Awesome PSP

A curated list of modding and development resources for PSP.

Content

• Custom Firmware
• Emulators
• Plugins
• Themes
• Homebrew Games
• Tools
• Development
• Resources

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Custom Firmware

• ARK-4 – Main custom firmware. Supports homebrew, plugins, recovery...
• FasterARK - ARK-5 loader/installer

Emulators

• GameBrew – PSP Emulators - Full list of emulators.
• PSP Archive – All Emulators - Emulator list with compatibility notes.
• TempGBA4PSP - GBA emulator.
• gpSP Kai - GBA emulator.
• Snes9X Euphoria - SNES emulator.
• DaedalusX64 - N64 emulator.
• Cult-of-GBA/BIOS - GBA open-source replacement BIOS.

⚠️ GBA emulators: gpSP Kai and TempGBA4PSP need a gba_bios.bin file. Dump yours or download one from the internet and put it at the root of the emulator directory.

Plugins

• CXMB - Loads custom .ctf themes. Needed for any custom theme on ARK-4.
• CWCheat Database - Big cheat database for CWCheat/ARK-4 and PPSSPP.
• TempAR - Cheat plugin supporting both CWCheat and Action Replay codes.
• Recommended Plugins (ARK-4 Wiki) - Official plugins picks.

Themes

• PTF and CTF themes - pspunk – A collection of PTF (work on official firmware) and CTF themes
• PSP-Themes Collection - Collection of CTF themes for PSP.
• Themestation – Largest PSP theme archive.

⚠️ CXMB is required to load .ctf themes. See plugins above.

Homebrew Games

• GameBrew – PSP Homebrew Games - Full list of homebrew games.
• CSPSP - Top-down multiplayer shooter, Counter-Strike style.
• Kurok - FPS inspired by GoldenEye/Turok.
• Lamecraft - Minecraft-style sandbox game.
• Minecraft PSP 2.0 - Minecraft-style sandbox game, based on Lamecraft.
• nzportable (NZ:Portable) - Call of Duty: Zombies demake.
• Dino Run PSP – Port of chrome's dinosaur game.
• Paper PSP – Paper.io clone for PSP.

Tools

• PPSSPP – PSP emulator for Android, Windows, Mac, Linux and iOS.

ISO

• ciso - Simple command line utility to compress PSP iso files.
• cisoplus - CSO compressor with extra options.
• maxcso - Fastest CSO compressor, smallest file size.

Development

• pspdev – Full PSP dev environment (start here).
• PSPDEV Docs – Official documentation for PSPDEV.
• pspsdk – Open-source SDK for PSP homebrew development.
• rust-psp - Rust on PSP (no PSPSDK dependency).
• OSLib MODv2 - Simple 2D graphics library, good for beginners.
• GU Library Reference - Docs for libGU, PSP's hardware graphics API.
• Lua Player HM - LUA interpreter for PSP.
• PSP Homebrew Development - Examples to learn homebrew development.
• PSP Programming - C tutorials using PSPSDK and SDL2.
• PSP Development — Wikibooks - Wiki on PSP development.
• PSP Programming Languages Overview - Overview of the language options available to PSP programmers.
• PSPLINK – Start and debug homebrew through USB.

Resources

• ARK-4 Wiki - Official ARK-4 docs.
• pspunk - Guides for ARK-4 setup, plugins, and PSX conversion.
• GBAtemp PSP Forum - PSP hacking community.
• GameBrew Wiki - Big homebrew/emulator database.
• Convert PSX Games to PSP Format - pspunk – Guide to convert PSX games.