Half Byte Loader Rev 95 Stable Released.
Wololo has now released HBL revision 95 stable. This fixes the sound issue with picodrive at 44kHz, bugs with save games in Snes9xTYL, increased homebrew compatibility and version .02 of wMenu. Changelog below.
Half Byte Loader Rev 95 changelog:
- Fixed the bug sounds in PicoDrive (set the sound to 44kHz);
- Improved compatibility with homebrew
- Fixed bugs with save games in Snes9xTYL;
- Added wMenu 0.2.
You know the drill: you need 5.50, 5.55, 5.70, 6.00, 6.10 or 6.20 firmware, the Papaton 2 demo, the save game data exploit and of course HBL revision 95 stable. You can download them all below.
How to use the Half Byte homebrew loader:
- Download and install the Patapon 2 demo to your MemoryStick or /Mass Memory (PSP Go)
- Download the HBL revision 96 and copy the “hbl” directory and the “h.bin” file to memory root
- Now copy the hacked save data folder UCUS98732_DATA02 to /PSP/SAVEDATA
- Move any homebrew you want to play or try to the folder: /PSP/GAME
- Start the Patapon 2 demo and load the hacked save game, then load your homebrew from the HBL menu
Source: Wololo
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July 18, 2010 at 11:32 am
great work wololo
HBL is Amazing
July 18, 2010 at 11:36 am
nice im asuming you guys also fixed some network libraries to be able to play cpsp online right PSP FAN?…..anyways great job i will try this out now
July 18, 2010 at 5:04 pm
I’m not sure, I don’t work on HBL myself – Wololo, N00b81 and the rest of the team do.
July 18, 2010 at 5:27 pm
PSP FAN well thnx for news i actually tried a bunch of hombrew such as cspsp v1.61, Xplora 1.8 and 1.6, and a couple aothers that werent compatible…..and they still dont work, anyways good job wololo and noob keep it up =D
July 19, 2010 at 3:23 am
There are 218 homebrews which work on HBL… Arent theese enough for you?xD(Wow…HBL has really growed up since only simple turn and tetris worked…T.O.M.E. was the first big homebrew which worked on HBL,wasn’t it?)
July 18, 2010 at 11:47 am
This is great. I hope games that use Wi-Fi are improved!
Just in case someone asks, these are the benefits of using HBL:
* Play some homebrew games, emulators, and a few utilities on Firmwares up to 6.20.
Yeah. This is what you will NEVER do with HBL:
* Play ISO’s, CSO’s, and things like that. That’s what the Koens Loader is being developed for. It’s being developed by jaja2u.
Anyways, I can’t wait to see more! C++ is fun, too!
July 19, 2010 at 12:23 am
Whats ths about Koens Loader? Iv never heard of it.
July 19, 2010 at 3:13 am
No,but I think Google heard.Why dont you ask him?
Quote:,, Play ISO’s, CSO’s, and things like that. That’s what the Koens Loader is being developed for. It’s being developed by jaja2u.”
Wonder what it could be??
July 19, 2010 at 6:06 pm
Could’ve spared the sarcasm abit there. Anyway, i had a look with google. Does this even sound possible? ISO’s and such require kernel access which (as far as i know) doesnt allow kernel access.
July 20, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Wrong.A homebrew which loads ISOs does NOT require kernel acces.The ISO loader itself(I mean just putting ISOs in the ISO folder)requires kernel acces.
July 18, 2010 at 12:16 pm
GREAT!WiFi Controller works again on HBL xD If the SNES 9X bug in saving was fixed,I’m 100% that other emulators which had this problem now are working perfect.I also cant wait to hear the Green Hill Zone theme again xDAnd a new menu…Wow,so many cool things … It wasn’t like this since R85…
July 18, 2010 at 2:26 pm
so much progress in only 1 month… hope Wololo big planned for rev. 100!
keep up the awesome work!
