Name the Best of the Homebrew Releases

[IM back!]

dosbox! i like my old games!

[SSaxdude]

SNES9X_TYL
NesterJ 1.20 beta
DGEN
Doom
all the OE/M33 customfirmware releases

[mike_jmg]

custom firmware
gpsp

[dangee]

PSP Rhythm-

my fave music making homebrew by a mile
Drum machine,16 voice sequencer,heaps of effects,wave synth,mixer,
song creator, and export to WAV or MIDI + a huge sample library!

Luaplayer 2.0-

full Lua 5.1 support,& makes possible
coding directly on the PSP

3.40OE-A-

solved a heap of homebrew irritations,recovery mode
is a great idea

pspTube-

a significant development

(also,original File Assistant & Bookr)

[Cokemusic]

Soo many good homebrew I won't put them in any order.

Custom firmware
IR Remote
PSP tube
File Manager

and many more but I can't think.

[xg917]

-Custom Firmware
-IR Shell
-PSPTube
-gpSP
-Daedalus
-nesterJ
-snes9xtyl
-RIN
-PSP FTPD
-DAX UMD dumper

[pspfan]

Guys, there is absolutely no question about what's #1! iR Shell is the best thing to ever hit the PSP (sure CFW, PSPTube, gpSP, and many others are all amazing, but nothing adds as many features to the PSP as iR Shell does).

This is my attempt at a "mini review" (but since iR Shell is so amazing, it's hard to keep it "mini").

iR Shell (Coder: AhMan)
BRIEF REVIEW
iR Shell is a multi-tasking shell for the PSP which allows you to launch applications (UMD games, legally owned Backups, PS1 games and Sony demos or homebrews) via a menu driven interface. In addition to the standard shell functionalities, it includes a plethora of advanced features (all advanced features listed later). Most features can be called upon either via the icon based menu system or a shortcut combo key for fast access. Currently, iR Shell supports firmware 1.5, all revisions of OE except for 3.30 as well as Team M33's newest custom firmwares. iR Shell can also run under fw 1.5 & 2.71 emulation under DevHook.

FEATURE LIST
Here's why you should use iR Shell and what's so great about it:

iR Shell can:

• Do basic shell functions:
  --Launch homebrew
  --Launch UMD
  --Enter usb mode
  --Exit back to shell from homebrew/umd
  --Be a file browser
  --Give date/time/battery info display
• Be an IR remote for over 2000 devices (and I think it's over 6000 devices if you download more than just the remote on the website)
• Take screenshots of homebrew, UMD, XMB, pretty much everything
• View images (.bmp, .jpg, .png)
• Be an MP3 player that can run in the background of your UMDs and homebrew, has basic functions like pause/play, stop, next, previous, volume +/-, can make playlists
• Change CPU speed (even for launched games/homebrews)
• Switch between launched homebrew or UMD and iR Shell (to change your MP3 playlist or view a photo, or check battery status, or send a file to another PSP or something like that--all of that and more can be done in the background while another app is running)
• Transfer files to another PSP via Ad Hoc connection
• Be Skinnable
• Run file manipulation functions (copy, paste, delete, rename) even between the memory stick and usbhost or nethost.
• Open a Configurator which lets you customize things like default CPU speed, date/time display, skin and put a password on file manipulating or entering the configurator
• Lock the PSP so that a password is needed to continue
• Use PSP headphone remote control for MP3 player functions
• Have support for user plugins (EBOOTS and PRX to run a specific filetype).
• Have support for UMD browsing
• Have support for USB host file system browsing (remotely browse and run files on your PC via USB including music, images, homebrew, isos, psx games, and supported files from plugins)
• Have support for Infrastructure WiFi host (net host) file system browsing (remotely browse and run files on your PC via Infrastructure WiFi including music, images, homebrew, isos, psx games, and supported files from plugins)
• Redirect usbhost or nethost to the memory stick (allows proper homebrew streaming from the PC as well as MP4 streaming)
• Launch the XMB from iR Shell and exit back to it (can do most XMB functions from here except play UMDs and launch homebrew, this is how you stream MP4 movies from your PC when connected and redirected)
• Do alarm clock functions
• Give a low battery warning
• Have built in ISO, CSO and UMD Video ISO loader for launching legally backed up UMDs (can also be streamed from nethost or usbhost)
• Launch PSX games (and they can also be streamed from nethost or usbhost)
• Run the existing plugins (it can open these files): PMP, PMP AVC, AT3, PMF, ZIP, RAR, TXT, PDF, 7Z, OGG, HTM, HTML, LUA, CBR, CBZ and some more. (And don't forget it also has built in viewers/players for MP3, BMP, JPG, and PNG as mentioned before.)
• Use an Ad Hoc internet connection for homebrew or for nethost (it's the only homebrew that can do that)
• Quick exit from any homebrew, UMD, XMB, etc by pressing the Home and Square buttons simultaneously.
• Mute parts (channels) or all of the game audio
• Organize homebrew into subfolders

SCREENSHOTS (Click for full size images)

Some of the MANY iR Shell Skins/Themes:



Mute Game Audio Feature:

Built in Help Screens

System Info:

Configurator (Setting Plugins):

Lock:

Alarm Clock:

File Manipulation:

Directory View:


Ad Hoc File Transfer:

Launch UMD:

Game Save View:

IR Remote View:

Launch Homebrew:

App View:

Music Player:

Menu View:



WEBSITES
Unofficial Forums: http://www.irshell.org
iR Shell Wiki: http://www.irshell.org/wikishell
Closed Official Forums (But still containing useful information): http://www.phpbber.com/phpbb/?mforum=irshell


I'll post my other Top 5's later

[Anonymous D]

i second lua player and irshell

[M Dash]

Definetelly:
Top 5:

1 - gpSP
2 - R-Gear
3 - Pokémon Keeper
4 - RIN GBC emulator
5 - MMSPlus

Others:

NEOGEO for PSP, DGEN, NesterJ, NEOGEO CD & SnesPSP_TYL.

[joesnose]

sqarez, spent hours playing this fantastic game, everyone who hasnt played it should.

download here-
http://globware.com/psphomebrew_squarez.php