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Yeldarb has released another PSP coding tutorial. This is the third PSP tutorial he has written, and the last two have gotten much praise from the community. These guides are comprehendable by a complete and total newbie, but will also be valuable to novice coders, or skilled ones looking to begin coding for the PSP. If you missed his first two lessons, be sure to check them out first.

Lesson 3 covers everything from declaring, initializing and using variables, to logic statements, to loops, to button input. It should give you a firm foundation on which to build your programs. It also gives you a background so that you can understand mainstream C tutorials that are scattered around the net.

View Lesson 3

The author of DJSP - Lok Tai Fung a.k.a. Andy Fung - has released a quick homebrew app which acts as a Scrabble Assistant. Basically this application is an anagram generator and word checker.

Directly from the included readme.txt:

Enjoy, don’t ask me any questions about it. Use at your own risk. :-)

Scrabble Assistant. It’s an anagram generator + word checker.

Written by me: Lok Tai Fung.

Sometime later, I’ll put it at: www.andyfung.net/scrabbleassistant

Noooo questions, I just did this for fun and it was a quick hack. I don’t want any suggestions.

So if you’re ever playing scrabble and you’ve got your PSP handy, why not generate and confirm some words while you’re at it - or if you’re just plain old bored, give it a try!

Download Scrabble Assistant

Yu-Ju Lin has sent us his newly revised version of PSPReader.

PSPReader v1.1.1 change log:

• Limit file size…largest tested so far: 13MB. Loading large file would take a bit of time. For 13MB file, it would take around 20 seconds.
• Limit number of lines to 20,000 lines. Content beyond 20,000 lines will be truncated.
• Binary file with txt extension is possible.

Download PSPReader 1.1.1 for 1.0
Download PSPReader 1.1.1 for 1.5

Enjoy!

RnSK Softronics have released a tool for those Mac OS X users who are left in the dark when it comes to converting 1.0 EBOOT’s to 1.50.

HomebrewPSP Converter is a simple tool to convert and manage your Homebrew PSP software for v1.0 PSP’s for use on v1.5 PSPs using the new 1 memory stick method.

Download HomebrewPSP 1.1.1 for Mac OS X 10.4.1

For those folks who are interested with increasing their PSP’s memory stick capacity, psp-hardware.com now has Duo Adaptor boards for sale! This converter will allow you to use standard memory sticks with your PSP. The converter mounts to the back of your PSP and a thin ribbon cable runs to a PCB inserted into the PSP memory slot. Now you can use the cheaper, easier to find memory sticks in your PSP. You can even use the 4GB memory sticks!

FastPSP.com has just recently launched and looks great on a PSP - it’s formatted specifically to accomodate the PSP’s screen. The site provides links to PSP friendly sites as well as game toplists and release dates - makes a great default home page for your PSP!

I have spoke with the admin and there are some big plans for the future of this portal. Check it out!

alecocr20 has just emailed us his own RipKit for ATV Offroad. This one shrinks the size down even further than the previous ATV Rip Kits. After removing the movies & music, the resulting size is now 199MB!

This Rip Kit works in the same manner as Zabbyh’s Spiderman 2. Refer to the READMERIP.txt for further instructions.

Download ATV Rip Kit

Also be sure to check out our downloads area for more Rip Kits, homebrew and other handy PSP-related tools!

CENTURY CITY, Calif. – Timed to keep pace with Transporter 2’s theatrical release, Fox Home Entertainment delivers the goods with The Transporter, arriving on UMD August 30, 2005. The gripping thriller from producer/co-writer Luc Besson (La Femme Nikita, The Professional, The Fifth Element) stars Jason Statham (The Italian Job, Snatch, Collateral) in white-knuckle action sequences and high-octane chases that had audiences on the edge of their seats… and begging for more. The Transporter is available for a suggested retail price of $29.98 U.S. Prebook is August 3..

SYNOPSIS

Frank Martin (Jason Statham) is the best at what he does: transporting dangerous or illegal goods with no questions asked. But his latest shipment, a beautiful young woman kidnapped by international slave traders, brings deadly complications to his delivery plans. Now Frank must kick into overdrive in a nonstop, action-packed fight to save his precious cargo—and his life.

A new & improved File Assistant/Manager which supports a handful of useful features and a beautiful GUI has been released.

This homebrew utility supports:

• boot EBOOT files
• view pictures
• play mp3s
• rename files
• create directories
• move files around the MS
• changing the background - press “Start” to cycle through them
• USB toggle
• access to the PSP’s firmware
• access to the UMD drive

Future File Assistant features:

• Text Viewer
• True Type Fonts
• Skin Browser
• PRX/BIN Execution

Props to Slasher, 71M, Lin J.R and Shazz for this!

Download File Assistant - included are the EBOOT’s for both 1.0 and 1.50 firmware users. The source code is also included.

The fine folks who brought you the PSP Rhythm Composer have launched their website. And also a new version is available for download - the sequencer code has been re-written to correct some of the timing issues.

Check out their website here and also feel free to grab a new copy of PSP Rhythm Composer