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Most popular Homebrews in January 2012  

January 30, 2012 in Homebrew, Top 10 | 12 comments

A few months ago I introduced /downloads, a homebrew database dedicated to organizing the homebrews that can be downloaded on my server, as well as external links. You can rate the downloads as well as add your own homebrews, it’s free and doesn’t even require a login.

I haven’t blogged about PSP homebrews in a while, but it’s great to see the trends of votes, and I decided it would make sense to blog about the homebrews people like, in case your PSP had been collecting dust recently and you’re looking for new stuff to try, or if you simply want to discover some hidden gems. Here are the highest rated homebrew games for the month of January 2012, in reverse order to preserve the tradition of a countdown:

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The Best 25 PSP Homebrews of 2011, download links included (part 3/3)  

December 10, 2011 in Homebrew, PSP Genesis | 4 comments

This is my top 5 of the Genesis competition entries. If you’re looking for more great homebrews, please check my top 6-15 and my top 16-25, posted earlier this week. The Genesis competition was the “source” of 90% of the new homebrews created in 2011, and below are my 7 favorites. I said 5, but 3 of them are tied for number 1 in my opinion (and no, don’t expect a big surprise for these, my vote was in line with the final decision). Hear my words: if you haven’t tried each one of these homebrews at least once, you’re making a mistake.

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The Best 25 PSP Homebrews of 2011, download links included (part 2)  

December 9, 2011 in Homebrew, PSP Genesis | 8 comments

Yesterday I started presenting my 25 favorites entries of the Genesis competition. The Genesis competition was the biggest PSP homebrew contest ever, and 90% of the new PSP homebrews for 2011 were produced as part of this contest. Yesterday I described entries 25 to 16 in my personal ranking, and today I will introduce entries 15 to 6. Although my top 5 will probably not contain much surprises, entries 6 to 15 are really the homebrews that were underrated this year: good enough to be great games or applications, but not gigantic enough to beat the top 5. The kind of homebrews that would have won the first place in any other competition. The genesis competition received 111 entries (we actually received more than that, “only” 111 entries were accepted), so we’re talking of the top 10% here.

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The best 25 homebrews of 2011, download links included (part 1)  

December 8, 2011 in Homebrew, PSP Genesis, release | 7 comments

When we announced the various winners of the genesis competition (which, for those who don’t know, was the biggest PSP homebrew competition ever organized), I said there was a list of 28 entries (out of the 111 we received) that caught my attention. I also promised I would blog about it one day. This day has come, and I will list my favorite entries of the genesis competition in this post.

This list, like all “best XXX of the year”, is biased. I’m only focusing on Genesis entries (but you’ll have to admit, 95% of the new homebrews submitted this year were submitted as part of this contest), and it’s my personal ranking. Your opinion might differ on the specifics, but I think overall this list of 25 homebrews is a list of great quality. The list is also not entirely the list I had initially during the vote. Some of my “favorites” were “work in progress” releases, and I was expecting those to become the next big thing, but due to lack of pursued development, these projects are much less interesting than they could have been. So I removed a few entries, to reach the much satisfying number of 25.

Action, puzzles, plugins, utils… You won’t like all of them, but there will definitely be some homebrews that you love in this list.

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Some more improvements to the homebrew database  

December 5, 2011 in Homebrew, release | 2 comments

Last week I mentioned some updates to the homebrew database. As you know it is now possible for you to submit your homebrews to /Downloads, no login is required, and so far I’ve diligently reviewed people’s entries within less than 48hours.It has also been possible to vote for your favorite homebrews since the site was open. Again, no login is required, and it’s just one click away. In order to make ratings more useful and fun, I’ve added two widgets on the top page at /downloads, which show you the highest rated homebrews for the past 30 days, or for all time.

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SupaBoy portable SNES, is it cool or useless?  

December 3, 2011 in hardware, Homebrew | 12 comments

Today I saw on engadget an article about the SupaBoy, a portable SNES system that will run your old SNES cartridges. It looks really great, a bit (a lot?) old-school, and engadget mention that it has video out and 2 slots to plug-in original SNES controllers, so you can also use it a home console.

Honestly it’s a cool gadget, I can picture myself coming to a friend’s home and play old-school games on this device… at less than 80$, it’s fairly cheap too…

But of course, for 80$ you can get a refurbished PSP 1000, or if you want something new, for just a bit more you can get a new PSP 3000. A quick CFW install, and in less than five minutes you can get one of the best emulators out there, Snes9xTYL, up and running all your SNES games out of the box. No need for the cartridges, that’s what I call portable :)

So, real portability VS cool gadget that can be used as a home console… I think I still prefer my PSP, but I guess it can be a nice Christmas present…what do you guys think?

source enGadget

How to run SNES Games on your PSP

  1. If you haven’t done it already, install a Custom firmware on your PSP. This process is free, takes less than 5 minutes, and has less risks for your PSP than installing an official Sony update.
  2. Download Snes9x Tyl and copy it on your memory stick
  3. Put some SNES roms in the “ROMS” folder of Snes9x (I won’t tell you where to get those)
  4. That’s it! Launch Snes9x from your PSP menu and have fun :)

Total_Noob is back… with a homebrew game  

November 30, 2011 in Homebrew, release | 7 comments

Total_Noob, famous developer of TN Hen, is back with a new creation, which, surprisingly enough, is a simple homebrew. Maybe less ambitious than a Hen, but probably more fun to play, named Jumping Rectangle.

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Touhou for PSP  

November 28, 2011 in Homebrew, release | 13 comments

Sometimes we miss a gem. kene-touhou-mohofu, or, shorter and simpler, Touhou for PSP is one of those “why didn’t I know about this 2 years ago???” kind of moments. This is a fanmade homebrew inspired by a famous series of Japanese indie games of the same name. This PSP adaptation has been around for more than 2 years, and I must admit I played it for the first time yesterday.

Don’t get mistaken by the thumbnail here, the game is an action-packed scrolling space shooter. People who played rRootage will feel at ease, people like me who are not used to seeing hundreds of projectiles at once on the same screen might freak out, but for us mere mortals, there’s always the easy mode :)

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Improvements to the Homebrew database  

November 28, 2011 in Homebrew, release | 3 comments

A few months ago I announced the creation of a downloads section on this website. Located at http://wololo.net/downloads, this is “yet another” homebrew database. My goal was to put some emphasis on versions with this database (so that people are always sure that they are looking at the latest version of a given homebrew) and it basically works, although I can’t keep up with the amount of homebrews that get released every day in the world.

But I finally stopped procrastinating and updated the /Downloads site, with 2 major improvements.

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CFW For Dummies updated and simplified  

November 27, 2011 in CFW Pro, Homebrew | 7 comments

My guide to help people install a CFW, “CFW For Dummies“, was in need of a major cleanup and an update. It was still mentioning TN Hen, and firmware 6.37 was the latest supported one…

I basically decided to simplify it to the max: To me now the Pandora technique for hackable motherboards has actually become much cumbersome than simply upgrading to 6.60 and installing Pro CFW. I’m also only vaguely mentioning the permanent version on 6.20, or the CIPL Flasher for people who want to dig deeper. So, in other words, the guide might not be giving the “optimal” setup for some models, but it’s by far the simplest installation technique, which I think is what people are looking for. The drawbacks of not having a permanent CFW are now minimal in my opinion, and people who installed Pro CFW can still make it permanent any time once they get more knowledgeable on the subject.

In other words, if you have friends who are wondering how to install a CFW on their PSP, CFW For Dummies is the guide they should read!

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