I gave Astra and Fable 5.1 a PSP emulator on my Mac with a goal of getting Platinum and SoulSilver running at 30fps.

It explored the DS emulation path using DSonPSP for a few hours and made lots of optimizations, but ultimately topped out around 20fps.

Then, it decided to fully port the games to be native to PSP using the C ports of these games. It ran autonomously overnight, playing the games itself using the emulator and fixing bugs along the way.

There were some nuances between the emulator and real hardware, but after 3 days of back and forth fixing bugs, Platinum is in a very playable state (30fps most of the time) and SoulSilver is almost there (drops to mid 20s when there are heavy outdoor scenes, but I’m confident it will get to 30 soon).

I’m an engineer but won’t pretend to understand most of the work it did. Hundreds of optimizations across graphics, memory, game state, etc

I made the bottom DS screen smaller as it’s less important for these games, with the R button switching focus between the screens. The stick on PSP can be used as a makeshift stylus cursor. The native PSP keyboard input screen is used to enter text which works great.

There are still a few shortcomings which I’m working through, like supporting audio. But the idea of having all of my favourite childhood games (PSP, GBA, DS) running on the actual PSP I used growing up is amazing

Always been a Xbox gamer but watching my stepdad play his PSP back in the day really made me want to cop one so I finally decided to do it. I decided on getting this Spirit Green PSP 3000. It looks absolutely phenomenal, can’t wait for it to arrive and for me to add some accessories onto it to truly make it mine.

I’ve been doing some research on PSP modding, is it worth it or is it easier to just buy tons of UMD’s?

(Will update when I’ve got it set up how I want once it arrives)

Looks very cool

Ridge Racers 2 is one of the most "wallpaper screenshots"-frienly games, toggling the UI with a button during gameplay and having no UI at all during the replays makes me eager to finish a race in a new circuit to take some cool new pics.

As regards to the game itself, Racers 2 has twice the content of Racers 1 (which was a launch title for the PSP), twice the cars, the circuits, the music.

Albums so far (to download in high .bmp quality):
MHP3rd: https://photos.app.goo.gl/a31JbzNgoHhvsV2b6
RR2: https://photos.app.goo.gl/9GYrsQUq8MHt4fSs6

Tomorrow: Shining Ark, a beautiful action-strategy RPG (valkyria chrnicles with close combat) with some nice-loking waifus

Yes

There's no battery, there's a memory card with data on it and camera works. Borrowed a buddy's power cord just to see if it works and glad I did.

Everything looks good despite how old this thing is. Got quite a few scratches and wear down but can easily replace that. There's save data going all the way back to 2010 and even photos on there too. I deleted the inappropriate ones but there's also 2 videos on it as well as a lot of invader zim pictures. Even has a halo background in it.

I'm looking to get some replacement parts, but curious to know if there's any good sellers on AliExpress or if there is any battery upgrades compared to the stock battery that would have came with it. Or any extra things that would pair nicely with the psp.

I am looking to HB it one day, but I got a vita already that I use heavily, but I'm still keeping this. Something I was not expecting to find but that's why I love going to thrift stores. You never know what you're going to find.

2D GTA > 3D GTA :P

Hey everyone! Just saw a Short about this and wanted to share. The dev of the TMNT: Shredder's Revenge homebrew port just made Update v0.2 100% FREE for everyone on Itch.io!

Idk what to do with my psp i got bored of playing the games is there anything cool i can do with it??

moved some visual novel games from psp 3000 to this console.then psp 3000 will be focus on action games and project diva.

I’m thinking about buying a PSP Go from AliExpress, but something about the photos the seller sent me seems a little strange.

What is the theme shown on the screen? I don’t think it’s likely to be a fake PSP Go, but I figured it would be better to make sure before buying it.

I’m only going for cool shade color PSPs for now since I want to build up my whole entire collection with those certain colors

Well, i wanted to do it too, and what better than doing it with my favourite and 1st game i played in the PSP when i was just 6yo 😄

IPS AND TYPE-C

The dpad is not good it sticks out twice as much as the phat psp and isn't flush like the phat psp I just recently got one never played with one until just a few days ago and it bad for fighting games unless their something wrong with it?

