Despite Sony's efforts to keep homebrew out of their PSP handheld, the homebrew community is still going strong. This week saw news of Sony-instigated blockages, which will hopefully be circumvented by the newly-announced (and not yet released) new CFW update from the GEN team. All the big updates in the PSP Homebrew Weekend Warrior after the jump.

Another unknown Japanese homebrew coder has released a new update for gpSP-J, a Gameboy Advance emulator for the PSP based on UO gpsp kai by Takka and was originally developed by Exophase.


Download: gpSP-J 091009

Usually, when a comparatively major firmware update gets released, the first thing the homebrew community does is scrutinize the changelog. Not just the one officially posted but also the things that Sony doesn't mention. Then, it's usually decrypted pretty rapidly by one group or another. Finally, someone posts a YouTube video showing what is allegedly a working CFW version of the official update.

Things didn't go any different with OFW 6.00.

An anonymous Japanese coder has released a new update for gpSP, a Gameboy Advance emulator for the PSP based on the original work of homebrew developer Exophase. This time, the latest release is based on UO gpsp kai by Japanese homebrew coder Takka.


Download: gpSP-J 090905

Damn, after all these years I still haven't gotten over my seething hatred for the dog in Duck Hunt and that annoying little smirk of his. Anyway, the past seven days proved to be a very lean time for the PSP blog's homebrew section. While the emulation scene got some action thanks to updates to some of the more popular emulators out there, the applications side of things didn't fare so well. Hopefully this doesn't hold true for next week as well. Read on for the rest of the PSP Homebrew Weekend Warrior.

gpSP mod 20090720 is now available for download. An anonymous Japanese coder has released a new update for gpSP, a Gameboy Advance emulator for the PSP based on the original work of homebrew developer Exophase.


Download: gpSP mod 20090720

An unknown Japanese homebrew coder has released a new update for gpSP Mod, Game Boy Advance emulator based on the original work done by Exophase.


Download: gpSP Mod 20090703

The Japan-only PSP title Evangelion: Jo made waves this week not because of its gameplay or anything, but because of a new anti-CFW feature built into it. It's not exactly new since there have been other PSP games that implemented CFW checks before, but it does drive home the point that developers are taking it into their own hands to keep PSP piracy at bay. Not sure how long the protection on the game will last though. The homebrew scene generally gets fired up even more when stuff like this comes out. Read on for a recap of the week in homebrew.

Japanese homebrew coder Takka has released a new update for the unofficial game Boy Advance emulator for the PSP. The latest version of UO gpsp kai now adds a zoom feature and some more fixes.


Download: UO gpsp kai 3.4 test 3

This week's crop of PSP homebrew was headlined by the release of GENyUS's custom firmware 5.50GEN-A. This new CFW supports all the functions of the official firmware 5.50 along with a couple of not-so-official features. We also saw some updates for great homebrew games like Apollonia and Wagic as well as for homebrew apps like the Custom Firmware Enabler. Read on for the rest of the PSP Homebrew Weekend Warrior and catch up with the past week's homebrew releases.