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February 27, 2007
PSP-Hacks Homebrew Competition!

Posted by Gary13579

Been wanting to write a new PSP application or game, but lacked the motive to? Want to to have the chance to win free stuff? Want to see a bunch of new homebrew applications? Then this contest is for you!

PSP-Hacks is having their first competition of 2007, and I’m hoping for a good turn-out!

Rules:

1) Must be your own homebrew. No improving or updating other people’s homebrew.
2) Must start from scratch. Must not be something that you made awhile back. If it was posted somewhere else already, it doesn’t count.
3) No copying other people’s work. Your source must be included with your work to verify/see if it is a modified work of someone else’s. (You don’t have to include your source code until the end of the competition.) (This rule will likely be changed.)
4) You may post your Homebrew for feedback and you can continue to improve your work up until April 29, 2007 when the competition ends
5) Can be either a game or application that runs on the PSP.
6) If you are creating an application for the PSP, the application must be in eboot form in order for it to be entered in the competition.
7) No LUA!
8) Must not enter your homebrew in another competition while entering in this competition. If you enter your homebrew in this competition, then it must not be entered in another site’s competition.
9) Must implement one of these splash screens (can be found in forums) created by …SHAD0W… into your homebrew entry.

And now, for the part that everyone wants to see… the prizes!

1) Modded PS2 with the DMS4 pro mod chip and a 80 gig hard drive inside plus an internet adapter added on the back of the PS2. More info on the DMS4 pro mod chip here.
2) Neuros MPEG-4 Recorder
3) Non-modded PS2
4) New DMS4 pro modchip for the PS2 versions 1-10
5) PS2 game Star Wars Battlefront II
6) PS2 game Battlestar Galactica
7) PS2 game Front Mission 4
8) Free month of Premium Rapidshare account. (Donated by Calo)

Check out the full contest details, and submit your applications in our forums, here.

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    Comment by silky_z
    2007-02-27 20:30:12

    sweet, to bad a can’t code for my life

    Comment by roycruzader
    2007-03-02 12:43:02

    Im not programmer, but i have some good ideas for other people to develop, and i hope someday to see acomplished:

    1- what about MAME? it was discontinued as far as i remember, the original idea of separating games between trademarks (namco, sega, konami, etc.) was a good idea, but the mame versions i saw didnt work properly in most of the good games (like super hang on, outrun, TMNT,….) SO IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IF SOMEONE CAN TRY TO PORT MAME, AND I THINK IS POSIBLE, BECAUSE CPS1-2 AND NEOGEO ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING GREAT.

    2- If some homebrew like IRSHELL Were able to run files from a hard drive via usb, COULDNT BE POSSIBLE TO MAKE A HOMEBREW WITH ALL FUNCTIONS FOR A PSP TO RUN FILES FROM A PORTABLE USB HD? THAN WOULD BE A DREAM! AND A GRAT SOLUTION TO MEMORY STICK’S LIMITED SPACE, AND FOR PEOPLE WHO DOESNT HAVE A PC OR JUST WANT TO PLAY A LOT OF GAMES FAR FROM HOME.

    3-HOW ABOUT PORTING SEGA CD, ATARI XE, 3DO, AND SEGA SATURN?

    4- HOW ABOUT A MEDIA PLAYER HOMEBREW THAT COULD RUN MPG VIDEOS WITH A COMPLETE INTERFACE? (PSPLAYER IS GOOD, BUT LACKS THE PROPER INTERFACE)

    5- IF SOMEONE COULD PORT PC DOOM, THERE ARE OTHER GREAT GAMES FROM THAT TIME THAT COULD BE CONVERTED TO PSP FORMAT, LIKE PRINCE OF PERSIA 2, KINGS QUEST 6.

    6- DONT DENY IT! YOU ARE AS PERVERTED AS I AM! HOW ABOUT DEVOLOPMENT OF ADULT PUZZLE GAMES? LIKE TETRIS, COLUMNS AND QIX BASED ONES, THERE WAS SOME GOOD ONES IN MAME, LUMINES IS A GREAT FUN PSP GAME, BUT HOW ABOUT MAKING SOME OTHER PUZZLES, WITH MORE INCENTIVATION TO STAY PLAYING?
    AND ADULT FIGHTING GAMES TOO! LIKE MUGEN HENTAI, VARIABLE GEO (ADULT VERSION), AND A LOT OF OTHER IDEAS!

