Andrea Badiali has released the first 3rdparty Nanodesktop application. This homebrew provides a calculator, a text to speech synthetizer and a WAV/MP3 graphical player.

It is based on the API of Nanodesktop library. This is a simple beta program, following versions will be released.

http://forums.qj.net/f-psp-development-forum-11/t-release-visual-application-v01-128167.html

Sakya has updated his light weight MP3 payer “LightMP3”. A changelog is available in italian language on his page.

Update: 17:39:

Changelog from it’s QJ.net release thread ( http://forums.qj.net/f-psp-development-forum-11/t-release-lightmp3-version-160-final-128158.html ):

-Added: support to kernel 3.71 and S&L
NOTE: in kernel 3.71 the bus cannot be properly set, so it’s stuck @ 95Mhz.
-Added: support to ID3v2 tag (many thanks to Xart!)
-Added: the app restores initial volume when exiting
-Added: the app saves the volume level when exiting and restores it next time is started.
-Added: Replaced the exit screen with a custom one
-Fixed: USB connection problem, no more need to copy prx from your flash0.
-Fixed: Going up one level in the file browser will select the diretory you were in (and not always the first)
-Fixed: Removed exit pressing TRIANGLE (exit only with HOME)

http://sakya.altervista.org/new//index.php?mod=read&id=1195649581

ModPlay was written in LUA by Spike_132000. At the Moment, the Application can play MOD, XM and IT Files.

Spike_132000 is asking for feedback, so if you have some spare minutes, you might give him your thoughts.

http://forums.qj.net/f-psp-development-forum-11/t-release-modplay-128113.html

Stackless Python is an enhanced version of the Python programming language. It allows programmers to reap the benefits of thread-based programming without the performance and complexity problems associated with conventional threads. The microthreads that Stackless adds to Python are a cheap and lightweight convenience which can if used properly, give the following benefits:

* Improved program structure.
* More readable code.
* Increased programmer productivity.

http://code.google.com/p/pspstacklesspython/

Notaz has updated his port of PicoDrive for the PSP. It’s a Genesis and Sega CD emulator.

Changes:

fixed a bug which prevented to load any ROMs after testing the BIOS.
fixed incorrect CZ80 memory map setup, which caused Z80 crashes and graphics corruption in EU Mega CD model1 BIOS menus.
added additional “set to 4:3 scaled” display option for convenience.
added an option to disable frame limitter (works only with non-auto frameskip).

A compatibility thread can be found here: http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=545839#post545839

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=79826

“PSP Adhoc File Transfer”… does what it says 😉

http://www.geocities.jp/minerva4096/

Game&Watch Fantasies is a puzzle/platform game for the PSP, inspired by the Game&Watch LCD games.

Rule #1
Like in a Game&Watch, the hero moves discontinuously. Therefore, he can “teleport” through thin obstacles by simply walking or jumping. However, the gravity doesn’t allow him to do so: it is impossible to go through an obstacle when falling.

Rule #2
If the obstacle is too large, the hero will move until he touches it. This property can be used to adjust his horizontal or vertical position, depending on the situation.

Score
Every time the hero steps to the left / right or jumps, a beep can be heard. The aim of the game is to go through all the levels while producing as few beeps as possible.

Credits
Design and development: Mia
Library: OSLib
Original tileset: Jay
Music: Telepopmusik – “Breathe”

http://beyondds.free.fr/index.php?Gamewatch-fantasies

Here comes a fastfix for Mediumgauge’s last PSP Filer release.

Changes:

general:
– fixed a bug Filer was crashed when sorting XMB icons where MS has a corrputed icon.

picture viewer:
– fixed a bug that monochrome JPEG picture was not drawn correctly.

http://www.geocities.jp/mediumgauge/

The Good Bookr is a Bible reader for the Sony PSP, based on the open source Bookr ebook reader.

Unlike other Bible releases for the PSP, The Good Bookr is a standalone compiled program, not a set of images or web pages. The Good Bookr uses SQLite to store, search, and retrieve Bible texts. It also uses Danzeff OSK for the search interface.

http://www.pspcoder.net/goodbookr/

Notaz has been working on a port of PicoDrive to the PSP, which is finally out to the public.

Here are the release notes:

There seemed to be some demand for Sega CD/Mega CD emulator for PSP, so after doing the Gizmondo port I decided to port PicoDrive, my Genesis/MegaDrive/Sega CD/Mega CD emulator, to PSP.

Well I don’t really like how it performs (it still needs a bit more work), but I’ve decided to move to another project, so I thought I better release it as is, then keep it around untouched for months.

There is nothing fancy about this emulator (no dynarecs/asm cores), but it’s still able to run many Genesis games fullspeed with no frameskip (including some CD ones), and others with some skipping. However there are some CD games which won’t run too well (although situation can be improved by tweaking some options). This emulator uses hardware MP3 decoding via audiocodec library in PSP.

Note that this emu may need some option tweaking to get certain games working. Be sure to check the readme for details.

Finally, I feel I need to give credits several people whose code I used for this release:

* Chui for FAME/C (which is based on C68K by Stéphane Dallongeville, Gens fame)
* NJ for CZ80 (which was also based on Stef’s code).
* MAME team for YM2612/SN76489 cores.
* fDave for the original PicoDrive, and Stef again for releasing Gens source, something to base my work on.
* ps2dev.org people for all sample code (cooleyes for libaudiocodec one).

Picodrive for PSP Compatability List – Add your findings
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=79605

Sourcecode:
http://notaz.gp2x.de/releases/PicoDrive/PicoDrive135src.tar.bz2

http://dcemu.co.uk/picodrive-for-psp-released-genesis-sega-cd-emulator-for-psp-79599.html