Merry Christmas with X-Flash v18 UPDATED TO v18b

With the pace of custom/emulated firmware picking up steam, those devs who follow in the wake of Booster and Dark_Alex have to step up the pace of their own work. A few days ago, Art came out with X-Flash v17f, which was only a few days after X-Flash v17d, to add dual firmware support. A few days after that – er, that would be today – Art now releases X-Flash v18, this time supporting 3.02 OE.

Like we said: every time the top of the chain steps it up, the entire field has to bring it one notch higher.

Anyway, here’s the list of firmware-specific disabled features for X-Flash provided for in the Readme:

Features currently disabled for firmware versions 2.71 SE and 3.02 OE:

XMB Menu Label editor, and custom label options.
Firmware Version Spoofers.
Plain Black PSP About Screens.
XMB System Sounds *
Some Easter Eggs won’t work because they rely on version spoofs, detailed name plate picture, etc.

* Implemented for 2.71 SE, but not implemented for 3.02 OE yet.

And here’s what’s new:

Multi Firmware Version implementation. Supports three versions including 3.02 OE unofficial hybrid.
Esitmated free space on flash0 is more accurate.
Program terminates if any firmware installation on flash0 is greater than 20.2 Megabytes (all firmware versions).
Gameboot movies for 3.02 SE must be no greater in size than the original gameboot movie.
Added a Christmas theme for the X-Flash menu

Download: [X-Flash v18]

Update: We did say that Art, along with other devs, has been stepping up the pace of their work. This really active dev has just released v18b of his X-Flash app. Here’s what’s new in this latest version:

Changes to plain black background, and custom background routines to write all twelve backgrounds instead of just one.
Program checks the background.bmp file is exactly 60×34 resolution at startup when running under 3.02 OE to ensure it remains compatible with the consolidated background file for 3.02.

Download: [X-Flash v18b]