Update: TheCraziness1 has issued a quick bug fix –

A small bug was reported with some people not being able to read their entries if they added the second section of text while writing. This bug has been fixed. Enjoy and sorry for the inconvenience.

Keep your innermost darkest and filthiest secrets hidden from those around you with TheCraziness1’s PsJournal. It’s a password protected electronic journal allowing you to keep your memoirs safe and secure, for the most part… It’s not foolproof; the password is stored in the pass.lua file (in plain-text) and can easily be changed if the potential intruder is in the know and has USB access. Nevertheless — it’s worth checking out.

You may also take a gander at ZX-81’s PSPWrite. It’s compatible with an iR Keyboard should you be a homebrew-enabled PSP-1000 (Fat) owner.

Download: PsJournal BETA 0.1

- source: qj

For anyone who just can’t get enough of the classic game of Breakout, here’s another [French] one… Geecko’s BreakOut4PSP stays true to the original Breakout look ‘n feel — bust bricks, collect power-ups… This is Geecko’s first homebrew game, and with that said, it currently lacks a couple things — a scoring system, sound, etc… After all — it’s a work in progress.

We have a few other Breakout clones, in English too; Check ‘em out here.

Download: BreakOut4PSP v0.7

- source: devsgen

Reported via the fine French folk over at pspgen is a new game, Evangelion: Jo, which apparently detects the presence of whatever custom firmware you may be running. The game starts and immediately hangs at the screen below accompanied by some soft classical music. And this isn’t a simple spoofable version check either; the game actually checks the contents loaded in RAM and should it see something it doesn’t like — it bails.

- source: pspgen

A coder who seemingly goes by the number 2525275 has shared a modified version of Nguyen Chi Tam’s Bookr.

Bookr provides the means of viewing PDF, TXT, PalmDoc, DJVU, and HTML documents on your PSP. The version below is compiled for custom firmware 4.xx/5.xx. Should you need a different version, like 1.50 perhaps, then I would suggest you visit the Google Code project page.

Bookr-Mod 20090623:

• Support much more PDFs (with large images, JPEG2000, JBIG2, AES-encrpted, etc.)
• Support PDF Outlines
• Unicode support in PDF, PDF Outlines and file chooser.
• Some new options to control scroll speed of d-pad and analog stick.
• A simple thumbnail to indicate current position in page.
• Zoom in to specified width and position.
• Bug fixes.

Download: Bookr-Mod 20090623

- source: endlessparadigm

Nick has released a new version of his free PSP Video Converter for Windows — PSPVC v3.72. You know what’s up… Convert just about any video format to a compatible PSP format. PSPVC v3.72 is primarily a maintenance release correcting the odd bug here and there.

PSPVC v3.72 changes:

• Fixed the DirectX check-bug that was introduced in the previous version for Windows 7;
• Fixed the issues with the pad/crop features effecting the “original” view when previewing the video before conversion;
• Fixed the YouTube video downloader.

Download:
PSPVC v3.72
CCCP Codec Pack (Required)

- source: pspvc.nswardh.com

I was never a Final Fantasy fan, but I understand your tastes may differ; I recognize and respect that… And with that said, I had no idea what Triple Triad was until about 10 minutes ago… So what I suggest — just watch the video and if you’re sold, by all means, proceed to the download.

Triple Triad v0.2 [translated] changes:

• Premium Deck disagreements
• Management and deck use in match
• Fixed exit when pressing HOME
• Increased AI speed in game
• Reduced downtime in any game
• Adapt to new images of the game
• Varied speeds entry cards in the lot
• Entrance of the cards in a group game at a time
• Changes to position the numbers on the card during the match
• Fixed rule COMBO
• Presentation of the game before loading

Download: Triple Triad PSP v0.2

- source: psp-ita

Don’t get too excited; keep it in your pants… This isn’t your average everyday Glory Hole, this is kronicali’s Glory Hole, and it’s for your PSP.

In its current state we have a simple puzzle game where you must guide the smaller circle to the bigger one, which I suspect is the glory hole we’re talking about. To give the game a little oomph, kronicali has incorporated a countdown timer and a timed timer, I guess you would call it, as well as a ranking system based on your completion time. So if you’re bored looking to waste a little, try this out…

Download: GloryHole v0.1B

- release thread -

Homebrew Idol 2’s heavyweight crown holder, SG57, delivers another iteration of Light Cycle 3D. Added is camera control, a few bug fixes, and really, just check the change log below…

Light Cycle 3D is a clone (NOT a port) of the light cycle racing concept from the hit movie Tron. This uses GLtron’s models and a few textures. This uses Brick’s LTE Lite Mod for rendering. As of v3.0 it supports up to 30 racers at once with 4 different speeds, 4 different grid sizes, 4 different skins come bundled and 2 game types with full mp3 playback support and customizable light cycle component colors.

Light Cycle 3D v3.01 changes:

• You can now control the distance on the camera from the cycle with Up and Down on the D-pad
• You can now control the height of the camera from the cycle with the analog stick up and down
• Reset camera distance and height with O while in-game
• ‘The Void’ by 0m3GA ARS3NAL skin now comes bundled with the game (along with Virtual Reality)
• Tracers/rails are now randomly colored til the main graphical bug is fixed
• Fixed up ‘uber’ gametype, no longer can you go through walls and walls will destroy properly
• You may now toggle MP3 looping with TRIANGLE in the Pause menu in-game!
• MP3 Playback should be much more stable now (yes finally lol)
• More I just can’t remember!

Download: Light Cycle 3D v3.01

- release thread | visit SG57’s dev. site -

Your weekend wouldn’t be complete without Xenogears and Becus25… Released fresh for the PSP-3000: Custom Firmware Enabler v3.50.

By now you should be familiar with CFWEnabler. This enables Custom Firmware features — user and kernel mode homebrew, ISO/UMD backup support, plugins, recovery access, etc… All on your PSP-3000 and/or TA-088v3 hand-held.

CFWEnabler 3.50 changes:

• Fixed a bug with the game for the network infrastructure.
• Improved system for updating network.
• Improved the Mac faking system.
• Improved system plugins.
• Enhanced the program’s inception, is now a second faster.
• Improved the error handling on installation.

Download:
ChickHEN R2
CFWEnabler v3.50 for ChickHEN R2

- discussion thread -

- source: cfwenabler.pspstation.org

Enter HardHat’s Battle Arena version 0.61… In this 3D world you’re the Mage Master and you must keep all the other master mage wannabes in check. Do that, and once ya done did it, enter to win the Sushi Island Tournament. Actually, HardHat describes it best…

Welcome to Sushi Island. As an aspiring Mage Master, your mission is to collect and train a party of up to 6 low level mages and eventually win the Sushi Island Tournament.

You start with one of 29 Mage Apprentices and through battles of skill and strength, you can upgrade their experience points, gradually growing stronger and stronger mages until you are ready to enter the tournament for the top prize of the Sushi Cup.

Battle Arena v0.61 changes:

• added trainers who guide you through the whole Mage Master experience.
• fixed underpowered spells from increasing your opponent’s health. It now says attack was ineffective.
• moved game save to START so that those O saving loops go away.
• use O to exit from battle preparation screens.
• all new mage upgrades now happen at green or white training centres.
• rearranged the order of the training centres to have a more natural flow around the road, and switched the game save format. The order is now: white, yellow, red, blue, black (tournament) and green. Please consider restarting your game, I load, but don’t guarantee the integrity of your old games.

Download: Battle Arena v0.61

- release thread - visit team sushi -