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January 19th, 2009, 23:00 Posted By: wraggster
We're all a bit bored by the PSP at this point, and the PS3 has failed to impress us much lately as well. But with a few minor tweaks, we'd be blown away by both.
Sony just asked its customers what they want in the next PSP. Well here's what we want in our next PSP, and most of it's doable through software alone.
Get Remote Play Working, Standard
Remote Play promised to allow gamers to play PS3 games through the internet on their PSPs. Brilliant! And it was actually implemented in a game PS3 called Lair...and then basically nothing else. You can find Remote Play in a handful of downloadable PS3 titles, but it's far from a standard offering, and basically doesn't exist in the world of AAA releases. But just think—Remote Play would lessen the PSP's need for original titles—something Sony hasn't been able to secure as of late—and promote loyalty to the PS3 since its games would be playable from anywhere.
Make the PSP the Ultimate Blu-ray Remote
If there's one thing you can't fault the PS3 for, it's the machine's excellent Blu-ray playback. So why not make the PSP the unequivocal best Blu-ray remote ever? Not only could you use the PSP for basic functions, but a little programming savvy could stream entire BD features to your hands. Imagine the use of a Wi-Fi enabled second screen from the PSP with streaming audio support. You could watch a movie with a friend and decide that just you would turn on the audio commentary for a scene (through headphones), while viewing some extra production stills (on your secondary display). Hey, we'd settle for a submenu on the PSP's screen, even.
Give Us a PSOne-to-PSP Ripping Tool
Offer us a tool to rip PSOne games on the PS3 in order to be transferred to the PSP. They can wrap them in DRM and charge us $5 each time we rip a game, and we'd still do it. While we'd say the same for PS2 titles, we realize that PSP processors probably couldn't handle the software emulation load. PSOne games, though? Definitely.
Display Hints and Walkthroughs That Sync with PS3
Easy money for Sony—license out the option to make PS3 walkthroughs for the PSP. The strategy guide company does all the work, creating the text file (already on hand from their publications) and some basic syncing cues from, I dunno, saved game files or scripts. We're sure if enough money was exchanged between all involved parties, something could be figured out that's not so resource intensive that it isn't worth their while.
Our Only Hardware Revision: Add a Second Analog Stick Already
Look Sony, you were wrong, just give in. Screw backwards compatibility and add the second analog stick to make the PSP essentially interchangeable with the Dual Shock 3/SIXAXIS. Just as that second analog stick has held back PSP developers, it's also limited Remote Play functionality and the option to use the PSP as a premium controller. The hardware is holding back the software, but not in a "we just need stronger processors" way. It's a simple fix. PSP loyalists might complain, but trust us, they're complaining more that their controls are gimped. (Oh, and Bluetooth would be a runner up for greater connectivity options.)
Do All of the Above, Then Sell a PS3/PSP Bundle
The PS3 has already lost the game machine war. But it's still a contender as a premium home theater machine. Offer users a deal in which they can pick up a PS3 along with a PSP. Upsell the PSP as a remote, a second screen, and a media streamer (as opposed to a bulky PMP with a crappy game catalog).
http://i.gizmodo.com/5132128/six-way...initely-better
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January 19th, 2009, 19:48 Posted By: Shrygue
via Eurogamer
Sony has told Eurogamer that pretty PSN game Flower will arrive here on Thursday 12th February.
There's no price just yet, but thatgamecompany's previous title, flOw, cost GBP 3.49, so that should make for a solid root to sprout guesses from.
Flower transports us into the dreams of city flowers stuck on smoggy windowsills. Using the motion-sensing controller, players guide petals through fields and crash them into other flowers, causing explosions of colour that eventually blot out the dreary urban beginnings and murdering prostitutes.
Head over to the US PlayStation blog to watch a brand new trailer of Flower. Or check in here tomorrow lunchtime for our thoughts on a near-complete build of the game.
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January 19th, 2009, 19:26 Posted By: Shrygue
via IGN
Square Enix started off the week over in Japan with the announcement of a final release date for Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete. The Blu-ray version of the FFVII CG afterstory will hit Japan on April 16, priced at 4,900 yen (about $54).
PS3 owners throughout the world are likely keeping an eye on this product due to the planned inclusion of a Final Fantasy XIII demo. The demo will be available in two versions of the Advent Children package.