    7- WELL THAT’S MY IDEAS, I CAN ONLY HOPE THE BEST LUCK TO ALL INTERESTED PEOPLE TO ENTER IN OUR PSP HACKS COMPETITION!

     
     
    Comment by Chuck Norris
    2007-02-27 20:42:56

    I, being who I am, will probably try coding something…

    It will be the most amazing game ever.

    Comment by kD_
    2007-02-27 21:54:07

    good one

     
     
    Comment by i win
    2007-02-27 20:52:02

    im goin to put 360 games on the psp

     
    Comment by MajinVegeta
    2007-02-27 20:57:29

    this will be good time to see what people come up with… Wise i took up the time and had the cash to make homebrew’s…id have entered if i could … lol

     
    Comment by Kameh
    2007-02-27 20:57:49

    yeh right!u tink u’r bill gates or something?!u tink ur a japanese or samting?!fuck u fuckin french!

     
    Comment by THIS WOULD WIN OMG OMG OMG OMG
    2007-02-27 20:58:07

    OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG ………………………………….

    A p2p client for psp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    PSP2P!!!!!!!!!

     
    Comment by THIS WOULD WIN OMG OMG OMG OMG my forum name
    2007-02-27 20:59:12

    ralphie2511

     
    Comment by Ferris
    2007-02-27 21:01:48

    Mehehe. I’d rather have the rapidshare acc. I already have an mpeg-4 recorder. Good luck, devs!

     
    Comment by Moe
    2007-02-27 21:04:24

    WHERES THE PSP PRIZES :| :P

     
    Comment by noobie
    2007-02-27 21:07:52

    since i cant code worth a damn… i can only engcourage others who can to do their best and be original. STOP ATARI EMULATIONS!

     
    Comment by help
    2007-02-27 21:20:50

    quick question i have nba live 06 i downloaded and its .dax how do u convert it to iso???please help

    Comment by sk
    2007-02-28 13:43:40

    look in the downloads…..

     
     
    Comment by 88
    2007-02-27 21:24:45

    top ten thing i would like to see in the contest:
    10) a usable window 95
    9) a bittorrent
    8) 64 emulator with good sound and speed
    7)new emulators, like sega cd, 3do,dreamcast…..
    6)more origenal hombrew games and apps
    5)some one to teach me how to use paypal to donate some money to coders
    4)all my prx’s to work on my 310oe (gta,gta)
    3)psp unbricker
    2windows madia player
    1)…………………………………………………………..
    A “compressor reader” so i can fit more stuff on my psp’s memory stick it would be able to read any or almost any compressed file.

    Comment by rajabaja
    2007-02-28 19:03:59

    Buy a bigger memory stick 4Gb or even 8GB…but a compressor would be nice.
    I am also planning to get a 4GB stick soon. Tired of 2GB.
    btw, good luck coders.

     
     
    Comment by FireFoxx
    2007-02-27 21:49:20

    Im making a working version of vista on my psp good luck beating that…

    Comment by Hipac
    2007-02-28 17:44:45

    Oh good i was thinking exactly that last night haveing a windows working on psp. Only thing is i know about the same as a donkey in coding (nothing if ur wondering)

    Comment by rajabaja
    2007-02-28 19:04:43

    u guys can dream on..lol… looks impossible..but good luck!!!!

     
     
    Comment by blackmage
    2007-03-01 16:53:08

    They already got windows 98 running on a psp google it to see.

    Comment by Crazylow
    2007-03-01 17:15:24

    Not for nothing… but you can also run VNC on your PSP. Why install the whole OS when you can just remote into one??

