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Speaking of CisoPlus front ends, a week or two ago Quake returned with his all-purpose PSP tool for Windows — Extreme Link! As you may have guessed, Extreme Link 1.5.1 features support for kapoue3’s CisoPlus compressor. But that’s not all, there’s more! For one low payment of $0 you will also receive POPstation, DocMaker, and PNG Imager features — all used for achieving maximum PSX enjoyment! Wait! Download now and Extreme Link will act as a USBHostFS and NETHostFS front end too.

In all seriousness, this app includes a wide range of tools & options… Download and check it out for yourself. Kudos Quake.

At first I was a bit confused where to find the CisoPlus GUI; however, the screenshot below is worth a million words.

Download: PSP Extreme Link v1.5.1

- source: trading-post.sytes.net

At last! kapoue3 is back with a new update, and this time it isn’t CisoPlus… Well, sort of… It’s actually Yacc (Yet Another CSO Compressor) — the front end now supporting CisoPlus! Haven’t you been asking for this? Ooooh, I think you have!

Now easier than ever enjoy all the wondrous features CisoPlus has to offer. Read here.

v0.3.9.0 also includes features suggested by Aldo Vargas:

• Auto-complete paths for all the EditBox
• Added “Exit from YACC” to the “After compression” list
• Display the estimated final size of the file based on the current compression rate
• Detect path/filename of a file during drag & drop on all EditBox fields
• Use default folders for drag&drop, open file dialogs, …
• And some other things that i don’t remember…

Download: Yacc v0.3.9.0

- source: yacc.ifrance.com

Cast your vote for the dopest homebrew app/game from the PSP Hacks Homebrew Competition pool. Countless entries have made their way to the front page and now it’s up to you to crown the winner, “Homebrew Master of the PSP Hacks Universe.” Whomever is worthy enough of holding this title will receive satisfaction in knowing they’re the coolest, plus prizes. :)

If you’ve already downloaded most, if not all of these homebrew creations, then you may as well jump right over to this voting thread to voice your opinion.

Otherwise, here’s a quick recap of all the entries: (click each for the most recent news post)

• NIGathan’s Npaint 2.0
• foebea’s RosettaShard 8.5
• MK2k’s Sleep’n'Wake PSP 1.2
• J@ricanese’s Simon Remix 0.7
• Silverfox’s LeeSP 2.2
• jay543_uk’s Automotive conversions
• PIRATA NERVO’s SETGOOL 3.0
• Crystalized’s PSPMusic(version 0.7)
• teachme’s Screen Defender V5
• Rocamatics’s GuitarBox 1.52
• Cy-4AH’s Sloynik
• CBarox’s roboflood V3
• MK2k’s Tankw00rst PSP 0.1
• Sousanator’s Serve N Go v3
• coldtoiletseat’s PSP Organize!

Vote Here!

Download ‘em all (68MB): Mirror 1 | Mirror 2 | Mirror 3

Update: DeMoN X has updated his RemoteJoy GUI to version 1.51:

• Added full credits to TyRaNiD 2k6 for Remotejoy SDL and Schrade for batch files and script files, tutorial, and compiled binaries
• Added killall batch to MyBase.Load
• Accurate process checking of USBHost FS
• Added mode menu, Not completed.

Tyranid has released an astonishing update to his development tools RemoteJoy and PSPLink. Used in conjunction with this new GUI app from DeMoN X, Windows users will now have the ability to display their PSP screen on a PC’s monitor via USB, hence the loosely used term in this scenario, “Video Out.” (It’s not really a video output.)

All the necessary instructions to begin using this wig-splitting setup can be found within the RAR archive — ReadMe-LibUSB.txt & ReadMe-RemoteJoySDL.txt.

Couple things I should mention… 1) You’ll require Microsoft’s .NET Framework, and 2) if you’re not using Windows, but Linux instead, read this detailed tutorial.

Otherwise, rock on! Obviously some things remain flaky — certain games may not work, and you may experience the odd crash.

Download: RemoteJoy GUI v1.51

- source: qj

silverfox has updated LeeSP to v2.2 the other day. LeeSP is an exciting 2D fighting game focusing around two popular anime characters, Rock Lee and Gaara. LeeSP supports single and multiplayer (two persons on a single PSP) modes. Unfortunately networked multiplayer (Ad Hoc or Infrastructure) is not supported. Nevertheless, it’s quite enjoyable — with or without a friend.

Version 2.2 introduces new characters, stadiums, and attack moves. And of course a wide range of bug fixes. Share your feedback and constructive criticisms below. Nice work, dude.

Download: LeeSP 2.2

I was anxiously awaiting the release of a piKey update, and thanks to Bob Joe (for the news tip) I’m now updating my PSP as I write this… piKey 0.3, oh yes! Now supporting firmwares 3.30 and 3.40 OE. Fanjita also mentions piKey 0.3 includes small enhancements to deal with compatibility issues.

There are 2 main changes for compatibility:

1. You can configure πKey to be disabled for v1.50 kernel homebrew (ie. homebrew running from the GAME150 folder, or GAME if you have OE configured to run GAME as v1.50). This may be easier for some users than changing the config in flash.
2. You can configure a hotkey that will disable πKey when the PSP reboots. So, if there’s a homebrew or game that has problems, just hold down the hotkey (configurable as any key or combination, but SELECT by default) while the Sony logo is showing, and πKey will unload itself until next rebooted.