For the serious collectors, there's the Cloud Black 160 GB Special Spec + Final Fantasy XIII Trial Version Set. This bundle includes Advent Children, a 160 gigabyte PS3, and a copy of the FFXIII demo. The included hardware is black and features a special Cloud logo. Pricing for the bundle is set at 49,980 yen (about $548). In Japan, the 80 gigabyte PS3 currently retails for 39,980 yen.
Those who just want to get their hands on the FFXIII demo can pick up the Final Fantasy XIII Trial Verion Set. Priced at 5,900 yen (about $65), this special package included Advent Children and the FFXIII demo.
Square Enix hasn't made official comment, but it's presumable that the demo will work on PS3 systems throughout the world. While the exact content of the demo hasn't been announced, Square Enix reps previously commented that an early section of the game would be playable. The demo will presumably be Japanese only so those who do import should get their Japanese dictionary apps ready.
As a bonus, the Advent Children disc will include an option for English voice overs so when you're done with the FFXIII demo, you'll get to watch Advent Children in English. Subtitles for the movie will be Japanese only.
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January 19th, 2009, 02:39 Posted By: kranoldweinreich
There is a new PS2Vice 1.14 mod.
It allows you to use the analog joysticks of the joypad instead of the arrow keys.
Sorry, forum software doesn't allow any attachment...
This file contains ps2vice-1.14 source code + joystick modification patch + binaries + complete files for burning a cd (c64 only).
EDIT: see below for the file attachment, including USB support.
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January 18th, 2009, 23:24 Posted By: wraggster
News/release from red squirrel
ALL CREDIT GOES TO RED SQUIRREL!
This was something i asked from Red Squirrel a while ago for my PSP, because i was tired of hearing my UMD Spin, but i wanted my UMD to be in my PSP for storage and also when i wanted to play my game.
No it will not do any harm, it just shows the tray as empty.
Just install it like any other plugin.
Purpose: Store UMD's in tray without your PSP loading them on startup and making that spinning noise.
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January 18th, 2009, 23:20 Posted By: wraggster
News/release from xXChromeXx
SAVIOR! is a sideways space shooter for the PSP.
Goal:
You are one of the last humans on earth and you must protect the last of your people from peril. You must last as long as you can.
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January 18th, 2009, 21:16 Posted By: wraggster
A new podcast from the podcast guys:
The PSP Show #86 - The Games of 2008 (MP3 13.3 mb 14 minutes 26 seconds)
DOWNLOAD the podcast by right clicking on this link or press play and listen in your browser.
The PSP Show #86 - The Games of 2008 [14:27m]: Hide Player | Play in Popup | Download
As promised in last week’s show, this episode is a little retrospective to the games of 2008 that eitehr left their mark on the PSP system, or acted as signposts to what can be achieved in 2009. I’m sure there’ll be titles here you wouldn’t expect, or disagree with - so feel free to add or edit your own in the comments.
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January 18th, 2009, 21:12 Posted By: wraggster
Updated release from Torch
It does the following when the Hold switch is enabled:
* Switches off the LCD screen and backlight.
* Underclocks the CPU to 60MHz
* The original screen brightness and clock speed are restored when the Hold switch is released.
* Prevents the PSP from going into suspend mode if you accidently push the power switch too far when turning off Hold mode.
* Allows complete operation of the PSP controls with the display turned off.
* Turns off LEDs in hold mode. LEDs are flashed once in 30 seconds so that the PSP is not mistaken to be powered off.
* While in hold mode, allows the use of Left, Right, LTrigger, RTrigger, Volume and Start buttons, if you hold the Select button first. Useful to skip songs, pause etc.
Additional Features:
* Enables the 5th brightness level on PSP Slim.
* Increases the vertical scrolling speed of Music player by around 50% (scroll 300 songs in 10 seconds).
Usage:
Turn on the Hold switch to automatically disable the display and underclock the CPU. Turn off the Hold switch to return the CPU to normal speed and enable the display.
If you push the ANALOG UP button when turning on the Hold switch, it will only lock the keypad like normal hold mode. The display and CPU speed will not be changed, so that you can watch videos etc. with the keypad locked.
If you push the ANALOG UP button when turning off the Hold switch, the display will remain switched off and the CPU will remain underclocked, but you can operate the PSP. To return to normal, push the power switch to the suspend position, or just press the Screen button.
