@@EmilyKimMartin But then our phones have to be a tiny bit more fatter, and we won't have water resistance(not water proof)! How ever will we survive with such ahem, benefits?!
@@mrbisshie None of that is true in the least. Engineers can add $80 to $30 USD worth of physical HW level changes to new phones to keep them water proof while still allowing replaceable batteries all while keeping HW pretty small (adding as little as absolutely no additional thickness to modern phones). People that believed we needed internal batteries that are next to impossible to upgrade or replace without special tools have forgotten or never knew this was a possibility for literally decades in the form of tougher HW from Laptops to wristwatches waterproofing while still allowing tiny form-factors was always achievable. It IS *EASIER* and *CHEAPER* to make HW with non-replaceable batteries smaller, but it was never impossible to make the HW we see today as thin as it is now and keep it watertight.
The homebrew scene saved me money back in the day. My teacher allowed me to use the PSP with the graphing calculator emulator. Those things was $100+. I remember there being an IR blaster homebrew too, making it the flipper zero of our generation. Amazing lil device!
@@faizkhansinglelite1005 PSP has an IrDA (Infrared Data Association ) port. That was *the* way that smart devices communicated with each other. Any bidirectional communication port can potentially be used for hacking (hence the reference to the Flipper Zero, a hacking device that is used today). I don't know any graph calc. emulator for the PSP though.
I agree, always loved XMB (Cross Media Bar) UI on BRAVIA TVs, PS3 and PSP. It was the inspiration for default RetroArch GUI for years, until they changed it.
I recently dug up my old PSP and actually subscribed to your channel because you had the best comprehensive review of the history of the PSP and why it was such a groundbreaking development in gaming. I still think the PSP was way ahead of it's time and this video proves it! Hope to keep seeing your content for a while!
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It’s wild how the psp feels like a more modern device but it’s about to be 20 years old. It was my first mp3 player, first wifi enabled device to allow me to do web browsing, first experience with custom firmware and emulation, and it allowed me to watch youtube after installing a homebrew program. Absolutely loved the thing.
The "PSP Scene" was amazing and also "HOW I MET MVG!" I was a head administrator of a fairly popular PSP modding website for a good many years. After Doom was ported to the PSP as a standalone, I was curious about it and excited. I cannot recall the specifics of the conversation or what questions I had in particular, but I remember being impressed and very thankful with the outcome. That was the day I met "Lantus", I believe you were going by. I'm still very much into the elements of homebrew and modifications all this time later and I must say, I am extremely thankful to the PSP scene for broadening my already large interest in these topics. You can say "Xbox scene", or "Wii scene", or insert any other system name, but the "PSP scene" means something very profound for the people involved shaping and enjoying that landscape. Long live the PSP, and thank you all this time later, Lantus/ MVG, for providing great content on YT and beyond. I truly appreciate you.
I'm still using my PSP in 2023. I play one or two backlogged games a year. But I did hack it and I use it a whole lot more. I love that fact that you can play it as a handheld but also get the cables to play it on your TV... like a prehistoric Switch.
The PSP has a great library on its own, even if the emulators stop at snes/mega drive that’s still a huge addition to an already stellar collection. The PSP for the price might just be the best low end emulation and gaming machine for the price.
I use my PSP constantly to play quick retro games. N64 and above, I use my Note 10 plus with my Kishi controller. Sometime I'll use my Xbox controller with Samsung Dex.
PSP for me was the peak of Homebrew / Hacking scene, as I followed it very closely. It was so exciting to see how far it could be pushed with homebrew and emulators, just tons of applications made for it as well. Also really interesting to follow how new Firmware would get hacked. It was the first full media device that could play games, music and movies that I owned as well, as it was far before the smartphone craze.
@@targz__ Far from it. I literally used my PSP as an advanced calculator in high school, since it has a TI-92 emulator. Not to mention how superior the emulation support were on PSP.
YES! i remember this time fondly, i got my first psp sometime in 05 or 06 and followed every single bit of news. i have the 1000,2000,3000,Go and each one was great in one way or another (well, the 1k definitely is outclassed by all the others, but the build quality is still impressive!). all the hacking and homebrew led me into getting into the early android cfw scene on xda. that was an exciting time in tech! I used the PSP even after I had a Switch and Vita lol. I took it on vacation in 2018 loaded with a bunch of ps1/psp games and play the ps1's incredible civ2 release everytime we would fly between islands or lay on the beach.
Man I could talk about the PSP all damn day. What an incredible device for its time... I remember one day I bricked my PSP and kept it in a drawer until the pandora battery and magic memory stick came into existence. They brought my PSP out of limbo. I was filled with joy that day haha. Sadly I no longer have that PSP. Nowadays I'm rockin' the Vita. It's a lot better for emulation and runs all PSP games.
Love the PSP. However the Vita is an amazing step up from it, and having exactly 2x the resolution results in some AMAZING scaling. It's the best way to play PSP titles.
I found my original OLED model in a drawer, it's an amazing little handheld once you jailbreak it. I did pick up a PSP last time I was in Tokyo; but that was more for completeness sake.
The best thing about the vita is PS1 games are full dual analog whilst on the PSP they are not even single analog. I find it funny though the PS1 emulator is run inside the PSP emulator.
You can also get a game card to SD adapter for real cheap. You do lose your game card but you could just as easily load up your game cards to the adapter.
