There's general agreement that Sony stumbled out of the gate with the PlayStation 3. Months of intense hype were followed by a late launch (fully a year after the Xbox 360) and a staggering $600 price tag for the deluxe model.
Even worse, the PS3 didn't initially have any real must-have exclusive titles, and despite the power of its vaunted Cell processor, multiplatform games from third-party developers didn't look appreciably better than the respective titles on the Xbox 360.
Since then, the company's been modifying the PlayStation product line to better fit the competitive market landscape. As of August 2008, a new "bargain" PS3 is available with a larger, 80GB hard drive, and a "deluxe" model is due in November, doubling the capacity to 160GB.
Both, however, lack backward compatibility with PS2 games and do not come with flash card readers. If those features are a must, it might be best to pick up the 80GB "Metal Gear" bundle version on eBay w... More »
Today AhMan has updated iR Shell to 4.7 for the PlayStation Portable, which includes both 5.00 M33 compatibility as well as a revamped iR Sensor.
MK2k has also recently released APPSwitcher for PSP, which is a VSH plug-in that lets you categorize your homebrew for the XMB and switch between each by holding the right shoulder button and d-pad.
Downloads: PSP iR Shell 4.7 / PSP iR Shell 4.7 [Mirror] / APPSwitcher PSP 1.0
PSP iR Shell Changelog:
- Support Dark_AleX latest 5.00M33-3 CFWs. Users of original 5.00M33 & M33-2 should upgrade to M33-3 to avoid incompatibility issues. The latest Popsloader 5.00 is also supported.
- An Infra-Red lear... More »
Zx-81 has updated PSPMSX today, a MSX and MSX2 series emulator for PSP. Now compatible with PSP Custom Firmware 5.00 M33, version 1.4.1 features several enhancements and bug fixes, including a built-in text editor that allows users to save digital notes per game.
Download: PSPMSX v1.4.1 for CFW 5.x / PSPMSX v1.4.1 for FW 1.5
What's new in version 1.4.1:
- Finally fix issue with "Home - Exit" !
- Text editor to write your own comments on games
- Display first comment line while browsing game files
- Digital pad is now usable in file requester
even when danzeff keyboard is displayed
- Fix inconsistency between zip rom file names and save game name.
- Improve cheat menu & memory monitoring engine
- Text editor to modify the global cheat.txt file
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PSP Developer Poison has updated both his PlayStation Portable HostCore Plug-In (allows users to access media content located on their PC via PSP) and also his CXMB Plug-In today to include 5.00 M33 Firmware compatibility.
Download: PSP CXMB v3.3 Plug-In / PSP HostCore v1.2 Plug-In
v3.3 Changelog:
+Add 5.0 capability.
v1.2 Changelog:
+Add 5.00m33 support.
According to the author, it's important to note that PSP themes built for previous system software revisions will need to be updated for the new firmware.
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Dark_AleX has released an update to the fatmsmod patch today. Apparently it stopped working in 5.00 due to a Sony file changing its name.
Download: PSP FATMS Patch for CFW 5.00 M33 / PSP FATMS Patch for CFW 5.00 M33 [Mirror]
From the ReadMe File:
Instructions: decrypt 3.71 using psardumper (square option).
Copy the file fatmsmod.prx in the root of memory stick.
Copy FATMS371 to /PSP/GAME or /PSP/GAME5XX.
Run the program and done.
Cpasjuste has updated his PSP Custom Firmware Extender plug-in, which allows users to take screenshots in the XMB or while playing a UMD game, record videos in-game, as well as access USB mass-storage and other features.
Download: PSP Custom Firmware Extender 3.0
Version 3.0 includes full support for 5.00 M33 Custom Firmware.
Installation:
- Copy the content of the "seplugins" folder to the seplugins folder of your memory stick.
- Take a look at the file "cfe.config" under "ms0:/seplugins/cfe" and adjust to your needs.
- Enable cfe_loader.prx under the m33 recovery menu (Hold R while starting the PSP)
in vsh and game.
- Set cpu speed to default under the m33 recovery menu.
Today OldPrisoneR has updated FuSa for the PlayStation Portable, which is a Custom Firmware Plug-In allowing users to play PSP games on televisions regardless of input cable type.
Download: PSP FuSa SD v1.0.47 with 5.00 M33 Support
Changes:
- SpeeDBoosteR for PSOne games was deleted (Use 5.0 M33 to play PSOne games on TV)
- New hotkey (DisableEnable plug-in)
- Configuration file
- Adjustable hotkeys
- Adjustable screen position
- No more "grab vram" option (use FuSa ScreenShoot! instead of it)
- Dox aren't included (Use dox from v1.0.47)
Package contains following languages:
- ENGLISH
- RUSSIAN
- FRENCH
- GERMAN
- ITALIAN
- HEBREW
- SPANISH
- PORTUGUESE
- TURKISH
Today Dark_AleX has released a PlayStation Portable 1.50 kernel add-on for 5.00 (phat) consoles with M33 Custom Firmware.
Download: PSP 1.50 Kernel Add-On for 5.00 M33 CFW / PSP 1.50 Kernel Add-On for 5.00 M33 CFW [Mirror]
Instructions: Copy to /PSP/GAME5XX and run.
Note: because even deleting LFTV and korean font there was not enough space this time, this version will delete also flash0:/dic/apotp.dic
I'm unsure about what this file is for (maybe for Japanese text predicition?) but system works fine with it.
IF you want to keep some of the things deleted by the 150k_installer do following things.
- Install DC7. Use the Format flash options in nand operations menu. Make flash1 size like around 1 MB smaller, make flash3 the smallest possible, and make flash2 a bit smaller (not too much, or... More »
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