While the PSP is in hold mode, if you first hold down the Select button, you can use the following buttons: Left, Right, LTrigger, RTrigger, Vol+, Vol-, Start.
Installation:
You can install it in the seplugins folder, and make an entry in VSH.txt. Thus it will be active in the XMB. Its also possible to use it in games by adding it to GAME.txt, but some games may crash etc., if the CPU is underclocked to such a low value.
Optionally, its also possible to install it in your PSP's flash0 so that it will work without a Memory Stick. For this you can use FreePlay's "NewBTCFNedit" and enable it for VSH mode in the all the PSPBT?NF.bin files. Add it before vshmain.prx.
Advanced:
If you want to change the clock speed to your own values, you can use a hex editor to change them. The offsets in the file for v3.6 are
0x1294 - CPU
0x1298 - Bus (Should be half the CPU speed or less)
The values should be entered in hexadecimal. The default value for CPU is 3C (60 MHz in decimal) and the default value for Bus is 1E (30 MHz in decimal).
Note that simply using any arbitrary value will not work. You will have to test and see which values for CPU and Bus speed work.
Credits:
Thanks to adrahil for helping with preventing the suspend mode.
Thanks to Booster for the SysCon Hook sample, based on which Hold+ v3.0 was updated.
Thanks to Total_Noob; As his plugin MusicHold was not compatible with Hold+, with his permission I've implemented the same features in Hold+ v3.0 for people who wanted some buttons to be usable in hold mode.
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Originally Posted by Changelog
Changelog v3.6
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Incorporated Fast Scroll Music functionality into Hold+. Increases the vertical scrolling speed of Music player by around 50% (scroll 300 songs in 10 seconds).
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January 18th, 2009, 20:37 Posted By: wraggster
Team P86 have released the first real game to play on the exploit for PSP3000 Users:
You Need the US Version of Gripshift for this to work.
Bombermen GripShift v1 by Team P86 - Play Bomberman clone on your PSP-3000
Bombermen is a Bomberman clone which let you play Bomberman with your friends without CFW...
If you have a GripShift UMD, you can try this stuff...
CFW users can play this, too...
***Usage***
-Copy these files onto your MS...
-And start Gripshift...
-Follow the menu of the Bombermen...
***Thanks***
coolguy5678 for TNT Dude TIFF source code...
MaTiAz and FreePlay for Sparta SDK and this exploit...
FileAssistant and Tetris creators...
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January 18th, 2009, 20:27 Posted By: wraggster
Uberjack has released a new version of his Master System/Game Gear emulator for the PSP, heres whats new:
SMS Plus PSP now includes the Time Rewind feature I mentioned earlier. To enable it, map any button to ‘Special: Rewind’. The feature alone takes up 85% of PSP’s memory, and I’m unsure what ramifications this might have for certain configurations, but if you come across problems, let me know.
Approximately 20 seconds of recent gameplay is saved, and saving is done once every five frames.
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January 18th, 2009, 19:52 Posted By: wraggster
The Rogue Clone for DS/GBA and PSP has been updated, heres whats new:
A 65535 enum added for TILE_NAMES to placate the gcc 4.3 compiler. (Malte Helmert, Joe B, Magnate)
>string.h< is the correct header. (Joe B)
Clean scripts improved to clean more stuff so I don't release with a broken support directory again. (Joe B)
Executable bit removed from CREDITS.TXT and LICENCE.TXT. (Malte Helmert)
Animated Trees no longer randomly generated in the dungeon, they are meant to only exist as a result of summons. (Kayvon, Gwazi01)
If Baezlb'b's heart grants life save, he will no longer have his life saved, and, more importantly, the heart will no longer be destroyed. (Stefan O'Rear)
When you convert a flesh golem into a stone golem it will no longer report both names. (Lim-Dul)
"You stop over concerns of your safety." now has an r in concerns. (eilu)
Spells you don't know now show up greyscale in the action bar. Similarly, if you can't cast it due to not enough mana, it is greyed out proportionaly to how much mana is needed.
Inventory background is coloured according to your knowledge of the item, making it easier to separate out cursed/holy/regular. This also distinguishes between items you have tried on (so you know they are not cursed) vs ones you haven't tried. (Irashtar)
You can mark items as favorite. This causes them to get a yellow background in the inventory and always be sorted first. (Pikadude No. 1)
Weapons have the e in them when you forget the dual wield skill. (Joe B)
Text for animate forest spell and creature tweaked to better align with the normal English speaker's concept of grammar.