Agreed I absolutely loved my PspGo but it quickly got over shadowed once the vita was hacked especially with everything The flow and rinne have done with the console having GTA 1 through San Andreas on a handheld console is mind blowing to me or better yet having every final fantasy from 1-10.
its a shame most publishers couldnt make decent games for it alot of the big titles went into this weird phase where just because its portable it means they gotta make the game quirky and weird and gimmacky instead of just making a port of the game or a spin off instead we got weird games like final fantasy dysidia metal gear acid and portable ops
This probably goes beyond the scope of this episode, but it's worth mentioning that there are plugins you can get for your custom firmware that add little niceties to the system. Things like build-in cheats ala _Action Replay,_ folders on the menu to sort your software, the ability to take screenshots, and many other things. It's awesome!
I found an interesting minor quirk with the PSP's USB charging functionality just now when I dug mine out. If you plug in a USB power source that is power only and have USB charging enabled, it will snap to USB mode and obviously detect no computer. Leave it long enough and you'll notice the PSP starts charging...if you then navigate to the PSP's battery information tab in system settings, it will incorrectly state the battery is in use, but with an hours-left estimate of 0 and the battery will actually keep charging.
I bought a PSP one year ago and it became my favorite system. Yes, I like it more than the Vita because it's smaller size and bigger Dpad and face buttons. It's a perfect system for 8-16bit games, great for PS1 games and (ofcouse) PSP games. I played soooo many GBA games on it like Pokemon Fire Red, Advance Wars 1-2, Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga etc. Currently I'm playing Yugioh Tag Force 2 on it. I love the old Yugioh gameplay style before it became too complicated.
What are You talking about? Maybe You hate the vita because everything that You mentioned is better on the PS VITA, PS1 AND 16 BIT GAMES AND ALSO PSP GAMES
@@Rigoberto.Calero I like the PSP more because it's cheaper, lighter in weight and smaler, it has bigger Dpad and Facebuttons and it's easier to put CFW on it. It's just my preferred handheld.
@@tomlion0116 Yeah some of these kids cant relate to us, most modern handhelds are more of a ripoff and yeah you can download tons of games to it but you'll get bored pretty quickly, unlike the psp games before, they were made as simple but you'll treasure it for the rest of your life. I play my psp more often because of how simple but yet more fun it is than my modern handhelds, the ergonomics and the build quality is just incomparable to this date. The only downside is it takes a lot of time to charge it up.
Crazy to think how much time has passed since the PSP came out. I remember being fascinated with it over the DS and the fact that that homebrew existed for it back then was one of the first systems I remember modding other than the OG Xbox without having to use a modchip
One of the upgrades I performed was to remove the umd drive and install a battery into the available space. Uses the original charger, took battery life to over 10 hours. The only real con besides losing the umd drive (which. I wasn’t going to use anyways) was the battery meter on the console doesn’t adjust to the new battery. Per my testing it will run down to one bar quickly then stay on that last bar for 6+ hours. If you’re capable of tearing one apart, soldering a battery and knowing how charging and usage voltage work, I’d highly recommend it!
PSP was the first system I modded and got me interested in modding handhelds in general. For many years the PSP was my go to device, even before i had a smart phone i used it for my mp3 player and for watching movies on the plane or train. Still remember vividly the disappointment of the cancelled oblivion port.
I got a PSP Go for free a few days ago which was basically in pristine condition apart from 1 scratch on the screen. Got a charger for it today, put CFW and a few games on it and it's been amazing. I love the PSP so much
Around 5 years ago I remember seeing a bunch for psp 2000 and 3000 on ebay for 15 - 30 pounds. I picked up 3 in super good condition.. all mint and came out to be around 50 - 60 quid.. I had a feeling they will start gonig up in price.. People starting to have nostalgia for them.
2 things I feel were left out: 1. Another really useful mod is the USB charge mod. It's super easy to do and a great QoL improvement 2. There are still titles with an active fan base like Socom and Ratchet and Clank that are playable online via revival servers
Damn, that replacement screen made a huge difference. One reason I never bothered to use my PSP 1000 was the screen. It's quite incredible this thing still offers such a good experience for retro games despite being almost 20 years old (oh god)
That seriously shocked me too. I don't trust myself enough to do the screen replacement though! I hope I can find someone who will sell one affordably. This looks awesome. I can't afford a steam deck right now, but I honestly think I'd use my PSP more than a steamdeck if it looked this good!
Really cool that you made a video about the psp. I wanted to add some other cool things: - there is a plugin that allows you to separate your games into folders (games, emulators, etc) - there is another plugin that turns the music note key into a screenshot button (saves to the gallery in png format) - there have been a LOT of new fan translations in these years
I imported my original PSP when they first launched in Japan, about a year or so before they were available here in the UK, from Sony's arch nemesis Lik Sang. Was an absolute game changer journeying to and from work on the bus! Strangely enough, the battery that came with it is still working whereas the battery that came with my 3000 model swelled up many, years ago.
yeah my US launch psp1k battery is still operational (though terrible capacity) whereas the 2k & 3k ones are long dead. i'm happy there is still a vibrant market for them so it's easy to get a replacement.
Lithium batteries can last forever if they’re charged and used at a regular interval without too much heat. When they sit unused they start to swell and decay.
Someone should make a video on the saga of how the Sony bullies forced Lik Sang to close shop. It's the main reason why I hacked all my Sony systems up to PS4 and pirate all games with no remorse.
