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Software, Firmware, and now, Prayerware: The KJV Bible Comes to PSP

Posted May 11, 2006 at 7:55AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Homebrew Applications, News Tags: psp homebrews

Books - including sacred writings such as the Quran, the Baghavad Gita and the Bible - have long been available in electronic form, readily downloadable from any number of websites. Until now, however, only PC users, or those with the latest PDA's, could take advantage of this technology.

Now, devout PlayStation Portable users wishing to take a break from destroying monsters, running down inner-city pedestrians and wiping out hostile armies with tactical nukes can enjoy some spiritual refreshment with their own electronic version of the King James Bible.

This project was programmed by a blogger who goes by "Shadowprophet" (aka Patrick Boyd), who says the project started when he found a hypertext version of the KJV online. Discovering it was compatible with the PSP operating system. He has since modified it to run on PSP more easily, requiring less scrolling, and the ability to go to any specific section of the text.

Patrick says, "It is my hope this will help others in studying God's Word." It is this writer's hope that it doesn't stop here, and that eventually, all the world's great spiritual writings from Johann Eckart to Gautama Buddha will find their way to a variety of platforms.

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# Equality. — Guest 2006-05-11 10:47

We want the Qur'an, the Torah, the teachings of Buddha, Anton LaVey, El Ron Hubbard, and countless other books of guidance of all beliefs in a PSP-compatible form.

Only then will I be satisfied.

# ERNT — Guest 2006-05-11 10:47

ERNT, ***** those baptist *****s. Anyone who is dumb enough to follow that religion deserves to die.

# been out for a while — Guest 2006-05-11 10:54

this has been available for a while. check out www.psp-vault.com downloads and you will see. This is old news, ive been using this for a bout a month!

# Not useful. — Guest 2006-05-11 10:56

Ok go to church and flash your PSP and tell the ppl there that you are actually reading the bible while EVERYBODY else have the book in their hands... that will look stupid. stupid and lame.

Yeah have the bible in the same memory stick you have your !sos and r0ms and other stolen *****.

Temptation... read the bible or play some game.

# THANK YOU! — Guest 2006-05-11 10:56

Well Praise the Lord!

No Joke. I was really waiting for something like this to come out. God answers prayer. No matter how small the request!

# oh cmon — Guest 2006-05-11 11:00

wtf

# @ #8 — Guest 2006-05-11 11:01

You need an attitude adjustment mr. man!

This is the bible we are talking about here. Not some of that other homebrew crap you run on your tired psp. You better get your attitude together or you are going straight to h-e- double hockey sticks. NOW PRAY! Before God sends someone to smash your cyber skull in.

# Fool — Guest 2006-05-11 11:02

'God answers prayer. No matter how small the request!'

HAHA! You genius.

Religion spawns the smartest people in the world.

# how gay.. — Guest 2006-05-11 11:08

who gives a *****

# Cool — Guest 2006-05-11 11:16

I'm not a follower of any religion. A devoted atheist through & through. Don't get me wrong, if people choose a religion & practise it, they should be allowed to without persecution & prejudice.

So I think this is great.

Maybe god has wireless three player action with Jesus & Muhammed.

Wouldn't that be sweet.

lol

Well Mr. Boyd. Congratulations for doing this, but

if you want to reserve your place in the afterlife, you should endeavor to translate the Qur'an & other biblical books as well.

lolol

# Ghey — Guest 2006-05-11 11:20

This is the most retarded idea I have ever seen. Grow up. The PSP is for entertainment.

# heh — Guest 2006-05-11 11:25

Sure, if you ain't a believe it's no use but personally I don't see what's wrong with it, I like the idea. Could be quite useful aswell when getting into a debate...

# gay — Guest 2006-05-11 11:58

i hate this kind of bible *****. it makes no sense at all.

# uhhh #12 youre a ***** — Guest 2006-05-11 12:01

religion fffuuuucks peoples minds up. just look at those damn arabians. get the point??????

# The PSP is for entertainment! — Guest 2006-05-11 12:02

I think the KJV is very entertaining, especially when read by someone doing an impression of Bobcat Goldthwait.

# Where... — Guest 2006-05-11 12:02

where can i get this without registering?

As a studier of many religious texts i would love to see many more of these and it would definatly be useful to have many of them on the go.

# Pointful..... — Guest 2006-05-11 12:10

Lovely, a bible that wastes precious batterys rather then trees.

why is it i can read Lord of the Rings and know its fiction, but people can't seem to read the bible and know its fiction. ponderance.

# lol #18 — Guest 2006-05-11 12:17

to those that say religion spawns idiots, well we have a person from the other end that is the most idiotic. arabians can be christian jewish or muslim. wow you are smart!!! darwinism, please smite down thine idiot. amen.

# hmmmm — Guest 2006-05-11 12:18

after I kill some fools in GTA liberty city i can then go read a few scriptures from the bible.........sounds good

# Wha t3h f3kzoR — Guest 2006-05-11 13:05

OMGZ...seriously... maybe if i read this ill be able to shoot lightning bolts out my ass

# Yea........ — Guest 2006-05-11 13:07

Though this is completely off topic, most Americans dont even know their own history and dont even know their geography. Centralized people......

