Master Dark_Alex has updated his PSP firmware.

Release notes:

– Fixed custom CPU clock not working in games
– CPU clock has never (in any SE/OE/M33) be set at all in games that restarted using sceKernelLoadExec to use a subgame or reload themselves,
after said restart happened (e.g. Castlevania). Fixed.
– Added setting to recovery to hide PIC0.PNG and PIC1.PNG in the XMB game menu
By default off, when on you will probably notice a faster browse in XMB games.
This setting only applies to any kind of apps/games (pbp, iso) that load from MS, but not to UMD’s.

http://www.dark-alex.org/

Here is the final version of PSPCAP32 the CPC Emulator for PSP.

Changes:

– Many optimizations to speed up the emulation, frame rate is now 49 fps at 222Mhz in ultra mode, on CPC startup window. Main modifications :
. Z-80 part as been rewritten using several hints such as explicit jump tables for instructions decode
. CRT and sound part has been optimized
– Auto-fire mode, press RTrigger+X to switch it on/off (useful for games such as defend or die !)
– Add new hotkeys to setup auto fire speed
– Bug fix in the low battery watchdog
– RTrigger/LTrigger keys can be used in the keyboard settings menu to navigate between Normal, LTrigger and RTrigger compose mapping.
– New “Command” feature in the emulator menu:
. You have now to choose the command you want to run using arrows.
– Default Hotkeys can now be set in the keyboard mapping menu (useful to add hotkeys on existing/previous keyboard files)
– Remove dead code (such as printer, breakpoint, trace support etc …)
– Bug fix such as : while saving state using hotkey in ultra-mode, thumb image wasn’t properly saved

http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/serendipity/index.php?/archives/274-guid.html

Here is a new version of PSPMSX the MSX series Emulator for PSP.

Changes:

– Add missing keys such as HOME, GRAPH, STOP
(Thanks to symBioT for the bug report)
– Auto joystick fire mode, press RTrigger+X to switch it on/off
(useful for games such as 1942)
– Add several new hotkeys :
. settings such as fps, render mode, auto fire speed
can now be directly modified inside the emulator
(no need to enter in the settings menu)
. quick save / quick load current state
(no need to enter in the main menu)
– Bug fix in the low battery watchdog
– Analog pad can be used in the rom file requester
– RTrigger/LTrigger keys can be used in the keyboard
settings menu to navigate between Normal, LTrigger
and RTrigger compose mapping.

http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/serendipity/index.php?/archives/273-guid.html

News from Red Squirrel:

What’s it?
It is an Alternative VSHMenu that has ALL same functions of the M33 VshMenu and other utilities such as the possibility to change the background color, to power off and to sleep the console, to activate and to disactivate M33 VshMenù from dashboard or to make screenshot of XMB!
Press HOME (by Default) in XMB to start the Alternative VshMenu!
Press CIRCLE (by Default) in Menù to close it.

N.B.: Do not flash this plugin erasing M33 satelite.prx! In this case Alternative VSHMenu does not work!

v3.5 changes:
-Changed the disposition of menu lines to avoid to occupy all PSP screen height.
-Added a function to enable/disable M33 Network Update.
-Now when VSHMenù begins, the button “Shutdown PSP” will be selected as the first. In this way the process of PSP turning off, reboot and standby is quickly.
-Added 2 new versions of the PRX: one of them is the Italian translation (by Red Squirrel) and the other is the French Translation (by Britix).

http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=132932

FreePlay presents FreeRadio – a completely serverless radio player portal for Firmware 3.80.

