bumuckl and the rest of the Nitr0core team have just announced the release of their Motion Pong PSP homebrew game. It's a Pong title that makes use of motion sensitivity instead of the PSP's standard controls. In this case, the motion controls require you to have the NeoFlash Team's PSP Motion Kit. More details and a demo video for Motion Pong v0.1 are available in the full article.

Download: Motion Pong v0.1
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Homebrew Developer Bumuckl - who has brought us the Bermuda CS app and the Pocketmon Quecksilver homebrew game - has released LuaPlayer CFG, a mod that allows you to adjust some useful settings.

The download consists of the Lua Player Mod 4 from cools and, of course, Bumuckl's own CFG Mod. Here are the highlights from the developer's notes:

• You can set the "in-Homebrew" CPU-clock of the application
• You can enable USB easily from the startup
• You can set the file the LuaPlayer will load after startup
• You can add some more luacode into the cfg.lua, which is located in LuaplayerCFG/System

Note that there are other functions in the app not mentioned in the readme. If you have any questions or wish to discuss the app, visit the LuaPlayer CFG mod release thread through the Visit link below.

Download: LuaPlayer CFG Mod
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Bumuckl from QJ's PSP Development Forums has been hard at work since the release of Bermuda CS 7 'patched' to bring us an update to his portable image editing studio for the PSP. Today that hard work has paid off with the hopefully bug-free release of Bermuda CS 8. Many new features have been added, including the option to add your own fonts and brushes in order to customize Bermuda CS.

However, bug fixes was the name of the game and along with the 'thousands' of bugs that bumuckl has fixed for this release comes a lot of code optimizations to make Bermuda CS run faster and more smoothly on the PSP. Let's just say it runs a lot faster than Photoshop does on QJ Office computers! Anyway, back on topic, here's the giant changelog:

• New interface GIMP-style Interface with new menu navigation
  
• Fixed bug that made the app crash during creating a new picture
• Improved menu-handling and code optimizations
  
• Grafitti-tool added
  
• Line-tool has been improved
• CPU speed an be changed to 333 mhz, 222 mhz and 100 mhz
• Fuzzieborad has been improved, now capital letters can be used as well
• New fonts and brushes added, as well as the option to add your own
  
• Added option to save your picture as a brush
• Small canvas preview with cursor positions
• Option to change default settings using the CONFIG.CFG file

If you are a graphic geek and enjoy manipulating or creating images on the move, then this app is for you. Catch the download below.

Download: Bermuda CS 8
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Homebrew developer bumuckl dropped by QJ.NET PSP Development Forum and released a very excellent clone of the successful game franchise Pokemon. This particular iteration is known as Pocketmon Quecksilver and is actually a community project of  online site PSPSource.de.

We have to say that this is one of the more immersive homebrew games that we had in months and we really had fun playing it. Staying true to the original Pokemon games, Pocketmon Quecksilver allows you to fight other Pokemon owners as well as visit different establishments such as the Pokemon Health Center and Pokemon Store.

Also, we'd like to commend the graphics of this homebrew game especially during Pokemon battles. We can't help but be amused when we see our Pokemon bloody after receiving tremendous beatings from other Pokemons. With all those said, here are still a couple of features provided by bumuckl:

• Over 15000 lines of Code
• 16 Monsters
• Pocketdex
• And many more...

Pocketmon Quecksilver comes with Readme.txt and Instructions.pdf files which should provide you with all necessary information in installing and playing this game.

Download: Pocketmon Quecksilver
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Fans of bumuckl's Bermuda CS application will be pleased to know that there's a new version out that adds increased functionality to the image manipulation software. It's now called Bermuda CS 7 Patched, with the "patched" in the name referring to a bugfix that came after the release of version 7.

Bermuda CS 7 has the following changes to it, following the release of Bermuda CS 6 Pro:

• Filebrowser for opening files
• Save pictures in JPG or PNG
• Added 5 more fonts

In addition, the patched version also includes a fix for what bumuckl calls a "critical bug with the zoom-tool," so we're providing only the patched version here for download.

For the folks thinking of picking up this application, please remember to check the readme for additional information on installing and using the Bermuda CS 7 Patched. Also, if you happen to like his application, feel free to vote for it at this year's NeoFlash Summer Coding Competition, which we're linking to below. Enjoy!

Download: Bermuda CS 7 Patched
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Homebrew developer bumuckl dropped by QJ.NET PSP Development Forum and rolled out a new and improved version of Bermuda CS. The program is a "creative suite" that allows users to design and create their own pictures and artwork using the PlayStation Portable.

