Just as I tossed all my UMDs in a pile and lit ‘em on fire I stumble across site after site reporting the PSP-4000 is in development, and not only that, it will feature the UMD drive again. This all stems from one anonymous fellow who calls him/herself Super_Secret. But — the real kicker — Super_Secret was bang-fuckin-on when it came to those PS3 Slim rumours and other PS3-related business. So yeah, this could very well be true; I don’t doubt it.

Let me quote:

Who said the 3000 wasn’t being phased out? It will be and sooner than you realise. However, the PSP Go isn’t what’s replacing it. The 4000 is. And yes, it will have a UMD drive. And similar to the PS3 “slim”, it’s nothing to actually get excited about.

Your thoughts?

- source: n4g

I’ve never seen DOOM look so good; then again, growing up I had an i486SX that was incapable of running DOOM. While all my friends were dialing each other up and fragging one another, I was stuck playing Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti Does a Little Undercover Work. Don’t get me wrong, that was still pretty awesome.

Anyway, that’s neither here nor there… This is kgsws’ second release of his DOOM Legacy port. Play DOOM, DOOM 2, or Heretic with new and improved hardware rendering. See info.txt.

What’s new?

• GU (hardware) rendering
• little code cleanup (for example software renderer removed)
• fixed some legacy’s bugs
• removed some things (for example old status bar)
• new bugs added (but i don’t know them yet)

Download: DOOM Legacy (Second Release)

- source: dcemu

Author: Nothingface420 (who sports 7 platinum trophies)
Format: Animated CTF for 5.50 GEN

Download: Call of Duty W@W for 5.50 GEN

- Call of Duty: World at War Release Thread -

Released to legitimate/licensed PSP developers is firmware 6.00 beta. It’s clear Sony has taken the motherly role in protecting their newborn: the PSPgo. PSPGEN, who we all know and trust, shed some light on the 6.00 situation…

Sony has no doubt performed a serious firmware audit plugging all known vulnerabilities — even unpublished kernel exploits — found in the current firmware versions, which of course leaves their new hand-held much harder to hack; or any [newer] PSP that is upgraded to 6.00+ for that matter. Those are the details we know right now. We’ll keep you posted.

- source: pspgen

Do you have a mess of homebrew loaded on your memory stick? Apps, games, emulators, PSOne EBOOTs, whatever… Make things easier for yourself with Bubbletune’s Game Categories plugin. It’s so slick, check how GameCategories integrates with the XMB –

GameCategories V4 changes:

• Recoded entire project.
• Added support for 5.50 GEN.
• Added new mode, “Context menu”, see below for more information (this replaces pre-game-menu mode).
• Added new option under System Settings to pick your mode instead of the ctrl combo.
• Added possibility to translate the plugin to your own language.
• Order of your categories is now calculated from their modification time instead of randomly.
• Changed remap code, a lot of character and count limits should now be gone or decreased, including SCE limits.
• Show All option was removed in order to aid the removal of certain limits.
• Fixed compatibility with a lot plugins.

Download: GameCategories v4

- source: bubbletune

One more bona fide OpenBOR mod by none other than NickyP… Maplevania, if you couldn’t guess by the name, is a cross between Maplestory and Castlevania. Choose among 3 available characters — Ethan Belmont, Claus Moriarti, or Amelia Delacroix — and beat the shit out of whoever crosses your path. It’s what OpenBOR is all about.

NickyP quotes –

This was sort of an idea that put itself together over time. I love Castlevania games and always wanted to do something in BOR about it. I love Maplestory’s sprites and always wanted to do something in BOR about it. It wasn’t until one day that a friend of mine showed me a screenshot of Maplestory, one of the players was holding a whip as a weapon. It was then that the light bulb in my head turned on, and Maplevania was born (thanks Rob)! It originally started out as a joke/parody mod, but as development went by I took it more seriously, and in my opinion it turned out pretty well!

Damn well indeed.

Download: Maplevania OpenBOR Mod

- source: qj

To coincide with the gutting of the PS3 Slim; levelup.cn gets deep inside the PSPgo. Here are some pics:

       

For the rest, you know what to do…

- source: levelup

Once again it’s on Quake and Extreme Link. This time you’re downloading 1.6.3 v6, which is mostly comprised of Guide+ changes and tweaks. To sample what Guide+ can do for you, check out this comprehensive Final Fantasy 7 walkthrough, courtesy of Quake himself.

  

1.6.3 v6
Extreme Link: Guide+
ADDED: PNG ReNamer Controls v1.0
ADDED: Last Color Button
Fixed: PNG Snap RTB Focus

1.6.3 v5
Extreme Link: Setting
ADDED: Counter Value Changer

1.6.3 v4
Extreme Link: Setting
ADDED: Small Image Placement
Extreme Link: Guide+
ADDED: Small, Large Menu Inserts
Fixed: Disappearing text on insert background image load

1.6.3 v3
Extreme Link: Guide+
ADDED: Bold, Italic, Underline buttons
ADDED: Short cuts ctrl-b, ctrl-i, ctrl-u
ADDED: Short cut help
ADDED: Clean Paste - No thrills text paste.
ADDED: Lock Ability
Fixed: Disappearing text on background image load

Download: Extreme Link v1.6.3 v6

- source: trading-post

Update: BETA 4 alongside the [not-so-clean] source code have been released…

• More speed
• Game freeze fixes

Update: OK, so maybe DBZ2 isn’t completely playable at 15 FPS. Certain stages of the game slow down while other screens load and respond rather well. Nonetheless, props Yoshihiro.

It’s getting there all right, slowly but surely… So for the naysayers, the non-believers, and the skeptics crying, “It’ll never be playable because…” Wah wah wah… Like James Bond, never say never (again).

Get a load of this — Yoshihiro’s latest DSONPSP release jamming an FPS increase, from 7 to 15, in Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2, which I believe is the DBZ2 acronym in this BETA 3 change log. I’d say that’s pretty good.

DSONPSP BETA 3 Changes:

• Updated GPU, MMU, DMA, RTC and Branch stuff
• Speed up in DBZ2 to 15fps; old release ran at 7fps
• Updated gfx3d core from DeSmume core 9.4
• Added debug information; give your results when games freeze
• Removed CPU Ratio Hack

Download: DSONPSP BETA 4 + Source

- source: pspgen

Update: qwikrazor87 has shared PSP Adhoc IM v2:

• Added chat rooms (8 rooms).
• Added “buzz” limit to one every 10 seconds. There will be a timer shown when you’ll be able to “buzz” again.
• Changed the coding a little bit and some minor changes to the program.

Lets say you and your hombre are chilling in class, or wherever for that matter, and you’re both sporting PSPs. Some hottie walks past and in attempt to look inconspicuous you motion to your buddy. She sees you, and then you both get slapped out. This all could have been avoided with qwikrazor87’s PSP Adhoc IM. In a stealth-like manner beam a midair message directly to your friend, “Hottie at 6 o’clock. Make a move.” It’s all gravy from there.

Download: PSP Adhoc IM v2

- source: qj