Bubbletune has released Game Categories v7, the handy PSP prx plug-in that lets you categorize your games menu. With two modes, a mode which displays a menu pop up each time you open your Game Menu in the XMB and lets you choose the category. And the other displays multiple memory stick icons, one for each category.
Game Categories v7 Changelog:
Update: Version 5
- Fixed some firmware incompatibilities and related issues.
- A large number of internal changes aiming at memory conservation.
- If you change language in vsh the corresponding game_categories_xx.txt is now immediatly loaded.
- Themes which use space padding to position text should now be handled correctly.
- Introduced general support for UTF-8, including language files.
- Normal menu on Triangle for Game didn’t work in Context Mode, fixed.
- English and Japanese language codes were swapped internally, fixed.
- Plugin was causing an odd crash in Internet Search, fixed.Update: Version 6
- Did attempts to fix a few crashes, although I am unable to reproduce the bug in my own PSP.
- Changed name of config file to avoid issues with the new format (old config will be removed).Update: Version 7
- Should of finally isolated and fixed the crash that occurred on some PSP’s when pressing triangle on an icon, sorry for the many updates.
Source: Bubbletune
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October 16, 2009 at 2:11 am
I’ll have a demo video up asap, this plug-in is pretty cool.
October 16, 2009 at 3:59 am
You just made my day Bubbletune! Thanks a million.
October 16, 2009 at 6:26 am
does this work on psp 3000?with CFWE 3.60 or 5.03 gen-a?
October 16, 2009 at 6:50 am
Yes, since plug-ins work with CFWE 3.60 or 5.03 gen-a
October 16, 2009 at 6:53 am
wow this cool sweet tool man thanks a lot
October 16, 2009 at 7:01 am
i have problems with this app. when i make a folder for my iso’s, the naruto ar dissappears
October 16, 2009 at 7:17 am
im gonna grab this it will come in handy when my new stick comes xD
October 16, 2009 at 8:10 am
Sorry??? You don’t have to sorry anything about Bubbletune as you do this for us too. Thanks for this one, very handy although, when do you think sorting will be implemented?
October 16, 2009 at 8:53 am
Now this sounds like an epic plugin! Definitely testing this one out.
October 16, 2009 at 9:50 am
Its great, espeically if you have many homebrew games and ISO files. As it saves you from having to scroll through a huge list of them to find the game you want.
October 16, 2009 at 9:02 am
Please someone tell me how to record a video like that in-PSP… Please ?
October 16, 2009 at 9:52 am
RemoteJoy lite .19
October 16, 2009 at 9:58 am
Last time this came out, it didnt work on my PSP (PSP 200x, 5.50 GEN-B (Full) ). Just got this now and it works Perfectly. Havent installed a Plugin in a while so kind of forgot how to make it work. After you put in Mem Stick, you must ReStart the PSP. Then go into ms:PSP/Game and creat the folders CAT_xxxxx (Mem Stick Name or Catigory). Also do the same for ms:/ISO .
October 16, 2009 at 12:18 pm
i like this
October 16, 2009 at 12:25 pm
I hate my PSP l8ly…. only 1 mem stick works, all other mem cards wont boot my psp up! i dont understand why
October 21, 2009 at 3:15 pm
that happened to me too,just try to refresh ur psp or plug it in ur computer and then transfer some files or anything so the psp would recognize the memory stick,hope it works coz it woked on mine
October 16, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Can’t I use it with rco_patcher for custom waves? I have a PSP3000 and it keeps crashing everytime I got both on :/
October 16, 2009 at 2:37 pm
@ PSP-2010
“I hate my PSP l8ly…. only 1 mem stick works, all other mem cards wont boot my psp up! i dont understand why ”
I had this same problem and wondered why the other cards wouldn’t boot up with a pandora.
The answer is properly setting up the Magic mms stick.
You need to first prepare a magic stick by formatting it, not only that you must add ipl support.
Use the (UPMS installer 4 sapphire), run its option install fatms371.prx (ipl enabler) -
So you use Rain’s mms maker- because after this the mms will be able to take IPL injection
Once you have prepared it for ipl injection the rain’s mms maker should finish the rest and the card will work with the pandora.