# I'd like to download this... — Guest 2006-05-11 13:15

...without registering at that site, but oh well.

# GOOD SHIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIT — homepc909 2006-05-11 13:27

GOOD SHIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIT

# #22 you're FFFUUUCCCKKKing GGAY — Guest 2006-05-11 13:38

IF YOU WANT TO PUT UP A BETTER FIGHT WITH ME, HIT ME UP ON HTTP://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/SHIN_CHAN88

ILL BE WAITING FOR YOUR COMMENTS. IF YOU DONT DO THIS THEN YOU ARE A COWARD AND A ***** *****.

# .. — Guest 2006-05-11 14:55

LOL #4

# Sweet — Guest 2006-05-11 14:58

Good work dude. God is awesome.

# money — Guest 2006-05-11 15:42

i dont like religion its just another way to sucker idiots out of their money. and this guy is just trying to get you to waste your batteries reading rather than blowing some dudes brains out on gta

# GReat! — Guest 2006-05-11 15:59

Think it's great...I've been using it for a while already.

If you don't care about religion, why bother commenting? You're not really contributing anything useful...disagree all you want but at least do it in a civilized manner.

# Man... — Guest 2006-05-11 17:17

man bein' in the gamer community, i didn't think there were so many bible haters. why not have a readable bible for the psp? why is it stupid? they have readable manga and i love that. whether it's real or not why is it so hard to accept? i myself love this idea and hope they expand on the different versions, that would be great. my church has a wireless connection and yes, i have used it during service. why do people see church as an outdated log cabin in the boonies? the scripture is for the lost not the perfect and who's perfect? Nobody...

# Not for most people... — Guest 2006-05-11 17:57

Personally, I don't like this, and I feel that most other psp owners won't be exactly thrilled by this either.

Look at the kind of violent video games that are avaliable for the psp. They don't strike me as something that people who follow the bible would play (it would probably be a sin to play them anyway

). Religious people do play violent games but they certainly arn't the very 'strict' followers.

Or, I suppose it could be used as a quick guide to see if you're allowed to play a certain game. Hmm, lets see... GTA.. does virtual killing of people count as a sin? QUICK! Load the bible homebrew!!!

Aww, damn, I'm going to hell!

# interesting — Guest 2006-05-11 20:21

not a religious man myself. but im not an ignorant ***** either.

this is nice to see. impractical. but nice.

# OMFGWTFBBQ — Zettablade 2006-05-11 20:47

This hasto be the worst idea since mtv! Seriously, I'd rather whatch Tom Cruise act then read that crap! All religion is bull*****. Period. I have yet to see any proof of any 'god'. The person who made this should do something that i love to promote. Injecting rat posion never really hurt anyone. Killed 'em, but never hurt 'em. Such a waste of talent. :'(

# pope@ass.va — Guest 2006-05-11 20:49

follow. kill. pray. die.

# #28 = retard — Guest 2006-05-11 20:59

Seriously, you think your so tough, sitting behind your computer, challenging people. Your the coward. Seriously, what a loser.

As for the idea, I'm atheist, but I guess this ok for those hardcore christian gamers

# pope@ass.va — Guest 2006-05-11 21:05

in my country religion is seen from every corner and the priests are strong party here. and yes, it's not egypt few thousand b.c.

i've got nothing against god/no god. believers that would die for their abstract are something to fear/despise.

# No God? — Guest 2006-05-12 02:26

THis is just for the people who say there's no God..

I'm a Christian, but let me tell you this...

How can there is NO Creator?

I'm not talking about GOD as in Christianity...just a higher being outside of time...

How did "evolution" begin? Did matter just exist from the "beginning" of time? And then suddenly it exploded and formed this intricate universe?

That's stupid...

# SK, #40, since you brought it up... — Guest 2006-05-12 03:03

I was avoiding bringing this up but you initiated this.

In my personal belief there is no 'beginning', everything has been. About your need for a god to create something, where would god's origin be? Why could god always be but matter can't? Consider both options.

Most religions are spawned somewhat from a fear of death. Death is accounted for in religions by an afterlife of everlasting glory (or horrible pain if you don't follow them). Try to face the scariness that when you die it's all over. You cease to exist, there is nothingness for you, no thinking. Many people can't cope with that.

"And then suddenly it exploded and formed this intricate universe?"

The time span were talking about is extremely large. None of what we have suddenly occured overnight, it took an incredibly large amount of time. If you actually want to do some research in your statements here is some information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_life

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution

My guess is that you wont read any of this because you seem to be set into your beleifs. You say "Thats stupid" to an incredibly complex situation.

I DID look at some "scientific" proofs of god. It was hardly objective and a pretty good laugh. Often the Bible is used to 'prove' god exists when in reality a human wrote that. They could have written anything.

Heres one of the things I read: http://www.doesgodexist.org/Phamplets/Mansproof.html

# Think before you post! — Guest 2006-05-12 03:13

I am a Christian, and I am proud to be one. I don't know what that means to you, by most of the posts I've read so far, it doesn’t mean a lot.

