PSP homebrew developer LogiKz dropped by the QJ.Net Forums earlier to announce the release of an application built specifically to run with Cheat Master 0.6c. The app in question is an Easy Installer program, and should make the process of uploading aeolusc's game memory editor/cheat tool prx mod easier for the newer PSP owners out there.

Before you get cracking, make sure to do the following:

1. Make a folder Called CheatMaster on the root of your memory stick.
2. Make a folder Called SEPlugins on the root of your memory stick if you dont already have one.
3. Run the installer, and go to your recovery menu and enable cheatmaster.prx
   

After following those steps, running CheatMaster on your games (non-homebrew) should be a matter of pressing L+Note ("L" shoulder, Musical Note) to bring up the app's menu. That's all for the moment, though guys can find more info in the bundle's readme, and LogiKz's release thread here at our QJ.Net Forums.

Download: CheatMaster Easy Installer
Visit: QJ's PSP Development Forum

If you head over to PSPChina, you'll find a post for eBook reader: eReader v1.59. We have written about eReader v1.4, and that's a good place to start if you want to know how to use this program and navigate through it. Basically, the eReader by Aeolusc is an eBook reader program for your PSP. It lets you read simple text files, but more importantly, it lets you read HTML files, display images, and play MP3s. You can also download fonts in different sizes so you can choose one that's easy to read.

We'll update this as soon as we get more info. Meanwhile, if anybody out there knows more about it, then you can help out the rest of the non-Chinese-reading PSP community by telling us more about it.

Also, we'd like to welcome the PSP newbies who got PSPs for Christmas: Check out the FAQs, Guides, and Tutorials at our forums. You might look at Guides: General PSP for general PSP stuff (like figuring out the version of "firmware" you have in your PSP), and then you can jump into homebrew by reading the threads in the Guides: Hacks, Homebrew and Emulators forum. Recommended reading includes the ULTIMATE Homebrew Guide and the The Ultimate QJ Guide.

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Update: Tom sent in a very helpful translation of the original eReader post and of the readme. He provided info on what the newest features of eReader v1.59 Xmas Version (Ebook and Image Viewer) are, including info on the controls. There's also a very long and extremely important tutorial in this translation.

So for those who want to use this updated app ASAP, click on Full Article.

Seems like Thanksgiving isn't over yet. For the "game sharks" out there in PSPlandia, take out the left-over turkey and celebrate some more. While earlier this morning we had given you CheatMaster with Sketch.">Aeolusc's CheatMaster v0.6c, now weltall comes up with a new version of CWCheat.

CWCheat 0.1.6 REV.B completes the work started in the REV.A version and updates the UMF installer. The brightness can now be adjusted in five levels and the screenshot function can be used in two modes. Of this function, weltall comments that the only games affected by bugs with the fast version of the screenshot feature are both GTA: Liberty City Stories and GTA: Vice City Stories. Fear not, though. He adds that, "if you don't use them you can disable the compatibility mode and have a faster screenshot experience."

Here's the complete changelog:

0.1.6 REV. B for 2.71SE

• now it's possible to use both the screenshoot version (the high speed/less compatible, and the high compatible/slower version) just by changing the options in the config submenu. NOTE: the high compatible version is default
• now it's possible to change the brightness by using the screen button (what's used normally to change brightness) and put the screen at 0% -> 25% -> 50% -> 75% -> 100% brightness. NOTE: this is disabled as default so if you want it you must enable it under the config menu

0.1.6 REV. A for 2.71SE (just in case you missed it)

• now the screenshot function can work in two ways (the faster custom mode, and the more compatible mode from the screenshoot prx from nekokabu)
• for this version the screenshot function is locked to the compatibility mode it will be setup-able in a next version
• the clock is now changed when exiting cwcheat menu (it should fix games like burnout locking up cwcheat when changing clock sometimes)
• changed the installer with the coldbird one

Download: [CWCheat 0.1.6 REV.B for 2.71SE]
Discuss: [Forum Release Thread]

If you've been a gamer as far back as you can remember, then maybe you're familiar with one of the first cheating/hacking tools that ever came for the gaming consoles. What are we talking about here? GameShark. There's been a whole slew of other tools that followed in its wake, and now for the handheld, two of the well-known cheat devices are CheatMaster and CWCheat.

Regardless of whichever you prefer, Aeolusc has just released CheatMaster 0.6b. Of course, the core feature is still here: being able to see the game's memory and edit whatever code you want to suit your cheating needs. But of course, an update has more to it than that. Check out the changelog:

• Added installer to install/remove bootstrap loader into/from 2.71SE flash0 (2.71SE is available in Accessory Tool firmware list now)
• Fixed input problem again
• Fixed crash on wake-up from sleep mode
• Fixed memory usage, kernel partition 4 is no more used, user mode memory(partition 6) is used instead (if the user mode memory is used out by game, you can not read text then)

As for installation:

1. Run accessory tool CMA.exe, select target for installation and click Install button.
2. If you wanna get it work on custom firmware 2.71SE, put folder SECMInst into your GAME150 and run it to write a tiny bootstrap into flash0 safely.
3. Start game, press [Volume UP] + [Volume DOWN] button to call up the menu.

Download: [CheatMaster v0.6b]
Download: [CheatMaster 0.6b src]
Discuss: [Forum Release Thread]

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*UPDATE* Egads and smokes! That was so fast, we almost didn't even catch it! The homebrew application is now updated to CheatMaster v0.6c to include these changes:

• Limit search alignment due to the MIPS CPU instructions (greatly improved search speed)
• Fixed bug that memory table list is cleared after loading memory table data

Download: [CheatMaster v0.6c]
Download: [CheatMaster v0.6c src]

Since its first release on September 12, many users have been fond of using the CheatMaster. While a somewhat similar homebrew exists - CWCheat - not a few still prefer the former as it allows them to create their own codes. It does so by letting users see games' memory and tinker with any part of the game through simple searching.