I love this, and I’ve been enjoying the fact you can convert any PSOne game and use the PSP as an official PSOne emulator and it works wonderfully. It made me return to the itch of playing RC de Go! and Gran Turismo ❤
then on vita there is that amazing plugin actually patching in dual analog controls for most of the games! :O makes me wonder if the dual analog controls were in these games to begin with, hidden anticipating revised psp with 2 sticks but dunno, just random guess
@@give_me_my_nick_back They weren't there in those games. For games that also had an identical PS2 port, possibly. But others, not really. So modders pretty much made those controls themselves at least to my knowledge.
I just recently got my psp a memory card adapter for 128gb. and was struggling to find current info to update it from its old 5.33 m33 firmware. I have a 100 with the motherboard numbers in the top corner, so I am afraid to touch it as it was decently hard to hack in the first place. This video was like a prayer being answered :P I remember standing at the store to buy mine new, and it came with ATV off road fury. I used it everyday at school as both a media player and games console. my friends remember me having it carabiner clipped to my waist for years. Thank you very much for the resources, and I will absolutely be replacing the batteries in it. Will update it as well If I have the guts. That IPS screen looks insane.
I love the PSP so much. It was the first system I ever modded back in 2020 I played so many retro games for the first time, downloaded a lot of ports. The PSP has such a special place in my heart.
My UMD broke on my PSP 1000 around the time PSP 2000 was in stores. Shortly after that! The wifi-toggle broke too. Both of these were strange because I tend to keep my games and hardware in mint condition. I don't even throw away the plastic wrappings for controllers and cables for my consoles. Anyway; this left me with an unusable device and this is what brought me into the world of modding. I still got years of enjoyment out of the device after I modded it and even thought I was bummed out about the broken device... I'm glad that it left me with an open mind to modding and homebrew. Especially since I am a fan of jrpg's. Translations and undubs have been a blessing in the years since...
Neither of those ever broke for me but my first PSP had stick drift, slightly to the left, after heavy use. It was still playable, but after some annoyance I just ended up spending more time in the emulators.
@@gutwallst6645 naw, I won't. I love japanese game stores; they also have hardware with the plastic wrappings still in the boxes even with 40 year old hardware. Just as God intended
In philippines, during 2007-2009 psp is so big for us i remember that freedom unite, gow, tekken 5, dbz shin budokai another road, patapon were the most games ive seen that era
THANK YOU MVG! Huge PSP/Vita fan, even with a PSP go, a PS Vita I couldn't quite get the "full fat console experience" & ended up doing exactly what you did with a PSP 2000 a few months ago. Having a bigger screen over the go, ability to charge while using it hooked up to my TV, 64GB dedicated to it without the minor hassle of Adrenaline keeping them off the home screen. It is downright amazing to play, PS1 with all components to get running on a big screen in my pocket, PS2 adjacent AAA games, homebrew that looks incredible on any screen & DVD quality movies output to a hotel TV. Sony could have called it the PS ONE as Microsoft did but actually mean it especially for the era. I love all my 3DS models a ton, features & functionality however leaves the PSP a generation ahead of even some modern systems. In terms of all encompassing entertainment, ease of use, ability to get everything out of the unit & so much more. The PSP cannot be beat & its versatility still rare amongst handhelds.
I take it you are unaware that Sony had already made a "PSone" console before the PSP came out, it released near the end of 2000 so that ship had long since sailed.
That’s why I said “PS One” & mentioned the Xbox One referencing what that console was market for in comparison to the PSP. So to answer that, yes but sorry the comment was to broad for you.
got a PSP 1000 model back in 2007 - never replaced the battery nor any of the other parts. still works absolutely fine. a complete marvel of hardware technology. planned obsolescence is a modern disgrace when it's so clear that tech can be built to last. both the PSP and the Vita are absolutely beautiful pieces of hardware, and loading them with CFW is easy and unlocks a world of features. highly recommended to anyone who can get them cheaply. also, just a quick fun fact about the Vita: the battery life defies all expectations. i bought mine secondhand (model 1000 OLED), and the battery life when in use is still pretty good, lasting around 3-6 hours (depending on brightness, etc). however, the standby time is absolutely absurd. i can be playing a game, put the Vita on standby for over SEVEN WEEKS, and come back to the same game. it can survive well over 50 days on standby and will boot you straight back to where you were. i don't even think my old Nokia could do that. unreal.
Another thing to mention is there you can play many classic games in ad hoc co-op with two PSPs. For example super Nintendo games like zombies ate my neighbors works very well. I remember that I used to play Neo Geo arcade games like metal slug in Multiplayer with my friends. Great times.
PSP is my favorite non-Nintendo handheld game system! Because when I was in college, the games were mind blowing like FF Crisis Core, KH, and a decent port of Prince of Persia! And it was the first system that I put Nintendo emulators, because the system was easy to mod! Too bad the Vita was so hard to mod and ended up failing due to lack of exclusive games. PSP was also a great multimedia device that I watched full length movies on the go!
I recently got a PSP at a game market here for £40. Can't wait to get an SD card and memory stick adapter and unleash the true potential of this console
I've found that Ive collected almost every console that you make videos on. Just pulled out my pink Japanese PSP-3000 for the first time in about 6 months. Thanks for always keeping my collection of consoles fresh. I'm quite interested in that 2TB microsd card firmware. Mighty take a look at that. My 64GB card is filled to the brim and I would love to be able to hold 2TB in my PSP. I find the most fun thing is taking a 4K Blu-Ray and compressing it down to a PSP formatted mp4 file.