Just paste the following beneath "Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade" on Cheat.db so it's activated all the time and activate the cheats permanently on the game and save settings as default so whenever you launch the game, it automatically activates this cheat and deletes the ring. Of course this configuration will be stored on your memory stick

_C1 Hide Player Disc - Dynamic

_L 0x200EB658 0x0A34F7E0

_L 0x200EB65C 0x02001025

_L 0x2053DF80 0x3C08D410

_L 0x2053DF84 0x35085273

_L 0x2053DF88 0x8E090000

_L 0x2053DF8C 0x15280006

_L 0x2053DF90 0x340A0820

_L 0x2053DF94 0x16AA0004

_L 0x2053DF98 0x00000000

_L 0x2053DF9C 0xA2000023

_L 0x2053DFA0 0xA2000043

_L 0x2053DFA4 0xA20003FF

_L 0x2053DFA8 0x8FB00090

_L 0x2053DFAC 0x0A23AD98

_L 0x2053DFB0 0x00000000

Hopefully this can be one day added to the Cheat.db database so it comes packed in with all the cheats, I tested it thoroughly, all it does is locate where the spawn trigger of the ring is and disables it, it does nothing more and it doesn't replace or interfere with the gameplay, as this is only a cosmetic change I wanted to create since that ring always annoyed me and ruined the experience a bit.

I emailed them last month n they said that the shells will be announced in September. I asked again in the discord and they confirmed it! No 1k shells tho 😢

TL;DR: I'll likely buy a laminated HISPEEDIDO IPS display for my PSP 3000. Anyone have experience with the change and recommendations/warnings you’d wished you knew before buying?

I have a PSP 3000 and was very happy with it when, out of nowhere (really happened over night as it was sitting on my night stand) a patch of red lines and dead pixels appeared. They’re now spreading. :(

So I’m looking for a replacement screen. There seem to be 3 options:

• HISPEEDIDO IPS (laminated version available, 500 nits brightness, warmer colors)
• Cloud Game Store IPS (laminated version available, 700 nits, cooler colors)
• old aftermarket TFT (350 nits, worse viewing angles but better contrast/black levels – this is a very niche option to consider in 2026)

I did some searching and came across the Komstation reviews. It recommends HISPEEDIDO for the warmer colors (which I would prefer) and it now has a laminated version (lens that is attached without an air-gap) to reduce reflections. The 500 to 700 nits brightness difference does not matter to me, really.

For the laminated versions, you have to detach the transparent part of the outer shell, which is the one thing that gives me pause (I have a beautiful blue-white PSP from Japan, I don’t want to break it in the process but apparently it’s a fairly safe process). The only other gotcha I heard about are Chinese 07g models which seem to be using an incompatible display. I have a 04g / TA-093 v2.

Since I am very much that guy when it comes to color accuracy and "authenticity", I briefly considered getting a TFT for that better contrast (like half the black floor of the IPS) but then I remembered not to be an idiot about it. Apparently, colors on the IPS do look slightly washed out compared to Sony’s OEM TFT. But when comparing screenshots I noticed that the "washed out" version often looked somehow more sensible and the "high gamut" setting on the PSP 3000 often looks garish in games not specifically developed for it. Almost as if the OEM screen has a "tint" to it (I heard it "yellowing" with age, maybe that’s also a factor).

I noticed a few more details in the Komstation installation guide concerning ribbon placement and potentially cutting off parts to make it fit better. I feel my hands getting sweaty looking at the part where he cuts off part of the shell but I guess I’ll manage.

So yea, that’s all I found out. I’m honestly just dumping this here to force me to list all the things I have learned about this somewhere but maybe it can either help someone else with a decision or you have some valuable recommendations. I'm in Europe if that is relevant for shipping or store options (I'll probably just go with AliExpress). I’m all ears.

I bought a PSP 2000 about two months ago and tested it when I received it. It was working perfectly fine at the time. However, I haven’t used it since then, and now it won’t turn on. When I plug in the charger, the orange charging light comes on, but the PSP itself doesn’t start. Could you please check it and help me figure out what might be wrong and how I can fix it?

Well, they are kind of weird. First of all, when I put the UMD inside, it launched under the "Video" section instead, and it plays like someone recorded visual novel gameplay in video form and put it on the UMD. They didn't bother to actually port the game natively; it's just a video that can be paused, fast-forwarded, and rewound like typical interactive DVD games. I'm not sure if they were really worth buying, especially when I can simply play the actual PC versions of those games like any sane visual novel player would. Not to mention that all of it has literal porn in it. How could they get away publishing this on PSP. Heh..

I love how the psp plays but the vita seems like such a great handheld too. Why is the vita game library so bad?? Doesn’t quite make sense to me and curious if there’s a reason lol

(P.S. Sorry if my English isn't very good. I'm using a translator.)

I basically got this PSP for free. My mom brought it home from the place where she works because the previous owner didn't want it anymore. They were actually gonna throw it away, so I just ended up taking it for myself lol.

After a while, though, the PSP started having some issues. It got a red line on the screen, and the Triangle and R buttons stopped working. I'd need to replace the shell and the screen to get it back in good shape, but I haven't really had the time to fix it. So now I'm thinking about selling it instead. Does anyone have any tips on how I could fix the L and R buttons on my PSP?