Under his alias of Chilly Willy, developer Joe Fenton is known in the homebrew arena as the brain behind some of the most widely used PSP applications. KeyCleaner and IDStorage Manager, just to name a couple. During his years in the PSP scene, he has also dabbled in the porting of open-source PC game titles, perhaps most notably releasing a […]
Shortly after Nintendo launched a new Wii firmware update that blocks users from running the homebrew-enabling Twilight Hack, folks in Team Twizzers immediately began work on investigating the update, uncovering a bug that allows them to bypass Nintendo’s savedata check and run the hack without issue. According to Twizzers member Bushing, Nintendo wrote a set of functions that specifically checks […]
Developer Chilly Willy has released an update to Deniska’s Rise of the Triad port for PSP. Originally developed by 3D Realms, ROTT is a first-person shooter powered by a heavily modified Wolfenstein 3D engine. The source code to the title was released to the general public back in December of 2002. For the PSP port, Chilly has rewritten the video […]
Following the initial release of his Metal Gear Solid themed alarm clock last week, homebrew developer Darkchild today released an update to the application, dubbed OtaClockDS RC2. Along with a couple bug fixes, RC2 features a number of visual enhancements. Octacon’s eyes now follow the path of your stylus on the touch screen. Additionally, if a math question is incorrectly […]
Developer MK2k has released an update to Kakuro Nichiyou, an original homebrew game for PSP based on the popular Japanese logic puzzler Kakuro. Players enter in a digit from 1 to 9 on open blocks, while making sure that the digits add up to the sum represented to the left or above each respective block. Kakuro Nichiyou features 254 puzzles […]
Homebrew developer Chilly Willy has released an update to the PSP build of sdlBasic, an open-source basic interpreter primarly designed for game development. Now at version 0.7, sdlBasic for PSP utilizes Chilly’s latest SDL code for TV-out support, complete with support for resolutions up to 640×480 in size. Video settings can be accessed by holding the Triangle button while launching […]
As promised, homebrew developer Zx-81 today issued an update to PSPVE, an emulator for the old-school Vectrex console. The emulator itself is based on code from VecX, which was originally written by Valavan Manohararajah. Version 1.0.2 brings a bevy of enhancements and bug fixes, notably including improved emulation speed, vector rending support, a completely rewritten sound driver, and faster save […]
Update: Chilly Willy rolled out an update to his TV-out capable port of Duke Nukem 3D today, featuring improved sound processing. The entire SDL_SlowRATE function has been rewritten, allowing the “slow,” but more accurate resampling mode to perform nearly as fast as the “fast” resampling mode. Note that you must have the previous release already installed in order to apply […]
Homebrew developer Zx-81 has released an update to PSPWrite, a simple yet powerful text editor that allows users to edit any ASCII plain-text file on the PSP. Files can be modified via a wireless IR keyboard or the included Danzeff virtual keyboard. In addition to all-new application graphics and EBOOT music, version 1.0.5 fixes an IR keyboard compatibility issue that […]
Homebrew developer Darkchild has released OtaClockDS, a Metal Gear Solid themed alarm clock for the Nintendo DS. Provided that the built-in alarm is set, the application will play a sound to wake users up at the specified time, even when the DS lid is closed. Additionally, a simple math problem will be presented after the alarm function is activated. Download […]
Developer Chilly Willy has released a minor update to MK2k’s conversion of the homebrew title Jump ‘n Bump, adding TV-out functionality. Players can simply hold down the Triangle button while launching the game to configure the built-in video options. For those that missed the inital release, Jump ‘n Bump is a simple arcade style game in which players assume the […]
Update: Following yesterday’s release, Darkchild has provided an additional update that adds a repeat function to MemorizeME. Dubbed “MemorizeME Replay Edition,” the updated release can be found below. Homebrew developer Darkchild has released an update to his DS homebrew title MemorizeME. The premise of the game is simple. During each round, a square divided in four equal quadrants will appear […]
Italian-based homebrew developer Red Squirrel has released an update to his custom firmware 3.90 M33 and 3.95 GEN compatible Alternative VSHMenu plugin for PSP. Version 5.0 features the ability to hide your PSP’s MAC address from view. In addition, the PSP is now auto-rebooted if any of the built-in CXMB, MAC or M33 VSHMenu settings are modified. This behavior is […]
Homebrew developer Zx-81 has released PSPVE, an emulator for the old-school Vectrex console. The emulator itself is based on code from VecX, which was originally written by Valavan Manohararajah. As this is the initial release, the author reminds users that the emulator is far from feature-complete and future releases are planned to improve emulation speed, render routines and sound quality. […]
Homebrew developer weltall has released an update to his cheat hacking device CWCheat. Fully compatible with M33’s PSP custom firmware series, CWCheat allows users to use raw-relative cheat codes either in UMD disc based titles or in converted PSOne games for the PSP, similar to commercial products such as Action Replay and GameShark. In addition to a number of bug […]
Following the initial release of PSP custom firmware 3.95 GEN last week, French-based homebrew developer Miriam has returned with an update to the firmware, dubbed 3.95 GEN-2. Users of the firmware will be pleased to know that Miriam has patched up compatibility issues with a number of homebrew applications in this release, most notably SNES9XTYL and PSPTube. Additionally, the author […]
Homebrew developer roe-ur-boat has released an update to AutoStart PRX, a 3.90 M33 compatible custom firmware plugin that allows users to specify a number of separate homebrew applications to load at launch. Each application can be bind to certain key. When that key is held during bootup, the PSP will automatically load your homebrew. Now at version 2, users can […]
Homebrew developer MDave has issued an update to his Turok-inspired first person shooter Kurok for the PSP. In addition to the usual round of bug fixes, version 0.3 features a fully recreated single-player level, enhanced enemy AI, and adjusted weapon balancing among other changes. The lengthy but detailed changelog can be found past the break.
Homebrew developer Playboy has released an original game entitled “Playboy’s Shooter” for the PSP. Described as an arcade-style space shooter, the game allows players to command one of four unique ships, each with their own distinct attributes. The game was largely inspired by Birdman’s Shooter, according to the author. Plans for future releases include in-game MP3 playback as well as […]
Homebrew developer roe-ur-boat has released AutoStart PRX, a 3.90 M33 compatible custom firmware plugin that, as the name implies, allows users to specify a list of up to four separate homebrew applications to load at launch. Each application can be bind to certain key. When that key is held during bootup, the PSP will automatically load your homebrew. As always, […]