As promised, homebrew developer uberjack has rolled out a new version for the PSP-compatible ColecoVision emulator known as ColEm. The release bumps the program up to version 2.4.1 and sees the introduction of a new and more stable rendering engine. Know more after the jump!


Download: ColEm v2.4.1

PSP homebrew developer Zx-81 is at it once more, and he's bringing us some sweet, sweet retro action on the go with his latest version of PSPColem, the ColecoVision emulator for the Sony PlayStation Portable. This update brings the PSP homebrew emulator to version 1.1.0.

Armed with a number of improvements, this updated version now also has a neat feature of saving and displaying thumbnails for each of your save states. Handy, for those of us who like to save multiple times, like just before a boss fight or the point of a game where you broke your own best score.

Let's take a gander at the changelog and see what's new from the last version.

What's new in version 1.1.0:

• Display and save thumbnail images for each save state
• New graphics
• Option to prevent the blue led to be displayed when L or R are pressed
• Option to display frame rate

Very nice changes indeed. And just like before, all the things you need to know on how to use it or install it onto your Sony PSP is in the readme file, so be sure to give it a read-through before doing anything else.

Download: PSPColem v1.1.0 fw3.x
Download: PSPColem v1.1.0 fw1.5
Download: PSPColem v1.1.0 src
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development Forums

Zx-81 has released version 1.0.9 of PSPColem. The new version runs on custom firmwares 3.x and the PSP Slim & Lite. For those of you unfamiliar with the program, it's a port for the program ColEm, an emulator for the ColecoVision video game system whose more famous games include the all-time favorite gorilla Donkey Kong.

As always, users are encouraged to take a look at the readme file included in the file before using the application. The installation instructions and other important notes are in the readme, so be sure to check it. Homebrew developer Zx-81 has also provided the source code, which is also available for download below. Here's the changelog for PSPColem version 1.0.9:

• Compatible with custom firmwares 3.x and PSP Slim
• Add a simple intro splash screen
• Support iso8859-1 fonts in print text functions (might be useful to translate psp2600 menus in german, french ...)
• Bug fix in file requester

Download: PSPColem v1.0.9 fw 3.x
Download: PSPColem v1.0.9 src
Visit: QJ's PSP Development Forums

   

If games such as Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Junior, BurgerTime, Frogger, River Raid, and Zaxxon make you want to relive the good old days you spent with the ColecoVision, then you're in luck. Uberjack has just6 released ColEm v2.2.2, a version that fixes the buffer overflow error affecting units without a battery.

For those unfamiliar with this emulator, it is a port of the ColEm emulator for the Sony PlayStation Portable platform. It's written in C and uses GU (Graphical Utility toolkit) for rendering. If you plan on using this, keep in mind that that system ROMs must reside in the same folder as EBOOT.PBP file. However, game ROMs can be placed anywhere like in the previous version.

Now for a load of "ifs". If you decide to change the button configuration, remember that changes are not retained after a mapping is modified. If you want to save the changes be sure to press circle after the controls have been configured. If you're using an older build of this, it may not be necessary to upgrade to this version unless you use your PSP without the battery (i.e. when connected to the AC).

Installation, like its earlier versions, is basic drag and drop. Copy the game folder(s) from the download and paste it in the root of your PSP's memory stick.

Download: ColEm v2.2.2

 

PlayStation Portable owners who want to play classic ColecoVision games on their handhelds turn to emulator PSPColem. Even though the said program is already great as seen in its latest version, it's always good to have an alternative. That's why we're presenting to you another ColecoVision emulator known as ColEM-PSP.

Even though this is the first public release, ColEM-PSP currently stands at version 2.2.1 and is already looking impressive. It was created by homebrew developer uberjack - the same guy who provided the community with the emulator for Microsoft MSX computer architecture, fMSX-PSP.

ColEM-PSP currently comes with a default key mappings which you can edit and replace to your convenience. You can learn about in the Readme file. It also has a feature known as Virtual Keypad that provides extra controls functionality. Take note that the emulator supports cartridge loading from ZIP files, meaning game ROMS may be placed anywhere.

Download: ColEM-PSP v2.2.1

 

If you've been checking out a lot of the recent emulator releases, you may have noticed a commonality among them. Gelon's been making icons and backgrounds for the different emulators, such as for the Atari 2600 and the Commodore Plus emulators. Zx-81 talked Gelon into doing something extra special for the emulator fans out there, and so we now can benefit from a downloadable icon pack for those emulators.

