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Hi All,

For windows users who want to develop on their windows PC, little homebrew for the PSP, without spending hours or days trying to install cygwin and compile the toolchain, this package is for you !!

You have first to install VirtualBox that is freely available : http://www.virtualbox.org/

The version i use is there :
http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/public/psp/virtualbox/

You should then download rar files present here :
http://dl.free.fr/mrMoqDD4I
http://dl.free.fr/mStRpxBYD
http://dl.free.fr/mrJkbZKnv
http://dl.free.fr/mfkeCpfa6
http://dl.free.fr/mm9sSzX4Q
http://dl.free.fr/m38NTWsoV
http://dl.free.fr/mh3y5OPQY
http://dl.free.fr/mTQ87SHcm
http://dl.free.fr/ml7K482D9

You have to unrar the rar archive in disk1.vdi (you need at least 4Gb of free space on your hard disk)

Then create a new virtual host, Linux 2.6 with 256 Mb of memory, and use the disk1.vdi as a disk image !

This disk image contains a full install of xubuntu 7.4, where the PSP SDK has been already compiled, and several other software added (such as the famous IDE Kdevelop, gcc, SDL etc ...).

After virtually booting Xubuntu, the login name is psp, and the password is psp.

I've written a small PSP project (hello world) for Kdevelop, ready to use.



Then you must create a shared folder called "shared" (to share files between windows and your virtual Ubuntu host) as follows :



Then you can boot xubuntu :



And login using psp as login and password :



If you want to install xubuntu by your own, then you will just have to install the pre-compiled version of the PSP SDK (with gcc-431) :

http://www.easy-share.com/1910013010/pspdev-gcc431.tar.bz2
or http://dl.free.fr/mg2ZFLzpd

Hope that helps,


Zx

** UPDATE: 2010/4/24 **

a new xubuntu 8.4 version + eclipse IDE; working with latest VirtualBox version
http://www.easy-share.com/1910013308/xubuntu-8.4-devel.7z.001
http://www.easy-share.com/1910013334/xubuntu-8.4-devel.7z.002
http://www.easy-share.com/1910013545/xubuntu-8.4-devel.7z.003
http://www.easy-share.com/1910013618/xubuntu-8.4-devel.7z.004

Ubuntu account :

login: devel
password: devel

Hi All,

Here is a new version of PSP-Mancala the mancala board game for the PSP.

What's new in version 1.1.0 :

- Bug fix in AI (now it is much stronger !)
- New graphics and eboot icons
- Add EBOOT music
(see Phenom album from NeXuS)


Sources are included, and this package is under the GNU public license,
read COPYING.txt file for more information about it.

How to play ? Have a look to the rules in the README.txt file.

pspmancala-v1.1.0-bin.zip

pspmancala-v1.1.0-src.zip


Enjoy,

Zx.


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Hi All,

Here is a new version of PSPColem the Colecovision Emulator for PSP.

For those who haven't seen previous versions, ColEm is one of the best emulator of the ColecoVision videogame system written by Marat Fayzullin. It's running on FreeBSD, HP-UX, SunOS, Solaris, Linux, and other Unix systems. PSPColem is a port to PSP of Colem (Unix version 1.0).

This version supports IRDA-Joystick box designed by my good friend Buzz
( see http://buzz.computer.free.fr for details).
If you have any electronic skills you may design your own for less than 20$ ! The Schematic and the PIC source code is provided in contrib folder of zip archive.

For those who have never heard about IRDA joystick project, the goal was to connect your old DB9 joystick (compatible with Atari , Amiga, Amstrad etc ...) or a paddle device to your PSP FAT. Buzz has written the driver and designed the PCB and programmed the PIC micro-controller, while i was in charge of emulator enhancements.

How to use it ? Everything is in the README.txt file.

Sources are included, and this package is under the GNU public license,
read COPYING.txt file for more information about it.

pspcolem-v1.3.1-fw5x.zip

pspcolem-v1.3.1-src.zip


Enjoy, Zx.