July 18, 2010 at 3:40 pm
nice work wololo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 18, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Every revision up until this one has worked for me. REV 95 crashes as soon as the HBL loading screen starts. I have a Metal Gear Solid PSP 3000 Firmware 6.20. Quite disappointing
Here is a 10sec video sequence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEf4sMM6TQw
July 18, 2010 at 5:49 pm
i give all my thanks to all the team … but did them fix the bug with the emu master and master boys ???
July 18, 2010 at 5:54 pm
they dam keyboard
July 18, 2010 at 5:54 pm
btw hackster i rember you speaking of something about the n64 emu … something about wololo saying that he would try and make the emu prefect .
July 19, 2010 at 3:10 am
Oh well…He kinda made it better,but this will make more crashes.You’ll need to open hbl_configh.txt file and set the override_scePeekBufferPositive to 0.This will make emulators work better,but it means more crashes.And I dont think I spoke about wololo….I think it was Salvy xD He is working on DaedalusX64 and he made a modifed version of R94 to work better with DaedalusX64 for HBL R1(the second revision is still crashing after 2 minutes of playing…).Just dont ask me for a link
July 19, 2010 at 10:32 am
ok thank dude… but i think im just going to update my HBL
July 19, 2010 at 12:23 am
How about 6.20 CFW? Nothing yet?
July 19, 2010 at 12:35 am
No. Only HBL right now.
July 19, 2010 at 1:54 am
and kinda doubt there will ever be CFW/iso loader for 6.20 or even any later OFW… sony outdid the hackers
July 19, 2010 at 2:50 am
I swear man wololo, ur frickin awesome !
July 19, 2010 at 4:40 am
like a wise mane once said “rules are meant to be broken…” so ofw’s are meant to be hacked…. Respect out there for the people who do so…
July 19, 2010 at 4:54 am
lol, if u r talkin abt OFWs being hacked and rules being broken, then u r definately saying tht u support piracy
July 19, 2010 at 5:53 am
Nope i believe that whats mine is mine and i should b able to do with it what i want to do with it. But Sony takes that away. Its like buying a car and not be allowed to pimp it….. catch my drift…
BTW i make iso’s using my own umd’s which i payed for… But now i cant use the games i payed for on my PSPgo but im cool with that coz i dont really like official psp games im more into the home-brew stuff…So If sony wanted to stop piracy of games why didn’t they make it impossible to rip games or what ever and left us with the psp systems to do with it what we wanted to???
wHy Sony why??????…..
July 19, 2010 at 7:43 am
coz its impossible to make sumthing tht cant be cracked
after a certain time, it gets cracked anyways…
i support piracy 
bring on sum loader so i can download isos and save meself tons of money :p
sony did the best it cud the rest ppl exploited… in daily life do u go arnd robbing ?? thts not impossible either.
Stopping piracy is NOT in the hands of Sony, it comes down to us, either we can promote it or stop it
and me…. well, didnt mean to get all serious
July 19, 2010 at 8:20 am
wow hbl rev 95 has a new wmenu it’s awsome
July 19, 2010 at 9:06 am
ei parabens pelo trabalho.
Insisto que o meu psp modelo 3010 fw 6.2x placa maldita esta funcionando com mame4all, com roms antigas abaixo de 1990 nada cps1 ou 2 ou mais sofisticadas, o fba com sf2 ou ffght nda de mvs ou cps mais comuns paraeste emulador, não sou programador, mas sera que posso ajudar a melhorar estes emuladores
July 19, 2010 at 9:50 am
I barely understand what did you wanted to say because its in portuguese,but if youre trying to say that you want to improve an emulator but you do not know how to code…Then youre lost.C++ is a sea,youre on a side of it,and improving an emulator is on the other side.You must pass C++ before you can get ,, on the other side”.In other words,youre far away from doing this if you do not know how to code.
July 19, 2010 at 9:07 am
Porque não tem som no Picodrive 1.51 ?
