of those newer official Sony updates.

[ "Goofy" Exploit ]

Despite the language barrier, I can tell a good app no matter what. A Brazilian developer, Luiz Pestana, has just released an excellent FTP app based on Zx-81’s PSPFTP. But here’s the thing, this version was developed for use on the OE firmwares, taking advantage of the higher firmware’s WiFi security. This kind of App is also perfect if you've lost or cannot find a USB cable for your PSP! Note that you must place it in the normal GAME folder, not GAME150 like any other homebrew. Great job Luiz, we hope to see farther updates to your new homebrew!

[PSP WiFile Transfer v0.01]

This application by Infantile Payalysiser before had quite a few bugs in its

final final beta 1 release.
He has come back to the scene today to fix most of those today! Its most unlikely that this will be the last release, for we hope for a finalfinalfinalfinal beta release to fix most all of the bugs atleast.

One of the main changes in this release is the L/R button is locked item is added to the system menu.

You can find all of the changelogs in our downloads section.

Heres Moonshell v1.6 finalfinalfinalbeta1 by Infantile Paralysiser

[ Moonshell finalfinalfinalbeta1 v1.6 ]

Heres how the game works, you are suppose to stop the updates from infiltrating your PSP by shooting them with your cursor/crosshair. If the update has any collision what so ever with your PSP, then its all over, game over that is. To make it difficult, the speed goes higher each step as you go. Heres Tactical Penguins clever radical game: defend your PSP!

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[ Defend your PSP v0.1 ]

Here are the flash free instructions:

•  Download the original copy of cIntro
  
• Ok the original instructions call for the modification of the config.txt located in the SYSTEM folder. This used to be used for the custom firmwares like 1.5, but not the 3.00 and above ones. So instead...
  
• Copy the INTRO folder found in the .rar file you download and put it into the SYSTEM folder in your psp's memory stick.
  
• Now you need to copy the same folder to whatever folder you have defaulted for running 1.5 kernel (for me this is simply the GAME folder but you need to consult your recovery mode to see what yours is).
  
• Next you need to rename the folder that u copied to GAME (or whatever) to BOOT and then open it and delete the "intro" file (this is not necessary and basically taking up space).
  
• Now that this is done, go to your SYSTEM folder and open up the INTRO folder that you just copied there. You will see the exact same files as the one you placed in the GAME folder. This is where you place your .pmf file that you want to use for the coldboot movie. Rename it "intro" and overwrite the current one. Now the hard part is over.
  
• Cold start your psp and enter recovery mode. You need to enable auto run program.

The read me includes a how-to for 3.02 and 3.03 OE custom firmwares. And thank you to SHADOWZ, dark420bishop, and Piccahoe for developing this app and its mods. 

Remember, this is meant for 3.0 custom firmwares, hopefully no one else will try using the original cIntro and brick their awsome 3.03 OE-B psp. Enjoy!

[ Flash Free cIntro mod ]

PSP firmware 3.03 OE-B has been released folks! For those of you who are not aware, OE revision A and B were previously released for PSP firmware 3.02 Kernal, after upgrading from a 1.50 kernal, you could do up to so many things. These things also included being able to do anything a 1.50 firmware could do thanks to the 1.50 kernal from recovery. Recovery too was a good feature, because of the new plugins, you could do almost any PRX you wanted to add on your PSP! Including VSH, so you could go back to 1.50 firmware anytime you wanted! Lots of people are already aware of the Playstation Emulator, being able to have compressed Dumped Images onto your PSP thanks to OE-A, but OE-B has a complete new concept:

• Video now play at a higher frame rate, including 480X272 resolution (full screen)
• PIC0.PNG information background image is now able to be shown on the XMB
• Some games now will not run at the selected cpu speed while chosen in recovery mode
• sysmemp.prx removed, systemctrl.prx plugin is split into both systemctrl.prx and vshctrl.prx
• More free space of ram now available

If you do not already have OE-B, then you are required to update from 3.03 OE-A. (remember, an update from 3.03 OE-A means you must have updated from 3.02 OE-B, vice-versa 3.02 OE-A aswell)

Simply drag the MS_ROOT folder containing the update EBOOT.PBP into your PSP/GAME directory.

[ PSP 3.03 OE-B ]

was able to mod the eboot for xloader under the PSP/GAME directory (in this case, Daedalus on the xloader) and so he did.

Same as always, put the folders in the designated directories, and roms too, and

you're good to go! If you are unclear read the readme or come and ask about it at out forums .

