A lot of applications made for the ChickHEN homebrew enabler were released this week, and arguably the one that made the most noise was Xenogears and Becus25's Custom Firmware Enabler. We also saw quite a few homebrew games this week, but the emulators were the ones who hogged the spotlight in the homebrew gaming scene. Read on for the rest of the PSP Homebrew Weekend Warrior.

It's been a while but now he's back! Homebrew coder Hellcat has released a new update for his Recovery Flasher. The new update has added detection of HEN mode, now supports CFW 5.00 M33-6, adds detection for PSP 3000 and PSP 2000 TA-088v3+ and more. Read more to see the list of changes.

Download: Recovery Flasher v1.60
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From something that was takes a page from Hellcat's Pandora Installer 3.xx, this Pandora Toolkit is another worthy Pandora-helper for those of you guys who are having trouble or find the whole process too tedious.

Download: Pandora Toolkit v2.0
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Damn, it's so cool to actually see this beauty working - and on a PSP-3000 no less! The PSP scene was buzzing the other day when MaTiAz found an exploit in GripShift! See the full article for a video demo - complete with flashy lights!

Download: GripShift savegame exploit POC
Download: GripShift savegame exploit POC v2
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This PSP Pandora Deluxe v3.0 from DJB promises to be your all-in-one solution for your Pandora Needs. But while it is designed to prepare your memstick for use with Pandora Battery, it does not change your batt to Pandora. One-stop-shop starts after the jump.

Hellcat's Recovery Flasher has gotten a huge upgrade. The quick-and-easy solution to semi-bricks (among other useful functions) is now on v1.50. The changelog is big, but one of the more important changes is CFW 5.00 M33-4 support. Another is the addition of Advanced Mode, which gives you access to more functions.

Download: Recovery Flasher v1.50

Latest in the line of apps to get at an update with the release of CFW 5.00 M33-3 is Hellcat's Recovery Flasher. Aside from being updated for the new CFW, backing up CFWs with the 1.50 add-on is now possible. More after the full article.

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Download: Recovery Flasher v1.41

PSP homebrew dev DJB has updated the PSP Pandora Deluxe app to work with the new custom firmware 5.00-M33 and to fix a few bugs discovered in the last release. The app now stands at version 2.4. The full changelog is available after the jump.


Download: PSP Pandora Deluxe v2.4

Hellcat has updated his ever-useful Recovery Flasher homebrew application for the PSP. The previous version may have been an update that was "just for fun," but this time around, it's for compatibility's sake: Hellcat's added CFW 5.00 M33 support.

Download: Recovery Flasher v1.40
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Version 2.3 of DJB's PSP Pandora Deluxe homebrew app is now out. This release includes some extra support tools to help make your Pandora installation go smoother. Check the full article for the changelog.


Download: PSP Pandora Deluxe v2.3 (full version)
Download: PSP Pandora Deluxe v2.3 (update pack)