Yep, I miss mine

i have my PSVita, which can play PSP games.....never owned a PSP though

Oh, the Vita...so much potential.

it is still a bad ass system

totally! Just wish Sony did a little more with it.

Wishing Sony would do more with it is why I never got a PSP or Vita myself. It's like the thing is run by a marketing department and not a game company. So many bells and whistles, but all they ever put out for the PSP were movies. The DS couldn't do half the shit a PSP could but by God, games were being made for it.

It just highlights where the "triple-A" games industry is now. Creative decisions are being decided by un-creative people with corporate backgrounds and company shareholders. Which is why so many indie devs are around.

Nintendo never really tries to push the envelope on the hardware side. They seem to focus their efforts on quality software and good user experience. You can tell that they pay attention to how people are going to use their product in a day to day scenario.

the Vita has a massive library of games actually....and when the ps4 came out the Vita stopped making physical games but the games would be available on the store....which is awesome because you dont pay taxes on them unlike physical games

the ds and 3ds are great systems in their own rights....but i really wish the nintendo store would have a more varied selection....which is why i will NEVER buy one because where i live there is NO places that sell games....we USED to have a Gamestop but they had such an issue with armed robberies the store was closed so now its either digital stores or ebay or bust

Wait, I didn't know the Vita could play PSP games. Is it through an online purchase?

They have to be the digital versions from the PS Store. The Vita doesn't have room for a UMD slot. :P

Okay, that makes sense. Thanks!

they are digital from the PS store, also has PSX games and PS2 games that the Vita can play

Oh. Cool. Thanks!

you are very welcome, i love the system myself, and have quite a few old games on my library lol

Yeah. I got a Vita for my birthday a few years ago, but I realized they didn't play PSP games. I wanted to play a certain PSP game on it, so I ended up going to a pawn shop and getting one. :-P

that sucks :(

It wasn't bad. I got a couple of other games for it also, so it isn't like I bought it for nothing. It was also pretty cheap because it was from a pawn shop, so I didn't have to drop a whole bunch of cash for it.

PSP was hella gooddd. Though didn't do much in terms of emulating with it since the emulators were kinda unstable @v@ just mostly play PSP and PSX games with the jailbreak xD

that was something I was going to try out next. Anything I need to know?

Well in terms of emulating PSP games it's pretty great although some versions of the homebrews or "hacked" don't work quite as well with some emulated PSX games. Though generally most of them do work very good. Google will most definitely be your friend if you're having problems with some of the emulations!

I've never personally tried to use the emulators, mainly because the whole hacking thing went over my head immensely, but let me tell you, for me the psp was, and still is, the epitome of handheld gaming devices... It will always hold a special place in my heart, plus i still have mine though it's not in the best of condition currently so it hardly ever gets used.

I've got the 2000 something model, the darth vader one. Never bothered to emulate N64. PS1 games worked relatively well, depending on the game. NES, GB(A) was essentially flawless. SNES would work if the game didn't add require extra RAM (MegaMan X series, StarFox, etc).

I do know the first gen PSPs were like, easy as hell to hack, but no idea if they were decent at handling games.

PERSONA

GBA emulators run great on the psp

Still play Dissidia 012 on mine from time to time

Hmm, I have the same one and emulators seem to run just fine on mine. Though the ones I have installed are from years and years ago, but I'd think they've only gotten better over time.
I could see what version of each emulator I'm running if you'd like.

Sure! I have to wonder if the transfer rate of the card is causing slowdown.

I still have my PSP-2000, it's a good system, though I always got more use out of my DS during that time.

I never did anything with emulators myself, but I know people who did. (To be honest, I only ever used the stock OS on mine, so couldn't tell you how it all works.)

The PSP-2000 has more built-in memory (RAM) than the PSP-1000 series, though. I guess maybe it's the particular games you're trying to emulate that are the problem? I know this is a real pain in the ass, but maybe try grabbing fresh downloads from elsewhere, I know I've come across more than a few broken ROMs in my day. >.>

i'm thinking it's part of several things. The RAM, like you mentioned. A slow card (slow read speeds). Or bad emulators. Tested the ROMS on other devices and they seem to be fine.

Are you using an actual Memory Stick Pro Duo, or are you using one of those MicroSD > Memstick adapters? I noticed the speed is slower with the adapters, but doesn't seem to affect PSP games at all so far as I've seen. (Just loading data to it isn't as fast, though the PSP might be set up to freak out if the media isn't "MagicGate Enhanced" AKA "they didn't pay Sony to get it approved".)

it's a SanDisk branded MS pro Duo (such a stupid name). But, it's an older one with a pitiful 1GB capacity. I know they've made them way better with way more storage since then. So I may look into replacing the card.

OOH OOH ME I DO! I have that same model too with 6.20 PRO-C2 firmware and I don't have those issues at all. Except for N64. I don't even know why they even made a N64 emulator since it really isn't powerful enough for that.

What firmware and emulators are you using? I can run NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, GB, GBC, and GBA games on mine with no issues.