None the less, enjoy!

[ Daedalus R-8 for 2.71 HEN-D ]

For those of you who don't know, before people were struggling with the annoying Hotshots Golf 2 Icon and pictures, having troublewith telling what game is what. Have no worries, Xaniseth's Icon pack is here to help! Xaniseth has kindly given us some great icons and pictures for your Playstation 1 Emulator for  your PSP's XMB. Download link below. Enjoy!

[ PSP Icon Pack v1.0 ]

1. Pokemon Diamond (DS): 209,379
   
2. Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops (PSP): 178,370
3. Pokemon Pearl (DS): 164,670
4. NSMB(NewSuperMarioBrothers) (DS): 154,107
5. Wii Sports (Wii): 152.756

1. DS(Lite): 485,584 Consoles Sold
2. Wii: 279,277 Consoles Sold
3. 138,588 Consoles Sold
4. PS3: 76,882 Consoles Sold (break point)
5. PS2: 46,209

Quote From PSP Hacks:

1. Run moonlight’s “FW2.60 DownDate helper” on FW1.50 PSP to Dump “FW1.50 File” or Download “FW1.50 File” from psp-hacks downdater_final.rar.
Extract downdater_final.rar \DOWNDATER\ all file to ms0:\DOWNDATER\
2. Run FW150IPL_Dumper on FW1.50PSP to Dump ms0:\DOWNDATER\PRX\FW150_ipl.bin
NOTE: if no FW150_ipl.bin in ms0:\DOWNDATER\PRX\
Run FW280DownDate4TA-079 will brick your PSP !!!
3. Run FW280DownDate4TA-079 By xLoader
NOTE: Don’t use eLoader to Run FW280DownDate4TA-079 it will brick your PSP !!!

Sorry, no mirrors

The OE-A auto installer will automatically input configuration and install OE-A on you're PSP. You are required to have 1.50. It even installs the recovery folder for your OE-A!

Other requirements are that you must have you'res battery charged over 75-80%. You must also have the GAME folder to be present even if you are not deciding for 2.71. The first thing you must run will be the 3.02 OE-A Firmware Install which should be in your GAME folder. If you have any questions please do not hesitate, ask on the forums.

Remember, you use this at you're own risk, we are not held responsible for any incidents that may occur.

[ 3.02 OE-A Easy Installer ]

The design of the homebrew is only in specter hands, but for all you 3.00+ lovers, please I reccomend a good upgrade on this baby. Were gone from the bronze and silver ages, its time to fulfill our new golden ages with OE-A developement! Enjoy!

[ PSP 3.02 OE-A ]

The new spunk funky looking game: Chase That Pyramid not only is in 3D, but its got a new reputation in the homebrew scene. Tactical Penguin has brought a lot of homebrew to us, but to me this is the most odd. A random pyramid must be chased in this game,
the feeling to me is that he chose such an object as to coding pyramid shapes are fairly you're main basic ones.
The game comes with some good tables and a nice looking radar on the top left.

Tactical Penguin hopes for these to come in his future releases:

• ^{Make texture for pyramid}
• ^{Different camera views}
• ^{More detailed environment}
• ^SFX
• ^{Anything else suggested}

Im pretty much looking forward to the texture map, a good scene could spice this game up! He wants to thank Joe48182 for compiling the stand alone eboot.pbp file for him. Also to some others as Youresam and alatnet for getting him started on the 3D environment for PSP.

[ Chase That Pyramid v0.1 ]

We were excited to finally get the 2 and 4 gig memory sticks not to long ago. Now Sony has introduced a backwards compatible (so it WILL work in your PSP  ) card that boasts up to 32 gigs of space. With the increased capacity comes a increased write speed of up to 120Mbps/sec. However we wont be getting these speeds in our psps and other Pre-HG media devices as those will only perform at PRO speeds (~80Mbps/sec). The HG's speed increase was accomplished by increasing the bus frequency to 60 MHz and adding a parallel 8-bit interface. It is expected that the card will be found at CES next month.

• Place the desired firmware update on the root of your memory stick and make sure it's called "eboot.pbp"
• Install latest devhook and this installer.
• In the XMB menu choose "Devhook Firmware Installer"
• Once prompted hit [X] to install the firmware files for devhook
• Wait till PSP reboots, start Devhook choose firmware and reboot.
• Done

The advantage on this one is that, for you 32 mb stick users, after installation the update is deleted.

Also to those who have had the problem of the X and O buttons being switched, that has been fixed.