After the Alpha release three weeks ago, coder Aeolusc is at it again now upgrading CheatMaster for Devhook and even including the source code. The following changes and modifications were applied to CheatMaster v0.6:

• Fixed input issue caused by continuous press
• Reverse search mem back to use static memory to improve compatibility
• Fixed mem leak in search menu
• Added 150, 150F and 271F to installation directory list

Most importantly, Aeolusc would like to inform everyone that for this release, all Devhook api were removed. Technically speaking, that will allow this to work when written to flash0 for 2.71SE. Although Aeolusc doesn't encourage it, anyone willing to try it is allowed to do so.

Download: [CheatMaster v0.6 for Devhook]
Download: [CheatMaster v0.6 src]
Discuss: [Forum Release thread]

Back in September, Sketch and CheatMaster with Sketch.">aeolusc teamed up to enhance the cheat device for the PSP called CheatMaster. Not to be confused with CWCheat, CheatMaster is a "prx mod written for Devhook 0.4+, which is used to view/search, modify/lock data in memory while playing game". This means that the memory editor acts similarly to PC programs like Artmoney or Tsearch, or if you're more into console gaming, the GameShark Pro.

It allows users to "view" the games memory and then edit essentially any part of a game through searching. You can find any code just by using search functions such as "Greater", "Less", "Equal", "Not Equal".

Now that we've gotten the introduction out of the way, it's time to check out the newest version of the game hacking tool - CheatMaster 0.6 Alpha. The following changes are reflected in version 0.6:  

• Added text reading to menu, files should put in ms0:/CheatMaster/txt/ (Note: the size is recommended smaller than 200KB)
• Rename fuzzy search to unknown search
• Fixed an align bug in unknown search
• Rewritten codes to use kernel memory heap allocation in order to improve compatible (thx to newest PSPSDK patched by TyRaNiD)
• Interface tweak
• Read fonts from ms instead of static link
• Accessory Tool: Improved compatible with cwcheat database, better text inject determination
• PSPSDK rev 2028 or higher required for compiling the codes

To Install:

1. Run accessory tool CMA.exe, select target for installation and click Install button.
2. Start game, press [Volume UP] + [Volume DOWN] button to call up the menu.

Download: [CheatMaster 0.6 Alpha with source code]
Discuss: [Forum Release Thread]

Sketch has emailed us (thanks!) about the latest version of CheatMaster. He and Aeolusc have teamed up to improve this cheat device for the PSP. Cheat Master is "a prx mod written for DevHook 0.4+, which is used to view/search and modify/lock data in memory while playing game". It is different from CWCheat, which is more focused on "code usage"; CheatMaster is best for "code creation" as it allows players to use "user made" codes, just like in "Gameshark" or "Codebreaker".

As Sketch wrote, some of the important features of CheatMaster v0.5b includes:

• Memory Editor/Viewer
This allows you to access and modify the memory of any game, allowing for "advanced" codes to be made.

• Fuzzy Search
This allows you to search for an "unknown" value in game. ie: Health Bars, Car Speed etc.

• Known Value Search
Allows to direct number searching. ie: ammo, money etc.

To install the CheatMaster v0.5 b in your beloved PSP, run accessory tool CMA.exe, select target for installation, then click the Install button. Start game, press [Volume UP] + [Volume DOWN] button to call up the menu.

Note: Sketch said that if you wan to dump memory or use fuzzy search, make sure there are at least 24Mb free space on your MemoryStick (48Mb is recommended for fuzzy search).

Download: [CheatMaster v0.5b]

Aeolusc from PSPChina has made another update on his eReader for the PSP. The name of the application is already a give away. It is an eBook reader program for your PSP. It offers support for reading simple text files, as well as HTML files. It also has the ability to display images and play MP3s. So while you're reading, you can enjoy your favorite tunes as well.

If you're worried that it's written in Chinese, Kyle M. swears that it is rather easy to navigate. Just remember to use the circle button to make a selection instead of the X button. It can display English text files perfectly by the way.

You can also download additional fonts in varying sizes so you can choose which one is the most suitable for you. The translation is rather crude but here's what it says - More than 16 dot matrix fonts not included in the above download compressed packets, a separate provision requires people to download codecs, the two documents added fonts.zip and then menu option will be more than the corresponding size of the font choice.

Changelog:

• Support WMA broadcast (not support fast into fast retreat, broadcast, accounting for more resources to a certain extent, affect the operation, using)
• Support website, "which will not pre> labels" in the text allows removed pre>
• Amendment to delete the prohibition, the document directing the operation menu
• Code optimization

Download: [eReader 16bit v1.4]
                  [eReader 32bit v1.4]
                  [eReader v1.4 Fonts]

This is the latest version of the eBook reader for the PSP developed by Aeolusc, the eReader v1.10. The eReader program has support for HTML files and reading normal text files. This is very helpful when reading ebooks as one can preserve lines when flipping pages, switch to vertical mode for longer pages and bookmark certain pages of the ebook.

This program will also allow the PSP to be a picture viewer as it supports TGA, BMP, PNG, GIF and JPG formats. MP3 playback is also supported in this.

Modifications made from the last version (v1.09) include:

• pack increase shrinking and enlarging the double high/width (at cut over shrinking and enlarging Kin)
• increase reading choice: retain width disturbed
• Remove the flashing cut over catalogue
• amendments introduced within leakage 1.08
• removal menu cut over the boundary line
  

Download: [eReader v1.10]