We don't know if you still remember the homebrew application Choice from last year. It was created by Xart and is a graphical user interface (GUI) for Fanjita's and Ditlew's groundbreaking eLoader at that time. Well, Xart is back and so is his pet project that has been made compatible with the custom OE firmware.

If you're not well familiar with this kind of stuff, take note that Choice has the following features: launch homebrew, organize homebrew, calculator, USB Connection, Duo Manager, and Lua launch. The program was developed in Xcode and was originally tested on Mac OS X.

Anyway, Xart mentioned that this is not yet the full release as he plans to add more features in the coming days. Despite that, we have to say that Choice is already looking good. Just take a look at its development history:

• Choice Preview 3 for PSP OE "homebrew, and usb"
• Pre-Alpha
• 1A008 BUILD
• PSP Alpha "only homebrew, usb, photo, and other enabled"
• 1A009 BUILD
• 1A010 BUILD Updated EBOOT.PBP file for 1A009
• 1A014 BUILD
• 1A020 BUILD
• 1A021 BUILD Support for HOMEBREW Folder, ms0:/PSP/HOMEBREW

Of course, what we provided in the download below is the latest version which is Choice 1A021 BUILD. To help you get started, Xart also provided a few backgrounds to be used with the application.

Download: Choice 1A021 BUILD
Download: Choice 1A021 BUILD backgrounds
Visit: QJ PSP Development forum

zx-81, the emulation machine, has released the Sinclair ZX81 emulator. This version (1.0.1) shows the fact that he has been able to modify and compile the source code of XZ81 v2.1, a Sinclair emulator for Unix and similar operating systems.

It works on FW 1.5 and 2.1+. The ZX81 Sinclair was said to be the third of Sir Clive Sinclair's commercially available computers.  Sir was one of the UK's great inventors with calculators, LED watches and personal home computers, in his long list on inventions. In the home computers category, his first creation was the Cambridge MK14 microcomputer.

Going back to the emulator, the source code has been released under the GNU/GPL license. ZX81 would like to thank all the PSPSDK developers and also Fanjita and Ditlew for the great eLoaders. As always, a readme file is in the download, be sure to check it out.

Download Link: [PSPZX81 v1.0.1]
View: [Forum Release Thread]

A most exciting news for MAC and PSP users everywhere: the new eLoader now comes with a MAC installer. Credit and thanks go to developer Delight1. We should say, she really is keeping the MAC users in step with the homebrew development scene.

Like her previous installer, this new one will be needing a PSP folder in the root of the memory stick with a Photo and SaveData subfolder. More importantly of course, is the eLoader v0.98 folder. This shouldn't be a hassle though as Delight1 included that in the download already.

A few things to remember before running this installer: copy the name of your memory stick as the program will ask after you run it. It will also be asking if you want to install a GTA save game and which one would you pick, not to mention the option to install windows utilities.

As a sign of one developer's respect to another, Delight1 extends credit as well to Ditlew, Fanjita and all the others that developed the eLoader.

Download: [eLoader v0.98 MAC Installer]
Download: [Forum Release Thread]

We're sure you guys would be really itching to know what Fanjita and Ditlew have been up to lately. There hasn't been an eLoader release for quite some time. The last one, if we recall correctly, was on the 2nd of April which bundled in WiFi support. After that, the 2.XX homebrew scene had been quiet for a while...That is, before the onslaught of downgraders! Although they might have taken a bit of shine off the eLoader with the masses moving to 1.5 firmware for kernel mode homebrew, I know a lot of people who stayed with the eLoader, anticipating great things.

And the Noobz crew isn't one to disappoint. How about I tell you that you can skip buying that GTA UMD for using homebrew on 2.00 and above! Using the recent TIFF exploit in all the higher firmwares, Fanjita and Ditlew have been able to "port" the eLoader to the TIFF exploit. Earlier, homebrew on higher firmwares was run using the savegame exploit by Edison Carter. Now, rather than wasting time by starting GTA every time you want to use homebrew, you can simply go the the Photo section and start the eLoader. Heck, it's actually faster than even 1.0/1.5 homebrew since you don't have to view that "flashing bulbs" video. And the best part is that it doesn't matter whether you have a TA-082 PSP or not, you can play homebrew regardless!

Here's the official announcement from Noobz.eu

"Noobz are proud to announce the release of the latest eLoader version, 0.9.8, otherwise known as the "Porter" release.

This version brings user-mode homebrew to v2.0-v2.6 PSPs, without the need for Grand Theft Auto. Now, almost all the software that worked with GTA can now be used without it."

This is great news for all those who couldn't find an unpatched GTA UMD anywhere and had to make do with official stuff. Apart from the major re-release, there are two minor changes:

• eMenu has been improved in various small ways.
• The default menu is now eMenu, the old menu has been retired.

A few people might be curious as to whether you could run the downdater from the eLoader itself, and possibly mess up your PSP. Well, Fanjita has taken care of that too. The downdater won't run; it'll simply fail gracefully without touching your flash. In case you're wondering what homebrew the eLoader runs successfully, you can check out the list of known working homebrew in the PSP Homebrew database. Click the corresponding firmware version below to check out the status of homebrew for that version.

• 2.00
• 2.01
• 2.50
• 2.60

The few things which seem to be missing right now are kernel mode homebrew loading and the ability to use it on FW 2.71 and above.

