SMS Plus dev uberjack has released a version of the Sega Master System and Game Gear emulator that implements an official Time Rewind feature. The rewind feature is a staple mod from DaveX that lets you "rewind" your current game without having to load a save state.


Download: SMS Plus v1.2.55

It's been well over a year since uberjack updated SMS Plus PSP, but who's complaining? It's here! SMS Plus PSP is a Sega Master System and Game Gear emulator for the PSP. It still doesn't have Wi-Fi or Ad Hoc support, but it does have new features. Details after the link.

Download: SMS Plus PSP v1.2.5

PSP Slim owners out there will be happy to know that they're getting a hefty bit of homebrew support, courtesy of ubjerjack. The developer is letting the community know that he's releasing a PSP Slim-compatible version of his six emulator projects. We've listed all of them below, as well as the system's they'll run on your handheld:

• Handy PSP: Atari Lynx emulator
• Atari800 PSP: Atari 800, 800XL, 130XE and 5200 emulator
• fMSX PSP: MSX emulator
• NeoPop PSP: NeoGeo Pocket and Pocket Color emulator
• SMS Plus PSP: Sega Master System and Game Gear emulator
• ColEm PSP: ColecoVision emulator
  

As with all homebrew applications, we advise readers to view each emulator's readme for proper installation and usage instructions. You may also want to visit uberjack's site for any further updates, or to report any problems you've encountered.

Download: Handy PSP (Atari Lynx) for PSP Slim
Download: Atari800 for the Slim
Download: fMSX for the Slim
Download: NeoPop for the Slim
Download: SMS Plus PSP for the Slim
Download: ColEm PSP for the Slim

  

It's been a while since we've picked up word from uberjack's SMS Plus PSP application, which is why we're happy to report that the coder's recently released a new update. In case you're wondering what SMS Plus is, it's a PSP-based emulator designed to play games from the Sega Master System and Game Gear consoles. It's based on Charles MacDonald's SMS Plus emulator. Getting back to our topic, here are v1.2.4's tweaks:

• Various bug fixes
• Added animations to the menu UI
• Fixed buffer overflow error affecting units without a battery
  

Installation and usage instructions for SMS PLus PSP v1.2.4 are available in the readme included with the file bundle. While you're here, make sure to visit uberjack's other emulator works, such as the PSP ports of fMSX and Atari8000. Enjoy the download.

Download: SMS Plus PSP v1.2.4

Homebrew developer Brunni has just released a new build for the highly flexible emulator MasterBoy bringing it up to version 2.02. For the uninformed, this particular application is able to emulate Game Boy, Sega Master and Game Gear video games on the PlayStation Portable.

One of the many good features MasterBoy carries is that it allows users to fully recolor not only by selecting one scheme for the whole screen but every single in-game object. VGM and GYM files can also be listened to because of the bundled music player. The changes particular to MasterBoy v2.02 are the following:

• EBOOT now has icon, wallpaper and sound (thanks to Ass-Itch from PlayerAdvance for his nice BG/ICON)
• Corrected the bug of SRAM not saving properly for some people
• Added the last save date next to the save state slot number
• Enhanced SGB emulation (runs a lot faster)
• Corrected the garbage showing in the border of the render.
• Reworked the default palettes to be closer to the GBC ones.
• Augmented the maximum number of files per folder to 1024.
• Note: The bug that some people has, save states not working after saving/loading a few, is still not fixed (I could contact nobody who has this problem for debugging). In between, if you have this problem, use the RAM state and save manually before exiting (or save less often)

Brunni included a Readme.txt file as well as MasterBoy.pdf file that should provide you with all the information you need in installing and running this program.

We'd like to thank Matt T. for the tip!

Download: MasterBoy v2.02

PSP homebrew developer Brunni has just updated the MasterBoy emulator, bringing the application up to version 2.01.

This app is a PSP-based emulator for playing games from the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Super Game Boy, Sega Master System (SMS), and Game Gear handhelds. MasterBoy's latest release is expected to carry the following tweaks:

• Finished the english documentation on how to colorize your games!
  
• This version fixes a bug with sound volume when loading RIN states.
• The file list can now display up to 1024 roms.
• Added a small debug mode for the kernel version (copy the EBOOT from the Kernel mode directory to your MasterBoy directory on the PSP - this version runs significantly slower, so use it only for debugging and colorization). For people who reported me strange problems, press L+R+Triangle in the menu. It will show the available RAM. If you have the problem of save states not working after a while, please tell me how this value evolutes. Also, if this mode is enabled when going to Save states, SRAM, Save now, a message box with some information will appear, if you have the SRAM problem (not saving) please report to me the displayed text.
• Bugfixes
  

Users keen on learning how to use this application are advised to check out the readme included in the bundle. Also be sure to drop by Brunni's thread over at the Neo Summer Coding Competition 2007 event via the source link.

