Sunday, December 18, 2005 - Posts

Sunday, December 18, 2005 10:59 PM

1945 Sidescroller for PSP (Homebrew)

1945

A dude named Shiftybill has made a sidescrolling shooter game in Lua script called 1945. It is quite simple, you fly around and shoot enemies and earn points. Hey Shiftybill, how about some powerups and bosses in the next relese? We look forward to it!

You can get it in PSP Updates' new QuickJump.net Download site [here].
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Sunday, December 18, 2005 10:58 PM

World View for PSP (Homebrew)

P1Here is another cool tool to go right along with your GPS enabled PSP. Some badasses have written a Google Earth-esque site that is just freggin’ cool. Called World View for PSP, this thing will let you spy overhead satellite style anywhere in the world on your favorite Sony handheld. Just load up the browser on your PSP and navigate on over to www.longfingers.com/psp/ and have a look for yourself.




[Thanks, soccerdude1991]
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Sunday, December 18, 2005 8:21 AM

PSP MPEG-4 Video Renaming, Copying, and other stuff utility released (PSPUpdates)

Simple PSP Copy

Do you have alot of AVC encoded MP4's? Are they named improperly for play on the PSP? Well, maybe you don't but Berklee did. To ease his suffering he's created a simple renaming tool for your videos and emailed us about it:

I had a very simple problem that needed a very simple solution. I had a number of AVC-encoded video files that I wanted to copy to my PSP. But I simply kept forgetting to rename the video files after copying them, so there was no way I could play them back.

Simple PSP Copy helps with the renaming. It can copy multiple AVC video files to your PSP and automatically rename them for you. Just unzip the files and double click SimplePSPCopy.exe.
If it doesn't work, you could try to install these Visual Basic Runtime files from Microsoft first. That should fix it.

You can download this file from PSP Updates' new QuickJump Download site [here].

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Sunday, December 18, 2005 8:20 AM

Airline to distribute PSPs on flights (PSPUpdates)

PSP Flies High in Israel

El-Al Israel Airlines have decided that nothing soothes an uncomfortable flier like the PSP. In an effort to improve their on-flight media options, El-Al is testing out this new PSP offer on selected flights over the holiday season.
Fun Flights with Portable PlayStations

 EL AL is introducing inflight fun in conjunction with the Isfar Company, importers of Sony PlayStations.

To enhance passengers' flight time, portable Sony PlayStations with new games will be distributed on approximately 20 flights from mid-December until the end of January 2006. PlayStations will be available for use on four flights to and from Johannesburg, four flights on the Tel Aviv - Amsterdam route, two flights to and from Paris, and eight flights on the Tel Aviv - New York route, among others.
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Sunday, December 18, 2005 8:19 AM

PSPRadio v0.37-Pre8 Homebrew Internet Radio Streaming Client Released (PSPUpdates)

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Raf with help from Sandberg have released a new version of his very popular PSPRadio for the PSP, version 0.37-Pre8. PSPRadio is an internet radio streaming client for the PSP. The full list of changes in this release include:

0.37-pre8 (r649)

BUG FIXES

  • (sandberg) Core: Updated to use socket headers from the new pspsdk.
  • (raf) TextUI: Fixed bug where localfiles where getting truncated as they were displayed.

NEW FEATURES

  • (raf) Core: Removed local LibPSPNet; using pspsdk's pspnet now.
  • (raf) Core: Added new LocalFiles screen.
  • (raf) TextUI: Using new screens by semtex199.
  • (raf) TextUI: Added configuration items to cfg file to configure the list's titles.

You can get it in our PSP Download section [here].

Note: This is a preview version of the application, which means it is still under development. It might be very unstable or buggy. Try at your own risk.

Currently, this program will only run on PSPs with firmware version 1.0 or 1.50. If you do not know which firmware version your PSP has, or if you need help installing this program on your PSP, check PSP Updates' Ultimate FAQ.
If you have a higher firmware version than 1.50 on your PSP, please check the information below:
– To downgrade the firmware from a version higher than 1.50, please visit [here].
– If you want to try to run it on a 2.0 PSP, please visit our forum for the latest 2.0 eboot loader [here].
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Sunday, December 18, 2005 8:16 AM

TEE Quake 2 for PSP (ported, not from id) making progress (PSPUpdates)

Quake00

McZonk from Team Emergency Exit has brought us some good news and great screenshots:

Quake01“While finishing Quake 2 for the PSP I added screenshot code now. I can made better screenshots now, but they always look a little bit faked I think :D So I still will make some real photographs to show that the system is running on a PSP. I got a much better cam now. The the photos won't look so bad anymore.

I know everybody want to see level rendering, but there is no full rendering of the level at the moment. I will finish as fast as I can. Quake02I have loaded the full level into the memory. That was an important step.

I still hope to hold my release date. Deadlines are bad...”

We hope you could pass all the difficulties soon. Keep it up, McZonk! =D

Team Emergency Exit also wishes to invite people into their IRC channel at #emergencyexit@irc.efnet.org. Feel free to communicate with them!
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Sunday, December 18, 2005 8:15 AM

Want to hack your Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner? Roomba says it's cool with them! (Engadget)

Hack your Roomba (officially!) >

Related entries: Household, Robots

roomba port

Roomba fans have been hacking their vacs for almost as long as the round robots have been on the market, but they haven’t always had the blessing of Roomba-maker iRobot. That started to change earlier this year, when iRobot began pre-installing the software needed to control the bot via its serial port (above). Now, iRobot is going one further with the release of the iRobot Serial Control Interface, which will make it easier for owners of older Roombas to get the bots to do their bidding. Of course, actually using the SCI to mod your Roomba may void your warranty, but you knew that already. At least the folks at iRobot recognize that there’s a market for hackers out there, and if you’re ready to void your warranty, they may as well help you do it.
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