     
     
     
    Comment by Dart
    2007-02-27 21:55:18

    :’( No Lua :’(
    Why is this rule there? Lua is perfectly fine as a coding language. I use it because I can’t download all the stuffs needed to setup a dev enviroment for C++

    Comment by PSP
    2007-02-28 20:27:10

    I’m with you dude, I can’t download cggwin or whatever because I have dial-up and its really big! :( However, I found devkitPSP version 9 and it’s not that big and I just downloaded it at night while I was asleep and I got it, it works fine… but I don’t agree with you about Lua, I really don’t like Lua for some reason :/

     
     
    Comment by BEST IDEA
    2007-02-27 22:02:34

    I HAVE A GREAT IDEA THAT IM NOT USING BECAUSE I DONT KNOW HOW TO CREAT AN EBOOT, BUT ITS A ARMAGETRON

     
    Comment by BEST IDEA
    2007-02-27 22:03:16

    PORT!!!

     
    Comment by BEST IDEA
    2007-02-27 22:03:53

    ARMAGETRON INCLUDES A SORCE CODE!!!

     
    Comment by Carrognia
    2007-02-28 09:21:19

    I would like to see a torrent client, or a psp zip decompreser… That would be useful, and I also say stop the atari emulation, I think there are enough allready… use your talent wisely young coders…

    Comment by Everyone
    2007-02-28 12:42:37

    man you guys really need to appreciate the apps more. not ALL of them are going to be things you want to use, but that doesnt mean someone ELSE wont be thrilled to play an old Atari game. I know I am, and I’m glad Zx-81 is still out there doing what he loves to do. Disrespecting such homebrew apps really doesnt solve anything or help anyone.

    There already IS a zip opener for the PSP. It’s part of the file browser in either one or both of these apps— IR Shell and PSPDA (i think thats what its called). ALSO (and dont think i’m ‘yelling’, sometimes big letters are just big letters. its time for the internet community to move past that)…ALSO, there is a zip opener you can download as a stand alone app I think, but I’m not sure what it’s called. PSPZip maybe? The two apps I mentioned, for the one that you can unzip files with, it also comes with something to open RAR files too.

    The torrent client is the best idea for an app EVER. I already requested Limewire, but someone told me it wouldnt be a useful port to have, because it would run too slowly for the download speeds or something. I’d imagine this might also be true for a basic torrent app. But i dont know, and it still doesnt matter anyway. Not all files are huge and some of us have a lot of patience anyway lol

     
     
    Comment by Calhau
    2007-02-28 10:58:16

    Stop atari emulation
    ———————–
    I would like to see a good browser that was able to play youtube videos and streaming tv :)

    Comment by jarrod
    2007-02-28 21:21:51

    yea man , but youtube would take ages to load on the psp , takes me like 30sec just to load this site on my psp

     
     
    Comment by Mrbadboy10
    2007-02-28 11:36:26

    I would like to see a Sega CD emulator for PSP, Sonic CD on PSP FTW!

    Comment by Everyone
    2007-02-28 12:33:23

    PSP FTW…..PSP Fuck The World?

    lol I still think the FYE stores translate to “Fuck Your Exchange”

     
     
    Comment by Everyone
    2007-02-28 12:30:15

    I’d love to see an app that doesnt appear until you press a user defined key combination and then, a second layer of security which is a user defined password to access the app. Once the app opens, it can be a shell or something thats like a vault of invisible files, apps, movies, etc.

    You can use a file browser to decide which of your files is invisible or not, and assign specific passwords to each file, or a universal password that opens all of them, or one at a time. Also a way of spoofing the amount of free memory remaining might be cool, and a way of spoofing the memory info for individual files so that you can have a movie clip on there at lets say 5mb but make it look like its 500mb.

    I think this would be a very cool app to have around if anyone is interested in putting it together. I would do it for the competetion, but I dont know a thing about programming. and besides, if i did I’d be more tempted to make a game about smacking babies with hammers. lol

    “And now, for the part that everyone wants to see…”

    thank you for mentioning me! :-)

     
    Comment by tonytony1534
    2007-02-28 12:44:39

    the winner is dark alex

    Comment by sk
    2007-02-28 13:43:13

    haha, give all the prizes to him

     
     
    Comment by Rrconn
    2007-02-28 13:04:22

    I would like to see a Application that stop idiots from posting comments, now i would give that first prize!

    dictatorship only way to RULE! IRON FIST POW!!!

