Who sleeps less, Art or the Sony firmware folks? I’m sure this doesn’t come as a surprise, and firmware 3.04 wouldn’t either; nevertheless, Art has released X-Flash V18f! The popular all-around firmware modification tool, but you knew that. ;)

V18f changes:

• Implemented flasher with write verify for topmenu_plugin.rco files of all supported firmware versions.
• File flasher can only write topmenu_plugin.rco files, and only of sizes that match 1.50, 2.71, 3.02, and topmenu_plugin.rco file with new icons as output by kgsws’s program for 3.02SE.
• Fixes to PSP Information screen, and red screens that display some startup warnings.
• Seven Hour XMB Label Editor works with 3.02 SE if the new icons topmenu_plugin.rco file is flashed. The new “Network” label that was not present in 1.50 is copied from the “Network Settings” string that is entered by the user.
• Removed Estimated Free Flash0 Space display to avoid confusion.

There you have it — fresh for the new year! And a happy new year to all from PSP Hacks!

Download: X-Flash V18f

- source: Official X-Flash Board

Update: With Extreme Cheat you’re now able to enable/disable individual cheats when saving the db. You can fetch the updated version (v2) below.

Quake has been keeping busy with Extreme Link, and is now introducing Extreme Link: Cheat v1! Extreme Link has been updated to 1.3.1; it essentially strips out CWCheat as that specific piece of functionality has been branched off into its own executable. Extreme Cheat provides a better means of managing your CWCheat database through an easy-to-use interface, much like the previous.

Clicking the ‘Playstation’ icon will bring up the program’s context menu.

Download:
Extreme Link v1.3.1
Extreme Link: Cheat v2

Syn has devoted a significant amount of time towards compiling this PSX icon pack for all the users out there. It features over 300 icons for the most popular PSX titles. Certainly worth checking out if you’re emulating any of your favourite PSX games.

Thanks SynAngel!

Download: PSX Icon Pack

The great weltall has improved CWCheat for POPS…

with this version of cwcheat you can finally load your memory cards coming from pc emulators or psx/ps2 consoles.
these memory cards are stored and loaded in the epsxe format this mean that you can directly load them with the best emulators out there (epsxe, pSX) or convert them with any decent memory card manager tool (or manage also them :P).
then you can use also tools like dexdrive to get saves or load your saves in a psx memory card, or extract the single saves and put them in the ps2 with applications like ulanchelf. (to do this you need to use psxmemtool extract the mc as ps1 remove the 0×80 header so it starts with SC and put the name you see in the header as the file name)

Now store up to 256 memory cards per game; they’re identified like this, “GAMEID-MEMCARDNUM.mcr” — for example, the first memory card for xenogears would become SLUS_00664-0.mcr. These virtual memory cards are stored in /seplugins/cwcheat/mc and can easily be loaded to slot 1 or 2 by selecting the corresponding option.

Aside from that snazzy addition, 0.1.6 Rev. E fixes:

• some games would cause cwcheat to not load the id correctly
• the directory were the db is saved from the cwcheat interface, now it’s saved in the correct folder
• some reported things here and there

Awesome accomplishment weltall!

Download: CWCheat 0.1.6 Rev. E for POPS (w/ EPSXE memory card support)

- source: consoleworld

Update: Dago^WATT has updated Prometeus to 0.9.3 earlier… It focuses on fixing a few reported bugs, namely those relating to PSX conversion. Grab it below.

Its been a long time since we’ve seen heard from Dago^WATT. But today he has graced us with a new version of Prometeus — the ISO image manipulation tool for Mac OS X. Convert your ISOs to compressed CISO/DAX format and vice versa. Also, with the included ISOgen function, you can extract/delete/replace files and generate new PSP compliant ISO images — all with a few simple mouse clicks!

What’s new since the previous (0.81B) release?

• Fixed PSX-PSP Bug
• USBHostfs support only for DevHook. (It sends only the following files: .iso, .cso and .dax)
• PSX -> PSP converter. It is not Popstation, it is more! You can use custom Icon (size must be: 144×80), Background (480×272) and Title (310×180) image files (.png) (Sample images included). Supported: .bin, .iso, .toast (not tested)

Note: you will require libusb — download it here.