July 19, 2010 at 10:24 am
But i just dont get it/ My impatience made me upgrade to 6.30 because i wanted the little big planet update. It was saying that i had to update to access the playstation store so i did. (i have psp go btw) so then i think to myself that someone will figure out a new hack soon. but it looks like they are not working on one. that really got me sad. i need to get in contact wit wololo. if anyone can help me please. like you dont know how much hacking my psp means to me. gay sony. i mean, it was a difficult decision you know.
Well if anyone knows if they are even WORKING on a hack for 6.30 please let me know ASAP because i am really sad. But like i just dont get it. For ipod touches and iphones, when a new software update comes out, they are able to hack it in like a day! Why cant they do the same with psp. i just dont get it.
July 19, 2010 at 10:46 am
Dude i think all of us are feeling sad for you right now … and i think your goin to be waiting for a long time cus wololo and the team are working on the improvments for HBL on 6.20 or below and GOD (if there is one) knows how long there going to be .
BTW there was a post on this site that someone had a HBL that worked on OFW 6.30 i say there looking that up an try and get intouch with the guy and see if he can help P.s. i heard rumors that its a fake
so it looks like ur goin to have to wait 4 a long time …#
or you can get a pardora battery and MMS and try to downgrade then download the 6.20 update and update to it… or if the downgrade work you can always move to CFW its up to u but i thnk u should come back to HBL
July 19, 2010 at 11:56 am
U had a good idea but unfortunately the dude has a pspgo and there is no Pandora battery and mms of any kind for the pspgo and if u can find a Pandora battery for pspgo let me know plz….
funny sh_t……
July 19, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Will do
July 20, 2010 at 7:23 am
wait… lol… pandora works on psp 3000 ?? :S
July 19, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Lol,welcome to my anterior life…I just waited a lot until HBL appeared because I thought ChickHEN works on all the firmwares…Lololol,Ive changed a lot since then…However,if this will make you feel better,if any exploit is released for FW 6.30 ,HBL will move to that exploit so that it will work on 6.20 and 6.30 too.Wololo himself said this.So,you should see Half Byte Loader like a not released homebrew loader for 6.30.Anyway,dont make so many hopes.I have waited for about 6 mounths until HBL appeared.I’m really sorry for you,I know exactly how do you feel.The idea is that life goes ahead,and you must not think only at hacking.Just have fun with your friends until an exploit comes up.The time will look way shorter than it is if you do this
July 19, 2010 at 2:47 pm
I wanted to say months…Sorry for my english,but I think its better than Google Translate,isnt it?
July 19, 2010 at 12:28 pm
OK. guys i have one big question …
does all the sega consoles work on picodrive? if they all dont but some plz tell me
July 19, 2010 at 2:03 pm
Only Genesis/Megadrive and Sega CD games work on Picodrive.Use Emumaster or SMS Plus if you want to play Sega Master System games.Other than that,I dont think there are more Sega consoles which can be emulated…
July 19, 2010 at 2:19 pm
is the genesis and megadrive the samething
July 19, 2010 at 2:45 pm
In general,yes.Some games may be on Genesis and not on Megadrive and vice versa,but mostly they have the same games.I would recommend Genesis games because they bring more nostalgia
July 19, 2010 at 1:51 pm
hey does anyone know if you can use wifi controler 0.4.3
July 19, 2010 at 2:04 pm
Dunno about 0.4.3,but I have 0.4.4 and it works like a charm.Its one of my favourite homebrews xD
July 19, 2010 at 6:23 pm
will it work on the psp go
July 20, 2010 at 4:04 am
Yes.As long as you have FW 6.20 or below.
July 19, 2010 at 3:01 pm
is there any thing on for HBL that can make ur music louder
July 19, 2010 at 3:20 pm
No….Afaik,there should be a plugin for this,but HBL does not load plugins yet so…
July 19, 2010 at 3:22 pm
how do you load pugins
July 20, 2010 at 4:00 am
You would usually need to create a seplugins folder,to put there a prx file and two text files which must name the homebrew you want to load,but HBL does NOT support plugins,so we’ll have to wait.HBL needs to load external modules first,cuz it actually loads only the principal module…Or it could load ONE external module…?Well,nvm,HBL does load modules only from homebrews at the moment.