This build, Bermuda CS 6 Pro, is quite similar to Bermuda CS Lite which was released just a couple of days ago. The main difference is the addition of the zoom tool, new fonts, and new text creation function. Here's the complete changelog as provided by bumuckl:

• Added Zoom-tool for zooming in and out
• Fixed several Bugs with palette
• Added selection between Pro and Lite version
• Cleaned up Code a little bit for more speed       
• Added Text Creation (Great thx to Yongobongo!)
• Added 20 fonts
• Added some new stamps

The developer included a Readme file in the download package as well as "How To Use" document in .pdf format. Browse through all those necessary readings first before installing this application on your PSPs.

Download: Bermuda CS 6 Pro
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Bumuckl has once again graced the QJ.NET PSP Development Forums with a new version of Bermuda CS. PlayStation Portable owners who like to doodle and want to do so using their PSPs should check out this handy drawing application. Here's the changelog for Bermuda CS 6 Lite.

• New menu interface
• switch between 2 menus or hide all
• Drawing Tools menu includes now:
• Pencil, Brush, Eraser, Fill Bucket, Draw Rectangle, Draw Circle, Effect Draws, Gradient, Stamps, Pipette, Big Palette, RGB, Move Picture
• Settings menu includes:
• Save picture, Open picture, Enable/disable USB Mode, New picture, Set DPad-sensitivity, Battery Info
• added new Stamps
• added new Effect Draws
• Setting the resolution of the picture is possible

Bumuckl also notes that the reason why this is called CS 6 "Lite" is because it doesn't have a zoom tool. It's available in CS 6 Full, but bumuckl says that it's not yet stable and causes the PSP to freeze. Still, this version only has one tool less than the full version, so give it a go.

The developer included a readme file as well as a "How To Use" .pdf in the download, so make sure to read those before you install this application. If you encounter any bugs, click on the Visit link below and report them on the Bermuda CS 6 Lite release thread on the QJ.NET PSP Development Forums.

Download: Bermuda CS 6 Lite
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A new version of Bermuda CS has been released by bumuckl at the QJ.NET PSP Development Forums. In case you haven't tried it yet, Bermuda CS is a nifty little drawing application for the Sony PlayStation Portable handheld system. This update brings Bermuda CS up to version 5. It brings with it a host of cool features, including the following:

• Set the Dpad's sensitivity
• draw with pencil or with brush (customizable size)
• fill picture with color
• draw "effect draws" - choose between 3 different
• "Brushes" - choose between 8 different brushes, e.g. a bloodsplat on the picture
• Eraser tool
• Choose colors from shortcut palette, or set them manually by RGB - nearly 16 mio (million?) colors...

For installation instructions, read the readme.txt file included in the download. You should also look through the How To Use pdf file for usage instructions. If you have any bug reports and suggestions or if you just want to drop bumuckl a line, click on the Visit link below.

Download: Bermuda CS 5
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Eidechse34 sent us some mail to let us know of a new Pokemon clone being developed, and even though it's in its alpha stages, it certainly is something worth talking about. Ladies and gents, we present to you... Pocketmon Quecksilver, by Bumuckl and basecamp of PSPSource!

Here's what he sent us:

Bumuckl and basecamp from the German homebrew community PSPSource.de have started a big new homebrew project some weeks ago: a Pokemon clone in Lua. And now the first preview version of "Pocketmon Quecksilver" is out. In this preview version one map is playable and you can fight against one test opponent. However there are already all Pokemons (they're named Pocketmons in this game), altogether Pocketmon includes 25 Pocketmons, only 10 of them are finished up to now. Also the Pocketdex (the index of the Pocketmons) doesn't work till now, but as mentioned above it's just a preview...

To install the game, just place the two folders in your GAME (or GAME150) folder, and you should be all set. Give it a try, alright?

Download: Pocketmon Quecksilver preview

Muchos kudos to bumuckl for informing us about his latest homebrew game release, UT PSP Beta 1. According to bumuckl, UT PSP was inspired by CS Combined Assault, which gave him the idea of making a port of Unreal Tournament for PSP.

Here are a few notes and comments from bumuckl:

So I modified the Quake-Engine a lil bit and made my own UT PSP. It's very funny. But the Graphics is bad because of the Quake Engine that only supports 8-Bit Colors. Two Weapons are still CS-Style, because the Loading-Times of the Game are very long and if I had made my own models for this two Weapons, the Loading-Times would have been very very very long.

bumuckl also says that this is just a beta so don't be pissed if you find that the multiplayer doesn't work yet because more improvements will definitely be added in future releases. An important note though, bumuckl says that "YOU CANT PLAY THE GAME WITHOUT THE "PAK1". AND "PAK1" IS MISSING. YOU HAVE TO BUY IT. OR YOU USE THE "PAK1" OF CS COMBINED ASSAULT." Not to worry though, you can get the PAK1 from CS Combined Assault right here.

Some members of the homebrew community are saying that UT PSP actually looks like it's 50% Quake, 30% Unreal Tournament, and 20% Counter Strike. But that's them. So why don't you check out the game and let us know what you think, yes?

Download: [UT PSP Beta 1]