Download: Prometeus v0.9.3

- source: wattks

Quake has updated Extreme Link today; the all-purpose Windows app to manage just about everything that lives on your PSP’s memory stick — media content, game saves, homebrew, etc… v1.3.0 now includes support for PSX POPSTATION and CWCheat database management.

v1.3.0 changes:

Main - Images:

1. Added EBOOT Icon
2. Added PBP Extension

Menu:

1. Added Easy GAME150 Folder Creator
2. Added Easy GAME302 Folder Creator

Options:

1. Added Compression Value Save
2. Added Version Info Viewer

Game/Homebrew:

1. Added Folder change. - 3.02 OE-A Compatible
2. Added Folder Maker. - For PSX games
3. Added More Menu’s

CISO:

1. Changed Value controls

About:

1. Proper props to the coders.

POPstation: - NEW

1. Select POPstation.exe Directory
2. Select Game IMG. - Inside the POPstation directory

SAVEDATA:

1. ADDED MENU’s

CW Cheat: - NEW -

1. Added Cheat Insert
2. Added Cheat DB

Download: Extreme Link v1.3.0

Edison Carter has released a new version of his CheatDevice for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. In addition to all the other features, v2.3 adds “Construction Mode” — along with a sample cheat (overpass.txt).

Now you can do all this:

• Construction Mode
• Hover Cars and Bikes
• Set Wanted Level
• Never Fall Off Your Bike
• Automatic Flip Over
• Walking Speed
• Rocket Boost
• Support for DevHook v0.51.01
• Fun with gravity!
• Heavy car or bike
• Make your car indestructible
• More teleport locations
• Cheat Maker
• Infinite Health & Armor
• Set Time
• Vehicle Spawns
• Step Through Walls
• Super Jump
• Screenshot
• Video Recorder
• Step Up/Down

Installation details inside “readme.txt.”

Thanks Edison!

Download: VCS CheatDevice v2.3

- source: Edison Carter’s cheatdevice.com

Dark_AleX, Mathieulh, and Harleyg have released the source code to their TA-082 downgrader. It’s licensed under GPL, so if you violate that, you’re dead. Now feel free to take a gander at the inner-workings of this amazing masterpiece.

- more info -

Download: TA-082 Downgrader Source

- source: qj

A little something for iR Shell users and fans of PSP Hacks…

…an iR Shell theme courtesy of Dreads! Let ‘em know what’s up.

Download: PSP Hacks iR Shell Theme

BOOSTER delivering a series of blows to Sony’s bread basket in rapid succession as he unleashes DevHook v0.52! *Whistles the Rocky theme song*

DevHook v0.52.0000 includes support for firmware 3.03, which was recently decrypted by Team C+D. And that’s how the fam bam get’down.

1. Copy the files inside MS_ROOT to ms0:/.
2. Use the PBP Unpacker on an untouched FW3.03 PBP and extract the DATA.PSAR file.
3. Copy the DATA.PSAR file to ms0:/.
4. Copy the FW3.03 PSAR Dumper (released by Team C+D) into ms0:/PSP/GAME/.
5. Run the PSAR Dumper on your PSP and press “X” or the “Cross” button when prompted to.
6. It should automatically return to the XMB once it is done.
7. Run DevHook v0.52.
8. Select “Flash Install.”
9. Select “Setup firmware from PSAR dumper.”
10. Read the disclaimer, and press “O” or the “Circle” button if you agree with it.
11. Once it is done, go back to the main DevHook v0.52 screen.
12. Select “Firmware.”
13. Select “Firmware 3.03.”
14. Select “Start.”
15. Reboot the PSP.
16. Load DevHook v0.52 again and start FW3.03.
17. It should say that the setup information is corrupt (BSoD), just press “O” or “Circle.”
18. Reboot the PSP.
19. Load DevHook v0.52 again and start FW3.03.
20. You should now be able to apply your personal settings to your PSP!

There are several other changes, if someone wishes to kindly translate the readme, please post in the comments below. Thanks.

Download:
DevHook v0.52
3.03 FW Update
3.03 Modified PSAR Dumper
PBP Unpacker

Thanks for the heads up, Loaded!