Last week you learned about Total_Noob and his modified version of Dark_AleX’s PspStates — the plugin enabling “save states” with any PSP game on the 3000. Now do the same on your PSP-2000/Slim running CFW 5.50 GEN-B. And before you ask, no — the PSP-1000/Fat is not supported due to memory limitations.

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Download:
PspStates Experiment v2
PspStates Experiment v2 Patch for (PSP Slim) 5.50 GEN

- source: pspgen

Now functioning on your PSP-3000 by way of 5.03 GEN-A or Custom Firmware Enabler: Dark_AleX’s PspStates. This patch brought to you by the skills of Total_Noob. Download both below; read both readmes.

PspStates allows you to save everything in its current state — absolutely everything — while in a game. Then return to that exact state sometime later. You set the checkpoints.

And as always, nice work Total_Noob.

Download:
PspStates Experiment v2
PspStates Patch for PSP-3000 CFW 5.03 GEN / CFW Enabler

- source: devtotalnoob

Now to add a little icing to the cake; Dark_AleX has released PspStates for custom firmware 5.00 M33. Save everything — your exact whereabouts, your high score, the clothes on your back, the money and guns — save it all exactly as-is and return to it later. PspStates is experimental but should work with any game.

Dark_AleX notes –

This is same version as the one for 4.01 M33 but updated to do patches in 5.00 M33, that’s why version hasn’t changed yet.

Remember to discard old savestates from 4.01 before using the plugin. If you attempt to load a savestate made in 4.01 your ram would be in 4.01 M33 but the flash in 5.00 M33, and soon or later it will crash or give problems.

I strongly encourage you cast an eye over the included readme.txt before using this plug-in. Also, Demonchild’s PspStates Tutorial can be helpful.

Download:
PspStates Experiment v2 (for CFW 5.00 M33)
PspStates Experiment v2 (for CFW 4.01 M33)

- source: dark-alex

Update: Dark_AleX perfecting his work further with PspStates Experiment v2…

• Fixed important bug in inter-thread code (semaphore wasn’t waiting due to interrupts disabled), that caused the load state to not be completely read in some cases. This caused black screen after state load (unless you just saved that state, in this case state was still in ram), or even worse, game not working properly due to partial load.
• Added states per game basis. The controls are slightly different: old controls now do a local savestate/loadstate of the game, while pressing additionally select button will save/load a global state. See instructions for more info.
• Fixed bug that caused normal sleep mode waking up immediately.
• UMD discs and ISOs in normal UMD mode are now supported. However, they require to nullify umdcache, by flashing one file, read the instructions below.

And courtesy of Demonchild, the PspStates tutorial.

Nothing pisses me off more than having to advance to the next checkpoint before I’m able to save my game. Yeah, you know what that’s like — dinner is getting cold, people are yelling for you to hurry up… Really it never ends; that is, until now… Dark_AleX has unveiled his latest & greatest project — PspStates. Save your game in its exact state — wherever, whenever.

I strongly encourage you read the included documentation before using PspStates. That covers installation, usage, and other things you should know.

PspStates is in the experimental stages of development; bugs are likely to exist so you shouldn’t rely heavily on using it to save your game state, not yet anyway. Try it out and leave your feedback below.

Download: PspStates Experiment v2

- source: dark-alex.org