The latest upgrade to the PSP system software, launched on 2nd May, prepares PSP to act as a receiver for LocationFree™ TV, the exciting innovation in remote TV viewing launched by Sony in Europe in May.

The heart of LocationFree TV is the LocationFree Base Station. This compact unit has two connections for AV equipment such as a DVD/HDD recorder. The Base Station can be plugged directly into an existing home network or it can establish a wireless link to a PSP™ system (software version 2.70), typically over a 100-foot range.

The initial Base Station setup is extremely straightforward and requires minimal intervention. Then, once the LocationFree Player software is installed on the PSP by downloading thelatest system software update (version 2.70), users can be free from the constraints of a lifetime within minutes.

Releasing TV from the living room is only the start. With LocationFree and a broadband internet connection, it’s a simple matter to watch TV and control a STB or HDD recorder from your PSP, anywhere on earth with network or wireless access. The process of using the Base Station over the Internet – termed NetAV – is as simple as connecting up within the house. Whether holidaymaker, business traveller or ex-pat, LocationFree with NetAV provides a direct connection to home. And with the World Cup only months away, there’s potentially more at stake than missing an episode of a favourite soap.

Not that there’s any need to miss anything with LocationFree. At home, you can indulge in late-night viewing on a PSP from the comfort of your own bed. It’s almost as easy to access the Base Station from a hotel while abroad, pick a channel, and watch some live TV. When you know you’ll be busy, you can switch from the STB input to the DVD/HDD recorder and program it to record anything you don’t want to miss. Next time you visit the Base Station, the recorded content will be waiting for you. If a DVD player is connected, so long as the right disc is in the drive, you can even watch your own movie rather than live or recorded TV. In fact watching the big match on a notebook from the wireless hotspot in an airport departure lounge is only the start of it.

In the home, the Base Station uses proprietary Sony technology including an optimised antenna and custom software to ensure the best possible wireless performance. Moreover, you can also hook your home video camera up to the Base Station for a great way to see friends and relatives abroad or even to monitor home security while you’re away.

When the Base Station is accessed remotely over the Internet, further key technologies come into play. First, a free Dynamic DNS (Domain Name Server) service ensures that periodic changes to a user’s global IP never prevent connection to the Base Station. This facility is effectively invisible to the user, but plays an important behind-the-scenes role in the overall ease of setup of NetAV. Once the connection is established, user privacy is ensured by a combination of security measures. Industry-standard Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption is bolstered by WiFi Protected Access (WPA), which improves on the authentication and encryption offered by WEP.

One of the revolutionary technologies of the Base Station is the Automatic Bit Rate Control technology. The Base Station monitors the band width of the broadband connection and automatically optimises the Bitrate of the AV stream.

LocationFree TV will be available in UK, France, Germany, Belgium and Netherlands from this month, with other European countries joining later this year.

Together with a wide range of free content to enhance the entertainment value of your PSP, the latest firmware upgrade can be downloaded directly to the PSP browser via WiFi, or from www.yourpsp.com, and is available now. ...

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced an innovative new concept in portable entertainment, with the introduction of PlayStation®Spot, providing PSP owners with free content via WLAN.

PlayStation Spot is a small, self contained device that broadcasts a peer to peer WiFi zone, from which PSP users can download a wide variety of game demos, video content, movie trailers, music tracks, image galleries and other innovative content. Designed for use in a wide variety of static or mobile locations, PlayStation Spot offers terrific promotional opportunities for content creators of all types and genres, from record labels to innovative brands, from movie studios to multimedia producers - the creative opportunities are endless!

PlayStation Spot will launch intially in nine countries in Western Europe and Australia, with a total of 300 PlayStation Spot units being deployed. Linked to local marketing plans, PlayStation Spots will be highly mobile and can be deployed to support a wide variety of events and activities. It will also offer highly interactive outdoor advertising opportunities.

“Through the PlayStation Spot network, the PSP owner will gain free access to a rich collection of diverse content in conventional, but also the most unpredictable, locations”, explained Stephane Hareau, SCEE’s Senior Brand Manager for PSP. “With content specifically selected for the event, venue or occasion, this will really add to the unique entertainment experience enjoyed with PSP.

Notes to Editors:

PlayStation Spot Launch Countries

• UK
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Spain
• Netherlands
• Belgium
• Luxembourg
• Australia

Instructions for Downloading Content from PlayStation Spot:
Step 1: Turn on your PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) system and slide the WLAN switch to the ON position
Step 2: From the Home Menu, choose the 5 icon, then select the % icon and press the j button to confirm
Step 3: Wait while your PSP™ system searches for content that is available to download
Step 4: Select the content you want to download, press the j button to confirm and wait for the download to complete
Step 5: Once completed, you can view, play or listen to your downloaded content as many times as you like!*
*Downloaded content can not be saved to Memory Stick Duo™; it can be accessed for as long as your PSP™ system is turned on, but will be lost if you return to the Home Menu, turn off or reset your PSP™. You can only download and access one item of downloadable content at any one time. For more information, please visit http://www.yourpsp.com ...

