The homebrew coders from the ScummVM Team have released a new update for the classic point-and-click adventure games emulator. The latest release candidate update has added support for more games, more improvements and other bug fixes.

Download: ScummVM 1.0.0 RC1 (PSP)
Download: ScummVM 1.0.0 RC1 (iPhone)
Download: ScummVM 1.0.0 RC1 (DS)
Download: ScummVM 1.0.0 RC1 (Wii)

We've seen quite a few OpenBOR games on these pages over the past months, but have you ever wondered about the engine that runs these games? If so, then today's your lucky day since a new OpenBOR build has recently been released.


Download: OpenBOR v3.0 Build 2195

Budding musicians will like this one. N0stromo is looking to port LittleGPTracker (also known as "the piggy") to the PSP. In case you haven't heard of the piggy, it's a music tracker - software that allows you to make music. More details after the link.

Thanks to Peter Swimm for the heads up.

Heads up to all the fans of Zx-81's Atari 2600 PSP emulator, PSP2600. A minor update has been dropped in the form of v1.1.4, but it being "minor" doesn't mean it won't be carrying as much coolness as possible. More details after the jump.

Download: psp2066-v1.1.4-fw4x.zip
Download: psp2066-v1.1.4-fw15.zip
Download: psp2066-v1.1.4-src.zip
Discuss: QJ.NET's PSP Development Forums

The title doesn't strike you, does it? But if you're familiar with Streets of Rage and King of Fighters, then OpenBOR isn't something you should let pass. From the engine that allowed Beats of Rage (BOR) to debut on the PC comes the open source version for multiple platforms. Homebrew coder SamuraiX released OpenBOR version 2.1933 for the PSP the day before yesterday, along with Linux (PC, PS3), GamePark, GP2X, DreamCast, Xbox, and Windows versions as well. All you need to know is at the full story.


Download: OpenBOR v2.1933 (Linux on PC and PS3, PSP, GP2X, DreamCast, Xbox, and Windows)

Developer Royale has recently announced the release of PSP-Maps v1.0. The latest build of this map read application now carries support for Google Moon, Google Mars, and Google Sky. Further details on its changes are available in the full article.


Download: PSP-Maps v1.0
Download: PSP-Maps v1.0 Source Code

The results of the PDRoms Coding Competition 3.99 have finally been released. For those who haven't been following this contest, there were quite a number of really good entries from the community but in the end one developer came out on top. To find out who took first place, head on over to the full article.

If you're not too fond of the fact that JRPGs are currently dominating the RPG seas, then you may want to check out homebrew developer _df_'s new project, Fishguts. Slated to use a classic AD&D gold box combat scheme, Fishguts just may be the homebrew RPG fix that you've been needing for a long time.

Download: Fishguts (test version)
Visit: QJ PSP Development Forums

OpenBOR is a homebrew application for the PlayStation Portable from coder SamuraiX. It allows users to come up with their own game so in short, it's a sweet program that brings out your creative talents.

Long-time users will be happy to know that the owner has just rolled out a new version over at the QJ.NET PSP Development Forum. Know the things that were changed after the jump!


Download: OpenBOR v2.1313
Visit: QJ PSP Development Forum

Homebrew developer Cpasjuste dropped by QJ.NET PSP Development Forum and announced that he was able to make MAME4ALL compatible with the new PSP Slim and Lite. For the uninitiated, MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator.

The build ported by Cpasjuste is TTYman's latest take on the project. Aside from the upgrade compatibility features, MAME GP2X v4.7 PSP for PSP Slim works exactly the same as MAME4ALL v4.7. With that said, here are some of the worth mentioning features of the said version:

• Based on latest GP2X MAME4All releases v4.7 & 4.6
• 480 Orizzontal Hires Support in menu and games, now games with >320 pixels are playable (Loderun etc.)
• Overclock support, from 166 to 333 MHz
• Frameskip as GP2X version (fixed 0-5, auto 1-5)
• Vsync on/off
• Save configuration support, default and per game
• Autocentering fix for most games when using FIXED/FIXED DIV2
• Optimized compiled code as derived from GP2X version, but for PSP cpu (fastest graphics core!)
• Stripped & Packed executable, only 2MB
• New Graphic theme from mame.net logo (TM) and mameworld.com Tim's covers (n.1 and n.2)
• Graphic theme 480x240 BMP skins support, both pspmenu480.bmp and pspsplash480.bmp in folder skins

There are a couple of Readme.txt files included in the download package below. Be sure to read all documentation to avoid any problems in installation and actual usage of the program.

Download: MAME GP2X v4.7 PSP
Visit: QJ PSP Development Forum