Sony Psp

[nghiagero]

sooo.... the psp has been released for some time now (2 weeks?), and was wondering if anyone here has any opinion or thoughts about it?

i was thinking of getting one my self, but as being the first generation im not too shure if i shud wait for the 2nd generation when they fix some bugs n crap or just give in n get one. i wanna get the game "bleach" after the anime/manga series bleach, looks HARDCORE good grafics!!

[lwells]

Finally toyed with one in a store last week. It looks pretty and has flashy graphics, but like so many new gaming products it left me cold. Give me the old school games which cared less about graphics and more about fun.

The Nintendo DS looks more interesting to me, and appeals to my happy childhood memories of wasting much time with Nintendo machines.

[nghiagero]

Finally toyed with one in a store last week.  It looks pretty and has flashy graphics, but like so many new gaming products it left me cold.  Give me the old school games which cared less about graphics and more about fun.

The Nintendo DS looks more interesting to me, and appeals to my happy childhood memories of wasting much time with Nintendo machines.

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i think the emulators that you can find online will appeal to u. i found an emulator and roms for nintendo last week, been playing mario bros 3 etc. just got a mega drive (genesis) emulator to play the sonic series all over agen lol

[gtrGhosTDoGG11]

Check the for sale section, thers one for sale if you want one.

[PhantomS14]

Picked one up last weekend, very cool little machine. Unfortunately running firmware 1.52 so can't run homebrew apps yet. Looking forward to the imminent release of the firmware downgrader. I'm looking forward to playing original arcade ports emulated on the PSP!

[nghiagero]

Check the for sale section, thers one for sale if you want one.

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pm send dude

[nghiagero]

Picked one up last weekend, very cool little machine. Unfortunately running firmware 1.52 so can't run homebrew apps yet. Looking forward to the imminent release of the firmware downgrader. I'm looking forward to playing original arcade ports emulated on the PSP!

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uhh...... does that mean i can upload emulators that i use on my my comp to play them old skool games on the psp?

[lwells]

i think the emulators that you can find online will appeal to u. i found an emulator and roms for nintendo last week, been playing mario bros 3 etc. just got a mega drive (genesis) emulator to play the sonic series all over agen lol

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Well unless they can emulate a touch screen, I doubt it Call me a Nintendo fan boy, but I like the way they try and innovate and their commitment to fun games rather than flashy graphics.

[PhantomS14]

Fair enough!

nghiagero, you don't use the PC emulators, there have been a number of the popular ports like MAME and other ones that have been created for PSP.

Currently as long as you are using firmware 1.50 or 1.0 (ie no AUS delivered PSPs) you can run these emulators and the zipped up roms that you would have used on PC, etc.

Saying that word on the streets (of the 'net anyway) is that one PSP programming group have almost finished their work on a PSP firmware 'downgrader' that will set it to firmware 1.5.

They have already created a program that allows you to set what firmware you want to run (ie 1.0, 1.5, 1.51, 1.52. 2.0) while running your machine with 1.5 or 1.0.

Shouldn't be too long before us aussies with 1.52 firmware can finally get some homebrew goodness!

[nghiagero]

Fair enough!

nghiagero, you don't use the PC emulators, there have been a number of the popular ports like MAME and other ones that have been created for PSP.

Currently as long as you are using firmware 1.50 or 1.0 (ie no AUS delivered PSPs) you can run these emulators and the zipped up roms that you would have used on PC, etc.

Saying that word on the streets (of the 'net anyway) is that one PSP programming group have almost finished their work on a PSP firmware 'downgrader' that will set it to firmware 1.5.

They have already created a program that allows you to set what firmware you want to run (ie 1.0, 1.5, 1.51, 1.52. 2.0) while running your machine with 1.5 or 1.0.

Shouldn't be too long before us aussies with 1.52 firmware can finally get some homebrew goodness!

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uhhh....... cool? lolz yea i wudnt mind one now actually, depends on the one that dude on this forum is selling if he;s going to get back to me :\ or if not ill jsut wait it out for the 2nd generation as im hearing that the PSP has problems with dead pixels?

[Topaz]

I have a DS, nothing special I thought, but I havent played Nintendogs either (spose to be a great game). I have Mario64 DS and have nearly completed it but it has gotten a tad boring....

I played that WANTED game and got 1069 score....also got boring so I let the 50 seconds run down....

I want a PSP, but the XBOX360 will be $100 cheap when thats released, which is also looking up to be great

[lwells]

Advanced Wars for the DS is also meant to be great... Plus the PSP release lineup looks a little...... sparse.

[krzysiu]

very cool little machine.

My gf's brother has one. They arent close to little lol. The screen is massive though. (for a hand held device) lol

[PhantomS14]

They aren't too small though. I've got a Gameboy Advance (not SP) and they are very similar dimensions. The GBA is a little taller,about as much as the PSP is wider.

[krzysiu]

Yeah the last handheld gaming thing i got was a Gomeboy advance, played it for a month max and never touched it again lol.

[MacGuyver]

As with most things I would recommend waiting for the next generation of PSP's to come out. Anyone here who also brought a PS2 when they first came out will attest to this also; they soon find ways to manufacture the machines more cheaply and with better components and reliability. Maybe the next gen of PSP's will have fixed the battery life and 'dead pixle' issues that some gamers have found. I've heard of a game on DS called Another Code: Two Memories that finally utilises the machines capabilities to good use. Good stuff!

"Games don't affect people. If Pacman affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms munching on pills and listening to repetitive music."

[SKYLVIA]

Advanced Wars for the DS is also meant to be great...  Plus the PSP release lineup looks a little...... sparse.

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what you mean sparse? there line-up is aight i reckon, nba, nfl, nfs, ridge racer, SM2, ape escape etc... alot better than the ds line up me thinks, and for ridge racer to be a release title is pretty cool, its an awesome game

[dezz]

from what ive seen the range is massive already, and will only grow

they seem like an alright investment though....portable DVD player basically...mp3 player, camera? plays games....not too bad

[SKYLVIA]

apparently (heard from a work collegue) that they are actually planning on releasing a detachable camera for the psp

[lwells]

what you mean sparse? there line-up is aight i reckon, nba, nfl, nfs, ridge racer, SM2, ape escape etc... alot better than the ds line up me thinks, and for ridge racer to be a release title is pretty cool, its an awesome game

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Hey, its my opinion.. bight me

NFL = BORING (how people can even watch the real game is beyond me), NBA = boring, NFS = boring, Ridge Racer = OK but hardly earth shattering, I could go on but the point is none of those title to me is particularly special or a reason to buy a PSP (where is 'the killer app'?).

The DS lineup in Australia at the moment is not great, I agree. Some of the upcomming releases look very good to me (though no doubt they will take an age to get here).

Anyway, I am not trying to turn this in to a pissing match. Just my impressions