ARK-4 v42069r206 by PSP-Archive

The successor to PRO and ME. It runs homebrew and plugins, old 1.50 software included. On a PSP it can run as a live CFW that you start each time, or be made permanent with its cIPL. On the Vita it runs on top of the official PSP emulator or inside Adrenaline. There's a custom launcher for when the XMB isn't available, a recovery tool and updates over the internet.

The team has archived ARK-4 and moved on to ARK-5. The last ARK-4 release unlocks the online update to ARK-5.

There is a reason why this time I am using the full version number; it's a pretty big number that has a lot of history behind it.

I have been working on ARK-4 for the past 6 years and had the pleasure of working with some of the best minds in the PSP Scene.
It has been quite a ride, and like all rides it eventually comes to an end.

ARK-4 has become technologically complicated to work with, it uses an old sdk that is no longer maintained, it has a lot of legacy code that can be replaced by much better and simpler approaches and it has become over-scoped (the project has to do things it's not meant to, or that should be responsibilities of other projects).

This is the last official release of ARK-4, which is only here to serve as a bridge for what's going to replace it: ARK-5.

Because I did not stop working on ARK-4 because I stopped working on PSP CFW, but because I can best reserve my time and efforts on the next big evolution of this beloved CFW. Update to this last release to unlock the ARK-5 OTA updates, and then update to ARK-5 or not, it's your choice.

New ARK-5 repository: https://github.com/PSP-Arkfive/ARK-5