This console always holds a special place in my heart. I was 12 when it came out, it just felt like magic. It was also the first time I had ever heard of home brew/ modding. Such an awesome piece of hardware.
I just want to say I bought a psp 1003 right after seeing this video and it just arrived today. Put a new battery in it and played for a bit. I am amazed how well built old electronics were built and how great quality and standards manufacturers had. Given that smarphones these days are way overpowered compared to the psp and the fact that a 8 year old wouldn't probably work today and this does is amazing! I can't wait to homebrew it next week!
I love my lovely little blossom pink PSP 2000, not only do I have games stored on my 128gb micro SD card but I still have my UMD movies and with my pico projector is great for camping. So with a PSP, USB solar panel, USB battery, 3 PSP batteries, duel PSP battery charger, pico projector and a kindle you are really never bored. And it takes up very little space in my bag to the point that everything fits perfectly in my handbag along with all the items only women really know in the bag of Mystery 😅. It come in very handy when I was living on my boat as well as I had no power on board as the old system need to be replaced (my project boat/ home).
^ That was a beautiful sales pitch. The pink PSP is the Hannah Montanna one right? I'll give this for the PSP there was never a lack of great colours for the console.
@@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective No the blossom pink was really only ever sold in Japan, which makes a very nice shade of pink compared to the one with pink’s music UMD which was a 1000 model. Mine is the 2000 model I don’t know if Hannah Montana every had a Sony deal with the PSP. Sorry if you thought it was some kind of sale pitch, that isn’t what I meant. I just really love my PSP and though I share the way I used it as a idea of others in a world where the second something new comes out, bin the old. I do the same with my MacBook Air and Pro, where I found a USB C to MagSafe 1 & 2. Now with a smaller battery and solar panel I can power my MacBook’s out and around camping or with the MacBook Air for a walk down the canal to find a quiet place to work. And the 2012 MacBook Pro 15” makes a really great Plex server with some upgrades. 16gb ram, two 2.5” SSD Samsung 8TB which you put I a RAID given a very nice portable server with 16TB, 16GB, twin graphics, intel Core i7 2.3GHz and you can use a Apple Remote with it. And the main reason I do this with my tech is simply, I just like saving older technology while at the same time making sure that do have I cherish and making sure I have a more Mobile existence with as little as possible slowing my down. I want though a time of having very I owned stolen and then a different time where I lost everything due to a storm, so less is more and mobile. Sorry I do go on…🫠
At 3:56 please don't throw away official batteries. Depending on the system they are from the board inside them can be used to build Pandora batteries. Maybe its because of the connotation with piracy that it wasn't mentioned but more importantly they allow recovery of bricked PSP's so a very powerful tool.
actually, the battery and battery compartment were a source of problems for me for my original PSP. i think i had to make a foam shim to keep the battery in place, and I need to do some work on the UMD drive still.
too true i use a burnt out battery (as in doesnt hold a charge anymore) as a pandora, i just need to have a charge cord present and everything works fine for a hack
Great video... But... The price of PSP consoles will now go up. And yes, alot are already softmodded because the umd drive sucked the power out of the battery like crazy! It was insane how much it affected the time you could use it. I am really glad the men card now has a converter, those original Sony memory cards were super expensive. I bought an original 32gb card for $250+ as i recall. Just glad you did this video... My favourite hand held console.
Battery charging circuits can be salvaged, remove them from the old batteries. Solder the leads onto any cellphone battery you want. I removed my UMD drive and cut the plastic into the battery compartment, fit a battery in there that gets 16+ hours a change😁
Not sure if it was mentioned but the 2000 & 3000 models have double the RAM which can be unlocked in the CFW menu. Also there's different format of PSP games, I prefer CSO so I can squeeze more games on the micro SD card
The psp got me through high school. I had all my music on it, watched movies and TV shows on it, and even browsed the internet with it. Of course, it also introduced me to the legendary series of silent hill. That's just the stuff you could do without modding, which is crazy to think these days. I had a slew of NES/SNES/GBA games on there too. I remember playing Mario 3 during school assemblies I didn't care about, and that's how I eventually was able to beat the game after all those years. Good times, one hell of a portable.
Still my favorite handheld of all time, especially once homebrew was unlocked. It was already a swiss army knife before, but adding homebrew turned it into a real powerhouse.
Is it, though? I'd say the switch is more of one. The PSP and Vita were portable units, low power processors aimed at battery life and games targeted at them. The Steam Deck is just a re-packaged laptop and as such, it just plays normal games you'd play on a laptop.
@@MrSlowestD16psp and vita gave you a lot more control over your games, media and apps, a lot less of the nintendo big brother paranoia which disables basic features like themes or battery replacement, and bloats your switch with drm steam deck basically is the true successor to the sony handhelds even if it is just a repackaged pc as it's a lot more customizable and power focused
@@MrSlowestD16 The Switch isn't pushing the boundaries of what handheld hardware can currently achieve, nor is it capable of playing Sony exclusives like the Deck is.
@@chemergency What boundaries is the steam deck pushing? It's a generic APU-based laptop re-packaged without a hinge with a built-in controller. Neither one of them are pushing boundaries. But secondly, you have double standards here. The steam deck is comparable to a regular Ryzen laptop, which would mean in its era the PSP would have been comparable to Pentium D or a Pentium 4 of the time - and it simply wasn't - it wasn't even close to that. It was considerably less powerful than a laptop in the name of power savings, portability, and size. Handhelds have traditionally been very low power devices making the most out of a tiny amount of resources, and that's what the PSP was - it only had like a 300Mhz processor - very low resources. And the TX1 in the Switch was very comparable in terms of power/watt and max consumption. A Steam Deck doesn't target the same thing, it's not a highly constrained system, it uses mainstream laptop components. There's a reason the Steam Deck can get down to 1h of battery life. You could never do that with a PSP.
