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[FeralEcho]

PSP no as I sold it years ago since I'm not much of a traveler snd I just play games on the TV but I still boot up my PS2 every couple months. I do wish Daxter would become available on PSN,probably my most wanted PSP game outside of Resistance Retribution which just got released finally.

 

[consoul]

PSP Go is still an excellent pocket-sized unit to play PSP and PS1 games. The depth of both catalogs is massive, and there continue to be new translations for great Japanese exclusives coming out.

Hell yeah, it's a great platform.

 

[stawnkald]

I have a PSP-300 with about 40 UMDs in a box that I haven't touched in a while, but I have very fond memories of getting the original PSP on launch day and enjoying the hell out of it for years and years.

The Vita though, it's a constant companion to this day, still buy games on the store for that. I noticed prices are dropping for physical games too, so that's good for adding to my collection. The failure of that thing is just a shame, Sony dropped the ball hard. Would love a new portable from them someday.

 

[PaulBizkit]

Yeah, sure! I havent used my original psp2000 since 2015, but I went to japan in 2016 and got myself a MH3rd edition, this one has an extended battery and a concave analog nub. I used this like crazy during 2017 and, one long Switch phase later, I started using it again this year.

(its got a bigger battery and a grip on the other side to make it bulkier and comfier to hold)

(the battery when I got it, now at 100% it lasts for over 14hs; I went on vacation to a coastal city last week my wife and daughter, and I used this psp for 4 days without charging it, it's amazing)

(I take in-game screenshots while playing and can set them up as wallpapers)

I've been playing
Valkyria Chronicles 3 mostly - Never got around to finishing it, im on chapter 12
Ridge Racer 2 - Song remixes on spotify got me interested in this franchise, the PSP entries are like a "Greatest Hits" since they have many of the tracks, songs and cars from all the ridge racer games (except the 2 ps3 games that came out after these psp ones)
Grand Knights History - Good old traditional turn-based combat with a basic job system, i love whatever vanillaware makes.
Soul Calibur Broken Destiny - Mostly the character creator and some arcade modes.

Recommended fan-translated games
Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity - It's a slower-paced MH where you also fight many enemies, this version has a LOT more content than PStar2Portable vanilla
Yakuza Black Panther - yakuza games with their own story
FF Agito 13 - This one is waaay more impressive on PSP, the hd version feels empty af, you kind of need to replay these games to get better endings
7th Dragon 2020 - great traditional turn-based combat rpg, very anime-esque

Recommended Plugins
Game Categories - it splits all my game (psp, psx, emulators, dlc) icons into folders (you can manually make them and name them), so there are not a million icons in "Game"
PRX Shot - it turns the keynote button into a Screenshot Button that saves screenshots in png that you can later use as wallpapers. Ridge Racer and MH Portable 3 are great for taking screenshots, well, actually ANY game with movable camera and hideable HUD is great for this.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

I still do but through Emulation

 

[lachesis]

I have psp-2000 (modded) and OG Vita (stock). I rarely touch it though - they are just plugged in and sitting pretty as a collection for now. If I need to play emulation games, these days I just go straight to Steam Deck.

I do love my Vita, and I intend to keep it stock…. but I don’t like my PSP 2000’s screen much. That psp was something my niece was throwing away - so I fixed it up and all…. But the screen is too small and too much ghosting. Wish they’d release an IPS upgrade like 1000 model, but no avail.

 

[Ozzie666]

Recent purchases, FFX remake and Symphony of the Night. So yes, still rocking the Vita.

 

[Kupfer]

Yes and no.
I try to keep them alive as best I can, i.e. I charge them every year, let them run for a while, switch them off again and put them away.
But they could still do with new batteries.
I have 4 or 5 PSPs, I'm not sure at the moment. I like the Go best now, I have one in white and one in black.
But I now play more PSP games on the Steamdeck than on actual hardware, as it's always to hand, charged and has a better screen.

 

[Kiya's Guard]

I use my psp to play old fire emblems. Was considering to replace the screen but not worth it for the use I give it

 

[Papa_Wisdom]

Yeah, sure! I havent used my original psp2000 since 2015, but I went to japan in 2016 and got myself a MH3rd edition, this one has an extended battery and a concave analog nub. I used this like crazy during 2017 and, one long Switch phase later, I started using it again this year.

(its got a bigger battery and a grip on the other side to make it bulkier and comfier to hold)

(the battery when I got it, now at 100% it lasts for over 14hs; I went on vacation to a coastal city last week my wife and daughter, and I used this psp for 4 days without charging it, it's amazing)

(I take in-game screenshots while playing and can set them up as wallpapers)

I've been playing
Valkyria Chronicles 3 mostly - Never got around to finishing it, im on chapter 12
Ridge Racer 2 - Song remixes on spotify got me interested in this franchise, the PSP entries are like a "Greatest Hits" since they have many of the tracks, songs and cars from all the ridge racer games (except the 2 ps3 games that came out after these psp ones)
Grand Knights History - Good old traditional turn-based combat with a basic job system, i love whatever vanillaware makes.
Soul Calibur Broken Destiny - Mostly the character creator and some arcade modes.