July 19, 2010 at 5:37 pm
haven’t trued this revision yet but im stil using the 85, tryed the 93 and went bac tot 85 noticed it was way more stable and the fact when u quit ur emulator u get brought back to ur psp home menu. 93 it crapped out on me, but continue the work guys, dont think ppl dont appreciate ur work lol
July 20, 2010 at 3:55 am
Wrong.Wololo himself said R93 is more stable.It was really the first stable revision since R85.R95 is now better than R93.However,while you will get bored by the single player games,everyone will play Doom and Capcon cps1 games at multiplayer mode,so its your choice.(Just saw a testing page and there were more homebrews reported to work on R93 than on R85)
July 22, 2010 at 12:35 pm
ok awsome ty for the update, ill for sure test out the new 95 rev it definitely looks really nice now with its own style lol, by the way whats capcon cps1?
as for home brew i;ve only been playing gba and snes, but the only game that didn’t;t work for me for gba at least the ones i was playing was shining soul 2, except for that the rest played well. but ty again for the direct update ill for sure upgrade to 95.
July 19, 2010 at 7:38 pm
Can anyone post the link for download of working snes emulator with this stable release. thanks
July 20, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Finally… Nester J in this site worked….. thanks to uploader
July 19, 2010 at 9:16 pm
just to let everyone know, this as well as rev 94, both work for firmware 5.03, on a psp 3001. I have not tried any of the other revisions but i bet they work also. since there is chickhen there is no need for it but just letting people know. and pacuman works for this, it is a pacman homebrew game.
July 20, 2010 at 3:56 am
Yeah.HBL works on FW 5.00 to 6.20.
July 20, 2010 at 5:14 am
great job again wololo and for the rest of the team.
btw is daedalusx64 544 works on this?
July 20, 2010 at 8:39 am
hacktester: 2 questions for you question one… is ther any new on the Koens Loader like what it is or where its coming out… question 2.. how play homebrew online viva psp wifi
July 20, 2010 at 8:40 am
“is there any news”
July 20, 2010 at 1:00 pm
You mean how to play homebrews using WiFi?.If its an application,then your homebrew should just search for connections.If youre talking about Network in general,then you should know this:
At homebrew games its very simple:just go to multiplayer mode xD NOTE:There may be Infrastructure multiplayer or AdHoc multiplayer;The Infrastructure mode is NOT confirmed to work.The AdHoc mode is confirmed.
Now for the first question,the last revision for KL is R4.As you know,KL does not load anything at the moment.Its just a bunch of codes wich will help in the future this project.
BTW,No need to correct yourself,as far as I understand what are you saying
July 20, 2010 at 8:56 am
great menu update and glad the picodrive sound bugs are fixed but it says improved homebrew compatibility. can someone tell me any good homebrew games besides counter strike and battlegrounds 3 because those are the only 2 i can find tht work and they have been working since r93. man i wish kurok would work soon. and when i say games i mean a game not an app like wifi controller or something.thanks. and nicely done wololo btw
July 20, 2010 at 11:27 am
Jelly car,Heretic PSP,Halo PSP,Jazz PSP(LOL xD),Guitar Star,Simple turn,Guitar Hero AC/DC for PSP REminiscence PSP,Wagic The Homebrew,T.O.M.E(youll need a patch for it) and search for HBL Compatible Homebrews for more.There’s a forum called advancedPSP and you will find here everything you want.At last theese homebrews shouldl keep you busy for a week
July 20, 2010 at 2:25 pm
Do u know which halo u don’t have to gvie me a link but is it just called halo PSP or do u mean solitude cuz Thts the one I’ve seen.(sory for all the spelling errors its hard to type on this phone). . .
July 20, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Its just called Halo PSP.