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Hi All,

For those who haven't seen previous versions, fMSX is a famous emulator of the MSX, MSX2, and MSX2+ 8bit home computers.
It runs MSX/MSX2/MSX2+ software on many different platforms including Windows and Unix.
See http://fms.komkon.org/fMSX/ for further informations.
It has been first written by Marat Fayzullin, and later Vincent van Dam ported it on SDL.

This version of PSPMSX supports IRDA-Joystick box designed by my good friend Buzz
( see http://buzz.computer.free.fr for details).
If you have any electronic skills you may design your own for less than 20$ ! The Schematic and the PIC source code is provided in contrib folder of PSPMSX archive.

For those who have never heard about IRDA joystick project, the goal was to connect your old DB9 joystick (compatible with Atari , Amiga, Amstrad etc ...) or a paddle device to your PSP FAT. Buzz has written the driver and designed the PCB and programmed the PIC micro-controller, while i was in charge of emulator enhancements.

What's new in version 1.5.1 :

- IRDA Joystick box support
- Add "IRDA joystick" device support for both
DB9 Joystick and Atari Paddle
- Add menu for IRDA joystick settings and keys mapping
- Add option to choose between IRDA devices
(keyboard such as Targus or joystick using Buzz device)

How to use it ? Everything is in the README.txt file.

pspmsx-v1.5.1-fw5x.zip

pspmsx-v1.5.1-src.zip


Enjoy,

Zx.

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Hi All,

Here a new version of PSPCAP32 the CPC Emulator for PSP.

For those who haven't seen previous versions, Caprice32 is one of the best emulator of the Amstrad CPC home computer series running on Windows and Unix, written by Ulrich Doewich.
This emulator faithfully imitates the CPC464, CPC664, and CPC6128 models (see caprice32 project)

This version of PSPCap32 supports IRDA-Joystick box designed by my good friend Buzz
( see http://buzz.computer.free.fr for details).
If you have any electronic skills you may design your own for less than 20$ ! The Schematic and the PIC source code is provided in contrib folder of PSPCap32 archive.

For those who have never heard about IRDA joystick project, the goal was to connect your old DB9 joystick (compatible with Atari , Amiga, Amstrad etc ...) or a paddle device to your PSP FAT. Buzz has written the driver and designed the PCB and programmed the PIC micro-controller, while i was in charge of emulator enhancements.

What's new in version 1.5.1 :

- IRDA Joystick box support
- Add "IRDA joystick" device support for both
DB9 Joystick and Atari Paddle
- Add menu for IRDA joystick settings and keys mapping
- Add option to choose between IRDA devices
(keyboard such as Targus or joystick using Buzz device)

How to use it ? Everything is in the README.txt file.

Sources are included, and this package is under the GNU public license, read COPYING.txt file for more information about it.

pspcap32-v1.5.1-fw5x.zip

pspcap32-v1.5.1-src.zip

Thanks to Gryzor you can find here a set of snapshots in snz format.

If you look for disk images you can find most of them here

Want to know which games are good ? here is a good site !


Enjoy,

Zx.

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Hi All,

For those who haven't seen previous version Hu-Go is a famous emulator of NEC PC Engine console, running on many system such as Linux and Windows. (see http://www.zeograd.com/ for details)

PSPHugo is a port on PSP of one latest version of Hu-Go.

This version of PSP-Hugo supports IRDA-Joystick box designed by my good friend Buzz
( see http://buzz.computer.free.fr for details).
If you have any electronic skills you may design your own for less than 20$
The Schematic and the PIC source code is provided in contrib folder of PSPHugo archive.

For those who have never heard about IRDA joystick project, the goal was to connect your old DB9 joystick (compatible with Atari , Amiga, Amstrad etc ...) or a paddle device to your PSP FAT. Buzz has written the driver and designed the PCB and program the PIC micro-controller, and i was in charge of emulator enhancements.

