Here's some good news to those who are looking for PSP emulators: Actaron's PSP emulator for the PC, Sam, can finally run homebrew games and applications (previous update here). It's quite a great feat, considering that the last release of Sam was only a few days ago. More details in the full article.


Download: Sam v1.0.0.1

Remember the work that Sony PlayStation Portable coder ector put into creating a Sony PSP emulator for the PC? It's been a while since we last heard news about it until we learned that ector released the source code for the project recently. The coder said he didn't have the time to pursue it anymore, that's why he released the code. That means everyone's free to tinker with the unfinished emulator for improvements and hardware emulation.

Read the full story and download the source after the jump!

Miemt11 has been releasing unofficial modifications to MPH's Firmware Launcher for a while now. In his last update, he said it would be his final changes until MPH released version 1.3.8 of this firmware emulator. I guess he just couldn't resist himself, because he's released another version so that it will support Japanese PSP's with 1.00 Firmware. Here's what's new:

MPH Firmware launcher for PSP Japan 1.00 and of course Firmware 1.50 as well.

1: Support PSP user with Japan Firmware 1.00 (Not tested)
2: Further reduce the eboot size to 40+KB only
3: Last version (I hope)

Download: [MPH Firmware Launcher v1.3.7u5u1]
Discuss: [Forum Release Thread]

MPH has released a new version of his firmware launcher for the PSP, version 1.3.0. MPH Firmware Launcher allows a user to launch any PSP firmware from the memory stick. The firmware must be in file format and not in eboot.pbp format, for convert a firmware eboot.pbp in file, use the psardump01 tool [here]. Changes in this version include:

- Beta version with another core
- Load 1.00, 1.50, 1.51, 1.52, 2.00, 2.01, 2.50 firmware

You can get it in our PSP Download section [here].

Currently, this application/game will only run on PSPs with firmware version 1.0 or 1.50. If you do not know which firmware version your PSP has, or if you need help installing this application/game on your PSP, check our Ultimate FAQ.
If you have a higher firmware version than 1.50 on your PSP, pleas check the information below:
– To downgrade the firmware from a version higher than 1.50, please visit [here].
– If you want to try to run it on a 2.0 PSP, please visit our forum for the latest 2.0 eboot loader [here].

I had a short talk with Matt Farrow, the author of PSPemu, a PSP emulator for PC & XBox about his current progress.

Matt

Basically, he did something much more than the old ELF interpreter can do, and tried to build his own firmware infrastructure by disassembling and reorganizing the official firmware. Currently he has implemented the basic functionality of Game, Music, Video, Photo and Network.

When talked about the emulation of a commercial game, he mentioned that he invented a new format which comes with .UMD as the file extension. This format will be converted from game ISOs using his own tool, which will bring file compression support to shrink the size of an ISO. But in the mean time, you can still stick to good-old ISOs using all kinds of loaders inside the emulator.

Currently, the emulation speed is fairly slow, around 4 fps. So far he only got Lumines running, but slow as hell. He said he will not release the emulator until the emulator can achieve 15 fps.

Some other features, like WiFi support, will not be supported in the incoming beta version, since it's too much work for an individual to complete.

In the end, he said the emulation speed might be able to achieve "perfect" in February of 2006, which was a bit too far to see ;)

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Well... Personally, the information above is still not enough to convince me that such a fancy emulator really exists. Maybe, at least, some screenshot will make us feel it's existence, and Matt agreed with that.

For more information on PSPemu, the official website is [here].

Thanks for the interview, and, wish you a good luck on the development, Matt! :)

Our own Cr4igp4lmer has released a new homebrew pack for all you 1.0 and 1.50 users out there, version 3.0. This new release is divided up 2 separate files. One file is for 1.0 Eboots, while the other is for 1.50. In this release each emulator has it?s own (very nice) custom icons and background with some help from our own Giga_Phil and Cr4igp4lmer. Also the corrupted icons are hidden. Emulators included are:

DGen v0.50, fMSX 0.61, HuE for PSP v0.051, MAME for PSP v0.71 r0.2, Megadrive v0.22, NesterJ v1.07, NGPSP V1.2.1, PCEP for PSP v0.7, PSPGenesis v0.13 for PSP, PSPsms v0.4, PSPuae v0.2, pSwan v007, Rin v1.26(ee), Snes9x v0.03a, uo Snes9x v0.02y21, VBA for PSP v0.03

Games Included:

Bejeweled v0.2, Blackjack v0.2b1, Casino Addict v0.6 for PSP, Doom/Doom2 v0.02, Duke Nukem*, PSP Rick v0.2, PSPacman v1.0 (Fun Pacman), PSPCalc v02, PSPFileManager v0.2, PSPSokoban 0.9, PSPuzzle v0.5, Quake 2*, QuakePSP, Snake 10, Solitaire
* Needs unpacking, WILL replace Doom but will have correct theme.

Note: If unsure how to install these programs on your 1.0 or 1.50 PSP, please read the Readme.txt included.

1.0 Firmware Users: Get the 1.0 pack in our PSP Download section [here].
1.5 Firmware Users: Get the 1.5 pack in our PSP Download section [here].

Many thanks to Cr4igp4lmer and Giga_Phil for this release, and especially the authors of these fine programs we use everyday. You can reach Cr4igp4lmer in his development thread [here] for any questions/comments.

Pspe v0.8 is the latest version of the PSP ELF interpreter (Useful for running homebrew apps on your PC, also known as the PSP Emulator even though it isn?t actually is one. It is the closest thing we have and can run most homebrew apps.)

New in ths version was a bios fix (Lseek etc), and they added some debug stuff for development.

You can get it in our PSP download section here.
You need to SDL from LiBSDL for this to run.

Thanks to DieSeL for the news.

Gent has written an awesome guide for the PSPE Emulator that plays Homebrew Games and Demos.



You can check it out here

Pspe v0.6 is a newer version of the PSP ELF interpretor (Useful for running homebrew apps on your PC)

Please check the comments below for the features.

You can download it here.

Thanks to PSPWiki the file..

Pspe v0.5 is a newer version of the PSP ELF interpretor.

It adds icons and titles support to the menu. Also the something about the Home / power software.

You can download it here.

You can discuss it in our forums here

Thanks to JZT for the heads up, description,translation