Did I mention I finished a book, Menoetius? I did? Well, I'll just bury a reference in this wall of text anyways.
The buildall.sh script for Linux has been updated to try and make it more ebuild compatible thanks to work by Zasenko Sergey. I may have misread his patch, however, so problems in this version are likely my fault.
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January 18th, 2009, 19:23 Posted By: wraggster
Personally im not sure what advantages this could bring, maybe a new exploit in the long run but someone has posted a video of a Debug Firmware Running on Retail PSP
Heres the video:
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January 18th, 2009, 14:31 Posted By: Darksaviour69
MasterDerico sent us an email saying
I had good reviews on lavalit about the first Shiva & Lisa Game!
So i made the sequel!!!
Everything is new, a true sequel!!!!
And as a said before, dcemu is the right place to my game!!!! ^^
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Game Name;
Shiva & Lisa 2
Game Autor;
MasterDerico
Engine;
OpenBOR
Release thread;
http://lavalit.com:8080/index.php?to...32270#msg32270
Pics of the game;
===INFO===
-The best Streets Os Rage villains are back, and more destructive.
-11 Special Attacks each character.
-Amazing combination: you have infinite possibilities to create your own combos.
-New ground-to-air combos to destroy enemies in the air.
-New and Strong Soundtrack.
-Cinematic Sound Effects.
-Crazy action, many enemies on the screen.
-No Wait: "Free" Screen for massive combos.
-Alot of new enemies and bosses.
-More challenging and balanced gameplay
-All new stages.
-Practice Mode to improve your skills!
-Direct story from the end of Shiva & Lisa 1.
-Alternate Colors.
-Secret Character.
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MOVE LIST;
Move List is on the game! ("Practice" and "HowTo")
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DOWNLOAD LINKS;
PSP VERSION (OpenBor Emul+Shiva&Lisa 2)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4B8LTE5E
OST (Soundtrack);
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=K3Q9MAYX
NOTE:
To run the emul, you need to set the kernell to 3.xx or 4.xx or 5.xx.
How i do this ?
Turn on your PSP and hold R. Then go to configuration and you'll see the option to change the kernell.
The emul works 100% speed and sound with both psps (Slim and Phat)
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January 18th, 2009, 02:09 Posted By: wraggster
LordLeXat had no money when his PSP battery broke, so he had to think of a easier way to power his PSP. The result was a hack which uses standard Nokia battery (BL-5C) pack, mixed with the original PSP battery controle board.
“The battery is lighter and has nearly 150% lifetime of the original 1800mAh PSP battery, and by the way, the text of the Nokia battery reads 1020mAh.”
http://streetskaterfu.blogspot.com/2...tery-hack.html
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January 18th, 2009, 02:06 Posted By: wraggster
Nick Swardh has released a new version of his video converter for the PSP
Here it is, PSPVC v3.42 - Yay!
This version is basically a bug-fix release, it doesn't contain any new fancy stuff besides this:
Crushed a nasty bug that caused extremely slow conversion speeds for some users
Better audio handling
Minor improvements
Download Here --> http://pspvc.nswardh.com/download.php?file=pspvc
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January 18th, 2009, 02:03 Posted By: wraggster
News/release from Total Noob
Ultimate VSH Menu by Total_Noob
What's this?
It's an Ultimate VSH Menu like the M33 VSH Menu with OTHER features!
Changelog v1.02
- If UP, DOWN, LEFT or RIGHT long holds, it will be faster scrolled
- Fixed a bug, that psp is sometimes lame
- Config file is a little changed
- Config loaded only once(no longer the whole time)
- Red and green looks different now
- Added PINK, BROWN, GRAY and YELLOW color
- Added "HIDE MAC ADDRESS" to hide the mac address
- Added "USE SLIM COLORS" to use the slim colors on phat
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January 18th, 2009, 01:46 Posted By: wraggster
A new version of the launchelf app for the PSA2 has been released, heres whats new:
LaunchELF v4.35 (2009.01.17)
-Merged in the latest USBHDFSD version by radad (SVN rev 1513) to further improve compatibility
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January 18th, 2009, 00:43 Posted By: wraggster
An article from DCEmu Coder skeezix
I've always been pretty impressed with the Sony PSP overall; brilliant screen, some good gaming options, music and video playing, and even a crappy yet capable web browser. Still, Sony (like Apple and a million other companies) likes to mess with its customers and so to really get the full value of your purchase you have to 'unlock' the device - imagine buying a car that can only fill half a tank of gas except on Fridays, where all you have to do is fiddle with this warranty removing knob to get the full deal. Anyway, planning for a short trip I have been mulling over what gadgetry would be good to bring along.