Finally, what's new in this PSP-Hugo version ?

- IRDA Joystick box support
- Add "IRDA joystick" device support for both
DB9 Joystick and Atari Paddle
- Add menu for IRDA joystick settings and keys mapping
- Add option to choose between IRDA devices
(keyboard such as Targus or joystick using Buzz device)

How to use it ? Everything is in the README.txt file.

Sources are included, and this package is under the GNU public licence v2, read COPYING.txt file for more information about it.

psphugo-v1.3.1-fw5x.zip

psphugo-v1.3.1-src.zip


Enjoy,

Zx.

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Hi All,

Here we go again, my very good friend Buzz (see http://buzz.computer.free.fr/ ) has just finished his "Portable Irda Joy" box !

For those who haven't seen previous release, the goal is to connect your old DB9 joystick (compatible with Atari , Amiga, Amstrad etc ...) or a paddle device to your PSP FAT.

The Portable Irda Joy box uses the IRDA port of your PSP. You need two AA batteries, and after switching it on, you can then enjoy emulators such as PSP-Hugo, PSPCap32 or PSP2600 with your old school Joystick, wirelessy !



Buzz has written the driver and designed the PCB and program the PIC micro-controller, and i was in charge of emulator enhancements.

Here is a snapshot of the new Printed Circuit Board for v2.1 :


If you have any electronic skills and if you want to design your own, you may find all documentation, PCB layout and source code on Buzz's web site
(see http://buzz.computer.free.fr/).

Here is a demo of a modified version of PSP-Hugo using Amiga DB9 Joystick (big thanks to Nico) connected to the Portable Irda Joy box :



Many new examples and new features are coming soon,

Buzz and Zx


If you want to discuss, you can do it there :
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Hi All,

For those who haven't seen previous version Hu-Go is a famous emulator of NEC PC Engine console, running on many system such as Linux and Windows. (see http://www.zeograd.com/ for details)

PSPHugo is a port on PSP of one latest version of Hu-Go.

What's new then in this version ?

- Audio Track support for CD-ROM
(support only MP3 format with stereo 16 bits samples
at 22k or 44k rate)
- CD-ROM TOC file format support.
- Using TurboRip, ripped CD can now be used directly with PSP-Hugo !
(see README file for explanations)
- Increase PSP clock speed when playing mp3 CD tracks
- Disable sound while saving states & screenshots
(to avoid scratchy noise for few seconds)
- Fix sleep mode issue
- Replace SDL sound engine by direct PSP audio stuff
to improve performances
- Fix issue when loading more than one CD image
- New backgrounds

How to use it ? Everything is in the README.txt file.

You may find here a version TurboRip to convert your original CD to a format compatible with PSP-Hugo :
TurboRip-V100

Please have a look to the README file to see how to proceed ...

CD Audio track reading is very CPU consuming, so if you run CD-rom games with audio tracks, PSP-Hugo will automatically increase the clock frequency while playing MP3 tracks to 300 Mhz.
(You may modify this parameter in the settings menu).

Sources are included, and this package is under the GNU public licence v2, read COPYING.txt file for more information about it.

psphugo-v1.3.0-fw5x.zip

psphugo-v1.3.0-fw15.zip

psphugo-v1.3.0-src.zip


Enjoy,

Zx.

If you want to discuss on this emulator, you can do it there :
zx81's forum on dcemu network or zx81's forum on qj.net

Hi All,

Here is a new version of PSPColem the Colecovision Emulator for PSP.

For those who haven't seen previous versions, ColEm is one of the best emulator of the ColecoVision videogame system written by Marat Fayzullin. It's running on FreeBSD, HP-UX, SunOS, Solaris, Linux, and other Unix systems. PSPColem is a port to PSP of Colem (Unix version 1.0).