On a side note of the SD card adapters: It can hold a lot of storage but at a certain point the PSP isn't really designed to efficiently handle that much. My old PSP had one that allowed two micro SDs at once. I used 2 128GB cards for a total of 256GB. When filled up it would take over a minute to load when the PSP was booting up and extra loading when I went into a folder. Also there would be a pause when it had to save to the card. It'd be best to stick with smaller storage like 32 or 64GB. Keep your entire library on your PC and then just switch out the games when you want to play them.
@@ahmedp8009 the ram actually doesn't help much with Daedalus. We only use it for storing the ROM on the slim models. One of the previous Daedalus devs here.
@@zz2442 Which would reduce random stuttering, wouldn't it? Unless stuttering is not a performance metrics, doesn't that mean what I said still stands? Beside the more RAM (which will help in other tasks and "future proof" the PSP), you also get upgraded display and other stuff, I'm not sure why go with inferior model? With that said, PSP was nice at the time, however nowadays there are plenty of alternatives that are multiple leagues beyond it, I can see someone getting it for nostalgia reasons, but that's about.
@@ahmedp8009No, the rom files are so small that they can be read on the fly no problem. The form factor is great and its quality is better than the tons of garbage pushed out what seems daily. Though I do agree there are better options.
Love to see the PSP scene chugging along after all these years. I got a PSP for Christmas when it was fairly new, hoping for an Xbox 360 and my disappointment at the time unfortunately showed... I had no idea what I was in for once I would discover the homebrew scene. That console was blown wide open in no time and became my all-in-one entertainment and productivity device, loaded with music, movies, homebrew games so polished that a few actually got picked up for official release, nearly flawless 8- and 16-bit emulators, UI customization that kicked off my love of graphic design, even DAWs I used to make music after my computer went kaput. By the time my PSP got wet and bricked, smartphones were commonplace and I was able to migrate most of my habits there, but looking back, the phone I'm typing on now is the first device I've had to rival the raw power and versatility the PSP put in my hands nearly 20 years ago.
@@isaquenewton9525 I know how superior home systems were in contrast to handhelds. What I meant is that, visually, the graphics a Vita produces are better than those of a PS2 but clearly not as good as the ones of a PS 3, thus considering it somewhere in between in that regard
Just bought a PSP (aliexpress, modded and under $70 shipped) after selling mine over a decade ago. I still appreciate the speed of the UI and it still manages to look (somewhat) modern. Great video as always. I'm going to need to reshell mine, that blue looks great.
I'm almost tempted to get a PSP, Almost. But these days it's so easy to Emulate the PSP on your phone where it will look a million times better and has better framerates and its even more convenient. What nearly convinces me to get it probably comes from Nostalgia, modding the hell out of the PSP was so much fun and there is/was a large community discovering all the things it could do, you really could customise it to no limits.
I recently modded my psp about a month ago and I’ve been absolutely loving having all my favorite psp and ps1 games on the go. I plan to hopefully mod my vita soon!
Spare a thought for Andrew Gosden, who would've recently turned 30. Can't think of the PSP without imagining whatever happened to him. Will he ever be found? 😔
Teenager who went missing and there hasn't been any sight of him since. He caught a train with his psp and hasn't been seen since. I truly hope his family has closure someday.
I'm always surprised by how small the PSP feels in my hands whenever I grab it after a long time compared to the Ps Vita which I'm used to playing. It's a great machine in it's own way, smaller and easier to carry.
Now pick it up after using the switch or steam deck 😂 my vita feels tiny in comparison. No longer have my PSP, but thinking about picking one up for nostalgia, even tho my vita can do everything the PSP can do.
I picked up a psp1000 2 years ago and it’s quickly become my favourite handheld. The high quality look and feel with the capabilities and games is so impressive. The stock battery still Holds a decent charge but will replace it and think about doing the screen. I got it running games copied onto the memory card already
Oh man... I LOVE the PSP! Such a great little system with some absolute classic games. I loved the umd discs at the time, I thought they were so much cooler and more "mature" than the competing ds carts lol
The PSP was the first system that I had ever performed a mod on. It wasn't too hard to get the custom firmware and emulators up and running, but I was so afraid of bricking my system. It is a little expensive these days, but I would love to find a PSPGo to add to my collection.
The early image exploit was the scariest for me, exploiting some .tiff image file to kickstart the hack. But some updates in the middle and near the end of PSP life were simply put the file on your memory card, let it update. I don't know whether to tell people it was the easiest thing to do or the scariest, I guess it depends on what year. I only know I hated the temporary exploits you had redo every reboot with a fiery passion and was thankful once stable releases became standard.
Wow this takes me back... I got a 3000 series in summer of 2009. First game I ever played on it was midnight club 3 and I was instantly amazed at the capability of the hardware. I remember playing Test Drive Unlimited a few years later and being amazed yet again that such a game existed for a handheld decide.
