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Screens From Activision Hits Remixed

PSPUpdates has posted screenshots from some of the games included in the upcoming title, Activision Hits Remixed, which is due in stores this Fall with a $19.99 price tag. Check them out below. Pre-sales are available at Amazon and EBGames.

Decathlon




Grand Prix




Private Eye




Stampede




Tennis



Via PSPUpdates

Enabling Wi-Fi in Epsilon BIOS

For those of you with U.P. modchips, Djhg2000 over at the QJ forums has come up with a couple different ways to enable Wi-Fi on the Epsilon BIOS. One way is using his Epsilon BIOS Wi-Fi Editor, which includes instuctions on how to use it. The other way is a bit more complicated. Check out his directions below or download his Epsilon BIOS Wi-Fi Editor from my homebrew software library.

Download HERE

   1. Start your 1.50 PSP
   2. Add you WiFi connection in the XMB (note that all connections will be copied)
   3. Load up FA
   4. Press L to sycle the command menu and highlight "Disk"
   5. Press R to execute command
   6. Highlight "BIOS 1" and press O
   7. Highlight "Resistry" and press O
   8. Scroll down until "system.ireg" is highlighted
   9. Press [_] twice to highlight "system.ireg" and "system.dreg"
  10. Make sure it says "ms0:/" inside the upper right field
          * If it isn't, press right and then go to "Disk" and execute, and then press left
  11. Cycle the command menu until "Copy" is highlighted
  12. Press R to execute
  13. Wait for the copy to finish and then shut it down
  14. Insert the MS Duo into your PSP with Epsilon BIOS
  15. Load up FA
  16. Press right to choose target folder
  17. Cycle the command menu to "Disk" and execute
  18. Note that the menu appears to the left this time
  19. Highlight "BIOS 1" and press O
  20. Highlight "Registry" and press O
  21. Now switch back to the source folder by pressing left
  22. Scroll down to "system.ireg" and press [_] twice to highlight the system files
  23. Cycle the command menu to "Copy" and execute
  24. Wait for the copy to finish and then reboot
  25. Test your connection in for example PVNC

Via PSPUpdates

MyQJ: PSX-P Emu writes to Flash1?

From PSPUpdates:

PSX-P seems to getting into quite a bit of trouble. First it was reported that PSX-P is illegal because it is under the GLP license, and the source code was not released. Then it was rumored that the developers stole most of the code from PacManFans original PSX emulator. How can it ever get any worse for this emu?

Well, there have been rumors circulating the forums that the recently released emulator, PSX-P, is writing files to the flash1. By doing this, it appears to stop devhook from running properly. So does PSX-P secretly flash files to your PSP? And why does it? Here's a quote from LordSturm from the QJ forums..

"No I've done a bit of research on it's activities... It deliberatly modify's f1:/DH/registry/ files... A sick pratical joke, makes us wonder if they will operate differently soon. I fixed my problem by unflashing the flash1 registry, then reflashing it, and not using the psx emulator again... IT DOES FLASH TO FLASH1, period."

"You can test it, the flash 1 issue dosn't do any damage to your psp, but it does render devhook 0.46 useless if you have it flashed up."

DevHook LogoSo it seems that PSX-P does flash the flash1 bios on your PSP. LordStrum investigated even more and noticed that PSX-P switched his X-O buttons, and gave him a Japanese interface on his PSP. He can also no longer dump his flash1 to the 2.71 folder.

LordSturm notes that it seems that the emulator is doing this deliberately. Why? No one knows, but the best guess is some sort of revenge on DevHook's success. If this does turn out to be done on purpose, I think we can all agree that this is a new low in the homebrew scene.

This story is still developing, as we don't even know exactly why or what what the emu flashes. On the positive side, it doesn't brick you're PSP *phew*.

So this is just a warning to everyone. PSX-P flashes your PSP and stops devhook from running. If you use Devhook avoid using PSX-P for the time being.



[QJ.NET issued the following disclaimer with this post:]

The article above was created by a user on MyQJ and received enough Jumps to be automatically posted to PSP Updates. As such, it may not be accurate and does not reflect the opinions of QJ.NET or its staff.

Source: PSPUpdates & whitehawk @ MyQJ