Recommended fan-translated games
Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity - It's a slower-paced MH where you also fight many enemies, this version has a LOT more content than PStar2Portable vanilla
Yakuza Black Panther - yakuza games with their own story
FF Agito 13 - This one is waaay more impressive on PSP, the hd version feels empty af, you kind of need to replay these games to get better endings
7th Dragon 2020 - great traditional turn-based combat rpg, very anime-esque

Recommended Plugins
Game Categories - it splits all my game (psp, psx, emulators, dlc) icons into folders (you can manually make them and name them), so there are not a million icons in "Game"
PRX Shot - it turns the keynote button into a Screenshot Button that saves screenshots in png that you can later use as wallpapers. Ridge Racer and MH Portable 3 are great for taking screenshots, well, actually ANY game with movable camera and hideable HUD is great for this.

Your PSP sounds amazing.

I’m def going to have to look into an extended battery and grips, my battery has def lost some of its hold capacity. Do you have a name or model number for it?

The extended grips looks like a good investment as well!

I’m def going to check that plugin out!!

Phantasy star portable is what made me buy a PSP, I love the pso games!

I’m about to start 7th Dragon myself!

Edit will the battery and grips work on a 2000 model?

 

[Papa_Wisdom]

Yes and no.
I try to keep them alive as best I can, i.e. I charge them every year, let them run for a while, switch them off again and put them away.
But they could still do with new batteries.
I have 4 or 5 PSPs, I'm not sure at the moment. I like the Go best now, I have one in white and one in black.
But I now play more PSP games on the Steamdeck than on actual hardware, as it's always to hand, charged and has a better screen.

It was setting up PSP emulation on my nvidia shield tv that inspired me to get the actual handheld charged up and sorted again!

 

[PaulBizkit]

Your PSP sounds amazing.

I’m def going to have to look into an extended battery and grips, my battery has def lost some of its hold capacity. Do you have a name or model number for it?

The extended grips looks like a good investment as well!

I’m def going to check that plugin out!!

Phantasy star portable is what made me buy a PSP, I love the pso games!

I’m about to start 7th Dragon myself!

Edit will the battery and grips work on a 2000 model?

If you can find a bigger battery and a grip, GO FOR IT. I still have my psp2000 (the one i used during the psp's heyday: 2008-2013) but i need a new battery.
Yeah, i dont like filling my psp with stuff i wont use, so i installed just those 2 plugins that are used every day.

Post your 7th Dragon party. The first one on DS, the two "2020" ones on PSP and the third one on 3DS all take place in the same universe but are not that connected in terms of plot, each games acknowledges the events of the prior games but it's not mandatory to having played all of them (that's why i went straight to the ones on psp and skipped the first one)

I hope they do, but i couldnt find one so far. Check if there are modded batteries

 

[nordique]

No


Have my Vita tho!

 

[Beechos]

I still have mine but theres really no need for it the switch kinda replaced it.

 

[Vandole]

My memory card for my original died several years ago. But I still play the games on my retroid 3 plus.

 

[MooMilk2929]

never mind

 

[PaulBizkit]

Ok, here i am, guys, still rocking the Monster Hunter PSP from a couple of posts above. I finished Valkyria Chronicles 3 a few hours ago and loved it (yes, it takes me ages to finish RPGs). Right now im deciding on whether to play the extra missions right now or to go play something different on the console.
I have a personal rule that, the day i finish a game, i dont start another one right away. I think i'll do some missions and then play some races on Ridge Racer 2, man, that soundtrack is amazing.

The best couple, next to welkin and alicia from VC1

Dahau, the villain that i agree with

 

[GymWolf]

I lost mine in amsterdam so probably some dutchie is still rocking it.

I still have my vita tho.

 

[fbnaulin]

I was playing Mega Man Powered Up! and Persona 3 Portable, around abril this year.

Eventualy, I'd like to complete MMPU with every master robot and character. It's a lot of grinding.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Wish I had gotten one and all those amazing jrpgs back in the day, but I was a broke schoolboy and could only support DS. I do have a Vita with some of the PSP games though, but I'd love to have the og system and physical games.

 

[Lumpyoatmeal]

Just dug mine out and put it on charge.

The amount of games that was released on it is quite insane when you look at it.

