PSP Gaming: September 2009

2009-09-29

Game Decrypter by TEAM GEN Released! - Download links and English Instructions.

Ok I deleted this post coz some people has some troubles making their own patch. Ok, I added the links of patched games here: Download PSP games here The games should work on CFW now. But still other games has compatibility issues.

2009-09-17

Disgaea 2 Patch for 5.00-m33 to 5.50 GEN -B2

Well, someone is working on a patch for Disgaea 2 for it to work on 5.00-m33 to 5.50 GEN -B2 *for info on how to install custom firmware* It's not 100% done BUT I will post the link here after it has been released.

Here's the progress made so far:

2009-09-16

PSP News: Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep epic gameplay video and intro!

Ok guys more videos coming your way. This time we have two brand new gameplay footage and another epic trailer of Square Enix's upcoming action role-playing game Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. Take a closer look at the games battle system, the new environment and the action pack gameplay.

2009-09-14

PSP News: Gran Turismo PSP requires OFW 6.00

Gran Turismo PSP requires OFW 6.00:

More bad news for PSP custom firmware users. Apparently, the upcoming Gran Turismo PSP will a voucher code of the game for them to review. The download weighs approximately 937MB and requires the latest PSP firmware 6.00 installed. Now this is not really a surprising move from Sony since most of their latest PSP releases required a mandatory installation of firmware 5.55 that came along with the UMD.

Gran Turismo PSP will be released October 1.

source: qj

Looks like we're going to wait for a new CFW.. Well, let's hope that DAX, TeamGEN or other teams release a new one soon!

2009-09-11

How to play your own music while playing a PSP game.

Before doing this, you need a Custom Firmware. Don't have it? Learn how-to by going to Learn how to install custom firmware

Want to play your own, favorite music while playing your addicting PSP game? Yep, there is a solution! You can easily put your own music while playing a PSP game. *be sure to turn off the music of the game if you want to here your own custom music*

First, follow these instructions:

Download the music plugin or here.
Put music_src, and seplugins in root of your memory stick *root means the MAIN directory of your PSP drive, where "ISO", "PSP" and other folders are*
After putting it correctly, enable it by:

Turn your PSP off completely *hold the power trigger until it completely shuts off* NOTE: It's different from turning it off without holding the trigger so watch out!
Turn on your PSP by HOLDING the R button + turn the power trigger up until it turns on.
Now you must see a black screen like this:

If you didn't see this and only got the normal *welcome screen by SONY* then you didn't turned it off/on completely.

Remember that you need to have a custom firmware for this screen to appear. If you don't have it, go to Learn how to install Custom Firmware

Go to Plugins->
Enable the music plugin.

Warning! After you're done, Press exit and DON'T change the flash settings or other settings if you don't want to brick your PSP.

Controls of the music plugin:

Select + Square = Hide/Unhide player
Select + L = First song starts/ Pause
Select + Triangle or X = Changes speed. Not as is the song will go 2x slower or faster but as in quality. Recommend speed 222:111 to 333:166
Select + O = Song will stop not puase. Meaning if you play it again the song will start over.
Select + Up or Down on pad = Volume control

Well, that's all! You can enjoy playing your favorite music while playing a PSP Game! Download Free PSP games here.

2009-09-09

How to take Screen Shots of your PSP Game

Ever wonder how to take screen shots of your PSP games in action or even how to take videos of your play? Well here is the solution, install Custom Firmware Extended 2.2 (CFE). CFE has been around for a while and is written by Dark_Alex. By the way, I over simplified by with the title, it does a lot more than just screen shots. (Works on both Slim (2000) and Fat (1000) psp’s)

Highlights of Custom Firmware Extender 2.2:

Listen to mp3’s (at3, oma, omg, aa3) while in the PSP Menu (VSH) or in Game
Replace Icons ()hook some vsh menu functions)
Start a FTPD server when in PSP Menu
Make in-game videos with Remote Joy
Reset/Power off PSP with a button
Change CPU Speed
USB Mass storeage while in PSP Menu or in Game (USB Connection stays alive)
Take Screen shoots on Menu and in game
Fully configurable config file

Download Custom Firmware Extender 2.2 (Written by Dark_Alex)

Unzip Files into a folder,
Open the release folder

Select the seplugins and TM folder and copy them to your memory stick

(Note if you already have a seplugins folder and you want to keep your plugins, do not overwrite your txt files. Just open each text file from the zip, copy out the text and add them to your exsisting text files.)

Hard shut down your PSP *turn it off by holding the trigger up until it completely shuts down*
Hold “R” trigger and turn your psp on and go into recovery mode

Go to “Plug-Ins”
Enable:
cfe_vsh.prx [VSH]
cfe_game.prx [GAME]
cfe_game.prx [POPS]

Exit and resume normal PSP functions

All done.

