Sony has just officially announced the PSP 3000 at their press conference event at Leipzig. According to David Reeves, the PSP 3000 will have a built-in microphone, and an enhanced LCD screen. It will retain the size and features of the current, slimmed-down PSP (PSP-2000). That's a screenshot of it up there. The unit will launch on October 15 in PAL territories, tagged at EUR 199. Full break down below:
Update: For those of us outside of Europe, the PSP-3000 will be launched in North America as part of two packs. One of the packs will be the Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters PSP Entertainment bundles which will be released on October 14th. The other pack will be a 4GB Entertainment Pack which is due out in November. Both packs will be retailed at US $199.99. Later, Sony will be releasing the PSP-3000 Core Pack, which will be railed at the regular price of US $169.99.
The creator of PSPVC (PSPVideo Converter) has updated his/her PSP video converter to 2.81. This new update brings us new video and audio features. For those of you who don't know what this app is, it's a video converter for the PSP that is able to convert almost any video-format into the PSP format. If you're wondering if this needs a custom firmware PSP, well, it doesn't! You can add your own subtitles in your own language and you can also tweak the image to your liking. PSPVC also comes with a built-in video downloader so you can download and convert from any of the supported sites.
Developer, Dark_AleX, has released an update to his Despertar del Cementerio - Universal Unbricker, bringing it up to v7. Features:
- A format flash function has been added which is useful to correct problems in some PSP's that get an error when installing 4.01 M33, or to have a custom partitioning of the flash.
- An IDStorage tools function has been added. It allows to create a new IDStorage (including for first time, the regeneration of region and umd keys), change region (including umd region), or fix wlan mac address.
Homebrew Developer, Zack, has released Wolfenstien 3D v5.0. This final release fixes various bugs and has a few improvements, most notably the sound and the instant save/load feature. Furthermore, a proper fullscreen mode and TV out has been added. Also, the author notes if you use the floppy version of Wolfenstien 3D, please use the patch below before you run the game or else it won't work. Just copy and replace the files in the patch folder with the ones you have already. Download and comment.
Andy_maN, developer from Team FuSa, has recently updated screenShoot, an application that lets you take a screenshot of the "real screen" and is compatible with FuSa, a PSP slim plugin which enables you to play games on your Standard Definition TV.
Homebrew developer, PhonicUK, released UMDumper a few months ago, and I thought it'll be well worth putting it on front page for everyone to download. This is an application that can read an inserted UMD disk, and dump it as an image to your Memory Stick, so that it can be played without the disk inserted with the aid of custom firmware.
Only M33 based firmwares are currently supported, GEN is unsupported. Furthermore, the author notes that only PSP Games can be dumped. Video and Music UMD disks cause the application to freeze.
Download below. Full details and other features can be found at the author's site. Enjoy!
Homebrew developers, FOL and Chilly Willy, have recently released the latest version of the Amiga Emulator, which is now up to version 0.72. This version primarily attempts to gain extra speed while patching some audio related issues. Full change log and installation instructions are in the readme. Enjoy!
Here is a blast from the past! These were one of my favorite homebrew games back in the day, and I figured I'll post it for all of you to enjoy! It boasts 25 Playable Characters, 7 Worlds, 3 Modes (multiplayer mode is not available).
Instructions:
Buttons:
Download is below, and read the instruction above to install, Enjoy!!
Please in the GAME folder in order for the game to Work.
An awesome app created by highboy who created the bootsound replacer app. It has a nicer gui and it seems faster. A readme is included as well.
*This app seems to use atrac3 format only or it give an error if it isn't. Make sure its 44,100 khz as well*
[quote=highboy]i have been working on this for awhile now in my spare time.although its not done yet "i want the program to write the rco" i thought others may find it useful.so give it a try and please report any problems[/quote]
Remember to read the readme and remember this is still a WIP app.
Edit: seems to have made an update
[quote=highboy]i did find a problem in the way i was checking the header.it was fine with 44,100 khz but when the file was 48,000 khz it would say invalid.it is fixed now and will accept a wav with all attributes.please re download and im sorry for the problem.[/quote]
Yesterday, silmarilion released an update of his/her music app called GameMusicGear on DCEMU. This new version of the app has some bug fixes and several new features. For the people who don't know what this app is, it's a multiformat music player based on some the the popular PC music players live winamp and xmms. This app only works on PSP Slim's right now, so sorry Fat users! I think silmarilion will fix this in the future.
Developer, DJB, has updated his Pandora Deluxe, it's designed to prepare your PSP Memory Stick to be used with the Pandora Battery. Unfortunately this program can't change your Battery to Pandora, however it will copy program's to your Memory Stick in order for you to do this yourself. For short this is for noobz. This now uses Despertar Cementerio v6, Hellcats Pandora Installer to Revision 4a, and a different configuration on how you boot your PSP.
Features:
Installation:
Changes:
So download the file below, read the readme, and Enjoy!!
Well there is a new entertainment pack for the PSP. This entertainment pack includes a limited edition Silver PSP Slim, the UMD Movie of 'National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets' the UMD Game for 'Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters' and in the pack, there is a voucher for the puzzle game 'Echocrome' to download at the Playstation Store. There is also a 1 GB Memory Stick for storing files. All in all, this pack has a lot of goodies in it for $199, might be nice if you got the money for it.