Download: MasterBoy v2.01

PSP homebrew developer Brunni has just announced the release of the MasterBoy application as an entry to the ongoing Neo Summer Coding Competition (2007).

This app is a PSP-based emulator capable of playing games from the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Super Game Boy, Sega Master System (SMS), and Game Gear.

MasterBoy is based on Brunni's MMSPlus SMS Emulator, which was a winning entry in last year's Neo Summer Coding Competition. MasterBoy carries several new features and functions:

• Rich interface with discrete effects, redefinable shortcuts and buttons (with autofire feature). Also it's fully skinnable.
• Manage and sort your favorites folders and files to access them easily.
• Integrated music player supporting GYM and VGM formats.
• Several display options like Gamma and Color Vibrance, which allows you to choose how colored you want your display to be.
• Z80 under/overclocker: allow you to correct games that are often slowing down or displaying glitchy / blinking sprites.
• Some improvements over MMSPlus in the SMS/GG part:
• Speed up.
• Now 16-bit render mode is enabled by default. You can revert to 8-bit if you want, and it will run even faster.
• Compatibility issues
• Better country detection (now nearly all games should detect the country correctly and not play too fast anymore).
• The bar at the left of the screen can be automatically hidden (depending whether the game is actually using it or not)

That's the basic rundown on Brunni's MasterBoy emulator. To better understand this application's full details, be sure to view the readme and PDF that are included in the file bundle. Enjoy the download.

Download: MasterBoy v2.0

Thanks to Borg Queen X for the news tip!

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Update: Brunni has updated MasterBoy to v2.0a. Unfortunately, we haven't found any documentation on what's new in this release, save for the new v2.0a text that appears on the app's GUI when run in the PSP. We're assuming it's to fix several detected bugs. The download is available if you're interested in upgrading.
Download: MasterBoy v2.0a

*Original article posted on August 21, 2007, 9: 23 AM.

Homebrew developer davex dropped by QJ.NET PSP Development Forum and happily announced that the owner of Sega Game Master PSP emulator, Mr Akop (aka uberjack), has finally allowed him to tinker with the program's code and add Rewind and Mirror functions (RM).

You've probably heard or even tried this very same functionality in NesterJ. But for the uninitiated, the Rewind function allows users to warp back in time (within the game, of course) without thinking about saving states.

The mirror functions, on the other hand, "mirrors the look of the game so a left-to right side scroller is now played in reverse. This is really a nifty addition to SMS Plus which was just upgraded to v1.2.3 just a couple of weeks ago.

Before installing this program to your PlayStation Portable units, kindly go over the Readme.txt file included in the download for more information and key mapping to trigger RM.

Download: Unofficial SMSPlusPSP v1.2.3 RM
Visit: QJ PSP Development Forum

PSP coder uberjack just announced that the SMS Plus emulator homebrew has received an update. This latest release has been labelled as v1.2.3, and features improvements such as enhanced emulation speed, and various other bug fixes:

• 20% speedup in emulation speed with new 8-bit video rendering
• Option to turn off FM emulation (an additional 48% improvement in emulation speed - all games now play at 100% speed with VSync enabled)
• Various small bug fixes
  

In case you're wondering, this application is actually uberjack's PSP port of Charles MacDonald's SMS (Sega Master System) Plus emulator, with this release coded in C. Installation and usage details should be available in the readme provided with the download - make sure to check that to know how to run SMS Plus. Also make sure to check out uberjack's other emulator's works, namely ColEM-PSP and fMSX-PSP.

Download: SMS Plus PSP v1.2.3

A new homebrew emulator for the Sony PlayStation Portable has been added to Uberjack's list of homebrew emulator releases. This time, the fMSX-PSP and ColEM-PSP coder has released a Sega Master System and Game Gear emulator called SMS Plus PSP.

SMS Plus PSP is a PSP port of Charles MacDonald's SMS Plus emulator. The coder says that SMS Plus PSP was written in C and uses GU (Graphical Utility toolkit) for rendering. This is an initial release, so we don't have a changelog to post yet. If you encounter any bugs or would like to make a suggestion, click on the Via link below.

Don't forget to read the readme file included in the download. There, you'll find all the pertinent info including installation and usage instructions.

Download: SMS Plus v1.2.1