Every month we publish a list of the best Vita and PSP homebrews as voted by our community over the previous month. You can add your own homebrews to our /downloads Database, and vote for your favorite ones. This doesn’t require any login.
Check out this month’s most popular homebrews, as rated by our community:
10. NesterJ
The most popular Nes Emulator on the PSP/Vita
NesterJ can be downloaded here
9. 6.20 ME
The “Minimum Edition” CFW by neur0n is an alternate Custom Firmware for those who want to stay up to date on a hackable motherboard (PSP 1000/2000) and don’t want to use Pro CFW or TN Hen. It gained renewed attention recently when an update was released for firmware 6.20
Choose your version (ME or LME) based on the chart below (courtesy of The_Zett):
6.60 ME for firmware 6.60 can be found here
6.20 ME can be downloaded here
8. ARK
ARK is a PSP Emulator Custom Firmware for your Vita. It supports most PSP Homebrews, plugins, and backups, as well as PS1 games
Features:
> PSX game support (soundless so far, our sound plugin is too glitchy for public use at the moment)
> ISO/CSO game support
> NoDRM Engine for decrypted dlc playback
> MS-SpeedBoost (most noticable on games like soul calibur)
> Stargate Game Patches (fixes several anti-cfw games)
> Customizable Main Menu
> Plugin support
> Recovery support
> ISO-cache support (speed up ISO gaming)
… and much more!
7. PSPokemon Grey
PSPokemon Grey can be downloaded here
6. PSP Revolution
Dance-Dance Revolution clone
PSP Revolution can be downloaded here
5. Black List Maker
Black List Maker is a utility that retrieves the list of blocked exploits inside the PSP emulator of the Vita.
Black List Maker can be downloaded here
4. Pro CFW
Unleash the full power of your PSP with the most popular Custom Firmware on the scene! Compatible with all PSP models on firmwares 6.20, 6.35, 6.39, and 6.60
If you don’t know what Pro CFW is yet, here’s what their google code page has to say about it:
- Homebrew Compatible ? Run your own unsigned applications, both user and kernel mode.
- Plugin Compatible ? Add new features to your PSP via kernel mode background plugins.
- ISO / CSO Game Dump Playback ? Backup your own UMD discs via USB and play them from Flash Storage.
- 2g+ Memory Range Unlock ? Use the previously locked RAM range within your own homebrews.
- NODRM Engine ? Use your bought DLCs, no matter on which PSN account you are currently logged in.
- PSX Emulator Unlock ? Play your PSX classics, yes ? all of them. Not just PSN titles.
- And a lot more
Pro CFW can be downloaded here
3. PSP Filer
A File Manager for the PSP/Vita
PSP Filer has existed for as long as the PSP scene was around, but is an all time favorite of the community
PSP Filer can be downloaded here
2. G.D.P.
Sometimes a homebrew will leave you speechless. If on top of that, I tell you this is entirely done in LUA, this makes me ask what cannot be done with this language nowadays…
Let’s sum this up: multithreading, original music, cellshaders・a game packed with action, but as DeViaNTe, the author of this genesis entry, says, a video describes it more.
1. 138Menu
The most popular menu for Vita homebrew loaders and Homebrew enablers is back with a recent update.
- Compatible with VHBL and CEF (ARK/TNV)
- Multi-language English, Spanish, German, French, Turkish, Polish, Italian
- Various settings
. Loading/Showing games/installers icon
. Listing games from a custom path and/or PSP/GAME/
. Uses FBOOT.PBP, VBOOT.PBP, wmenu.bin, EBOOT.PBP (only for CEF) and/or a custom app name
138Menu can be downloaded here
New homebrew of the month
Not a PSP or Vita tool, but actually a windows tool, this month’s feature entry is RPCS3. The PS3 emulator for windows keeps improving, and was recently upgraded to run commercial games.
RPCS3 can be downloaded here
Also check the following!
The entries below didn’t make it to the ranking this month, but were close, check these out:
Also check our huge list of emulators for your PSP/Vita, and our top 50 Vita / PSP homebrews in 2013!
Check out our huge emulators database for your Vita and your PSP!
What would you recommend to fellow PSP/Vita owners? Feel free to add your homebrews in our database and vote for your favorite ones!