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Homebrew: PLynx Atari Lynx Emulator v0.90 Released

PLynx has the newest version of his port of Handy, an Atari Lynx emulator, for the PSP. Added in this version is homebrew support and the ability to rotate the screen’s display to take advantage of some of those top-view scrolling games! If you ask me, it's only natural that you can play games from the world's first color handheld console on the world's best handheld console!

Download it here.

Homebrew: MP3 RSS Feed Downloaded for 2.60 PSPs and above (also requires Windows)

Those of you who have PSP's with firmware that supports RSS feeds, Matthias Graffe has emailed us from Germany about his MP3 streamer for your PC that you can access with your PSP. You 2.60'ers may not have access to the wealth of homebrew (yet) but this IS something you can use to make the most out of your PSP. 

First download, install and configure Hfs (PSPortal) with this how to: psp.servegame.com (You don´t need the "RSS, Live Music Streaming" Part)

Create a Folder for your RSS Files and share it like your MP3 Folder as a real-time folder with Hfs.

1) Edit Filename, Title and Description or choose the "Use Subfolders" method. Then the chosen Subfolder of the first level (NO subfolder in a subfolder!) of your shared MP3 Folder will be used as Filename, Title and Description. (optional)

2) Choose your, with Hfs shared, RSS and MP3 Folder and edit the HTTP Address - it must point to your MP3 Folder. Save your Config - or reset it (optional) What the App is doing: if path.dat found, then reset to this save - otherwise reset to default).

 3) Now choose the MP3 Folder to Feed (it must be in the shared MP3 Folder) and click "Search MP3s and make the RSS Feed!"

Download it here.

Cool Hardware Hack: PS2 Analog Nub Mod for PSP

Okay, let’s face it - the PSP’s analog nub, while creative, isn’t the most comfortable thing in the word. Most of us would prefer the same sort of analog control that we’ve trained with over the last five years. The PS2 controller is well designed, there’s no denying that, and many gamers prefer it over everything else. Thanks to epixx we can now bring a little bit of the PS2’s familiarity and comfort to the PSP with this interesting analog nub mod. When you’re done, you’ll be able to switch back and forth between your PS2 nub and the original with ease. I’m sure many of you have a an old PS2 controller laying around somewhere, so check this out and give it a try! (Thanks for the tip, realn0whereman!)

Thanks for the link PSPU!

Read the how-to article here.

Homebrew: Homebrew Pack for eLoader

Since the release of Fanjita’s eLoader Beta a couple of days ago, a whole new world of homebrew has opened up for PSP owners with 2.01 or 2.50 PSP’s. Finding homebrew that does work is a little tough, but forum guru LostJared has released a pack of his ports and programs that are eLoader compatible:

• 3D Cube
• 3D Rotation
• 3D First Person Demo
• MasterX with KDE Theme (contains a console where you can type commands with the on screen keyboard)

For a list of homebrew that works with eLoader, make sure to check out Fanjita’s List of Compatible Homebrew.

Download it here.

PSP Game Organizer Released

Mads L has released a handy little program designed to make your life easier and your PSP more organized! We all hate the way the PSP lists programs – never in the order you want, the occasional corrupt icon here and there… you know how it goes. Well this simple tool will allow you to easily move your programs around to your liking, and move those pesky corrupt icons to the bottom. Unfortunately, there’s a limitation in this program where it will not find a PSP if the drive letter is higher than “G:“, so I couldn’t completely test it out. I expect this problem to be fixed in future versions. *hint hint*

Download it here.

Source: PSPUpdates

Homebrew Hack: FlashMod v2.0 for 2.00 and 1.50 Firmware

IchigoKurosaki from Orbis PSP Development has once again released his latest version of FlashMod, a great utility for changing certain aspects of how your PSP operates. The big news about this release is that there is now a version for 1.0 and 2.0 PSPs, allowing you to increase the CPU and GPU speed of UMD games, as well as edit menu titles in the XMB.

Features for Firmware 2.00:

• Load UMD's with CPU clocked at 333 and GPU clocked at 166
• Restore/Edit XMB Menu Names (Can't use PSP Menu Edit by Loco for Firmware 2.00)

Features for Firmware 1.50:

• Load UMD's with 2.00 or higher support (Has not been improved)
• Load UMD's with CPU clocked at 333 and GPU clocked at 166
• Restore/Remove asura effect
• Restore/Add custom backgrounds
• Restore/Edit XMB menu names
• Version reminder removed due to complaints

Features for Firmware 1.00:

• Load UMD's with 2.00 or higher support
• Load UMD's with CPU clocked at 333 and GPU clocked at 166
• Restore/Remove asura effect
• Restore/Add custom backgrounds
• Restore/Edit XMB menu names (Can't use PSP Menu Edit by Loco for Firmware 1.00)

Please read the included documentation and warnings - any program that writes to your PSP's flash memory has the potential to damage your PSP.

Download the 2.0 firmware version here.

Download the 1.5 firmware version here.