With Miriam bidding farewell to the PSP homebrew scene just a few days ago, we find ourselves with another well-known coder leaving the building. Red Squirrel of Alternative VSH Menu, RSPsar Dumper, and CTF Manager fame has announced that he will leave the PSP scene for good. *teardrops* His reasons for leaving may not be to the taste of some, but we'll take it nonetheless. Here's a toast to your legacy, Red Squirrel!

Ooh. Want a shiny new prx to pimp your PSP with? Here's another useful little powerhouse: NoUMD Plugin. What it does is that it allows you to store a UMD in your PSP's disc tray without having to load it on start up. Yeah, this should come in handy for those who are annoyed with that whirring sound. Whirr whirrrr whirrrrrrr...

Download: NoUMD Plugin
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Red Squirrel has released version 5.0 of CTF Manager. CTF Manager is an interface for CTF and UNCTF tools. With this program you can create CTF theme files directly on your PC and use them on your PSP. Version 5.00 is now compatible with CFW 5.00 M33.

Download: CTF Manager v5.00
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Developer Red Squirrel has announced the release of the 4.05 to 4.01 M33 Visualizer homebrew application for the Sony PSP. Before you commence downloading this app, you will want to read the dev's important reminders, available over in the full article.

Download: 4.05 to 4.01M33 Visualizer tool

It's another week filled with homebrew updates and we're here to cover it in the latest issue of the PSP Homebrew Weekend Warrior. This week saw the return of many familiar names in the homebrew scene, with homebrew updates bringing their respective projects up to speed with the latest CFW support (a majority of which we also covered in last week's Weekend Warrior). Don't let us keep you, though. Go ahead and read all about it by clicking on the "read more" link below.

Not long after we received word that Sony's official PlayStation Portable Firmware 4.05 was decrypted, we find that Red Squirrel has updated the RSPsar Dumper to version 3.5, with support for 4.05. Details in the full article.

Download: RSPsar Dumper v3.5
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Thanks to GmDude66 for the heads up!

If you've been ever asked what you could get if you modify a modified homebrew app, here's one embodiment to your answer: a remodified app. Remember AnonymousDev2's modification to Red Squirrel's Psar Dumper utility? Well, someone managed to send the source of that build of the Psar Dumper to Poison, and by request had it tinkered with to decrypt and dump Sony's PSP official firmware 4.01.

Download: Psar Dumper for PSP FW 4.01

Latest to come from Red Squirrel is a major update to CTF Manager, a companion for sorting out, archiving, and even creating your own custom themes on the PlayStation Portable. Coupled with the ability to incorporate CTF files onto your custom firmware touting PSP, this adds a delectable possibility for personalizing your homebrew and handheld experience. The homebrew developer tackles the .NET application's new features at the full story.


Download: CTF Manager v2.0
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One word for this post: Poisonhzkj. You'll probably know the name, because the developer behind it was responsible for delivering the CXMB plugin to the last Custom Firmwares prior to 4.01. Well, would you know that coder Miriam took the plugin and updated it so that CXMB v4.0 would allow the use of unofficial XMB themes in CFW 4.01 M33? If you care to know more, you know where to go. For first timers, that's the "read more" link below.

Download: CXMB plugin v4.0 for CFW 4.01 M33

Aren't we having a lot of adopted projects here today? Though Psar Dumper became a passion for well-known developers in the past, the project is now left on the hands of those with the skill and will to continue updating the useful firmware decryptor and dumper. Now we hear from MaGiXieN that a new developer who simply wanted to remain anonymous has updated Red Squirrel's previous Psar Dumper build. The difference with RSPSar Dumper v3.4 is that it's ready to decrypt and dump Sony's official PSP firmware 4.00.

Download: RSPsar Dumper v3.4