StrmnNrmn, the author of the famed Daedalus Nintendo 64 emulator, has brought his newest creation to us. This version has been tweaked significantly from the previous versions. If you have been under a rock for the past few months (or just want to learn specifics) you should head over to StrmnNrmn's blog to read how this emulator has evolved over time. Even if you know nothing about how the emulator functions, StrmnNrmn explains things in a very understandable way. If you don't even care about the technical aspects of the emulator, you should still feel free to sign up and tell him what a great job he is doing!

Basically, and put in his own words, StrmnNrmn says that the new version changes are:

• faster
• new UI
• audio
• various graphical fixes

In his blog, StrmnNrmn states that he thinks that when the audio is enabled, that it takes up about 20% of the resources that the emulator has, so if you would like to speed up the game(s), it is probably best if you disable the sound. He has also made HUGE advancements in how the memory is being handled which has allowed for just about a 40% increase in speed across the board!

Pick up the download right here in our download section!

for firmware 1.00 and for firmware 1.50

The source code can be downloaded here .

We've all seen the crazy new XMB modifications spring up out of nowhere these past couple of weeks. The mods that you see continuously popping up everywhere are results of people editing the .rco files within the PSP's flash0 (vsh/ resource – to be exact). This new mod will change the "busy" icon in the bottom right-hand corner of the psp (seen when loading a umd or accessing the memory stick). This mod comes to you from pimpmypsp and pspfreak101.

If you are a nut about modding your psp to the hilt, you should definitely check out this new mod. The file provided in the link below is red; however, you can most likely search and find other variations.

You can download this HERE. This has been tested to work on 3.10 oe-a as well!

If you are still hungry for mods, you should satisfy that hunger by modifying other aspects of your firmware. As of now, you can change your battery power indicator, your icons, your font, your gameboot, your bootsound, and my personal favorite… the XMB wave and other (more minor) things as well. If you want to learn more about these different things and see or show off your own, feel free to do just that in the forum. If you aren't a member, signing up takes just a few short minutes and will give you access to a great peer network here at pspbrew.com!

When I first looked at the title I was thinking an actual 3D Mario Model, my first thought was N64 Mario,
my new thoughts are: "Is that possible? In C???" Yup, or thats what SANiK intended. He sais

that this will for sure not be a fully completed game, because of the lag, he sais its possible to boost

the FPS up, and the speed up to 90%. Heres what he said:

^{_{"This demo is never going to become a full game. It lags at certain points but could be sped up 90%, I didn't give a kwap though to put more time into it. My little Mario Demo is just a taste of what could be done if one actually tries (with just 6 days to code it + 1 day to port it to the PSP)}}

This isn't within everyone's ability, and of course depending on the homebrew game 2D could be the better of the two. However this demo illustrates that 3D homebrew game is not impossible (take AnonymousTipsters' ThrottleX as evidence for that!) and therefore SANiK is giving developers the chance to finish this game; which apparantly can be achieved by starting from scratch using poly.c and math.c."

To be honest, Its pretty obvious C++ can have quite the potential, but in C, wow just amazing.

All I want is your opinions on this. Download below. Enjoy!

[ Mario 3D Demo + Source Code ]

Ya, you heard me. daedalus is back. R9 will release in a short while,

were just glad strmn nrmn is back right? Right. The release wont be out

for atleast the couple weeks of february. One of the major updates

hopefully in his changelog include audio support (sound enabled) and

the ability to dump textures!! Thats right, soon maybe your own textures will

roam on Peach's castle wall. Who knows.

Now lets get to what you are all waiting for:

    3.03 Downgrader released!

     It has finally come, Fanjita came, saw, and conquered 3.03. Just days after the proof of concept he released, he has produced a downgrader. We can expect Sony to make another update, then DAX to make another custom firmware.

[ 3.03 downgrader ]

Well I’ll be darned, Fanjita has come back with a hack for firmwares up to 3.03. Seems as if the GTA exploit was not fully patched. Right now it is just a proof of concept showing some text. Fanjita is going to wait a while and let us soak this in before he works on it more, he also wants to give Sony time to smack their heads and say “Doh!”

The remaining question, is there venerability to kernel mode? Here is what Fanjita had to say, “It’s a bit tricky, but yes, ther kernel mode found by Team C+D still works from the Goofy exploit. The down grader will use this to perform its magic.” The problem is you will need a copy of the original, unpatched, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (No Vice City). The new UMDs in stores are patched, so look for used or a friend who has one.

Here are the instructions

• You need an original, unpatched GTA:LCS game. The new copies that you find in the shops now will not work.
• This only works for Liberty City Stories, not Vice City Stories.
• Extract the files from the ZIP into the /PSP/SAVEDATA folder on your memory stick.
• Start the GTA game, and enjoy the feeling of freshly-minted homebrew

Enjoy, hopefully we wont get any more people asking for hacks for some of those newer official Sony updates.

[ "Goofy" Exploit ]

Despite the language barrier, I can tell a good app no matter what. A Brazilian developer, Luiz Pestana, has just released an excellent FTP app based on Zx-81’s PSPFTP. But here’s the thing, this version was developed for use on the OE firmwares, taking advantage of the higher firmware’s WiFi security. This kind of App is also perfect if you've lost or cannot find a USB cable for your PSP! Note that you must place it in the normal GAME folder, not GAME150 like any other homebrew. Great job Luiz, we hope to see farther updates to your new homebrew!

[PSP WiFile Transfer v0.01]

This application by Infantile Payalysiser before had quite a few bugs in its

final final beta 1 release.
He has come back to the scene today to fix most of those today! Its most unlikely that this will be the last release, for we hope for a finalfinalfinalfinal beta release to fix most all of the bugs atleast.

One of the main changes in this release is the L/R button is locked item is added to the system menu.

You can find all of the changelogs in our downloads section.

Heres Moonshell v1.6 finalfinalfinalbeta1 by Infantile Paralysiser

[ Moonshell finalfinalfinalbeta1 v1.6 ]