I had a feeling this was nearing release… Another must-have from Total_Noob: Ultimate VSH Menu Revised. When activated this plugin extends the default CFW VSH menu by adding mad functionality and convenience; check the feature set to see what I mean.

Ultimate VSH Menu is compatible with all 5.xx GEN or M33 custom firmwares. So you may as well giver a go.

Ultimate VSH Menu Features:

• All functions of the official VSH Menu.
• Ability to customize the colors.
• The SELECT button can either open the Recovery(in-VSH Recovery), the VshMenu or nothing.
• Recovery can reboot by holding R and exit the Recovery (useful for VSH plugins and other configurations).
• The SELECT button can be change via the combo R + L + [].
• VSH Recovery can be open in the VSH Menu.
• Random color option is available to change the system color randomly.
• An option in the VSH Menu to quickly start a homebrew (ms0:/PSP/GAME/VSHMENU/EBOOT.PBP).
• Convert battery option is available in the VSH Menu (convert battery to Normal, Pandora or Autoboot).
• Slim Colors Patch by Bubbletune integrate (only for psp phat).
• USB charge can be change in the VSH Menu (only for psp slim).
• Ability to hide the MAC address in the System Information.
• UMD update icon can be hide in the XMB.
• Possibility to take screenshots (combos are NOTE, R + NOTE, L + NOTE, R + SCREEN, L + SCREEN or NOTE + SCREEN).
• Ability to suspend the device in the VSH Menu.

Download: Ultimate VSH Menu Revised

- source: pspgen

All new: CXMB for custom firmwares 3.71 to 5.50. Well, maybe not all new, considering we saw CXMB for 5.50 two times already (here, and here). Whatever the case, here it is one more time… Customize your PSP to the fullest with Total_Noob’s unofficial release of Poison’s CXMB.

Download:
CXMB for CFW 3.71-5.50
PSP Themes

- source: total-noob.org

A blast of homebrew from the NEO Summer Coding Competition you may want to download and check out… And should you like whatever homebrew, vote accordingly. Click each app or game title for more information, any included screenshots, and of course to vote.

Apps:

PSPconsole v1.7 by Hotter

Do all this straight from the XMB…

• Quickly see battery info.
• Delete, cut, copy, rename, create, view properties of file/folder, set them hidden/read-only.
• View text files
• View and edit with hex editor.
• View loaded threads, modules files.
• Use alarm clock.
• Play C snake, Tetris, Pong.
• Sort your games and homebrews.
• Use calculator.
• View calendar.

DayViewer Beta 4 by Total_Noob

You know what’s up… We covered this one before… DayViewer adds the day of the week to the VSH.

Beta 4 changes:

• Added support for 5.03, 5.05 and 5.50
• Made code more dynamic, should no longer require an update each fw
• Improved the main code
• Improved flashing of prx on installer
• PRX size smaller

PSPTweaker v2.0 by ab5000

PSPTweaker is a multi-purpose app to perform various operations on your PSP, such as registry hacks, cleaning the system of temp or unnecessary files, and more…

PSN License Manager v0.40 by Light_AleX

Again, you know the deal… Learn more about PSN License Manager right here. Simply put: manage multiple PSN licenses of purchased content from different regions without deactivating/reactivating your console.

AVEC V1 – GPS Vector Map Viewer by Art

AVEC is a Vector map viewer capable of displaying and navigating maps in the common Polish format maps. The 1.50 kernel version can also receive location from a GPS device and display your location on the map. If the map file has street information, the program tells you what street you are in, or look up the name of a street selected with the cross hair.

The 1.50 version should be installed to GAME150. If you have a GPS setup for MapThis! it will be compatible since it uses the same GPS routines. The newer firmwares version should be installed to PSP/GAME352 or
PSP/GAME5xx, etc.

Games:

Random Shooter – Space Shoot ‘Em Up by Zack

Random Shooter is a PSP port of the game of the same name by parellelRealitys. With a few adjustments and enhancements. The object of the game is to achieve the highest score possible as you battle against an army of UFO’s. You only have one life, 1 hit and your dead. Classic retro style action.

My Snake Pet by leviadragon

My snake pet is a Tamagotchi. Instead of the pet there is Snake from Metal Gear Solid… I leave to your imagination how much this can be funny!

Portable Bubble v2.0 by Gefa

Just a few posts down… Portable Bubble is the Bust-a-Move/Puzzle Bobble clone.

Download:
PSPconsole v1.7
DayViewer Beta 4
PSPTweaker v2.0
PSN License Manager v0.40
AVEC V1
Random Shooter – Space Shoot ‘Em Up
My Snake Pet
Portable Bubble v2.0

Should you care to hide certain PBP, UMD, or savedata attributes — ICON0.PNG, ICON1.PMF, PIC0.PNG, PIC1.PNG, or SND0.AT3 — when previewing whatever from the XMB, then you best be downloading Total_Noob’s latest plugin: Preview Contents Hider. To each his own, right?

Just so you know –

• ICON0.PNG: Small preview image
• ICON1.PMF: Video
• PIC0.PNG: Small background image
• PIC1.PNG: Big background image
• SND0.AT3: Music

Download: Preview Contents Hider

- source: devtotalnoob

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

Update: Unofficial CXMB v2 from Total_Noob:

• You can disable the theme:
  1. Go to Settings->Theme settings->Theme
  2. Apply the original(Sony) theme
  3. Delete the Custom Theme
  4. It reboot to the Sony theme
• Fixed the wallpaper bug
• Supported all FWs of CXMB 3.3 by Poison and 5.02
• In the zip is also a CTF_converter.exe to convert 5.00 CTF themes for this unofficial cxmb

PSP-3000 and/or PSP-2000 owners with the TA-088v3 board can now load CTF themes without risk of bricking their handheld, thanks to Total_Noob’s unofficial version of Poison’s CXMB for Custom Firmware 5.03 GEN-A.

Total_Noob mentions 5.02 CTF compatible themes, whether or not 5.00 CTF themes are compatible, that’s a different story. Try it out and leave your experience below. We have some themes available here.

Download: Unofficial CXMB for 5.03 GEN/M33 v2

- source: devtotalnoob

What’s the day today? Total_Noob answers in style with DayViewer BETA 3 — the homebrew plugin that adds the day of the week to the VSH. Look to the upper right of the screenshot… Yeah, it’s Saturday, somewhere…

DayViewer Plugin Beta 3 changes…

• Added in the config a function to view the day left or right
• Supported PSP 3000 with 5.03 GEN-A
• Added more support:
  • 3.80 M33
  • 3.90 M33
  • 4.01 M33
  • 5.03 GEN-A for HEN
• Fixed the slow bug

Download: DayViewer BETA 3

- source: devtotalnoob

Update: Total_Noob has released DayViewer BETA 2 –

• Added a text file to translate the days and change the time and date format
• More stable
• Supports all date format
• Supports 12 hour clock time format

Go grab your PSP and look at the date/time in the upper right corner, now look at the screenshot… That’s right — thanks to Total_Noob — display the day of the week alongside the date and time. It’s that simple.

Copy dayviewer.prx to the seplugins directory on your memory stick and enable it from the recovery menu.

Download: DayViewer BETA 2

- source: qj