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While we’re at the common standstill, which seemingly occurs every couple of weeks, I’ll share a little PSP Hacks Homebrew Idol update with y’all… The deadline was April 30th; however, as MK2k says, “good software takes time.” So in effort to meet the needs of developers, we’ll extend the contest further… Currently we have two entries — Pirata Nervo’s NervOS and MK2k’s Chipmunk Physics port / demonstration.

If you have the skills to code and you wanna clock some extra dough, see here for complete contest details. The new deadline… Ah, well… Another month — May 31st… How’s that sound?

Laying some groundwork for potential homebrew dopeness is MK2k with a Chipmunk Physics port.

This PSP demonstration is ported from Slembcke’s chipmunk physics library and the included demos that showcase its capabilities. For graphics and user input, MK2k uses the JGE++ Engine by Dr. Watson.

Download: Chipmunk Physics PSP Demo
(includes fw 1.50 & cfw builds, a Win32 version, and the source)

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- source: www.mk2k.net

MK2k with yet another homebrew hit… This comes in the form of a chess clock simulator, used when playing chess, obviously. So the next time you’re strolling through High Park equipped with your PSP, break that bad boy out, and checkmate that fool.

Features:

• Two connected clocks
• Each clock containing:
  • a big clock pointer
  • a small clock pointer
  • a flag
  • a star-shaped wheel for activity indication
  • 2D physics simulation on the flags
• The pointers are rotating by an estimated angle velocity, so this app does NOT feature the most accurate clocks on the planet (it may vary by some seconds per hour)

Download: Chess Clock aka Game Clock PSP v1.0

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Avid puzzle goers should find interest in MK2k’s latest homebrew creation. Kakuro Nichiyou is a variant of Sudoku often referred to as a mathematical transliteration of the crossword.

To get the hang of things — read this.

Features:

• Kakuro Nichiyou features 234 hand-picked/created Puzzles from Puzzlemakers all over the world. Permission granted by Otto Janko, a great Puzzle collector, visit his website: www.janko.at
• Play Kakuros by setting numbers in the free fields, you can even make “notes” in each field (small numbers from 1..9)
• In Kakuro Nichiyou you can save your current progress to one of 20 different save slots.
• Kakuro Nichiyou features a solver which is work in progress. In the current state it is able to solve 203 out of the 234 Puzzles completely. It cannot find a solution for the other puzzles but gives you the found notes of the remaining fields (or maybe just a good laugh).

Download: Kakuro Nichiyou PSP 1.1

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Laying code down since 2006 is MK2k with his remake of Epic Megagames’ classic Heartlight. Actually, the original PC version is available right here.

The concept is rather simple — put on your dwarf boots and help Percival collect each & every heart before making a final escape from each level; but, that’s easier said than done. Believe that.

Features:

• 70 Levels from the Original + 1 Extra Level
• Level Editor
• Level Recorder (records a successful attempt solving a level)
• Record Playback
• An exclusive Hardcore Breaks Soundtrack by DJ Systec of Dragon Technicals Records (www.dragon-technicals.de)

Download: MK2k’s Heartlight Deluxe PSP 1.0

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Wake’n'Bake… err, I mean, Sleep’n'Wake! Just what every PSP owner needs for a wholesome sleep. Drift off to never-never-land while your tunes remain smooth, calm, and relaxing. Then before you know it, wake up to a sudden blast of music. MK2k’s Sleep’n'Wake does just that, and more…

New features:

• The Wake Playlist will be looped infinitely
• Fade the Wake-Up Tracks in, set up a time interval for this
• Save your Battery’s life, the PSP gets send into Suspend Mode after the last track in the Sleep List has been played, the PSP gets resumed one minute before the Wake Time — this feature could only be possible with the help of Adrahil and his (yet not fully complete, but hey! who cares?) AlarmLib -> NOTE: Activate this feature in the Customize Menu, it is deactivated by default
• Customize the Font Colours
• Multilanguage Support (EN_DE_FR_IT_NL_FI_PT_PT-BR)
• PowerLock feature, if enabled will prevent the user from switching the PSP to Suspend by hand with nudging the Power Switch upwards (this is good, because switching the PSP to Suspend by hand causes it to never get back without removal of the Batteries)

Check the release thread for the previous feature set. Hope you’re enjoying your PS2 MK2k. :)

Download: Sleep’n'Wake 1.99 MULTi 8

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The release thread certainly made my job easy… Presenting, on behalf of the PSP Hacks Contest crew, MK2k’s latest — Tankw00rst… A multi-player “Tank Wars” clone written from scratch!