3:56 Do not throw the old battery out, they can be fixed by changing the cell. Also replacement batteries usually suck and last less than 2 hours and might have other issues. Best solution is to solder a new battery to the original battery board if you got the time and skills. If you don't care about the umd then a big battery can be throw in there and give you 10-12h of battery life. I usually used old not bloated samsung batteries that I had laying around.
um, you shouldnt be soldering batteries. heat generated from the soldering iron can destabilize and damage the battery, causing it to bulge, hiss, leak, catch fire, and even explode.
I have never been into handhelds (I did play the Gameboy and Game Gear that friends had, but never owned one myself), but Sony really did a lot right with the PSP and the Vita back in the day.
Yeah except when they came out they were more expensive than Nintendo's offerings, and the memory formats they used where also more expensive, and in the case of the Vita even hard to find them on store shelves for a long time. Then about a year after the PS Vita came out Nintendo launched the 2DS at 130 bucks, so if a parent had 2 kids to buy for, they could get 2 Nintendo 2DS units for for 10 bucks more that also included a 4GB SD card, and later on even an included game, where the PS Vita did not. So while Sony had great handhelds, they really botched it in the price, support and marketing department on the Vita.
after doing some research i took the plunge and i found that it was so easy to get hardware and software mods etc. i had the psp from day release back in the day and yeah the thing blew my mind with so much power in your hands, i now carry it around with me, with 128gb card it holds a fair bit of stuff to entertain myself with.
The best replacement batteries currently being sold are the Ostent 2200 for PSP-1000 and Ostent 1400 for PSP-2000/3000. Most of the 2400 and 3600 ones are junk but you might get lucky.
If part of the fun is doing things as cheaply as possible then a PSP is a good route, but otherwise it's really much better to do all your PSP stuff on a hacked PSVita. I do like the PSP's interlaced output for CRTs though and it's cool that you showed it (I wonder if you were passing it through your new RT4X prototype lol).
I’ve had my PSP-1001 since shortly after launch and it’s still one of my favorite consoles! Always good to see coverage of the awesome mod and homebrew scene around it.
I would be very interested in seeing you test that 2TB limit. I remember back in the day getting an adapter that let you use two Micro SD cards, it'd format them to work as a single Memory Stick Duo. But I also remember it being fragile and when I took it out the thing was falling apart. Still worked if I put it back in, but I wouldn't trust it after that. Wonder if those have gotten any better since then?
PSP is my all time favourite handhelds ever. The exclusives that it have and the amount of fun it brought to me since childhood. I just wish Sony continue the handheld system.
I just bought and modded a Vita, and I've gotta say the price difference between the two devices pushes me to recommend a Vita instead of a PSP for almost everybody. $50 extra gets you a far more attractive and functional handheld that can play all the same games/homebrew and so much more!
Haven't played mine in a few years, but the PSP really was a cool system with a pretty solid little library of games. Some of them definitely suffered from not having a 2nd analogue stick, and (for me personally) my hands tended to cramp when I played for longer than an hour, compared to the DS where I could easily play for longer. But there's lots of stuff well worth playing on there today that either isn't elsewhere available, or not easily accessible
This was the height of homebrew and modding communities, for me. Every week has something new and amazing coming out and it was a magical time for technology. Tech was just advanced enough to not get into the dystopian nightmare of always online, obligatory product as a service, and personal information leeching.
One of the console I had played the most! It was my first hacked console, played a ton of games, it also played PS1 games in the go was fantastic at the time and without any issues as it was perfectly emulated by Sony himself. So much memories! Thanks for the video I’ll definitely grab one of those memory card adapter
The PSP was the first system i ever modded as a teenager back in 2005. It was such an amazing device, especially when modded. A lot of my first impressions playing certain retro games was done on the PSP. Seeing how useful it can become when modded was like a magic trick. I had a reputation at my school for being the guy who could hack your PSP and made a friends that way. 😄
The homebrew scene was damn incredible. I was about 9 years old when an older cousin hacked my PSP for me. It was like unlocking heaven. I didn't play Pokemon on the GBA, my fancy ass had all those memories with the GBA emulator. Probably did another 500 hours on Harvest Moon too. I even managed to get Mario 64 working. It was more than just all that though I was using Paint, hiding files, working the radio, making my own themes, even tried to get it working as a remote for the television. I'm convinced most of my PC skills were borne out of trying to do zany shit on the PSP as a little kid. This video unlocked a torrent of memories for me. I think I'll buy one just to do it all again.
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I love how 1, the battery is easily replaceable (unlike modern tech) and 2- replacement batterys are still being sold to this day
replacable batteries will be making a comeback with new EU laws.
You can thank Apple for encouraging this battery bullshit to become standard
I recognized the extended back panel immediately. Kind of crazy how simple it is, looking at newer tech.
@@EmilyKimMartin But then our phones have to be a tiny bit more fatter, and we won't have water resistance(not water proof)! How ever will we survive with such ahem, benefits?!
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None of that is true in the least. Engineers can add $80 to $30 USD worth of physical HW level changes to new phones to keep them water proof while still allowing replaceable batteries all while keeping HW pretty small (adding as little as absolutely no additional thickness to modern phones).
People that believed we needed internal batteries that are next to impossible to upgrade or replace without special tools have forgotten or never knew this was a possibility for literally decades in the form of tougher HW from Laptops to wristwatches waterproofing while still allowing tiny form-factors was always achievable. It IS *EASIER* and *CHEAPER* to make HW with non-replaceable batteries smaller, but it was never impossible to make the HW we see today as thin as it is now and keep it watertight.
