Yes there are other shells aside from the iRShell. It was still in its infant stage back then, but Cpasjuste's MyPSPShell already showed a whole lot of promise. One of its notable features is its ability to stream all homebrew using TyRaNiD's PSPLINK with ease. Whether it will dethrone the iRShell as the "it" shell, only time can tell.

He's made the announcement way back in July, but it's only now that he has released v1.0. Here's what he's been up to. Changelog:

"There is a lot of improvements to do, but I'm working on so many things on it and have so much ideas that it take lot of time. One of the last things I've added is the basic online homebrews/games install, that download 7z'ipped games via HTTP then install them. Users can make their own online homebrews download site by doing this:"

• Make a directory named "games" on your website.
• Put a file named "games_weblist.txt" in this directory.
• In this file, list the homebrew archives name's line by line, eg : IrShell.7z

Archives must be in 7zip format and compressed like this :
Archive : xxx.7z
Format de l'archive : 7z
Niveau de compression : Normal
Type de compression : LZMA
Taille du dictionnaire : 64 KB
Taille des mots : 32
Créer une archive solide : off
Parametres : f=off

He forewarns that there could still be a lot of bugs present in this release so for the meantime, just post any problems that you've encountered in the comment section. Once his schedule at school clears up, we're pretty sure he'll address your concerns in no time.

Meanwhile, grab MyPSPShell through the download link at the end of this article, to experience a different kind of shell.

Download: [MyPspShell v1.0]

These days, with the functionality of the PSP blown wide open with all the downgraders and hacks, I'm sure a lot of you people have been wondering what MPH was up to. After some of his revolutionary releases like the 2.0 Downgrader and the GTA game loader, a lot of people would be expecting something big.

Well, MPH isn't one to disappoint. He has just successfully ported the LZMA archiving format to the PSP, or more popularly known as the 7-Zip format. Originally created by Igor Pavlov for multiple platforms, this archiving format has been gathering a lot of momentum, and second, only to the RAR format. I've used it a lot and the compression this format allows is simply great.

And Igor Pavlov would be pretty proud to know that another great programmer has just ported his compression format to the PSP. Although it currently only extracts a file called archive.7z in the root of the Memory Stick, it's pretty much guaranteed that in the coming weeks, this will be made into a proper full-fledged application. If not by MPH, then by someone else, because the source code has been released along with the proof-of-concept binary! Heck, I'd love to have it made into an IRShell plugin. Oh well, it depends on Ahman I guess.

Anyways, you can check out for yourself, the final results of what MPH has been busy with for a long time.

Download Link: [PSPLZMA - 7-Zip support for PSP]
Download Link: [PSPLZMA - Source Code]