Finally I got it, a working CD with some games, it's not yet perfect but many games run correctly.
So main features are :

- high speed (Cz80 use)
- 2 players support
- 32ko to 1Mo ROM support
- hardware tiles, sprites, map management

Things to add :

- syncho
- sound

I'm waiting for Rockin'-B skills with dual CPU and assembly(port of raze/faze ?) for these improvements

link removed as it has commercial games in it, your friendly neighbourhood Hawq ...

Sasuke2911 has ported Chuis MAME Emulator MAME4ALL to the PSP, theres also a NeoGeo and CPS1 Release too, heres the rough translation from French to English:

bjour
my port really BASIC of mame4all veiled on psp
I have to test with 2 roms for the moment
cps1: 1941 row much
ataris: centiped seems to be has full speed

good its C not yet Ca… but good C a beginning

++ all the world

version ultra mega beta bugger of everywhere with the controller ki beug of the 7/5/06

last version b2 8/5/06
y' have some innovation above
the menu is in 480*272 (all the screen of the psp)
when that plays is to launch it is not cut out any more (on the with dimensions one because the gpx2 has a screen in 320*240)
and others ptit fix

So for those like me who arent french this has a Full Screen Menu but reverts back to 320x240 in game.

A compatibility list of what should work can be found here --> http://chui.dcemu.co.uk/mame4all.htm...patibilityList

Download for yourselves and let us know Via Comments what you think of this latest emulator for the PSP. Thanks to joesnose for uploading ...

PSPVault have released a PSP Parts/Repair Guide, heres the info:

Many of us have had our PSPs for over a year now. There's no doubt my PSP is beginning to show signs of age. Since most of us probably didn't bother to purchase extended warranties, this means that we could end up having to pay for repairs. And who wants to do that? I certainly don't.

Hopefully you'll never have to use the new Parts/Repair Guide that I just posted in the Guide Vault. Hopefully you'll just read through it, think "oh cool," send the link to a few friends, and be done. Or maybe you just want to put a new faceplate on your PSP because your current one has too many scratches. ...

News via PSP3d

The first photos are surfacing of a booth for an apparent sequel to Konami's first-person shooter Coded Arms. As the photos show, the current name of the project is Coded Arms: Contagion.

The original Coded Arms put you in the role of a hacker in an abandoned VR combat simulator, where you had to blast your way through level after level of intense combat. It featured fully 3D environments, randomly-generated levels, over 30 upgradable weapons, hordes of enemies, massive boss characters, and 4-player multiplayer action via Ad-Hoc. The game came out last year, and was received with mixed reviews ranging from 3/10 to 9/10. Critics of the game lamented its lack of originality, noting how many of the levels feel like the same thing over and over again. Fans praised the premise, the artistic style, and the intense firefights.

No details about the new game have emerged yet, but we'll be sure to keep you posted. ...

News Via IGN

Sony Computer Entertainment was not expected to puts a big focus on its PSP presentation at this year's pre-E3 event -- it was always going to be all about PS3 -- but we still couldn't help but be disappointed with what was shown. Only one surprise title was in the line-up of games shown, and one game in the reel was actually already out stateside (a few others have already been brought out elsewhere but are premiering in the US this year.)


First up on the PSP reel this year was the sequel to the disappointing Ape Academy game, here with more minigames and the came cartoony look. From there, SCE went to the world premier Planet PSP -- a cool interactive travel guide non-game that casual PSP owners can take with them when they go out to see the world. Following that was the incredible PSP Killzone: Liberation (curiously left without its PS3 companion, although us PSP players will take this incredible-looking game as a winfall.) We also had LocoRoco, SCE Japan's brilliant tilt-around game played with gooey little characters. Gangs of London, SCE Soho's multiplayer gang game followed that, built upon the basis of the Getaway franchise. After that, Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror ... and considering that this game was released months ago for PSP, we're not sure why (even though it is an incredible game for the system, and a defining online experience.) This was followed up with World Tour Soccer 2, SCE's new and improved footie sim. And then there was Talkman, finally bringing the Japanese and European language translator app/game to America.
Where was Ratchet & Clank PSP? We don't know, but we've played it, and it's already pretty rad. Where was SOCOM 2 for PSP? Where was ATV Offroad Fury Pro? What about Hot Shots Golf 2 and its GPS capabilities? Where was anything from any of the hard-working third parties working on PSP? Much of this will be debuted on the E3 show floor on Wednesday, but of the pickings SCE put together, it wasn't the kind of showing we expected from a console just now leaving its infant first years behind. Look for much more happy PSP impressions and anticipation when the E3 show starts on Wednesday. ...

Via IGN:

We were shown some of the latest footage of Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth at Square Enix's press conference, which marks the return of the series from the original PlayStation to the PSP. Building upon the original title, Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth is the story of the Valkyrie Lenneth as she recruits and trains fallen warriors to fight for Asgard during the end of the world.

We were shown new footage of Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth, including some of the updated CG cut scenes. Not only did they show off a number of warriors that you'll collect, but they showed off Lenneth brandishing her sword, extending her wings, and collecting souls. We also found out that some of the newly included cut scenes will contain specific hints that refer to the upcoming Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria.

Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth will be released on July 18th, 2006. We'll have more on the game as E3 progresses. ...

Sata has released a new version of his NDS Eprom tool

Download Here ...