PSP question.

Grandmasterjimmy · Post by **Grandmasterjimmy** » Tue May 27, 2008 6:15 pm

I want a PSP only for emulation, none of the games on it look fun to me. So I was thinking, "why spend $100 on a PSP if I'm not even gonna play the games?". So I looked on eBay and saw that PSP's with broken UMD drive are really cheap.

So my question is, would it be a good idea for me to get a PSP with a broken UMD drive if I only want it for emulation?

Aguiluz · Post by **Aguiluz** » Tue May 27, 2008 6:30 pm

Yup. That would be good. I play GBA on my PSP and it works like glass.

jdmlight · Post by **jdmlight** » Tue May 27, 2008 6:42 pm

Agreed. Great idea. That's all that I use my PSP for...which is why I didn't care that the UMD door didn't latch when I bought it from vskid. I played Spider Man on it...once...for about five minutes, just because I could (and vskid included the UMD). Since then, I've never used it. Emulators and Handbrake FTW.

I do recommend a large Memory Stick though. Amazon has a good price on a 4gb Sandisk Ultra II (the fast one). I got mine for ~$30.

Grandmasterjimmy · Post by **Grandmasterjimmy** » Tue May 27, 2008 6:57 pm

Thanks guys. I should be able to get enough money by next week then

Bibin · Post by **Bibin** » Tue May 27, 2008 7:05 pm

You may need the UMD drive in order to downgrade to 1.5, keep in mind.

Grandmasterjimmy · Post by **Grandmasterjimmy** » Tue May 27, 2008 7:27 pm

I thought you just used a pandora's battery, and a memory stick with the right files on it to do it? In the handheld forum, that's how it shows.

Post by **bicostp** » Tue May 27, 2008 8:25 pm

Wasn't there someone (on AcidMods, I think) who replaced the UMD drive with a small USB hard drive? Maybe you could do something like that.

Grandmasterjimmy · Post by **Grandmasterjimmy** » Tue May 27, 2008 8:45 pm

Thanks, I looked that up on acids mods, and it's so simple ^_^

It's only like 8 wires to solder.

http://www.acidmods.com/forum/index.php?topic=13678.0

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:14 pm

Bibin wrote:You may need the UMD drive in order to downgrade to 1.5, keep in mind.

You're behind the times, Bibin. No one uses the Lumines exploit any more, its all Pandora battery. It'll work with any firmware and even most (all?) bricks.

Negative_Creep · Post by **Negative_Creep** » Wed May 28, 2008 6:55 am

That works, although PSP has some fantastic commercial games.

DK · Post by DK » Wed May 28, 2008 9:24 am

Negative_Creep wrote:That works, although PSP has some fantastic commercial games.

PSP's can play commercial games off memory sticks but were not allowed to say how around here

Negative_Creep · Post by **Negative_Creep** » Wed May 28, 2008 9:29 am

DK wrote:
Negative_Creep wrote:That works, although PSP has some fantastic commercial games.
PSP's can play commercial games off memory sticks but were not allowed to say how around here

/comes back from playing Final Fantasy off his memory stick on his CFW PSP...

wait what?

Grandmasterjimmy · Post by **Grandmasterjimmy** » Wed May 28, 2008 9:37 am

Lol, well know I have the option of playing real games too with the PSP

The only game I've really looked at is Sonic rivals, just because I'm a huge Sonic fan. I need to look at what games the PSP has to offer.

DK · Post by DK » Wed May 28, 2008 10:22 am

Negative_Creep wrote:
/comes back from playing Final Fantasy off his memory stick on his CFW PSP...

wait what?

I was too

Just got up to that stupid Splinter Cell ripoff bit just after you meet Cloud. Do all games have one of those levels these days

LoyalistRevolt · Post by **LoyalistRevolt** » Wed May 28, 2008 9:39 pm

ERRR wrong section! come on guys read!