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, 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