We all get bored of the default PSP theme, and flashing custom themes can be difficult. If you’ve updated to custom firmware 4.01 M33 recently, flashless or CTF themes no longer worked. That is, until poisonhzkj released an updated version of CXMB.

3.2.1 Changes:

• Fix bug (freeze while applying theme)
• Fix bug (restore to original official XMB when returns from game)
• make official XMB not a choice of random.

3.2 Changes:

• Add 4.01 compatibility.
• Select the random.ctf, then cxmb will randomly apply your themes in /PSP/THEME/
• Compile universal binary, cxmb.prx should work on 3.71/3.80/3.90/4.01
• Fix some wrong io operation (I wrote some sceIoClose where there should be sceIoDclose)
• Clean up sources

Download: CXMB 3.2.1

[Source: 2alien.info]

Now this app is a life saver! Sometimes there’s an extremely long level that you want to finish some other time and would hate to quit in the middle of, or there’s an annoying part where you keep having to start over and would like a sooner savepoint. Well this ends now with Dark_AleX’s PspStates. This new app will allow you to save you game state wherever you want.

Version 2 Changes:

• Fixed important bug in inter-thread code (semaphore wasn’t waiting due to interrupts disabled), that caused the load state to not be completely read in some cases. This caused black screen after state load (unless you just saved that state, in this case state was still in ram), or even worse, game not working properly due to partial load.
• Added states per game basis. The controls are slightly different: old controls now do a local savestate/loadstate of the game, while pressing additionally select button will save/load a global state. See instructions for more info.
• Fixed bug that caused normal sleep mode waking up immediately.
• UMD discs and isos in normal UMD mode are now supported. However, they require to nullify umdcache, by flashing one file, read the instructions in the readme.

Please be aware that custom firmware 4.01 M33 is required to use, and remember, this will only work with the PSP Slim. Be sure to check out the readme for usage instructions.

Download: PspStates Experiment v2 for PSP Slim

[Source: Dark_AleX]

Well it’s been awhile since you’ve seen any updates on this site, but they’re back! Zx-81 released a new version of AFKIM (Away From the Keyboard Instant Messenger), the instant messaging application for PSP. This was written by Danzel and modified by Zx-81.

Changes:

• This version fix graphical glitches under xfw 4.01-m33 on PSP SLIM (If you have cfw < 4.01 or a PSP FAT, then no need to install this new version).

Download from Zx-81

Update: Dark_AleX is back with 4.01 M33 update #2. Download below.

Changes:

• Nids resolver: Fixed scePowerGetCpuClockFrequency issue. This is the same bug that happened in 3.80 M33-1, it won’t happen again ¬¬
• Fixes recovery problems that have apperared in prior version (incorrect position of back string in language others than english, enable, and disabled strings not translated in plugins, hide pic0+pic1 couldn’t be changed, language file in flash1 wasn’t working..
• Spanish recovery translation typos fixed.

Please note that you must be running firmware 4.01 M33 before updating.

Besides the official firmware changes, here’s whats new:

• Bug fix: vshmenu didn’t let change camera mode due to camera_plugin using select button. Fixed, now vsh menu will not be loaded when using the camera.
• Recovery can now be translated, See how below. Translation to spanish is autoincluded.
• Updated the M33 SDK with a new function and sample, and released the psp-packer tool to compress prx’s and PBP’s in the ~PSP format.
• The folder of 4.01 and higher homebrew will be GAME4XX so it won’t need change on update.

Download below, or, if you have custom firmware 3.80 M33 or higher, grab it via the M33 network updater.

In the mean time, the team notes that the 1.50 kernel addon (for PSP Phat only) will be released very soon.

Download: 4.01 M33
Download: 4.01 M33 Update #2

[Source: Dark_AleX]

Unfortunately, for PSP Slim users, this will only work with the original Phat PSP. To install, check the readme for instructions. In addition, you will need to download the official 1.50 firmware update, rename it to 150.PBP, and place it in the root of your memory stick. Enjoy!

Download: 1.50 Kernel Add-on for 4.01 M33

[Source: Dark_AleX]

Zx-81’s PSPCAP32’s getting better and better with each update. This emulator allows you to emulate the CPC464, CPC664, and CPC6128 models on your PSP.

Changes:

• Bug fix in CRTC emulation (games such as Prehistorik II just couldn’t be launched)
• Two drives (A & B) are now supported, but only drive A can be used to automatically start a game. It might be useful with symbOS to put the OS disk on drive ‘A:’ and application disk on ‘B:’

Download from Zx-81

Zx-81’s second update is version 1.0.2 of the recently released Vectrex emulator for PSP: PSPVE.

Changes:

• Major speed improvements:
  • 6809 emulation
  • vector rendering
  • remove vector cash (buggy and time consuming)
• Sound emulation completely rewritten and inspired from 8910 driver of xmame.
• The rotate 90′ view is now much faster and it is used as default render mode.
• Save state modification, it is now faster to save state (but previously saved games are not compatible with this new version!)
• Add .vec and .gam file extension as valid rom extension
• Add option to change color between gray and blue

Download from Zx-81

It permits to edit even huge text file, in both dos and unix mode, using iso8859-1 (8bits) characters encoding. All iso8859-1 characters are present in the “Danzeff like” virtual keyboard.

Changes:

• New graphics based on hackePeter work
• Add eboot’s music
• The virtual keyboard is now usable in the file requester menu
• Fix IR keyboard issue with fw >= 3.80 for PSP FAT
• Reduce default PSP clock speed (133 Mhz is good enough to write text)

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You may not have heard of it before, but Zx-81 brings something new to the PSP: Vectrex. PSPVE is a port of the VecX emulator by Valavan Manohararajah.

It’s a first release, work still remain, the sound is really crappy, the rot90 render mode should be improved, the speed is not so good as well etc …

Download from Zx-81

Changes:

• [ALL] Fixed a timing bug which could lead to the dump function stop working after enabling the usb mass device because the memory stick device wasn’t mounted when the dump was taking place: making the function fail.
• [ALL] Removed some optimizations which made some regressions (rev b’)
• [ALL] Changed slightly the behaviour of pointers codes. now the q part is effectively usefull by itself (this change is be needed for upcoming cheats)
• [ALL] Now if connected to an hotspot like connection (so a connection requiring the browser to login in the network), the db downloader will automatically open the browser to let you login upon connection. Making so possible to download the database trough this type of hot spots (available only on 3.x build)

Download from CWCheat