The scource code is included and you can find the firmware updates in our downloads.Eenjoy!

[ 2.8-3.02 devhook firmware installer v0.5b ]

Still don't believe me? Here's a video made by Emeriastone of 3.02 working on his 1.5 PSP

[Devhook v0.51]

[Firmware v3.02]

Fiest your eyes folks! Its 3.01 Custom Firmware SE! You know this is going to be good, but to let all you curious critters out there, its a mix of 2.71 SE! How amazingly is that? A lot of it is bits thrown from the VSH function calls from 2.71 SE previous firmwares, so you know this is gonna shock the whole lot of you. Please be sure to thank Team FWI for the great pleasure of hard work and thought they have put into this. This is currently disabled from its full extension, but rest assure you have been p[leaded with a good download. Be sure to recognize that this will initially flash 3.01 Software bits so that like I stated above, will be a mix from the previous 2.71 SE softwares.

This entire pleasured firmware features:

_{• 1.00/1.50 eboots
• 2.xx/2.71 eboots (Remember theres no such thing as 3.xx eboots YET!)
• ISO/CSO loading from XMB (no-umd as well)
• MP3 Visualizer
• Video Player
• Photo Viewer
• System Settings (Power Save menu cannot be accessed, also causes first time run problems.)
• UMD Auto-Start Setting
• USB Connection (Mass Storage)
• WiFi (Ingame, as there is nowhere else to use it.)
• Anything that has yet to be mentioned.}

QJ.net has yet supplied us with a list of non-working environments that may soon be capable on this new firmware. We here reccomend you to not even go near these on your XMB:

For a more detailed feature list, check out this official iR Shell 3.0 [ Release Thread ]

Visit the Generator Now:
[ iR Shell v3.0 Official Pack Generator ]

Other Useful Links:
[ iR Shell PackGen Release Thread ]
[ iR Shell PackGen Bug Report Thread ]
[ iR Shell PackGen Support Thread ]

For those PSPers who enjoy PSOne games, the Japanese Playstation store will release a first lot of PSP-compatable PSOne games for FW 3.00. While it’s reported that a firmware update early next year will allow you to play these games on PS3, there is, too, a simple process of doing it presently. All you do is download the PSOne title of your pick via PS3, remote-upload to your PSP, and snap – there you have it. Piece of pumpkin pie!

PSOnes scheduled for release:

• Resident Evil Director’s Cut (Capcom)
• Konami Antiques MSX Collection Vol.1 (Konami)
• Konami Antiques MSX Collection Vol.2 (Konami)
• Bishi Bashi Special (Konami)
• Arc the Lad (SCEJ)
• Jumping Flash! (SCEJ)
• Hot Shots Golf 2 (SCEJ)
• Silent Bomber (Bandai Namco Games)
• Tekken 2 (Bandai Namco Games)

Source: IGN

• Fixed download counter updates
• Added network connection chooser
• Added file browser for installation via memstick rather than wifi
• Tidied up file download code
• Improved support for linefeeds in text

If you're like me, and you hate needing to rely on computers to install homebrew on your PSP, you'll love the Install-O-Tron!

[Install-O-Tron v0.6]

You all know him, hes been releasing some good hacks on our Playstation Portable for some time now.

Our downgraders, thankfully his first the 2.50/2.60 downgrader, and now all the way to his 2.71 custom firmware.

Along with Dark Alex's homebrew enablers, its now time for him to release SE-C firmware for 2.71.

The change in this version lets you load modules onto the memory stick! Wow! 

But unfortunately, the installation wont be as easy as you thought. You will have to install it from scratch if you have SE-A or SE-B previous firmwares. I would suggest not upgrading this time though, after all there are many risks, which are not put up to www.pspbrew.com for you to blame on. The reason would be just the minor change, but if you're that particularly interested for some curious modules to go on you're mem stick, then please, do not be forced to upgrade.

None the less, enjoy!

 [ 2.71 SE-C ] 

• _{space out levels more and more weapons}

Today just keeps getting better. Cools has released a new version of
the popular PSP Email and SMS ap, making it version 3.
Here is what was added:

• Verizon Text Messaging support
• New line messege support (a little buggy)
• A whole bunch of internal changes to make the program run better
• Added a Background selector, allows choice between 12 backgrounds
  

To switch backgrounds just press SELECT to open up the options menu
then SQUARE to go into the background changer.

Cools has taken time off of PSP monopoly to do this,
you should also know that an international version is on its way, allowing you to send SMS
text messages all around the world! Enjoy!