I doubt this software will become a replacement for the real physical Bible, and I highly doubt the author intended it to be. It's a neat idea (which as mentioned above has other applications for other texts).

What I continue to find sad about the forums on this site is the high proportion of people who just insult, and tear down others for no constructive reason. Why do those who disapprove of this software show such hatred? I would challenge you to think of this as an act no different as racism or the unfair fear and hatred directed towards Muslims after 9/11.

…as to Christian's playing violent games... I doubt it's constructive for a healthy mind, but most adults can determine the difference between fantasy and reality... if this is a challenge for you, I suggest you discontinue the pursuit of videogames, as your just not up to it.

God Bless

Jaydee ^_~

# ebook reader — Guest 2006-05-12 03:29

What's the difference between this project and the already existing ebook readers for psp ?

I guess this project is just some kind of advertising for the sandal-wearing bearded hippy's word.

# Diss? — Guest 2006-05-12 04:11

Why are most of you people (mosly kids) out there dissing the Bible and Jesus and Mocking Him??? Anyone here who is a True-Christian should be happy right now even if sony thinks it is illegal. Good Work , Patrick and Jesus and God

# ... — Guest 2006-05-12 07:40

all you religious nuts out there especially the one goin on about 9/11 hear this...

RELIGION CAUSES WARS

Nearly all global conflict is a direct result of different peoples beliefs and its all bollocks. Every religion is bull*****. Science PROOVES it, the bible prooves nothing.

# ***** BIBLE — Guest 2006-05-12 09:53

***** BIBLE

SCHEISS BIBEL

JEBEM VAM MATER KRSCANSKU.

# lozll! — Guest 2006-05-12 11:15

lol @28... he has so little friends hes resorting to a site for psp talk to make friends... ur cool!

# ? — Guest 2006-05-12 21:33

What a load of rubbish.

# Responce to 'oh dear' at Number.45 — Guest 2006-05-13 04:46

Now hear this? Who's the preachy one now? YOU ARE.

Religion causes wars? Hmmm I think PEOPLE cause wars. I think individuals or groups of people who want something or to enforce their ideas could cause wars...

Now as a recent example there is the war in Iraq... is that war brought on by relegion? Is it brought on by the beauty of the human spirit, out to liberate the poor people of Iraq from a tyrant? Or is it because of Oil? Hmm I wonder...

"Science PROOVES it, the bible prooves nothing." - Please! I encourage you to elaborate on this!

The theory of evolution and the big bang theory, are the two biggest human explinations as to why we are here. I am not saying I think they are rubbish, I simply do not believe that by it's self. That our world and universe could be an accident, it's too beautifull and chaos is rarely beautifull. Now Mr oh dear at Number.45, you say 'Science PROOVES it' but a 'theory' is simply an idea, a hypothosis. Not proof.

It's such a shame that this 'war' of words has had to occur. You could choose to believe that this is religion's fault... but the way I see it, it only serves to prove mine. People cause wars, because they want to form the world to their thoughts. You think the bible is rubbish and Christians are stupid, that's fine, I believe God gave us all free will to make our minds up, I will not shuv my beliefs down your throat, you can make up your own mind. I am still human though, and if you attack me, physically or verbally I will respond.

If you love Science as you seem too then you should love truth, as that is what all scientists seek to prove. I challange you to see the real truth, and stop speaking your hate filled words, on matters you don't seem to understand. If you were in anyways, really enlightened you wouldn't have wrote what you did.

For the record I come to this site because I love video games, and because I like the PSP system. I picked mine up the day before the the offical Japanese release in my local game store in Fushimi, Kyoto, Japan. I was really excited to follow what developers have been able to do on the PSP. I love the ablitly to carry arround the games I used to play on the SNES and Mega Drive (Genesis) as a kid.

So I would politely ask that if you havent anything nice to say, don't. If you love peace (which you seem to as you hate Religion, cause of all wars) I'd ask you to refrain from causing these mini wars online. If you feel it's stupid, then why worry? Anything that's stupid disspears quickly as people become bored of it. So if Christianity is stupid it wouldn't have been around very long, and will dissapear soon wont it? As enlightend people such as yourself eloquently put you idea's accross how could the rest of us fail to see your obvious and strong sence of logic.

Peace

Jaydee ^_^

# KJV Bible for PSP — Guest 2006-05-15 18:26

In general, I did this for my own use. I put it out on the net so other Christians could use it. I am not sure what I shall work on next, if anything, but It would not be works for other religions. I must say, I was surprised to see pop up in so many places (my website netboyd.com and psp-vault were the only places I had put it).

Someone asked if they could get it without registering, and yes you can http://www.netboyd.com/kjvpsp.zip

Patrick

ppb1701@NetBoyd.com

# life haters — Guest 2006-09-04 03:38

I can not beleive people can be so cruel, just more of the anti christ showing its face, I bet cha if some one made a homebrew to call demons thru the psp, people

would not have a problem with it, but soon when some one does something like this, it's a problem, just like prayer in schools

# RE: Software, Firmware, and now, Prayerware: The KJV Bible Comes to PSP — Rhythm 2012-06-08 03:59

Uhm...How can i download the KJV bible to my PSP.

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