July 21, 2010 at 3:58 pm
plz post link for guirtar hero ac/dc plz
July 22, 2010 at 3:59 am
My bad I think the one who is working on this homebrew reported it to work on HBL.Its not released yet…Just put AC/DC songs on Guitar Star…Guitar Hero AC/DC for PSP its just a mod of the original Guitar Star,anyway…
July 21, 2010 at 10:44 am
hi guys plz help me i have psp3004 v 6.20 i want to sell it because it doesn’t have cfw so help me that can i sell it or wait for some time that it will going to creak huh plz im vary confuse about it or i sell it n buy 2nd hend psp from my friend which is creak one plz help me n sorry for the spelling mistake n plz help me
July 22, 2010 at 4:50 am
do any songs work
July 22, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Any frets on fire song will work.Search for example ,,AC/DC Frets on fire download”.
July 23, 2010 at 7:19 am
Hey guys can anyone help, I’ve got a PSP GO with OFW 5.70 and I followed all the steps but when I press the R trigger it says loading menu then freezes and shuts down. Thanks.
July 23, 2010 at 10:13 am
Is this happening to you everytime or it happened one time and then you didn’t try it anymore?HBL may fail sometimes.If not,please answer to theese questions:
-Did you downloaded the hacked save game from here?
-Do you know where the memory root is?
July 23, 2010 at 10:31 am
@hacktester I did both the following and it didn’t work, I’m updating to 6.30 but thanks anyway.
July 23, 2010 at 11:29 am
Sorry mate,it must be your fault,HBL works on all the models and all the firmwares up to 6.20…Well,I think I know whats wrong.I heard you need a memory stick to run HBL,but anyway…Moslty you alredy updated,so good luck anyway…
July 23, 2010 at 9:57 pm
You will need a memory stick to start HBL since that’s where you saved your savegame data.
July 24, 2010 at 3:11 am
Wrong.Afaik,there is the memory stick AND an internal memory for PSP Go.HBL only works with the memory stick.
July 23, 2010 at 9:59 pm
Did someone say Tipster UnZip/UnRAR work? Because it didn’t. PSP Filer 4.4 doesn’t work as much as it used to, though. For me now, it has something like a 71% success rate.
July 24, 2010 at 3:28 am
Yeah,its on the official compatible list for HBL but it didnt work for me neither…Anyway,PSP File Extractor works very well if youre looking for extracting rar/zip files, so you should try it.
July 24, 2010 at 12:56 am
Can capaom cps1 works on this?plz reply…tnx
July 24, 2010 at 1:09 am
sorry 4 the spelling misstake. (capcom)
July 24, 2010 at 3:58 am
Yeah capcon cps1 does work on this.Try 2.0.6, 2.3.1 doesn’t seem to work…Also,I recommend you to use the AdHoc version.
July 24, 2010 at 6:18 pm
hmm I don´t get the gba emu to work :/
but good job
July 24, 2010 at 6:19 pm
oh i forgot to say:
PSP 3004
6.20
July 25, 2010 at 3:52 am
What GBA emulator are you trying to use?The GBA emulator for HBL never worked for me,but gpSP Kai works.If you are trying gpSP Kai,be sure that it is 3.2,gpSP Kai 3.4 does NOT work.
July 25, 2010 at 10:04 am
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July 25, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Is there any cheat device like nitepr that works with this?
July 26, 2010 at 2:28 am
anybody can temme the date wen ofw 6. was released?
just wanna knw hw longs its been since sony beat the hackers
July 26, 2010 at 9:29 am
half byte loader rev95 video –> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q2lZi46Ki4
July 27, 2010 at 1:13 pm
i can wait till 6.20 gets hacks cus my lil brother has a psp to but its 6.20 at least he has hbl
July 31, 2010 at 9:07 am
I hope they make it so we can play PSX games
August 1, 2010 at 2:33 pm
i have a psp 1000 with 5.50 firmware, can i use this run hellcats recovery flasher and switch to 5.00 m33-6?
i am not new but i just dont want to brick it because i dont have a pandora battery