    Anyhow i would donate a PS3 as prize if my application was made

    MORE ATARI EMULATORS!

    cant get enough of Moonstone anyhow

     
    Comment by Markku
    2007-02-28 13:37:51

    Yeah i would be really happy if someone made a torrent client for PSP. Cause im getting my wlan dsl modem today :) PS. All homebrew stuff are welcome. You shouldnt be saying: “Stop making those atari emulators blaablaa” … If you dont want them, then dont DOWNLOAD them!

    Comment by calhau
    2007-02-28 13:43:51

    i know that all homebrew are welcome but in my opinion i think that we should see better things in this competition than just atari emu

    in other words DONT WASTE YOUR TINKING YOU WILL WON THIS CONTEST WITH A ATARI EMU

     
     
    Comment by buttercam
    2007-02-28 14:45:39

    “the winner is dark alex”

    “haha, give all the prizes to him”

    I TOTALLY agree…+10000

    I have to say this is a goodass idea. there are a lot of talented (not myself) coders out there that could really shake things up. There are a lot of cool ideas I’d love to see but don’t know if they’re possible so I’mma just wait and see what comes outta this. Good luck everyone!

    Comment by Hipac
    2007-02-28 17:52:31

    I agree 1000000%. FW 1.5 doesnt have the things i want . Eg eb browser. as i have wireless internet. if he enters look out

     
     
    Comment by lextexrex
    2007-02-28 16:01:11

    It seems as there is no limit to how many you an enter

     
    Comment by nofxx
    2007-02-28 16:09:21

    Yeah.. why NO LUA ?! If its a eboot including the lua player… standalone…. why not?

    Comment by everyone
    2007-03-02 02:12:38

    because LUA is a pain in the ass to use?

     
     
    Comment by gregerson316
    2007-02-28 16:44:29

    I think an AM FM radio tuner would be cool, but I cant code either.

     
    Comment by ryan
    2007-02-28 18:09:42

    get like xbox games on the psp not n64 crap…and like why dont they try to come out with a new downgrader or a custom firmware that doesnt need to have 1.5 to update to your homebrew

     
    Comment by hgdfh
    2007-02-28 18:15:44

    april 29th isnt long enough

     
    Comment by kaks
     
    Comment by kaks
    2007-02-28 18:59:14

    I AM GAY

     
    Comment by hubahuba
    2007-02-28 19:08:45

    way to come out of the closet on the forums! >:(

    friggin noob >.>

     
    Comment by Hipac
    2007-02-28 19:15:22

    sum1 make somthing so these type of ppl cant post or at least REMOVE therye post

     
    Comment by Hipac
    2007-02-28 19:45:27

    have you guys seen the news on bbc that media have got the psp and homebrew and popular hackers like dark alex in the spotlight. wanna c go to psp culture and scroll down till you find where it has something like psp hacking making the news.

     
    Comment by calling all dj's
    2007-02-28 22:29:20

    SOMEBODY NEEDS TO MAKE A DJ PROGRAM FOR THE PSP, A GOOD IMPORT OF A GOOD DJ PROGRAM WOULD BE VIRTUAL DJ, think about it, remix ur own 2pac, jay-z, dmx, snoop or what ever on ur psp. creat a bpm list of songs before u start mixing, maby even a built in bpm anylizer, its a briliant way to mix on the road or at a party, maby u can even get a couple of bitches will doing some live dj’ing. peace.

    Comment by Jeremy
    2007-03-01 16:53:05

    That would be a good Idea

     
    Comment by everyone
    2007-03-02 02:11:55

    yeah…PSP…its all about the bitches yo

     
     
    Comment by FireFoxx
    2007-02-28 23:15:28

    if i had the skills to i would mod sony’s psx emulator and make it ps2. That is an awsome idea for someone

     
    Comment by AXELIXC
    2007-03-01 03:52:19

    the real winning will be the guy who found usermode xploit -> kernelmode xploit -> downgrader for 3.11….seems impossible.

    NDS emu = 1st price
    buffered dax compressor = 2nd price
    apps to allow any usb camera in psp = 3rd price
    the rest I can’t think of…hehehehehe

     
    Comment by blackmage
    2007-03-01 16:56:58

    I want to see a TA-082 psp downgrader for firmware 3.03-3.11 that doesn’t require GTA:LCS!

