How to install Homebrew apps, games and plugins on your PSP.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Installing Homebrew Games/Applications
Installing Plugins
Links to download homebrew
Introduction
I am writing this guide so I don't have to keep explaining this
to people in the help section. This guide will assume you already have
custom firmware installed on your PSP. If you don't have custom firmware
on your PSP then check out the
Mega-Thread
for a tutorial on how to do that. This guide also assumes you
understand how to use a computer and that you know what the root of the
memory stick is. Show the spoiler below if you don't know. I am making
this tutorial as easy to understand as possible. If you get confused
by something re-read it again. Try to do exactly what I say on your PSP
and if it doesn't work then send me a PM or reply to this with your
problem.
Installing homebrew games and applications
When you download a homebrew application it will typically be in
an archived file format. This varies but is usually .zip, .rar, .7z.
Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 comes with a built in unzipper that
will unzip a normal .zip file. But for the other two files you will need
WinRAR or
7-zip. I prefer using 7-zip.
When you open a file using 7-zip the window will look similar to this:
Select all of the files and click 'extract'. Then click the button to
the right of the destination address and select a folder you want to
use. I prefer using Documents or Desktop for mine.
My example is actually a firmware upgrade but it's very similar to a
normal homebrew app. I have a folder named RECOVERY and inside that is
an EBOOT.PBP file. All homebrew applications and games will have one (1)
folder and inside that folder will be an EBOOT.PBP file. There might
be other files and folders in there and the eboot file will need them
to function. You copy that entire folder to ms0:\PSP\GAME\. So it will
look like this: ms0:\PSP\GAME\somehomebrewapp\eboot.pbp. If there is
more than one folder (like this:
\PSP\GAME\folder1\folder2\homebrewapp\eboot.pbp) then you need to copy
the folder out of folder 1 and 2 and paste it into the GAME folder like
in my example above.
If you did that correctly, when you turn your PSP on you can now go to
the Games section on your PSP, scroll down to Memory Stick, press X, and
you'll see your games and apps.
1.50 Kernel Homebrew Apps and Games
Some older homebrew apps might look like this:
.
If it has two folders and one has a % in it then you know it was made
for the 1.50 kernel. It comes in this format because of the way the
KXploit
works (the method to load homebrew on a 1.50 OFW PSP). These homebrew
apps can only be used on a phat PSP (PSP1000). If you have a phat PSP
and you want to use these then you need 5.00 M33 CFW with the
1.50 kernel addon. Download the addon and copy the
150k_installer
folder to your \PSP\GAME folder. Run the installer from PSP just like
you would start any other homebrew app. See the above section if you
don't know how to do that.
Now when you restart your PSP you can hold down the R button and enter
the Recovery Menu to change the kernel modes. Click Configure and then
go down to where it says "Game folder hombrew (currently 5.xx kernel)"
and click that. It will toggle the kernel mode and allow you to play
with old homebrew. You would then copy the two files to the \PSP\GAME\
folder and then start the app from the PSP like any other homebrew app.
I also think you can remain on the 5.xx kernel in the recovery menu and
copy the 1.50 kernel homebrew to the \PSP\GAME150\ folder and play it
that way. I would like someone else to confirm this for me though as I
cannot remember if that is the way it works.
According to Oyabun, kxploited homebrew
() will load on a 5.00 M33 slim using
LEDA 0.2 or
eloader, or a 5.50 GEN slim using
eloader. You can read more about that
here.
Plugins
Plugins are essentially homebrew applications that run in the
background and add extra functionality. A few examples I can think of
right now:
fusascr.prx and
dayviewer.prx.
Fusascr.prx allows you to take a screenshot of your PSP anytime,
anywhere and dayviewer allows you to modify the text where the date and
time go.
Plugins go in a folder called seplugins. This folder is on the root of
your PSP (see above if you don't know what the root is). A plugin file
has a file extension of .prx. These prx files go directly into the
seplugins folder. You will also see vsh.txt, game.txt, and pops.txt
files in the seplugins folder. If not you can create them and leave them
empty until you need to update them.
The txt files will include lines such as these:
ms0:/SEPLUGINS/fusascr.prx
0
ms0:/SEPLUGINS/dayviewer.prx
1
If there is a 0 after the plugin name then the plugin is turned off, if
there is a 1 after it, the plugin is turned on. If there is no number
after it then the plugin is turned off. Most plugins you download will
come with the required text files. I recommend opening those text files
and copying the contents to the text files you already have on your
PSP.
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