Commands:
Note + Home = Shut Down PSP
Note + Left = Reboot to /tm/150_340/ipl.bin
Note + Right = Reboot to NAND
Note + Up = Change CPU Speed
Note + Down = Max Brightness
Note + L Trigger = Start Stop USB Mass
Note + Triangle = Start Ftpd Server
Note + Screen = Take Screen Shot
Note + R = Start Remote Joy (Video Capture)
Note + Vol_Down = Show Help
Circle to exit help

2009-09-08

How to Install Custom Firmware on your PSP

UPDATED AS OF 8-2-2010

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What is Custom Firmware??

Custom firmware replaces your PSPs official firmware but it is not a permanent upgrade.
You can easily uninstall the custom firmware and to back to official firmware if you
don't like or don't want to use custom firmware anymore.

Custom Firmware has all the features of the official sony firmware, but also adds the ability
to load homebrew PSP ISOs and PSX EBOOTs directly from the game menu in the XMB.
so you can still play your original UMD discs, Music and Videos using custom firmware.

Custom Firmware also has an option to use 'No-UMD Mode' so you can run your PSP ISOs without a UMD inserted.

If you don't have a USB cable but you have a memory card reader, you can use that instead.
when you see 'connect your PSP to your computer and make a USB connection',
Turn off your PSP, take the memory stick out of your PSP and insert it into your memory card reader.
When you see 'close the USB connection and disconnect your PSP from your computer'
Take the memory stick out of your computer and insert it into your PSP and turn your PSP on.

To Install.. CFW follow the steps below. Installing CFW *Custom Firmware* on your PSP enables it the ability to play these downloadable games on my blog on your PSP.

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Installing CFW using ChickHEN and Hellcat's Recovery Flasher

NOTE: This will not work with PSP-3000s [TA-090v2] or new PSP-2000s [TA-088v3]

Step to install CFW on a PSP Slim without a Pandora battery:

1. Check and triple check you have a hackable PSP that will accept
custom firmware flashing without resulting in a BRICKED PSP. Make sure you have a PSP with a TA88v2 or below only + or TAv90v1. If your PSP has a TA88v3 or above or is a PSP-3000 DO NOT proceed!!! You will brick your PSP.

1A-Download this easy installer: Easy ChickHEN CFW installer (Without Pandora)

1B-Run the installer and point it to your Memory stick Pro Duo root.

3. Now lets run ChickHEN to have a homebrew enabled environment. In your PSP go to photo then click the ChickHEN photo and wait. If the PSP jams *freezes black*, please retry. If it flashes colour GREEN and reboots you have loaded ChicKHEN. Check your system info to be sure it say’s 5.03 ChickHEN R2. You may have to retry several times for it to work *got mine on the 8th try*

4. Now with your PSP rebooted in ChickHEN go to your PSP XMB game menu and run Hellcats Recovery and install 5.00 M33! Your PSP will reboot, follow the instuctions to install PSP Custom Firmware 5.00 M33. After your done you can update to 5.00m33-6

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How to put games on your Memory stick:

Now you've got a CFW! You now only need a memory stick and some downloaded games from my blog.

1. Turn on your PSP, connect it via USB cable and go to Settings>>USB Mode on your PSP
2. On the AutoPlay, Click Open Folders.
3. Copy the game you downloaded and paste it to X:/ISO where "X" is the letter of your PSP drive
4. Enjoy!

The next section is for users who only want to update to GEN (but in my opinion m33 is more stable than GEN :)

For CFW PSP users to update to 5.50 GEN-B2

To update to 5.50 GEN-B2, you need at least a PSP running firmware 3.52 M33-3.

INSTRUCTIONS: *before updating, make sure you have your battery charged to 100% to avoid bricks*

1 - Download 5.50 GEN-A, 5.50 GEN-B, and 5.50 GEN-B2.

2 - Extract them all, and connect your PSP to the PC.

3 - Copy the UPDATE folder in pspgen-cf550gen-build4 extracted from 5.50 GEN-A to the GAME folder in the memory stick.

4 - Copy 5.50-genB-update extracted from 5.50 GEN-B to the GAME folder in the memory stick.

5 - Copy 5.50-genB2-update extracted from 5.50 GEN-B2 to the GAME folder in the memory stick.

6 - Disconnect the PSP from the PC.

7 - Reboot the PSP holding the R button, and the go to Configurations->Game folder homebrew, and make sure that it is set to 3.XX/4.XX/5.XX.

8 - Execute the 5.50 GEN-A update from XMB->Game menu. When the installed finishes, press X to reboot to XMB.

9 - Do the same to 5.50 GEN-B and 5.50 GEN-B2 update.

When finished, you can delete all of the update folders. Download PSP games here.