Gelon's Icons Pack features icons for the following emulators:

• ColecoVision (PSPColem)
• Thomson-TO7 (PSPThom, the Ultimate Version)
• Sinclair Zx81 (The PSPZX81)
  
• Atari 7800
• Atari 2600.

If you like what you see, or even if you find yourself using these for your personal backgrounds (nostalgia and all that), make sure you give some props to Gelon and Zx-81 for the icons and the emulators themselves. Enjoy!

Download: [Gelon's Icons Pack]

Months have already passed and the year has already turned over to 2007, and yet the past is still catching up with us. The ColecoVision gaming console of prehistoric era (circa 1982) is still very much alive despite popular belief.

Zx-81 is back after a temporary hiatus from the homebrew community and has now released an update of his homebrew emulator, thus pitching it up to PSPColEm v1.0.7. Here's the full changelog:

• Add help menu
• Bug fix in PNG screenshots (bad colors)
• Bug fix in the file selector (state files loading)
• Bug fix in the keyboard menu

For those who're new to this, it's actually a port of the ColecoVision emulator (hence "ColEm") coded by Marat Fayzullin. It runs on Unix systems - FreeBSD, HP-UX, SunOS, Solaris, Linux, and the like.

All you ever need to know is on the readme file and sources are even included in the archive. Zx releases this under the GNU public license - you can check the copying.txt for more info on that.

Finally, we'd like to get the attention of PSP newbies who got PSPs for Christmas: Welcome to the PSP community! Check out the FAQs, Guides, and Tutorials at our forums. You might want to take a close look at the Guides: General PSP for general PSP stuff (like figuring out the version of "firmware" you have in your PSP), and then you can get 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.

Download: [PSPColEm v1.0.7]

With the discontinuation of PSPVBA, Zx-81 has had time to update his other emulator projects, adding some of the refinements first achieved in PSPVBA to make his other emulators faster and more practical. With PSPAtari being updated yesterday, Zx has moved on to update another one of his emulators, this time for the ColecoVision video game system.

PSPColem is a port of Marat Fayzullin's Colem, a program which emulates the ColecoVision videogame system. It's running on FreeBSD, HP-UX, SunOS, Solaris, Linux, as well as other Unix systems, and with the help of everyone's favourite emulator coder Zx-81, on the PSP.

Here's the changelog for PSPColem v1.0.6:

• Emulator menu reorganisation (new menu for settings)
• New icons and background image with help from crait
• Battery status is now displayed in the emulator window
• Added a watchdog to automatically return to the emulator menu when the battery is very low (< 5%)
• New feature to save and load a distinct setting file for each games
• Added keyboard change skin option (you can add your own virtual keyboard images in the graphics directory).
• Speed limiter option
• Delete files option (in the file selector)
• Screenshots are now saved in PNG format instead of BMP
• Huge speed improvement (that's why there is a speed limiter now)
• Bug fix

Download: [PSPColem: A ColecoVision Emulator for PSP v1.0.6]
View: [Forum release thread]

ZX-81 has created a new version of the Colecovision Emulator for PSP, called PSPColem v1.0.3

New features include:

- Add Load/Save/Del states menu
- Add .col as valid extention for rom files
- Emulator configuration  now loads properly on startup.

Instructions are included in the README.txt file, as well as sources. The package is under the GNU public licence, so the developer asks users to read COPYING.txt file for more information. Barring the discovery of major bugs, this version should be the last.

Download: [PSPColem v1.0.3]

fredjmh123 has just released another Colecovision. That makes it two different Colecovision emulators within 3 days! And this one, being built on the Colem emulator, fixes a few things like sound.

I'll quote him, "Here is another Colecovision emulator based on Colem. This one has sound support but a poor Coleco PAD design! (looking at the enthusiasm people have for writing Coleco emulators the last days, it is a question of time!)"

He has informed us that it still has a niggling problem related to sound. You need to hard-reboot your PSP once in a while after executing it multiple times. Shouldn't be a problem though, I guess.

Anyways, a 'non-kxploited' version is up for download. It will most probably run well on 2.0 and above. In case you're on 1.5, just KXploit it.

Download Link : [EmuCOL v1.0]