October 16, 2009 at 2:43 pm
I might have forgotten the sequence, but if the above doesn’t work:
Press X at the UPMS installer 4 menu to proceed to more options,
choose Format & repartition memory stick, once done go back and install fatms371.prx.
Then try running Rain’s MMS maker.
October 16, 2009 at 3:28 pm
can some one plz tell me how to install this plz
October 16, 2009 at 3:40 pm
This is sick thanks alot.
October 16, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Great plugin! Is there any way to rename “Uncategorized” so it default to “Games”?
October 16, 2009 at 9:54 pm
make a folder in both the ISO and GAME folders called CAT_Games, and dump all your uncatagorized stuff in there
October 16, 2009 at 3:50 pm
I’m really surprised the official firmware doesn’t have this type of function. I thought they would add it in an update long ago.
October 16, 2009 at 4:48 pm
I love this app! So handy.
October 16, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Wow , I like it .Thanks .. xD
October 17, 2009 at 12:10 am
I have been waiting for something like this to come out since I got my psp…simply beautiful
October 17, 2009 at 4:39 am
it doesnt work on psp 3000 with CFWE 3.60 or 5.03 gen-a..whenever i reboot or start the CFWE 3.60 or 5.03 gen-a, is just freezes
October 19, 2009 at 5:52 am
mine works are u sure u installed it properly for example did u change the vsh.txt
October 17, 2009 at 2:21 pm
this is a must have for everyone with a hacked psp
October 17, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Alright, I have a problem and I can’t seem to get around it. I install the plugin correctly and enable it in the vsh menu but when I exit the recovery menu all I get is a blank screen until I disable the plugin. Anyone know how to fix this?
October 18, 2009 at 2:10 am
@ Doritoes. i will try wat u sed, thanks 4 sharing the tip. I upgraded to 4 gb (4rm 2gb), so i was devastated when it wudnt boot up. Hopfully the instruction u gave will work. (will this mess up psp, if executed wrong)?
October 18, 2009 at 6:28 am
I have 1 PSX Game and loads of ISO’s, when I click on my MS, It show “Uncatagorised” but no homebrew, psx,apps etc
How do I get this to work?
October 18, 2009 at 10:52 pm
For apps and PSX games (I dunno about ISOs yet), you gotta put their folders in folders called CAT_Your category here. Example, I put all my emulators in CAT_Emulators and all my PSX games in CAT_PSX Games.
October 18, 2009 at 5:36 pm
yeah its cool but can you switch between modes of menu like vincentwilliamphilips can because then i would be impressed because vcm’s game catagorizer does work on gen
October 18, 2009 at 10:50 pm
I only have one problem with this – after installing it and categorizing my files, the names for the files don’t show up. Like, for example, PSPident and PSPdisp are together and have no icon to identify one from the other, so I rely on reading their names to the right of their grey icons to determine which is which. Upon installing this plugin, I could no longer see those names, which bothered me to the point that I (unfortunately) had to uninstall the plugin.
Oh, and how do you categorize your ISOs as well?
October 19, 2009 at 1:31 am
Help with ISO catagorie?? Help please?
October 19, 2009 at 2:10 am
PSP-2010
October 18, 2009 at 2:10 am
“@ Doritoes. i will try wat u sed, thanks 4 sharing the tip. I upgraded to 4 gb (4rm 2gb), so i was devastated when it wudnt boot up. Hopfully the instruction u gave will work. (will this mess up psp, if executed wrong)?”
No, it will not ruin your memory card, just be sure all your data is backed-up before proceeding.
October 19, 2009 at 5:46 am
i have the same prob with somebodies i have psp slim and lite 2004 with cfw 5.50GEN-B2
I install the prx correctly like other versions of game categories… actually… i recently updated from 5.00m33 there the categories plugin worked fine from when i updated to 5.50gen-b2 neither the v4 works neither this… is this a cfw problem? what should i do to have the game categories in my psp?
Note: my lcd screen is broken and i play through remotejoy but it cannot show flash content like recovery menu ect… so plz in your response try telling me a way that uses the xmb only… and anything on pc i dont mind thanks
October 19, 2009 at 5:54 am
jo, guyz in the video hes got psx games can u get them as an iso
??????????????