What's new in version 1.2.1 :

- Improve emulation speed (now 60 fps at 133 Mhz !)
- Default speed is now 133 Mhz for green emulation
(but you may increase the psp clock to 222Mhz for better performance)
- New background graphics
- Finally fix issue with "Home -> Exit" & sleep mode !
- Text editor to write your own comments on games
- Display first comment line while browsing game files
- Text editor to modify the global cheat.txt file
- Auto fire support for second joystick
- Bug fix in unzip rom function
(unable to open more than 10 zipped files)
- Bug fix in z80 emulation
(game such as moon patrol were buggy)

How to use it ? Everything is in the README.txt file.

Sources are included, and this package is under the GNU public license,
read COPYING.txt file for more information about it.

pspcolem-v1.2.1-fw5x.zip

pspcolem-v1.2.1-fw15.zip

pspcolem-v1.2.1-src.zip


Enjoy, Zx.


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Hi All,

For gamers who have missed previous versions, Stella is on of the best emulator of Atari 2600
game console, running on many different systems, such as Linux, Solaris, Windows,
MacOS/X, WinCE, OS/2, GP2X.

It has been written initially by Bradford Mott, see Stella site for details.

PSP2600 is a port on PSP of the version v2.2 of Stella. It's based on the work of Aenea.

It has been developped on linux for Firmwares 5.0-m33 and 1.5

Special thanks to Horeus for his nice icons and graphical stuff !

What's new in this version ?

- New graphics from my good friend Horeus
(see http://www.ultimatepsp.fr/)
- New Eboot music
(see http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/pako)
- Cheat support (but it doesn't work with all games)
- Finally fix issue with "Home -> Exit" !
- Add documentation for settings in help menu
- Improve file requester with virtual keyboard to choose
sequentially rom files beginning with a given letter
- Text editor to write your own comments on games
- Display first comment line while browsing game files
- Add hotkey to change flicker mode
- Memory monitoring engine to find your own cheat code !
- Text editor to modify the global cheat.txt file


How to use it ? Everything is in the README.txt file.

Sources are included, and this package is under the GNU public license,
read COPYING.txt file for more information about it.

psp2600-v1.2.0-fw5x.zip

psp2600-v1.2.0-fw15.zip

psp2600-v1.2.0-src.zip

Enjoy,

Zx.


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Hi All,


Today is a very special day. My very good friend Buzz (see http://buzz.computer.free.fr/ ) has just finished a first beta prototype of his Irda Joy Pad stuff.

He has spent all his spare time from many weeks to design a wireless paddle / joystick device for the PSP (FAT) using IRDA port. I was in charge of the software and he wrote the driver and designed the PCB and program the PIC micro-controller.

This Irda Joy Pad device allow you to connect any DB9 joystick or Paddle to the PSP. It offers the best old-school portable emulation you'd never dream.

Here is a snapshot of the Printed Circuit Board :


If you have any electronic skills and if you want to design your own, you may find all documentation, PCB layout and source code on Buzz's web site
(see http://buzz.computer.free.fr/).

Here is a demo of a modified version of PSP Magic using paddles connected to Irda Joy Pad :



Here is a demo of a modified version of Pong (written by Hardrive4u) using paddles connected to Irda Joy Pad :



If you're interrested in psp pong binary and source code (originally written by Hardrive4u) :

psppong-v1.0.1-fw5x.zip

psppong-v1.0.1-src.zip

A new version of Irda Joy Pad device should come soon with a new design (compact) and a great new features such as integrated battery pack (using AAA battery).

Enjoy,

Buzz and Zx


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Hi all,

For those who haven't seen previous versions, XTiger is a unix emulator (under X Window) of a TI-92 calculator (Texas instruments).
It was originally written by Jonas Minnberg and was closed source.
Jonas Minnberg has not worked on XTiger for quite a while and he gave Misha Nasledov the code and permission to GPL it.

