Monday, April 10, 2006

Use AIM, ICQ, MSN, Google Talk and Yahoo on your PSP


A new homebrew instant messenger for PSP has been released by Danzel. The instant messenger supports many of the most popular protocols,including AIM, ICQ, MSN, Google Talk and Yahoo. To use this on 2.0+ firmware you will need the latest version of fanjita's eBootloader "Bock"


Download here

Sunday, April 09, 2006

Video Guide for 2.0+ homebrew

Here is a good guide for anyone worried or unsure about running homebrew on their 2.0+ firmware PSP. The video is from a series on www.psphacking101.com.

PSP commercial - its like carpet

I found this very strange PSP commercial on google video. I think someone must have made it at home. I doubt that it is official.







Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Leaked pictures of sony PS1 emulator

Some pictures have surfaced on the net that are apparently leaked of the much anticipated ps1 emulator for PSP. The release of the emulator was confirmed at the Playstation Business Briefing 2006. Details of the emulator were released along with details of Flash support and GPS and camera addons.

These may be fake, or may not be but they do look fairly genuine.

News via PSP Updates









PSP fake video


after posting about fake psp's earlier, i found this video of a fake psp.

Alternative Bock Version Released by Fanjita

Fanjita has released a new alternative version of his bock eLoader. The release is for users that have been experiencing problems with the first release of bock (especially 2.0 users). It is also better for people that have a problem with file caching.

The release is available in two flavours: Auto-Installer for Windows, or ZIP file for other platforms. Please also look at the README file, it has lots of useful information.

via fanjita.org

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

PSP keyboard and cellphone attachments on USPTO

So if you recall, way back at E3 2004 when Sony was showing off the PlayStation Portable for the first time in the US, they were also generating some buzz with translucent keyboard and cellphone attachments.

To much a gamers dissapointment, the much anticipated Logic 3 keyboard was cancelled, with the company reporting that sony were not being cooperative with information regarding system settings etc.


In two filings dated November 10, 2004 (and made public in late February 2006 and only three days ago, respectively), a gaggle of Sony designers submitted applications for both "ornamental design[s]" for a keyboard and phone add-on for the PSP -- and trust us, the patent filings couldn't have been much less verbose. So will we ever see these things get manufactured and released? Eh, even though Sony's launched some unexpected PSP accessories recently, we'd assume the phone attachment won't ever take off.

Source via engadget

Monday, April 03, 2006

Quake2 on PSP

Quake 2 has been ported to PSPand released by Chris Swindle. The port is compatible with the release of the Bock eLoader

This release of the popular game is an adaptation of Peter McKay's port of Quake
, but also supports multiplayer mode via wifi mode and Ad-hoc. Updates are sure to come so stay posted

LuaPlayer v0.18 Alpha


The latest version of LuaPlayer has been released in its Alpha stage for PSP. Lua is now confirmed to work on all firmwares (using Bock).

Lua Player allows anyone to create their own homebrew games easily. For more information on coding in Lua visit the tutorials

Download Lua Player.

Bock - eLoader 0.9.7 Released


Fanjita and Ditlew have released the new eboot loader "Bock".

The release of Bock supports WiFi access, both ad-hoc and infrastructure, on all firmwares (including 2.0+).

Bock also includes the feature of caching homebrew, speeding up loading times if you have alot of the stuff.

The eLoader can be downloaded here

Read more at fanjita.org or at psp updates

Sunday, April 02, 2006

Watch out for fake PSP's

A number of fake PSP's have come on the market, all cheap imitations of the real thing. It is important to look out for these things on eBay and don't be caught out and buy one yourself. Here are a few of the most convincing fakes that we have found.