A week ago, homebrew developer zx-81 released PSP-VE v1.0.1 to the PSP homebrew community, which allowed the 8-bit game console to be mimicked by Sony's portable handheld. Now zx-81 has improved audio and video performance with a new update: PSP-VE v1.0.2.

Download: PSP-VE v1.0.2 for FW 3.xx
Download: PSP-VE v1.0.2 for FW 1.50
Download: PSP-VE v1.0.2 source code
Visit: ZX-81's Homebrew Releases

Developer Zx-81 visited the QJ.NET Forums earlier to announce the release of PSPV v1.0.1, a new Vectrex emulator for the Sony PSP. Further details on this emulator's background are available in the full article.


Download: PSPVE v1.0.1 (fw 3.xx)
Download: PSPVE v1.0.1 (fw 1.50)
Download: PSPVE v1.0.1 (source code)
Visit: ZX-81's Homebrew Releases

Samstag from our forums has released a new version of one of his older homebrew projects today - PSPVecX. PSPVecX is a Vectrex emulator for the PSP which was originally released all the way back in December 2005. If you have never heard of a Vectrex before or need a little hint to remember the 2D black-and-white greatness that was in the original Vectrex, here's a little reminder. The Vectrex was a home console released in 1982 that included a vertically oriented vector monitor producing some reasonably good graphics for the time.

This new release doesn't have a big list of new features, but is a newer, more stable release by Samstag that supports a few games. Here's what Samstag said: " I haven't touched it in several months and I don't see myself having time to pick it up again anytime soon so I'm going to release the most recent stable version along with the source. It's hard-coded to play just a short list of test games."

If you haven't played the original Vectrex or just want a piece of retro gaming fun, then give this one a go!

Download: [PSPVecX v1.51]
View: [Forum release thread]

Samstag from our forums has released an expanded public release of the PSPVECX 1.01 Vectrex emulator.

The Vectrex was a home console released in 1982 that included a vertically oriented vector monitor which was a desktop-sized Asteroids/Tempest-type display. The original console was also unique in that it included a built-in Asteroids clone (Mine Storm) and used a four-button control with an analog joystick. The Vectrex still has a very loyal following of fans and a healthy community of homebrew game programmers. Despite the age of the console, commercial games are still released once in a while.

PSPVECX is a port of the VECX Windows emulator written by Valavan Manohararajah. This version plays the built-in Mine Storm game. This is a work in progress. Future releases will add support for other games, sounds, better video emulation, etc. It has been tested on firmware 1.5 and 2.0 using Fanjita's loader version 0.8.5. It should also work on 1.0 but has not been tested.

You can get it in our PSP Download section [here].
Discuss this in the official release thread in our forums [here].