PSP Custom Firmwares and other Hacks

Post by **Triton** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:56 am

t's a little sad that a console aimed towards homebrew is losing to one continually blocking it.

i personallly dont think the gp2x is losing but the reason the psp might have more homebrew is because it has almost a year headstart on the gp2x realease

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 12:22 pm

it's a little sad that a console aimed towards homebrew is losing to one continually blocking it.

Or maybe because the PSP is a mainstream handheld and the GP2x is not.

C'mon, of course the PSP is gonna get more attention; it's a major retail device that can be bought just about anywhere, whereas the GP2x has a specific niche market.

CTFan

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:23 pm

Gamelver wrote:Does the custom firmware still allow all the homebrew?

Yes, it starts the 1.50 kernel, then loads a mini Devhook to boot 3.02 from flash0. It also allows you to loads homebrew, ISOs are mounted in the Game->Memory Stick menu (just like Epsilon). Plus you can downgrade again to straight 1.50 if you don't like it.

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:26 pm

3.03 OE-A has been released: http://lan.st/showthread.php?t=308

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:21 pm

could anybody help me out with popstation?

ive ripped my megaman X4 game have psx2psp and the hotshots 2 things
dont know were to go from here

Mageslayer · Post by **Mageslayer** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:24 pm

Awesome, I just upgraded and am about to make some PS1 Eboots. Thanks a ton for the info VB!

@Turbo: you don't need the Hot Shots things for PSX2PSP do you? PSX2PSP =/= Popstation, right? With PSX2PSP you should just be able to find your ISO (or .bin or whatever) and select create, right?

jperryss · Post by **jperryss** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:25 pm

Which firmware are you running, 3.02 OE-B or 3.03 OE-A?

If you're using 3.02 OE-B, the easiest method I've found is this program:
http://dl.qj.net/PSX2PSP-v0.7-PSP-Tools ... /catid/193

Follow the included readme and you can't go wrong.

I haven't upgraded to 3.03 yet, but the newer version of popstation that comes with it includes a readme that explains everything very well. There are extra options in the 3.03 version of popstation, so I don't think the program I listed above will work with it.

I don't mean to sound like I'm brushing you off, but they explain it way better than I can.

Turbo Tax 1.0 wrote:could anybody help me out with popstation?

ive ripped my megaman X4 game have psx2psp and the hotshots 2 things
dont know were to go from here

jperryss · Post by **jperryss** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:27 pm

Mageslayer wrote:@Turbo: you don't need the Hot Shots things for PSX2PSP do you? PSX2PSP =/= Popstation, right? With PSX2PSP you should just be able to find your ISO (or .bin or whatever) and select create, right?

Yep, you do. From the PSX2PSP readme:
"Place popsation.exe, BASE.PBP and keys.ini in files folder."

BASE.PBP is the Hot Shots eboot (EBOOT.PBP) that you had to rename to BASE.PBP.

Mageslayer · Post by **Mageslayer** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:54 pm

Strange, the version I downloaded came with just the program in a .rar file, and it works fine. I prefer popstation though, especially with this new update, which can compress files. *drool* Anyway, I'd advise a simple update to 3.03 OE-A and using the popstation included with the files in vb's link.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:36 pm

i figured it out,

how do you compress though?

Mageslayer · Post by **Mageslayer** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:18 pm

popstation readme wrote: - Execute popstation.exe from the command line. You have to pass 4 parameters:

1: The title of the game

2: the game code, which must start by SCUS, SLUS, SLES, SCES, SCED, SLPS, SLPM, SCPS, SLED,
SLPS, SIPS or ESPM, and be followed by a number of 5 digits.

3: Compression level, a number between 0-9.
0 indicates no compression. 9 indicates maximum compression, but the program will take more time to compress the iso.
1 indicates minimum compression, but the program will take less time to compress the file.
The rest of values are intermediate between those, with 6 being the default compromise between
the speed and the compression.

4: the path of the iso.

Example:

> popstation "DraculaX - Nocturne in the moonlight" SLPM86023 9 draculax.iso

nickerous · Post by **nickerous** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:01 am

Harshboy wrote:GBA, NES, GBC, etc. and for me the SNES emualtor runs full speed. Make sure you tell it to run at 333 mhz

How do I tell it to run at 333mhz? I thought the OE firmware would run it at 333mhz automatically...

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:15 am

hold down r when you turn it on and then just go to cpu speed

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:51 pm

I'm sure you all know that 3.03 OE-B is out now. Just thought i'd point that out.

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:14 pm

Harshboy wrote:I'm sure you all know that 3.03 OE-B is out now. Just thought i'd point that out.

I know when everything comes out because I am in IRC with harleyg, Matheiulh, and jas0nuk all the time, lol.

Plus lan.st fourm admin.