Huh, what’s piKey?

A keyboard driver for the PSP developed by Fanjita and harleyg. piKey aims at providing full keyboard control anywhere — games, homebrews, the XMB, etc… Supported are various infra-red keyboards and the ability to wire one via the PSP’s serial port (the headphone socket). Have a look at the included user guide (docs/user_guide.html) to get started.

Download: piKey 0.3

- source: Noobz

coldtoiletseat (haha, nice name) has released a simple homebrew app responsible for carrying out useful day-to-day tasks. What better hand held device and application to have if you’re always on the move, especially when running from the feds. Fire up the calendar, mark the day you appeared on America’s Most Wanted, start the timer, calculate your funds, and get moving.

PSP Organize features:

1. Calender
   -12 Month 2007
   -Peugot Backgrounds
   -Automatically loads current month
   -Use L or R to scroll through adjacent months
2. Timer
   -Set hours, minutes, and seconds independently
   -Pause and resettable
   -Counts down
   -Sound when timer reaches 0
3. Stopwatch
   -Pause and resettable
   -Counts up!
4. Calculator
   -4 basic functions
   -Select first number with “+” operation
   -Which ever number you select second will be performed first number with whichever operation is highlighted
5. Light
   -PSP light to see in the dark!

Download: PSP Organize! 4.0RC3

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Even though the contest has officially ended, this doesn’t mean the developers aren’t able to update their homebrew creations. In fact, today NIGathan has released a new version of NPaint — one of the first submissions to the PSP Hacks Homebrew contest.

NPaint v2.0 changes:

• Fixed various bugs
• Updated instructions menu
• Added the song selection menu
• Fixed the brush movement so now when you draw it is perfect control
• Added eraser — hold L + R + CIRCLE and move the joystick to use
• Added the ability to change the color of the brushes between red, blue, green, purple, pink, yellow, and white by pressing left added menu animations within the menu
• Added a 9 song soundtrack
• Added Precision Mode which allows you to hold circle and use the D-Pad to control the brush with precision
• Disabled the ability to load saved Drawings while drawing so you have to go back to the menu and go to load to load your drawing
• Fixed the loading of your drawing so now it loads the drawing a lot better. before it would sometimes not work when clicking on load.
• Changed/added a few controls
• Changed SND0.AT3
• Fixed the red brushes that used to look distorted so now they look amazing
• Added the ability to use partially transparent images as the brushes
• … And im sure theres more that i did but forgot to mention.

Definitely worthy of a major version bump. Good job NIGathan.

Download: NPaint v2.0

weltall has informed us about his latest CWCheat release, 0.1.7 Revision C. Major improvements are various fixes concerning remapsp which would cause CWCheat to crash, support for float search in memory, and support for VME read/write in 3.40 and VME read in other firmwares. Other enhancements were made to further optimize size and fix known bugs.

With respect to site enhancements, CWCheat and the latest DB can now be found at the following URLs: http://67.29.132.132/cwcheat/, http://cwcheat.consoleworld.org, http://cwcheat.ibeglab.org. If you have problems accessing the cheat insertion pages, try adding “?approve=1″ on the end of the address (without the quotes).

The full 0.1.7 Rev. C changelog:

• [ALL] now it’s possible to do pg up/down in the text reader (left/right)
• [ALL] optimizations and removal of various part of the code to reduce prx size
• [ALL] added an entry for the memory editor (disabled for now)
• 0000005: [POPS] now it’s possible to use again the memory card manager functions with older pops loaded trough popsloader or with an old OE CF
• 0000001: [ALL] Fixed a buffer overflow in the remaps selection screen which could make cwcheat crash and show some graphic glitch when selecting a file with a long name. plus a better check for the file opening process was added
• 0000002: [ALL] added float support in the fixed/diff search
• 0000003: [ALL] fixed the macro support which didn’t work and crashed cwcheat while loading the macro. this was caused by an old reference to older folders which is now fixed. plus a check for the presence of the file was added to prevent crash with wrongly referenced macros
• added support to save (only 3.40)/read (all Firmwares) *.VME memory cards
• various fixes
• [SITE] added more checks in the cheat add functions
• [SITE] now it’s possible to add cheats by pasting the db snippet of the game+cheats you want to add
• [SITE] fixed various glitches in the db, if you find something like “_L 0″ “_L ” “_L 0 0″ or other wrongly formatted entries please report them
• [SITE] Added a lot of missing images
• [SITE] removed various “cloned”/with bad id/with missing game name or id games

Enjoy, cheaters!

Download: CWCheat 0.1.7 Revision C

As the title implies, here’s a whole whack of ‘em, literally, over 100, all for OE custom firmwares 3.10, 3.30, and 3.40. Nicely compressed into one RAR archive by forum member owfx. He calls it the Ultimate Icon/Theme Pack! Suits it well.

All icons and themes have been converted by owfx, unless otherwise stated. These themes/icons were not necessarily created by owfx, so props to everyone who has devoted time and effort into manufacturing such awesome PSP art.

Freely preview the icons & themes at the following URL:
owfx.mooo.com

Download: Ultimate Icon/Theme Pack for OE Custom Firmwares
(for 3.10, 3.30, 3.40 OE Only)

See “How to copy files by Zomg.txt” for theme installation.

- Ultimate Icon/Theme Pack Release Thread -