PSP Homebrew Scene Dying?

**TacticalBread** · November 14th, 2006, 02:09

Sadly, I will be greatly tempted to update is Castlevania: SotN is released. D:

**pspgamer15** · November 14th, 2006, 02:45

there is a project I found of a Resident Evil 4 homebrew game for the PSP in the QJ forums.

**Veskgar** · November 14th, 2006, 03:22

There is definitely a slow-down in the PSP scene but I am pretty sure its just the end of a certain phase. Once 3.00 firmware is released and more great games are not playable on 1.50 or 2.71-SE it will likely create the spark which ignites the next phase in PSP homebrew.

It would also be great to see quality Emulators continued.

I barely have enough time as it is to enjoy the huge amount of homebrew for the PSP. SO if there is a slow period, its fine. Not the end of the world.

I really do expect to see some major new developments in the next month or 2.

**m0th** · November 14th, 2006, 03:42

Whats there left ta do? Here's my breakdown...

Emulation:
GBA... full speed, sound is kinda still choppy
SNES... Works great
Genesis... Perfect
Mame32 or lower.. I haven't tried
N64... Needs a ton of work to get the games at full speed.
PS1... Im sure someone will reverse engineer Sonys and post it
PS2, XBox, Gamecube... Probably impossible.
Dreamcast... Why bother?
Everything else.. I dunno. I have no desire to play a colecovision on my computer so Why would I wanna play it on my PSP.... I guess same goes for all the really old archaic stuff, and anyone really hell bent on playing stuff like the 2600 will make an emulator for themselves.

APPs that broaden the use of the PSP:
- A GOOD universal Remote that supports SCANNING just like a REAL universal remote does.
- PDA apps... yeah yeah boring but it would be nice ta see
- A real OS everyone can agree on and work at... irshell is the $#@! but still not a true os.
- Multimedia standards support ie divx, mov, mpg...etc

There will always be a constant demand for emulating the latest firmware where needed. I know we all wanna count on the people that make devhook but that may end some day.. hopefully never.

To summarize.. people dog the PSP as a POS. $#@!ty games, Sony sucks blah blah blah. Take a step back see what a PSP is capable of and compare it to other portable devices.... yeah... the PSP is undoubtably the greatest portable electronic device on the market. Just cos Sony is stunting its growth doesnt mean we should sit back and sulk. Hopefully sony wises up or hopefully they dont and abandon the PSP, leaving the community to continue on... something that'll never happen.

**XioN980** · November 14th, 2006, 03:44

C'mon Zion, thats just what Sony WANT you to think

I didn't know ZX left, i just thought he quit VBA. Sad.

Its just a speed bump, Strmn Nrmn IS quiet compared to his usual standard but think about it, it took nearly a year for PSX and GBA emulation to pick up again, and almost 6 months for the N64.

Dying is a bit extreme, its just got a nasty cold

**TacticalBread** · November 14th, 2006, 04:25

Has anybody heard anything from Harleyg about 0x89?

**F9zDark** · November 14th, 2006, 04:32

http://0x89.org/forum/index.php?topic=150.0

Harleyg is leaving 0x89 to work on other projects. But work may continue as the team members still want to finish it.

**TacticalBread** · November 14th, 2006, 04:38

Well, that sucks. At least ZettaBlade is still working on it. It seems all the well known coders are leaving, or haven't been heard from in a while.

**F9zDark** · November 14th, 2006, 04:45

Yeah its not a good time for the homebrew scene, but I think its more due to the fact that:

1)Lives are changing; the end of summer almost always brings in a change of pace for everyone
2)School is in session, especially college which is more time consuming than high school
3)Holiday seasons always means time with family and friends and is stressful in that many people need to establish plans, get shopping, etc.

Maybe I am right, maybe I am not. But I really hope its just the end of summer slow down that many sites experience.