ColEm PSP v2.6.1 Released

Remember these Coleco classics: Frogger, Heist, and what about Boulder Dash? I bet you haven’t played any of those in ages, or maybe not at all… Well Akop delivers a quick blast from the past with ColEm PSP — the ColecoVision emulator — version 2.6.1, which fixes a couple nasty bugs that prevented those three roms from working. Oldtimers: relive the nostalgia. Youngins: this is how it all started.

  

ColEm PSP v2.6.1:

• Now clearing all RAM to zeros (Heist works)
• Now padding smaller ROMs with 0xFFs in LoadROM()
• Fixed Reset9918() to reset VDP completely (Boulder Dash and Frogger)
• Implemented SCREEN2 table address masking, thanks to Daniel Bienvenu
• New save file format – not compatible with previous version

Download: ColEm PSP v2.6.1

Port HBL to Your Own Game Exploit

Wololo has written a very intuitive tutorial for all the aspiring PSP developers out there. More often than not I see new users over at lan.st posting their findings — some turn up exploitable, some not. Basically if you can overwrite “ra” (return address) you’ve likely stumbled upon a user-mode exploit and you’re set. Bonus points if you find a kernel exploit. But what next once you found said exploit? Wololo answers: Port Half Byte Loader. And once you’ve done that: Email hacks @ psp-hacks with a dot com and share your work with the world. You’ll make your mother proud, my word.

To complete this tutorial, you need basic shell skills, a working pspsdk, a working game exploit and the associated binary loader / hello world, a ruby interpreter, and basic ruby skills (usually, if you know any other scripting language, you’ll figure it out easily, there are not so many changes required).

Click here for the tutorial.

Enable PSP Remote Play for Just About any PS3 Game

Check this out — a cool little trick that essentially enables PSP Remote Play for just about any PS3 game. Of course your PS3 must be hacked in order to modify the game’s PARAM.SFO. There have been a few reports where some games don’t work, so really it’s trial and error. Nonetheless — awesome stuff!
I haven’t tried Open Remote Play with this yet, but maybe it’ll work too. PS3 gaming on your PC — imagine that.

Prometheus-2 for PSP Custom Firmware 5.00 M33 Released

C’mon… You didn’t think Liquidzigong was gonna leave you hanging, did ya? PSP Custom Firmware 5.00 M33 users — this one has your name on it. No ripping, no decrypting, no ISO patching — just straight up integration with CFW 5.00 M33-6.
Download and unpackage the rar archive, copy to PSP/GAME and run the installer. You’ll soon be enjoying all the games that require a firmware later than 5.00. Good lookin’ out Liquidzigong.
Changes:

• Support more new games
• Support future encryption games requiring 6.30

Download: Prometheus-2 for CFW 5.00 M33
- source: a9vg

JPCSP Revision 1764 Released

Ok, so it’s not an official version, but one is coming soon… I just wanted to showcase the progress the team has made since our last JPCSP coverage. It’s awesome. Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley is playable, Bleach: Heat of Soul 2 is playable, and Dissidia Final Fantasy is looking pretty good. Wanna know more? Check this forum — more playable games per svn release.

Because this is an unofficial release from the automated build system I’ll ask you click here to download JPCSP REV. 1764. Hey, there may even be a new revision by the time you read this.

Half Byte Loader R100 Released

Wololo and Co. just unveiled Half Byte Loader (HBL) R100. That means homebrew on firmware 5.03 to 6.20 by way of the Patapon 2 Demo, and for those who’ve upgraded to 6.30 or 6.31 for whatever reason, you can now enjoy homebrew using Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee — the PSN or UMD version.
A few caveats with homebrew on OFW 6.30/6.31 though… Wololo notes HBL is not as stable for Hot Shots Golf as it is for the Patapon 2 demo: the homebrew menu may not appear first try, some emulators won’t run at full speed, etc. If you wish to help out, head to the source, download the dev. build and report bugs over at advancedpsp.tk.
If you’re sporting the EU version of Hot Shots Golf and HBL constantly returns you to the XMB, a possible solution is the following:

1. Rename the folder hbl/libs_6xx to hbl/libs
2. Rename the file hbl/config/imports.config_6xx to hbl/config/imports.config
3. Try again.

If you’re a new reader: HBL runs in user-mode space, not kernel, which means no custom firmware. Maybe one day one thing will lead to another and those doors will be axed open. Till then, happy homebrewin’.
Update: Ooops… My bad, I missed the EU version and the SAVEDATA exploits. They’re added now.
Download:
HBL R100 Patapon 2 Demo (for 5.03—6.20)
Patapon 2 SAVEDATA Exploit
Patapon 2 Demo
HBL R100 Hot Shots Golf (for 6.30—6.31)
Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee SAVEDATA Exploit
HBL R100 Everybody’s Golf (for 6.30—6.31)
Everybody’s Golf SAVEDATA Exploit

PS3 Firmware 3.50 Released

You know the drill… If you want hacks & homebrew, do not update. If you want 3D Blu-ray support and a couple other useless new features, then go nuts, update. If you have two or more PS3′s, then all the power to you. Cheers!

Filename: PS3_341_FW_UPDATE.RAR

Size: 167.17MB

Downloads: 10,166

Description:
Sony PS3 firmware update 3.41

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