    I can dream can’t I?

     
    Comment by Crazylow
    2007-03-01 17:05:11

    Coders… how about a Linux emulator that will crack WEP??? Come on.. I know THIS could be used… Online access ANYWHERE!!!!

    Comment by MASTER
    2007-04-18 07:44:04

    Yeah.. I am having problems doing that with my pc setup. Since the psp is only 1 setup with the sane cards and what ever it should prove to be more useful. But iI heard somewhere that due to the psp’s hardware this sin’t possible.

     
     
    Comment by jessenoob
    2007-03-01 20:02:22

    A working ps2 emulator would be huge…. The psp has enough power to run it, I’m sure of that.

    Even though the battery would be sucked dry :P

     
    2007-03-02 01:49:44

    […] More Info […]

     
    Comment by everyone
    2007-03-02 02:15:26

    MORE PRO AUDIO APPS PLEASE! PSP Rhythm ROCKS. Let’s see more stuff like that. Maybe a simple track editor based on small wav files or mp3s even. Something like Fruity loops or Reason.

    Comment by everyone
    2007-03-02 02:16:32

    with a Pro Tools type interface/environment

     
     
    Comment by teamQJ
    2007-03-02 09:27:53

    Just wishing the competitors luck. Godspeed!

     
    Comment by joe
    2007-03-03 10:14:01

    hope to see some good things here but im not a programer but i want to learn.

     
    Comment by Afx237v7
    2007-03-03 10:37:05

    does anyone remeber a game called Gravity Force? little triangle ships, powerups and destructable scenery, would make for alot of fun with wifi multiplayer…if i knew how to code this would be the first thing id write…hope someone would perhasp take this up :) if anyone remebers it that is, nehow godspeed and goodluck!

     
    Comment by joe
    2007-03-03 10:45:33

    i would love to see a good ps1 emu for 1.5 or away that devhook could emulate an custum frim ware would be alswose right every one.

     
    Comment by Dark_AleX Lover
    2007-03-03 12:23:07

    yeah, like “88″ said

    making windows media player for psp would probably get 1st

    unless someone makes a psp unbricker for non DAX firmwares

     
    Comment by bpb
    2007-03-05 18:18:43

    mabey a updated version of smashgp

     
    Comment by Ryo
    2007-03-07 14:16:36

    maybe this is not a homebrew, but, can somebody do this?

    i really want 2 see a dual shock usb controller port for psp,… so i can play in my car using a car stand, and regular ps controller,…
    cause i’m getting tired after playing after an hour, cause the weight of psp.

     
    Comment by Andrew Briggs
    2007-03-08 11:03:42

    Anything useful app wise for a PSP I think would certenly be a paintshop for PSP, As I am a designer, this could really help, there are paint programs but they are just not going to compare yet.

    A emulator ported had to be a Saturn but it wud be near impossible due to the dule core processor within it, Even PC’s have problem emulating a saturn.

    A game made or ported, please something to do with the Sims :)

    Take care and good luck coders :)

     
    Comment by Alphamonkey
    2007-03-08 12:06:59

    Looks like someone is getting rid of all there psp stuuff

     
    Comment by DeeEss
    2007-03-08 19:17:03

    Why not make a “universal remote controll” that automatically scans for the right IR frequencies of the TV/VCR/DVD/whatever? I would give my vote to that app! =) As the existing IR applications are really buggy and sucks.

     
    Comment by DeeEss
    2007-03-08 19:27:32

    I would love to see a DJ application, were you can mix .mp3’s =)

     
    Comment by everyone
    2007-03-11 13:46:34

    1- I’d like to see something that reverses the inputs on the speakers so they can be used as microphones.

    2- something that can be used as a personal recorder, or even better, a 4-track or something with 2 stereo tracks, or even 2 mono tracks, that lets you import samples to a midi grid and copy and paste them, and record audio on the second track, so you can record vocals anywhere, to stuff you may have created on PSP Rhythm or PSP Kick or whatever.

    3- it would be really cool to see some spy apps on this thing, maybe something that lets you hook up a web cam or mic and then have the PSP run on its own so it connects to the nearest WIFI access point and sends out a feed of audio or video or both, to a remote server. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME

     
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