CPS2PSP 1.66 Kernel Mode version changelog

To everyone who has been following NJ's work on the CPS1PSP, CPS2PSP, and MVSPSP, then you should know that one of our favorite Japanese devs has just released the last and final versions of his emulators, just after releasing the source for his previous version. However, this also means that this might be the end of the road for him when it comes to emulator development. As he has noted on his own website,

This homepage is closed.

I wish to express my gratitude to the people who reported on the bugs up to now.

The account of this homepage is deleted on January 10. Please download these files till then.

The sound test of MVSPSP was deleted from the source code of the latest version (Because the sound emulation was changed). If necessary, please download the source code of 20061222(CPS1,CPS2 1.64 / MVS 1.63).

Aww. At least he will always be remembered as the guy who brought the Capcom Play System 1 and 2 to PSPs everywhere. In the meantime, he has also released the source for all of his work for anyone who may be interested in picking up where he left off.

We were planning on making a Justin Timberlake reference for this article, but we realized it was a lot tougher than it seemed, so let's keep it straight. NJ's released yet another version of his emulator programs, as well as a bugfix to the source codes.

For those who haven't heard of it, CPS1PSP and CPS2PSP are game emulators for the Capcom Play System 1 and 2 lines of arcade titles. MVSPSP, on the other hand, plays NeoGeo games.

Earlier versions of the emulators had varying problems with lag and sound quality which, little by little, were alleviated with each new release. Now it seems that these latest versions are Santa's way of saying Merry Christmas to programmers, as the lag seems to have disappeared.

As far as we can tell from the translations of the text, NJ realized that unzipping the cache files of games into a folder with the same name would basically remove almost all the lag in playing any of the said games. Yes folks, that means near-perfect emulation for all three programs... at the cost of using up more space on your PSP.

He's also released a bugfix to the source code, so if you feel like dissecting the information and giving him some feedback on his webpage, feel free to do so. You'll need Japanese language support on your PC to read his readme files, but you should be able to translate them to the net once you've done so. If you guys know Japanese, then a faithful translation to his readme files would be much appreciated. We've included both regular and Kernel Mode versions of his apps, which you can download below. Enjoy your games!