PSP-XTI is a port on PSP a the Unix version 0.8.

What's new in this version ?

- New background images
- Add Load & Save states
- Text editor to write your own comments
(or to read math courses )
- Finally fix issue with "Home -> Exit" & Sleep mode
- Add a new settings menu

pspxti-v1.3.0-fw5x.zip

pspxti-v1.3.0-fw15.zip

pspxti-v1.3.0-src.zip


It's distributed under GNU licence and sources are included.

It has been developed on linux for Firmware 1.5 and 5.0-M33, and for the IR keyboard
part it has been tested using a Targus Universal IR Wireless keyboard on a PSP FAT.

How to use it ? Everything is in the README.txt file.

Here is a PDF version of the TI-92 manual : TI 92+ manual

Enjoy,

Zx.

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Hi All,

Here is a new version of PSPWrite the text editor for PSP.

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.

The IR keyboard support is based on the work of Harald Fielker.

It has been developed on linux for Firmware 1.5 and 5.x-m33, and for the IR keyboard
part it has been tested using a Targus Universal IR Wireless keyboard on PSP FAT.

What's new then in 1.2.1 ?

- Add read-only mode to use pspwrite as a book reader
- Fix issue with sleep mode (psp crash)
- Should now work properly with mp3 plugins

How to use it ? Everything is in the README.txt file.

Sources are included, and this package is under the GNU public license,
read COPYING.txt file for more information about it.

pspwrite-v1.2.1-fw5x.zip

pspwrite-v1.2.1-fw15.zip

pspwrite-v1.2.1-src.zip


Enjoy,

Zx.


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Hi All,

PSP-Magic is a PSP version of the famous mechanical drawing toy called "Magic Screen".
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etch-A-Sketch for details.

Big thanks to Pako for his very nice music ! (see http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/pako)
Many thanks to my friends Manu & Buzz, who encouraged me and for their help, advices and beta testing.

By the way a new project is coming soon. My very good Friend Buzz is working hard to design a PCB and to connect his modded "device" to the psp for an incredible Etch & Sketch experience on PSP using IRDA or serial ports.

We have many ideas to improve old-schoold emulation experiences on PSP, so stay in contact !

PSP-Magic has been developed on linux for Firmware 1.5 and 5.x-m33.

How to use it ? Everything is in the README.txt file.

Sources are included, and this package is under the GNU public license,
read COPYING.txt file for more information about it.

pspmagic-v1.0.1-fw5x.zip

pspmagic-v1.0.1-fw15.zip

pspmagic-v1.0.1-src.zip


Enjoy,

Zx.


If you want to discuss on this emulator, you can do it there :
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Hi All,

For those who haven't seen previous release, DCMO5 is one of the best emulator of the Thomson MO5 home computer running on many systems such as MacOS, Windows and Unix. It has been written by Daniel Coulom (see http://dcmo5.free.fr/ for further details).

PSPMO5 is a port on PSP of the version 11 of DCMO5.

What's new then in this final version :

- Cheat support !
- Finally fix issue with "Home -> Exit" !
- Add documentation for settings in help menu
- The virtual keyboard is now usable in the file requester menu to
choose the first letter of the game you search !
- Improve file requester with virtual keyboard to choose
sequentially rom files beginning with a given letter
- Text editor to write your own comments on games
- Display first comment line while browsing game files
- Memory monitoring engine to find your own cheat code !
- Text editor to modify the global cheat.txt file
- Zip rom files are now decompressed in memory (much faster !)
- Add eboot music (see http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/nexus)

How to use it ? Everything is in the README.txt file.

Thanks to Raven for the eboot icon's stuff.

Sources are included, and this package is under the GNU public licence v3, read COPYING.txt file for more information about it.

pspmo5-v1.2.0-fw5x.zip

pspmo5-v1.2.0-fw15.zip

pspmo5-v1.2.0-src.zip


Enjoy,

Zx.

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