We saw a pretty good crop of homebrew releases during the week, including some updates for a pair of well-received homebrew apps -- Hold+ and PSPdisp -- that haven't been updated in a while. Other standouts for the week are Custom Firmware Enabler and the always-popular gpSP Game Boy Advance emulator. Of course, the new exploit found in Medal of Honor Heroes also got a lot of hits. That's not all, though, so read on for the rest of the PSP Homebrew Weekend Warrior.

A new update for Bookr-Mod is now available. Bookr-Mod is an enhanced version of Bookr, a PDF/DJVU/TXT reader for the PSP. The latest update is a bug fix release.


Download: Bookr-Mod 2009-07-09

With Dark AleX not releasing any custom firmware versions for the official ones Sony has rolled out recently, other dev teams have come up with their own CFW releases. One of the most prolific is the team behind the GEN CFWs, who teased and promptly launched CFW 5.50GEN-B this week. We heard silence gaming-side this week, but hopefully that'll change in the next seven days. This week also heralded the end of the Sony-supported PSOne homebrew program, Net Yaroze. Read on for the rest of the PSP Homebrew Weekend Warrior.

A new update for the Bookr-Mod has been released by the unknown Chinese homebrew coder. Bookr-Mod is an enhanced version of Bookr, a PDF/DJVU/TXT reader for the PSP. Notable features in the latest update includes support for Custom Firmware 5.50 and PSP-3000 with HEN.


Download: Bookr-Mod 2009-07-01

The Japan-only PSP title Evangelion: Jo made waves this week not because of its gameplay or anything, but because of a new anti-CFW feature built into it. It's not exactly new since there have been other PSP games that implemented CFW checks before, but it does drive home the point that developers are taking it into their own hands to keep PSP piracy at bay. Not sure how long the protection on the game will last though. The homebrew scene generally gets fired up even more when stuff like this comes out. Read on for a recap of the week in homebrew.

An unknown Chinese homebrew developer has released a new mod for Bookr, a handy PDF reader for the PSP. The latest update now supports more PDF features, some new options and more bug fixes.


Download: Bookr-Mod (fw4xx5xx)
Download: Bookr-Mod (fw150)

The week was a pretty good one for the PSP homebrew scene, punctuated by the release of a new iR Shell. It's not quite the uber cool "advanced multi-tasking" iR Shell just yet, but it does add a couple more features to an already awesome piece of 'brew. The release ratio was still skewed heavily towards the applications, but a couple of good homebrew games did get released as well. Let's get right on down to the rundown!

Developer nct2k is back with a new update to his Bookr mod, which is now on version 8.1. The all-purpose document reader has been updated with new features, new enhancements, and also new bug fixes. Details after the link.

Download: Bookr v8.1
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It has been a long time, but nct2k has updated his Bookr to v8.0. This document reader is licensed under the GNU Geral Public License v2, and currently, it has support for plain text, PDF, CHM, and HTML files. Check the changelog in the full article.


Download: Bookr v8.0
Download: Bookr v8.0 (source)
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development Forum

Here's another homebrew shell program for the PlayStation Portable brought to us by developer mov. Entitled "Flux - Beta 1", it packs a lot of standard features found in similar applications and features a very clean cut look for an initial release. For more details regarding this neat app, check out our full article after the jump.

Download: Flux - Beta 1
Visit: QJ.NET's PSP Development forum