Ideally I won't need a gadget at all, but should like some options if I find myself bored with a napping baby. You could try for a micro-laptop such as a 'netbook' or UMPC but they tend to be pretty expensive (you'd cry if it were lost, stolen or crushed in transit) and too large for a pocket; a PDA which can excel at internet communications, ebook and multimedia, but tends not to be a solid game machine for long trips; a smartphone, should you wisk to have people bothering you on your vacation. Options options.
Anyway, for a short non-working trip, the things I'd like the option to do are: ebook reading (avoid carrying cumbersome and heavy books), video watching (from video files, not internet streams), some gaming, and idle web browsing. I'm not worried about email or heavy duty activities in this case. (Should you need to do email or document edittig or whatever, then you may want a netbook or whatever.)
Rearding ebooks, I'm not going to go on a tirade about DRM and locked up data and cost versus real hardcover books and so on - I've probably ranted about that before. Suffice to say I only use open formats such as RTF and HTML and textfiles; for the PSP there are few book reader options and no time for me to write a new one so I fretted a touch, though I eventually found the most excellent BookR open source app. Because it is not Sony-blessed you'll need an unlocked PSP (free and legal, if frowned upon by corporate masters.) This is what I meant above -- if theres no sensible book reader, they shouldn't be locking down a perfectly capable device. Likewise with video -- the built in video tools only let you watch low res video except for Sony UMD bought videos. Thats just evil in my opinion -- artificial limits to encourage you to buy their products.. a clear conflict of interest. Anyway I'll go on about that later in this post.
There are some really goofy attempts to do things on the level, such as an app that reads ebooks and spits out a million image files (multiple images per book page) and you use the PSP built in picture viewer to 'read' the book; you thus don't get a memory of which page you've read to, but it sort of works. BookR is a PDF reader - which provided some reservations up front as most ebooks you get in PDF format are DRM'd to heck - but with PDF now being more or less an open format numerous converters now exist. I used the OpenOffice export-to-PDF option to convert RTF files to PDF, and good to go. I don't know if the application can render 'big' PDFs with charts and embedded crazyness but when it came to various ebooks I've bought in unDRMd format or ones I converted myself, it seems to work very well.
Further, with the PSP screen being very high resolution in the landscape orientation (480x272), you can have a full-width comfortable read of most PDFs .. you just have to scroll down the page as you read, no biggy. The application lets you zoom and pan and rotate so you can accomodate most files, but you don't want to do that when reading. If you're converting to PDF yourself you can of course just use a larger font and set the page-width should you wish to make the reading easier on the eyes. All told though, I loaded up a half dozen books onto the memstick, and I think I'll be fine. This is a big one for me, a device-picking deal breaker, so good to know.
For video I thought to bring along some 'rips' of DVDs I own and videos I've downloaded. Sadly, most gadgets require you to 'transcode' a video into a format they can understand. This is pretty annoying, but I appreciate they're doing the playback via built in hardware and thus conserving battery. Doing video playback purely in software is a battery burner, and can be hard to keep up with the full framerate. (Mind you my older Palm and Windows Mobile devices could do it no problem, suggesting the fine TCPMP Core Codec people did good work.) Anyway, I found a bajillion freeware and open source tools to do the work (such as Universal PSP convert, and PSP Video Converter (pspvc), and others), as well as commercial offerings (from Sony and other third parties.) In the end, the freebie guys tend to work pretty well, and sometimes better. The commercial offerings tend to work easier and have better less cheesie UIs, but also tend to conform to the Sony recommended specs. Sony used to (maybe still does?) require video playback to be lower resolution that the PSP can actually show, to 'encourage' consumers to buy UMD videos on disc, which get full resolution playback. This is a dirty dirty maneauver due to conflict of interest for Sony .. selling a PSP, and also selling UMD videos. As I said, its like buying a car with things built in you can see, but are not allowed to use.. but you still pay for them. No way. So you have to unlock your PSP to get full potential - unlock a device you bought - the joy of the tech sector. Still, if you want to buy something that works well, has batch mode and so forth, there is Avex software which can convert to pretty much every device.