A few people are wondering what's the difference between kernel mode and user mode. Well, in pure technical terms, the PSP's processor (or other similar processors for that matter) can run in two modes, either user mode or kernel mode. The mode in which the processor is running determines the different functions which you can use. For example, access to the PSP's flash requires kernel mode. That's the main reason why there wasn't a downgrader for 2.01 and above PSPs all this while. Nonetheless, most of the homebrew runs well enough in user mode itself. It's only a few applications like File Assistant and ISO loaders which require kernel mode. You can always check if your favorite homebrew is running well with eLoader using the above links.

You shouldn't be worrying though, the Noobz crew is hard at work getting all the great features into the new eLoader. Here's what they had to say:

"By now you're probably wondering, "What on earth is Porter?". Or maybe, what's next? Well, here's a rough roadmap for what we're currently working on:

• A user-mode loader for v2.70 and v2.71.
• A user-mode loader for v2.80.
• A loader to support kernel-mode homebrew on those platforms where it is possible.
• A way to do away with eLoader altogether, and load homebrew directly from the XMB.

We will not predict when these will be ready (so please don't ask!), but we're working as fast as we can on them"

I personally can't wait for the possibilities in the future. Kernel mode loading for homebrew looks really really enticing. The upcoming versions of the eLoader might just attract all the homebrew crowd and dethrone the "golden" 1.5 firmware.

Download Link: [eLoader 0.98 "Porter" - Windows Installer]
Download Link: [eLoader 0.98 "Porter" - Standard]
View: [eLoader Official Forum]
View: [eLoader Help Forum]

[Digg this!]

Train2335 has released 2.6 Train-UMD Loader (or TrUmd Loader, for short)for PSP. The application, which is based on a previous work by 0okm, hitchhikr and Humma Kavula, loads the UMD disc on a fw2.6 through eloader via GTA. As of Train2335's version, the 2.6 TrUmd Loader is incapable of loading isos but the team is working on fixing that.

Train2335 says he's not sure if you can swap UMDs since he only has GTA, so may be one of you guys can try that and give him your feedback at the QJ Forum release thread or comments below. Please go through the readme text before installing the application.

To install:

• Place the TrUmd folder in PSP/GAME/
• Load Grand Theft Auto
• Run Eloader
• Select TrUmd and run it
• Press X and load UMD

Finally, Train2335 would like to thank Dark_Alex, Humma Kavula, hitchhikr, SonyXteam, Fanjita, Ditlew, PSPDEV, and everyone else that made this possible! Special thanks to Mathieulh and 0okm!

Download: [2.6 Train-UMD Loader]
Discuss: [Forum Release Thread]

Ok, so it's Sunday. And I'm sure that most of you have been eagerly waiting for this feature. And you will not be disappointed today. In the QJ.NET box, we were lucky to have a very popular developer. I'll give you a small hint: He is one of the people behind the eLoader.

So I'm sure you've at least got a pretty good guess who he is. And I'm sure you're dying to read more about him.

Well, fret not! You can read the full article after the jump! You know you want to ;)

Legendary PSP developer Zx-81 from our forums has released yet another emulator for the PSP, PSPInt. PSPInt is an Intellivision emulator port based on Jzintv, an Intellivision emulator for Windows, Linux, and MacOS. As with all of ZX-81's releases, PSPInt has been developed using Fanjita and Ditlew's eLoader Bock v0.97, and so should work on all homebrew-capable firmwares.

The Intellivision was a home entertainment video console released by Mattel in 1980, which featured a numeric keyboard and a 16-bit color pallete, all of which could be seen on screen at once (which was pretty advanced at the time). Keeping gamers engrossed for hours in pixelatingly perfect gaming madness.

Both 1.0 and 1.5 binaries are included in the download.

Download: [PSPInt: Intellivision Emulator for PSP v1.0.1]

Feast your eyes on this! Here's Ditlew's next project named 'eTV'. eTV allows you to watch TV channels from your PSP, building on the successes of TVSP. After a few words with the developer of TVSP, Andy Fung who hasn't had the time to update it, Ditlew decided to update it himself. Just as with TVSP,the only hardware requirements for eTV is a video card, meaning you can avoid the expense of upgrading your PSP's firmware and buying a Locationfree device!

All you have to do is take a look at the screenshots or the video to see the quality of this work-in-progress homebrew application. Both screenshots are from Ditlew's video and show off the amazing quality of eTV.

View a full list of the differences between eTV and TVSP along with a video of eTV in action after the Jump!

LilCthulhu takes on the challenge of integrating the messenger client functions of a PDA into your PSP.  So you can immediately tell all your friends about this mad Lua game that you've just played (or about qj.net). LilCthulhu brings us ptDanzeff, an adaptation of Python-PSP.

This can be likened to Cancan's adaptation of the Danzeff OSK, but not quite. Keeping the source as close as possible to its original C source, ptDanzeff is more of a straight conversion of the C source code to Lua and Python.

At first it was a little bit confusing on what button to press to input the exact letter that you want. I think this is because I am basing it on a cellphone's keypad when composing SMS, but after a few tries it's relatively easy to use. One key that I particularly liked was the select key, because it produces a heart symbol. The interface is as close as you can get to the real thing. So you won't have to worry that you wouldn't know where everything is.

LilCthulhu extends his thanks to oobles, oopo, fanjita, ditlew, shine, nevyn, fraca7. Danzel and Jeff for providing us an excellent OSK and input system. Kudos to cancan who worked on his own adaptation for lua at probably the same time but was able to release it a few days earlier.

Download: [ptDanzeff v0.01]