Fanjita has announced on his site about progress on the 2.01/2.5/2.6 EBOOT loader we are all looking forward to. So far, he and his new partner, Ditlew, have successfully loaded the first EBOOT on 2.01/2.5/2.6. Great job! We'll be sure to let you all in on the info as soon as it is out. If you want to support Fanjita and his projects, be sure to check out his website (fanjita.org) and click an ad or two to make his day.

Here's what Fanjita has to say:

"Ditlew and I made some breakthroughs today with the EBOOT loader for GTA, and I'm so excited I thought I'd share the news, since we've been hammering away at this problem for weeks now, and it feels like we're starting to get somewhere.

Last night we finally managed to remove what is believed to be the last traces of GTA from the PSP's memory, and we appear to have full user-mode control over all the available memory and resources (with the exception, of course, of flash memory).

So far this hasn't translated into everything magically-working, including the loader menu, but we have run the first homebrew game using the EBOOT loader - "PSP Rick Dangerous".

So, there's still a lot of work to do, but it's coming along nicely.

This also seems like an opportune moment to properly introduce Ditlew, although we've been working together since the start of the EBOOT Loader for GTA project. He's a 30-year-old Dane working as a lead programmer, with a past in the gaming scene and a strong passion for AI - not to mention a sharp mind and a lot of determination."

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