Can’t say it any better myself…

Tankw00rst is a 2-10 multiplayer hot-seat strategy game and is a completely rewritten clone of the original “Tank Wars” game back in 1990-1992 by Kenneth Morse. Tank Wars is released prior to the more famous “Scorched Earth” game and is the base of the whole “Worms” game series.

Features of Tankw00rst so far:

• 2-10 Player Hot-Seat Action
• Realistic ballistic physics (including wind force)
• Scoring system and Statistics

Kudos MK2k, well written clone.

Download: Tankw00rst 0.1

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Update: After listening to your feedback & suggestions, MK2k has released an update including several of those:

• Switch between 24h / 12h (am|pm) display (toggle 24h and 12h display in the “Set Wake Time” option) I hope you lot US, CAN, AU and NZ users are happy now
• Randomize your playlists with the Playlist Randomizer Option in the Playlist Edit menu
• Snooze Mode! (activated in Alarm Mode by pressing L or R Shoulder buttons, snooze time can be set from 1 to 9 minutes)
• Bugfix: “.mp3″ is now accepted in all capitalization variations (e.g. “.mP3″)
• rearranged Main Menu

Due to the positive & overwhelming response received from the initial “Sleep’n'Wake PSP” (dubbed SnW) entry for the PSP Hacks Homebrew Competition, MK2k has just released v1.1…

Conveniently tune out the girl sleeping next to you while relaxing, listening to your carefully selected playlist, also possibly avoiding any unnecessary cuddling; then wake up to a sudden blast of music in hopes that you’re alone and have no recollection of the night before.

Sleep’n'Wake PSP v1.1 changes:

• 50MHz underclock in SleepMode while no mp3 is played
• Big Digits Time Display in Sleep- and Wake Mode (see screenshot)
• Left and Right Shoulder buttons now exit Wake Mode too
• An overflow with adding items to the playlist fixed
• Playlist enlargement to 99 max. entries
• Filebrowser now remembers last visited Directory
• PSP-Hacks Splash Screen (sorry ’bout that missing in 1.0)

SnW complete feature list:

• Full cbr/vbr/abr 8kbps-320kbps 44.1kHz MP3 support
• MP3 can be of arbitrary length
• Manage different playlists for Sleep and Wake modes
  • add / remove mp3s
  • save / load playlists
• In Sleep mode you can set a special, more silent volume
• Wake mode is entered at a preset time with volume maxed (you can always adjust the maximum volume with the VOL + and - keys)
• Write yourself a message which will be displayed in Wake mode
• USB Mass Storage can be enabled/disabled within the app
• Energy Save Mode (underclocks the PSP to 50MHz while no mp3 is running)
• Big Digits Time Display

Download: Sleep’n'Wake PSP v1.2

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Wake me up before you go-go, chances are you’re sleeping solo (with your PSP, that is). Freshly compiled for the PSP Hacks Homebrew Contest is MK2k’s Sleep’n'Wake PSP v1.0. I’ll leave it to the author’s description:

This is a little app for the PSP which gives you the possibility to doze off with your favourite chill-out music playing silently and wake up with some loud and hard music (or even with the beep.wake.mp3 in the package) with volume maxed at a predefined time.

Is that not nifty? Have a gander over the feature list:

• Full cbr/vbr/abr 8kbps-320kbps 44.1kHz MP3 support
• MP3 can be of arbitrary length
• Manage different playlists for Sleep and Wake modes
  • add / remove mp3s
  • save / load playlists
• In Sleep mode you can set a special, more silent volume
• Wake mode is entered at a preset time with volume maxed (you can always adjust the maximum volume with the VOL + and - keys)
• Write yourself a message which will be displayed in Wake mode
• USB Mass Storage can be enabled/disabled within the app

Sleep’n'Wake, then Wake’n'Bake!

Download: Sleep’n'Wake PSP v1.0

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