The homebrew scene saved me money back in the day. My teacher allowed me to use the PSP with the graphing calculator emulator. Those things was $100+. I remember there being an IR blaster homebrew too, making it the flipper zero of our generation. Amazing lil device!
Can you explain more about this
I always wanted to get that plugin to work but couldn't figure it out.
@@faizkhansinglelite1005 PSP has an IrDA (Infrared Data Association ) port. That was *the* way that smart devices communicated with each other. Any bidirectional communication port can potentially be used for hacking (hence the reference to the Flipper Zero, a hacking device that is used today). I don't know any graph calc. emulator for the PSP though.
@@dragoon1090 only the psp 1000 had IR
@@faizkhansinglelite1005a graphing calculator is used for complex algebra and they are expensive so the psp bcus of its power could emulate one
the PSP/PS3 is the most modern and clean UI Sony has ever made, and you can't change my mind
i agree
I agree, always loved XMB (Cross Media Bar) UI on BRAVIA TVs, PS3 and PSP. It was the inspiration for default RetroArch GUI for years, until they changed it.
@@offspringfan89 I'm just glad they give you the option to change it back
It feels so fast and smooth even today. I`m always pleased when turning on my PSP how snappy it is.
Can’t argue on that flawless logic there. Sony went great all the way to the PS3, alongside with the PSP.
I recently dug up my old PSP and actually subscribed to your channel because you had the best comprehensive review of the history of the PSP and why it was such a groundbreaking development in gaming. I still think the PSP was way ahead of it's time and this video proves it! Hope to keep seeing your content for a while!
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16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
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15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
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It’s wild how the psp feels like a more modern device but it’s about to be 20 years old. It was my first mp3 player, first wifi enabled device to allow me to do web browsing, first experience with custom firmware and emulation, and it allowed me to watch youtube after installing a homebrew program. Absolutely loved the thing.
People forget this. It was a portable web browser AND you had multiplayer over wireless.
First experience with mobile handheld p*rn
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The "PSP Scene" was amazing and also "HOW I MET MVG!"
I was a head administrator of a fairly popular PSP modding website for a good many years. After Doom was ported to the PSP as a standalone, I was curious about it and excited. I cannot recall the specifics of the conversation or what questions I had in particular, but I remember being impressed and very thankful with the outcome. That was the day I met "Lantus", I believe you were going by.
I'm still very much into the elements of homebrew and modifications all this time later and I must say, I am extremely thankful to the PSP scene for broadening my already large interest in these topics. You can say "Xbox scene", or "Wii scene", or insert any other system name, but the "PSP scene" means something very profound for the people involved shaping and enjoying that landscape. Long live the PSP, and thank you all this time later, Lantus/ MVG, for providing great content on YT and beyond. I truly appreciate you.
I'm still using my PSP in 2023. I play one or two backlogged games a year. But I did hack it and I use it a whole lot more. I love that fact that you can play it as a handheld but also get the cables to play it on your TV... like a prehistoric Switch.
Sega Nomad says "hi".
@@LordMetalSonic1987 Your Sega Nomad probably relies on those cables now because of LCD screen degradation.
@@LordMetalSonic1987 We're talking about good handhelds here. JK
The PSP has a great library on its own, even if the emulators stop at snes/mega drive that’s still a huge addition to an already stellar collection. The PSP for the price might just be the best low end emulation and gaming machine for the price.
The PS1 emulation on PSP is really good and have a high level of compatibility.
Oh no. You can go beyond. I successfully ran Project 64.
Lets not forget the entire GBA Catalogue
They stop at n64
I use my PSP constantly to play quick retro games. N64 and above, I use my Note 10 plus with my Kishi controller. Sometime I'll use my Xbox controller with Samsung Dex.
PSP for me was the peak of Homebrew / Hacking scene, as I followed it very closely. It was so exciting to see how far it could be pushed with homebrew and emulators, just tons of applications made for it as well. Also really interesting to follow how new Firmware would get hacked. It was the first full media device that could play games, music and movies that I owned as well, as it was far before the smartphone craze.
Idk chief. Half of the releases were just barely working quake mods. That's not really "peak". The NDS scene was far better in comparison
@@targz__ Far from it. I literally used my PSP as an advanced calculator in high school, since it has a TI-92 emulator. Not to mention how superior the emulation support were on PSP.
I loved the hardware-mod where you could replace the UMD-drive with MircoSD readers, two even if memory serves :)
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I remember the totally jank memory card slot inside the UMD readers place. UMD is part of PSP's charm.
YES! i remember this time fondly, i got my first psp sometime in 05 or 06 and followed every single bit of news. i have the 1000,2000,3000,Go and each one was great in one way or another (well, the 1k definitely is outclassed by all the others, but the build quality is still impressive!). all the hacking and homebrew led me into getting into the early android cfw scene on xda. that was an exciting time in tech!
I used the PSP even after I had a Switch and Vita lol. I took it on vacation in 2018 loaded with a bunch of ps1/psp games and play the ps1's incredible civ2 release everytime we would fly between islands or lay on the beach.
Man I could talk about the PSP all damn day. What an incredible device for its time... I remember one day I bricked my PSP and kept it in a drawer until the pandora battery and magic memory stick came into existence. They brought my PSP out of limbo. I was filled with joy that day haha. Sadly I no longer have that PSP. Nowadays I'm rockin' the Vita. It's a lot better for emulation and runs all PSP games.
same here brah .. my oled modded vita beast 💪
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is having both the psp and vita are good choice ?
It's not a bad choice.
