Best Vita / PSP Homebrews for August 2014
Every month we publish a list of the best Vita and PSP homebrews as voted by our community over the previous month. You can add your own homebrews to our /downloads Database, and vote for your favorite ones. This doesn’t require any login.
Check out this month’s most popular homebrews, as rated by our community below.
This month, utilities get the most attention!
10. 138Menu
- Compatible with VHBL and CEF (ARK/TN < TNV4)
- Multi-language English, Spanish, German, French, Turkish, Polish, Italian
- Various settings
- Homebrew installing
- You can use custom themes and wallpapers
- Delete App and Homebrew Folder format features included
- Custom OSK
- Easy-to-use interface
- Protection measures included
- Low sized
138Menu can be downloaded here
9. Pro CFW
Unleash the full power of your PSP with the most popular Custom Firmware on the scene! Compatible with all PSP models on firmwares 6.20, 6.35, 6.39, and 6.60
- Homebrew Compatible – Run your own unsigned applications, both user and kernel mode.
- Plugin Compatible – Add new features to your PSP via kernel mode background plugins.
- ISO / CSO Game Dump Playback – Backup your own UMD discs via USB and play them from Flash Storage.
- 2g+ Memory Range Unlock -Use the previously locked RAM range within your own homebrews.
- NODRM Engine – Use your bought DLCs, no matter on which PSN account you are currently logged in.
- PSX Emulator Unlock ? Play your PSX classics, yes ? all of them. Not just PSN titles.
- And a lot more…
Pro CFW can be downloaded here
8. CyanogenMod PSP C
This isn’t a port of CyanogenMod for android, it’s a project created from scratch. It will never allow you to run android apps, the psp system doesn’t have the hardware capabilities to run android. It’s purpose is similar to that of “iR Shell”, but with a UI inspired by CyanogenMod.
CyanogenMod PSP C can be downloaded here
7. FTP For PS Vita
Coldbird’s FTP server to ease the transfer of files to your Vita
FTP For PS Vita can be downloaded here
6. TN-V
(also known as CEF 6.60 TN)
– Custom Emulator Firmware 6.60 TN for PS Vita, with XMB support
– by Total_Noob (individual game exploits by various hackers)
– Features:
* The whole PSP environment
* Recovery menu and VSH menu (many options to set)
* Support of plugins
* CPU speed changement (makes no sense, as the difference is only minimal :P)
* Install Addon
* Network update
* 1.50 kernel homebrews compatibility
* Higher homebrews compatibility (VLF homebrews)
* High PSX compatibility (experimental sound support since TN-V9)
* High backups compatibility
* Support of prometheus patched backups
5. PSVita Style CTF Theme
eCFW TN-V / CFW PSP CXMB Theme with vibrant, vivid PS Vita icons and start-up sequence.
Inspired by, and moded from Paolok95’s PS3 style theme.
removed all the shadow effect icons to lessen filesize and minimize(or eliminate loading bugs), since the icons are a bit heavy for loading.
More info at the forums:
https://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=38923
PSVita Style CTF Theme can be downloaded here
4. 6.39/6.60 ME
The “Minimum Edition” CFW by neur0n is an alternate Custom Firmware for those who want to stay up to date on a hackable motherboard (PSP 1000/2000) and don’t want to use Pro CFW or TN Hen.
Choose your version (ME or LME) based on the chart below (courtesy of The_Zett):
6.39 ME for firmware 6.39 can be downloaded here
6.60 ME for firmware 6.60 can be downloaded here
3. MasterBoy
Game Boy Color and Sega Master System emulator
MasterBoy can be downloaded here
2. SGKeyDumper
Lightweight simple plugin to dump a game’s savedata key.
SGKeyDumper can be downloaded here
1. NesterJ
Nes Emulator
NesterJ can be downloaded here
New Homebrew of the Month
Ok, this one is actually from June, but check out ONELua, a new Lua interpreter from gdljjrod and Rober Galarga. This will let you create your own homebrews with Lua, a popular scripting language on the PSP. There exists many Lua interpreters for the PSP already, so you can check ONELua’s features in the /talk release thread.
ONELua can be downloaded here
Also check the following!
The entries below didn’t make it to the ranking this month, but were close, check these out:
Also check our huge list of emulators for your PSP/Vita, and our top 50 Vita / PSP homebrews in 2013!
What would you recommend to fellow PSP/Vita owners? Feel free to add your homebrews in our database and vote for your favorite ones!
Also, will there ever be a Sega Megadrive Emulator better than Picodrive on the PSP? I know Picodrive is amazing, but just wondering if there would ever be one better…
Also, usually there was more homebrew mentioned for the months best, or am I bugging?
RetroArch is about the only emulator for the PSP that’s being publicly worked on, so might want to keep your eye on it.
When do you release new 3.18 VHBL game?