That along with perfect ps1 support to me makes it (along with the psvita) the ultimate in retro handheld goodness in relation to its size to games ratio

I’m not including the steam deck and switch in this because although they are portable you can’t really just put them in your pocket as there too big.

Although the Ds/3DS were good machines I still think the catalog of games for these machines is superior when you consider the games you are able to play on them ( especially rpgs).

Easy to take with you, slip into your pocket or small pouch in a bag, graphically there still good for what they offer. No gimmicks like the duel screens.

I forgot how excellent these machines are, especially when jail broken.

Anyone else still a fan of these in 2024?

It's one of my favorite devices. I recently went through my storage and found this stuff. I bought two original model PSP's to carry around. This is the premium built stuff I be talking about in Sony devices from back then.

 

[PaulBizkit]

Wish I had gotten one and all those amazing jrpgs back in the day, but I was a broke schoolboy and could only support DS. I do have a Vita with some of the PSP games though, but I'd love to have the og system and physical games.

Back in the day, the psp userbase was 30% casuals that got brought in by god of war chains of olympus and then played some racing games, 60% weebs/jrpg fans that used the console to its fullest potential (gaming-wise) and the random 10% that barely used it and sold it a couple of months later.
The JRPGs were great and it was really cool to have the last great era of Final Fantasy being a god tier franchise, it made Square the leader of the psp support. What made the psp special in its time, was the graphics, playing multiplayer games and modding it. For example, i had the 3ds from 2013 but played like 8 games because i never hacked it, so the "3ds era" was over really quickly for me.

It's one of my favorite devices

It's my favorite handheld, the games that were made FOR the psp taking into account the portability and the hardware specs have a lot of charm

 

[phant0m]

Not PSP but my Vita is modded and has a card full of PSP games too

 

[Evil Calvin]

Most of the batteries in the PSP's have died and have expanded. I had my brother check his and it was bulging. Removed it quickly.

 

[Bernoulli]

Have mine tucked away. I remember it being near perfect as formfactor goes for portable use. It was a beast for emulation and PS1 games.

Only thing that stops me from trying it is the old lithium batteries. Which are now dead and bloated, and a pain to get new ones. Might give it another go at some point if I can get ahold of a good one.

Batteries are easy to buy from amazon

 

[hinch7]

Batteries are easy to buy from amazon

Thanks, I'll check it out. Still one of the best formfactors and build quality for handheld gaming.

 

[cash_longfellow]

Just reading this thread makes my hands cramp.

 

[Killer8]

Still rocking a Vita with the Enso firmware. To me it basically invalidates the need for the PSP. Backwards compatible, has an OLED screen with perfect scaling for PSP titles, very expandable cheap memory with the new SD card adapters, and a much more comfortable form factor with proper analog sticks instead of the PSP nubs.

I also have a PSP Go, which used to be my favourite iteration of the PSP, but it's just a novelty system for me nowadays. I've go a bunch of stuck pixels and yellowing on my screen now, plus the form factor is really cramped for many genres.

 

[Bernoulli]

Just reading this thread makes my hands cramp.

The Fat had good handling but not the slim models

Thanks, I'll check it out. Still one of the best formfactors and build quality for handheld gaming.

Just make sure you get the right model fat or slim

 

[kubricks]

I still have the metallic green Metal Gear Solid special PSP with me, along with a few UMDs as well, but the Vita completely replaces it tbh.

Playing all those PSP games with the OLED display is amazing.

 

[cash_longfellow]

The Fat had good handling but not the slim models

Just make sure you get the right model fat or slim

Agreed. Never had the fat. But the PSP wasn’t near as bad as the Vita for me.

 

[hinch7]

The Fat had good handling but not the slim models

Just make sure you get the right model fat or slim

I have a slim but also a converter so can choose either one. I use phat batteries though for longevity and better ergonomics.

My one currently uses a 3600mAh iirc. Now just to find some PSP memory card, or Magic Stick Duo converters if they're still around.

 

[chokotoureiki]

I've had both the DS and PSP before at one point and many times I've found myself playing the PSP much more. At the time, it was like holding a device from the future, being able to play console quality games on a handheld for the first time. Some of my faves were Tekken, Jean D Arc, God of War GoS, Daxter, Valkyria Chronicles 2, and many more.

 

[iQuasarLV]

Shit yes. Still hooked up to my TV in the master BR. With 100s of games for it I still have something worth playing today.

 

[Bernoulli]

I have a slim but also a converter so can choose either one. I use phat batteries though for longevity and better ergonomics.

My one currently uses a 3600mAh iirc. Now just to find some PSP memory card, or Magic Stick Duo converters if they're still around.

on amazon too, just buy the micro sd card to memory stick cards it's much cheaper

 

[Cakeboxer]

Even in 2024 one of the best retro Nintendo gaming handhelds.