For DVD ripping I ended up picking up DVDFab (there is a free trial download as well), though there are dozens of similar products. DVDFab again honours the lower-than-real resolution, but does a pretty nice job of ripping straight from DVD to PSP ready formats. With their mobile option (a bit pricey altogether, but what the hell..) you can select a target device (ipod, PSP, etc) and it knows the appropriate parameters and voodoo.
In the end I carried a mix of videos at full resolution from open source transcoders, and some not-full-res rips from DVD using commercial apps. All told the PSP shows them both very well and the screen is so sharp (PSP original and PSP-2000, I've not seen a PSP-3000 in person). Win.
For gaming it is also worthy to unlock your PSP. (See a trend .. unlock for ebooks, unlock for superior video playback, unlock for gaming.) Carrying a pile of purchased games on UMDs is fine (I picked up little 5-pack carry widgets to keep UMDs stored nicely, cheap as dirt), but I prefer tech to lead to simplicity, not complexity. I don't wear a watch or carry a manpurse, or keep too much crap in my pockets. There are a few tools that 'rip' copies of game UMDs onto your memorystick. Usually this is for piracy, but stay clear. (I'm a software dev; I sell my stuff. It pays the bills, kthanks  Anyway, you can rip your games into raw files or a ".iso" disk image using various tools. Games are pretty big, and some keen folks know about removing unwanted files and so forth, but its a big hastle. In the end, you can pick up 4 gig, 8gig or even 16 gig memory sticks, and put a few games on there pretty easily.
Anyway, I didn't bother with much of that; what I was interested in was the PSP's built in PlaystationOne (PSOne, PSX, whathaveyou) emulator. Naturally, just as with Sony's UMD resolution devilry, made it so the built in emulator is meant to play only specifically authorized PS1 games. On the one hand this is probably because they want to ensure the games play well in the PSP and not give you a bad experience, but its also obviously because they wish to re-sell you games you've already bought for a real PS1, and sell PS1 games to people who never had them before -- leverage old product for new revenue is bling bling to a company, of course. Still, with an unlocked PSP it is trivial to use open source tools to transform your PS1 ".iso" disc images into files the PSP built in PS1 emulator can use. Again you tread dark waters to get these tools sometimes, but they're legal and free, just frowned upon by Sony (of course, they just want your money.) Anyway, using a million variations of POPStation you can ready up any of your old PS1 games. I don't have many, only bought a few of the true classics. but more to point.. I converted Civilization 2.
Sure, in my Atari emulator you can play Civilization 1. But Civilization 2 for PS1 was designed for a handheld controller pad, not a computer keyboard, so works pretty well on the PSP. And I mean, its Civilization 2. A few hundred megabytes ,a fraction of your memstick, and you've got Civ in your pocket. Pretty hot.
Naturally, keep a couple good games in there; I keep Lego Indiana Jones in the UMD slot.
All told, the PSP is pretty inexpensive, yet a very capable device. Just you have to unlock it ('mod' with 'custom firmware' or the like) to get half its potential out there. If only Sony would release an official ebook solution.
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January 18th, 2009, 00:25 Posted By: wraggster
Shadow and the jcpsp team has posted a new release of the PSP Emulator for Windows written in Java, this release plays some commercial PSP Games.
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January 18th, 2009, 00:01 Posted By: wraggster
Before they were cranking out unwavering weekly DLC and allowing single-minded fathers to finally form that family band they've always dreamed of (despite having thoroughly untalented children), Harmonix produced a little-known gem titled Frequency, and shortly thereafter, a sequel named Amplitude. While attention on these titles was washed away by the rising of the Guitar Hero and Rock Band tides, we might be seeing more of them yet.
In a recent interview with Ars Technica, Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos declared his love for Amplitude, and mentioned his wishes to eventually revive the series. Considering that Sony owns that particular property, it would likely come in the form of a PSN download -- however, given their tireless Rock Band DLC schedule and their rapid, company-wide expansion, it might be a while before they can divert the necessary amount of focus to put Amplitude back on the multi-colored, instrument-specific tracks.
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/17/ha...equel-for-ps3/
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