Changes:

Added support for custom plugins. Included an example – a two-channel equalizer that displays beneath the ‘stop’ button. For an example of how plugins work, open X:radiopluginsequalize r.plugin in your favorite text editor.
Plugins are self-contained JavaScript files, so if you’re any good with that, you can easily make your own plugins. FreeRadio will automatically load any plugin files stored in the X:radioplugins folder with a filename ending in ‘.plugin’. The only requirements for a plugin are ‘load’ and ‘start’ functions and a variable named ‘started’. The rest is up to you.
Plugins are only loaded in the Shoutcast, Stream, and Playlist views; this is because rest either don’t play audio or might not always look the same (since podcasts and RSS can use HTML).
The web browser and bookmark links now open in a new tab, rather than the current one.

http://forums.qj.net/showpost.php?p=1950693

FreePlay presents FreeRadio – a completely serverless radio player portal for Firmware 3.80.

Changes:

fixed the readme… this ain’t 2007 anymore 🙂
Added support for user themes, based on cascading stylesheets. To make a theme, create a file called ‘user_theme.css’ in the RadioPersonalize folder and edit it with any text editor. It’s a standard CSS stylesheet, so if you don’t know about CSS, it’s time to learn 🙂 There are a few special pieces of the page which can be themed individually:
‘bg’: The background image.
‘meta’: The bar at the top of the screen that displays the current stream info.
‘stopbutton’: The ‘stop playback’ button.
To theme these pieces, make sure their name is preceded by a ‘#’ in the user_theme.css file; this is how CSS knows it’s a page element that has a specific ID. If you’re confused, check out the example user_theme.css file; it’s a copy of default the ‘bg’, ‘meta’, and ‘stopbutton’ theme settings.

http://forums.qj.net/showpost.php?p=1949797

OpenTTD is a clone of the Microprose game “Transport Tycoon Deluxe”, a popular game originally written by Chris Sawyer. It attempts to mimic the original game as closely as possible while extending it with new features.

SatFinder Portable is the perfect program for all keen on astronomy. Its main task is to be a tool to locate in the sky hundreds of satellites that can be seen with the naked eye, making a special follow-up to the International Space Station (ISS), the brightest satellite ever.

Changes:

-New info bar with the time, remaining battery charge, magnitude limit and frames per second.
-Improvement of the satellite passes list graphics.
-Solved some errors and improved some aspects.

http://perso.gratisweb.com/pedroj.fernandez/

OpenTTD is a clone of the Microprose game “Transport Tycoon Deluxe”, a popular game originally written by Chris Sawyer. It attempts to mimic the original game as closely as possible while extending it with new features.

Release notes:

After 4 months, here is a new release which includes support for PSP Slim and 3.XX firmwares, the support for 1.50 has been dropped, as new hardware no longer supports it. This also means that you can now use the game in WPA authenticated access points which wasn’t possible under 1.50.

This release also includes some small bugfixes, and the fix to avoid the nasty crash which was produced while playing the game with the midi background music enabled, so now you can play while hearing background music without unexpected crashes. It should be really stable now.

If you still didn’t noticed, the site URL has changed, so please update your bookmarks. Forums are also working again hosted under sourceforge.net, and the European server for PSP Players has been setup again as usually.

Changes:

Code updated to be Slim and 3.XX firmwares compatible
Code updated to 0.5.3 to be able to play on latest online servers
Game crash while playing background music fixed
Bug from last resize of replace trains window fixed
Windows can now be dragged out of screen limits, to be able to see windows which exceded the screen height, such as the patches configuration dialog, just hold square pressed over a window to move it
Place Tree window now is displayed inside screen limits
PSP dedicated server upgraded to 0.5.3

Thanks to http://www.dev-fr.org and http://www.psp-hacks.com for the news.

http://openttd.pc-workshop.da.ru/

FreePlay presents FreeRadio – a completely serverless radio player portal for Firmware 3.80.

Release notes:

I’ve combined IchigoKurosaki’s graphic theme and Joost’s ‘more screen space’ mod, along with my own tweaks, into a much cleaner looking interface. I also fixed the ‘Now Playing’ and ‘Stop’ buttons in place so you can always see them.

BTW, if you want to upgrade, but don’t want to lose your personal settings from earlier versions, just delete the ‘radiopersonalize’ folder from this when you unzip it (before you copy it onto your memory stick).

http://forums.qj.net/showpost.php?p=1948898