October 19, 2009 at 6:43 am
How do I put ISO’s in a catagorie thingy? Where do I put them? what do I call the folder? Help me please! ^_^
October 20, 2009 at 3:56 pm
i have gen-b2 and i have the plugin enabled. whenever i go to the game section in the xmb, i say that it is corrupted data. could someone help?
October 21, 2009 at 6:09 am
am i the only one who’d prefer drop down subcatergories within the memory stick? (not seperate, like a pc)
PSPMadness
October 19, 2009 at 6:43 am
How do I put ISO’s in a catagorie thingy? Where do I put them? what do I call the folder? Help me please! ^_^
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make a new folder in your iso folder, simple.
October 21, 2009 at 9:33 pm
*PSPmadness go to ur ISO foler and in it make a new folder called CAT_ISO Games
then jsut stick iso games in it
October 21, 2009 at 9:31 pm
very very good!!!! one of the most useful plugins out there worked on my PSP 300 5.03 GEN-A
love it i cud seriously hug this dude
October 22, 2009 at 2:40 am
@ Doritoes, one last thing before i fo ahead with it, I’m on 5.00m33-6 and the ipl support/enabler (UPMS installer 4 sapphire) mentions you need 5.00 m33-4 ONLY or somthing like that. Can you confirm its ok to use with M33-6..same goes for the Rain’s mms maker. thnks in advance.
October 22, 2009 at 4:49 am
One of the best plugins ever made:) this is what im looking for long time ago, because its hard scrolling items way way down when you have many applications and games installed.
October 22, 2009 at 8:35 am
i really love this plugin.. the multiple ms looks really cool.. looks like you have many ms inserted in your psp. lol
October 22, 2009 at 3:23 pm
still my question is an answered and i will ask again why my psp doesnt boot with this plugin enabled and how can i solve this? my psp is slim and lite 2004 and my cfw is 5.50ben-b2
October 23, 2009 at 9:39 pm
“@ Doritoes, one last thing before i fo ahead with it, I’m on 5.00m33-6 and the ipl support/enabler (UPMS installer 4 sapphire) mentions you need 5.00 m33-4 ONLY or somthing like that. Can you confirm its ok to use with M33-6..same goes for the Rain’s mms maker. thnks in advance.”
Yes it’s fine, use the ipl from upms first- this is only for the card to be compatible with the pandora battery- it does not alter the firmware.
Once the procedure is done you should be able to inject ipl and setup the essential files from RAINS MMS. If rains mss refuses to inject the ipl then you need to use the repartition feature from the UPMS installer 4 and then attempt adding ipl support again.
Note:The Rainsmms just sets up all the essential files for the pandora to communicate with the m33 stick.
October 23, 2009 at 10:01 pm
“Can you confirm its ok to use with M33-6..same goes for the Rain’s mms maker. thnks in advance.””
Rain’s mms maker is for windows, it’s not psp.
October 24, 2009 at 2:32 am
I mean the upms installer, is it ok with m33-6?
October 24, 2009 at 4:31 am
ffs no one got a suggestion for me???
October 24, 2009 at 5:43 am
PSP-2010
October 24, 2009 at 2:32 am
I mean the upms installer, is it ok with m33-6?
Yes, the sapphire version works fine.
October 25, 2009 at 3:50 am
@ Doritoes, I decided to go the easy route, and use Rain’s IPL & Memory Stick Tool 2.0 (IPL Injector, Extractor)
Link > http://pspslimhacks.com/rains-ipl-memory-stick-tool-20/
Your method would have taken long! thanks for the advice anyway. ( all i did was click inject ipl..and thats it job done!)
October 25, 2009 at 8:02 pm
@PSP-2010
Oh hey! Thanks for telling me about this, I only used the other method because I’ve never encountered that tool before.
November 19, 2009 at 10:24 pm
[...] Bubbletune has released Game Categories v7, the handy PSP application that lets you categorize your games menu. With two modes, a mode which displays a menu pop up. … Themes which use space padding to position text should now be handled correctly. – Introduced general support for UTF-8, including language files. – Normal menu on Triangle for Game didn’t work in Context Mode, fixed. – English and Japanese language codes were swapped internally, fixed. …More [...]