@@MetalJody1990 i like the way you think
Love the PSP. However the Vita is an amazing step up from it, and having exactly 2x the resolution results in some AMAZING scaling. It's the best way to play PSP titles.
I found my original OLED model in a drawer, it's an amazing little handheld once you jailbreak it. I did pick up a PSP last time I was in Tokyo; but that was more for completeness sake.
The best thing about the vita is PS1 games are full dual analog whilst on the PSP they are not even single analog. I find it funny though the PS1 emulator is run inside the PSP emulator.
This.
You can also get a game card to SD adapter for real cheap. You do lose your game card but you could just as easily load up your game cards to the adapter.
Agreed I absolutely loved my PspGo but it quickly got over shadowed once the vita was hacked especially with everything The flow and rinne have done with the console having GTA 1 through San Andreas on a handheld console is mind blowing to me or better yet having every final fantasy from 1-10.
It truly was a PS2 that fit inside your pocket. It was a beast of a system for it's time.
It can play PS2 games?
@TheRealRidley12 no, but it had graphics similar to the ps2, and a lot of PS2 games were released for it.
@@TheRealRidley12only ps5 games
its a shame most publishers couldnt make decent games for it alot of the big titles went into this weird phase where just because its portable it means they gotta make the game quirky and weird and gimmacky instead of just making a port of the game or a spin off
instead we got weird games like final fantasy dysidia metal gear acid and portable ops
@@bagzhansadvakassov1093 The PSP can play PS5 games? That's incredible! 😆
I have so much history with the PSP. I had this instead of a iPod for instance. I loved everything about it.
This probably goes beyond the scope of this episode, but it's worth mentioning that there are plugins you can get for your custom firmware that add little niceties to the system. Things like build-in cheats ala _Action Replay,_ folders on the menu to sort your software, the ability to take screenshots, and many other things. It's awesome!
PSP/PSvita have gotten more popular in the last few years, this is insane, they're even more popular than older Nintendo handhelds.
I found an interesting minor quirk with the PSP's USB charging functionality just now when I dug mine out.
If you plug in a USB power source that is power only and have USB charging enabled, it will snap to USB mode and obviously detect no computer. Leave it long enough and you'll notice the PSP starts charging...if you then navigate to the PSP's battery information tab in system settings, it will incorrectly state the battery is in use, but with an hours-left estimate of 0 and the battery will actually keep charging.
I bought a PSP one year ago and it became my favorite system. Yes, I like it more than the Vita because it's smaller size and bigger Dpad and face buttons.
It's a perfect system for 8-16bit games, great for PS1 games and (ofcouse) PSP games. I played soooo many GBA games on it like Pokemon Fire Red, Advance Wars 1-2, Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga etc.
Currently I'm playing Yugioh Tag Force 2 on it. I love the old Yugioh gameplay style before it became too complicated.
*favorite
@@Fralorgrafon The GX gameplay is more dinamic than the OG series.
What are You talking about? Maybe You hate the vita because everything that You mentioned is better on the PS VITA, PS1 AND 16 BIT GAMES AND ALSO PSP GAMES
@@Rigoberto.Calero I like the PSP more because it's cheaper, lighter in weight and smaler, it has bigger Dpad and Facebuttons and it's easier to put CFW on it.
It's just my preferred handheld.
@@tomlion0116 Yeah some of these kids cant relate to us, most modern handhelds are more of a ripoff and yeah you can download tons of games to it but you'll get bored pretty quickly, unlike the psp games before, they were made as simple but you'll treasure it for the rest of your life. I play my psp more often because of how simple but yet more fun it is than my modern handhelds, the ergonomics and the build quality is just incomparable to this date. The only downside is it takes a lot of time to charge it up.
The PSP is cool. I have an entire collection of 8-10 devices thanks to watching your channel.
This console was so insanely ahead of its time. Some of the games i've played on it still hold up today, and i play them frequently on my Vita
I used to mod PSPs and sell them. It's was what got me into IT actually. Loved the ones I had!
Crazy to think how much time has passed since the PSP came out. I remember being fascinated with it over the DS and the fact that that homebrew existed for it back then was one of the first systems I remember modding other than the OG Xbox without having to use a modchip
One of the upgrades I performed was to remove the umd drive and install a battery into the available space. Uses the original charger, took battery life to over 10 hours.
The only real con besides losing the umd drive (which. I wasn’t going to use anyways) was the battery meter on the console doesn’t adjust to the new battery. Per my testing it will run down to one bar quickly then stay on that last bar for 6+ hours.
If you’re capable of tearing one apart, soldering a battery and knowing how charging and usage voltage work, I’d highly recommend it!
I saw a guy do that on RUclips and it died after a week
PSP was the first system I modded and got me interested in modding handhelds in general. For many years the PSP was my go to device, even before i had a smart phone i used it for my mp3 player and for watching movies on the plane or train. Still remember vividly the disappointment of the cancelled oblivion port.
I got a PSP Go for free a few days ago which was basically in pristine condition apart from 1 scratch on the screen.
Got a charger for it today, put CFW and a few games on it and it's been amazing. I love the PSP so much
Around 5 years ago I remember seeing a bunch for psp 2000 and 3000 on ebay for 15 - 30 pounds. I picked up 3 in super good condition.. all mint and came out to be around 50 - 60 quid.. I had a feeling they will start gonig up in price.. People starting to have nostalgia for them.
2 things I feel were left out:
1. Another really useful mod is the USB charge mod. It's super easy to do and a great QoL improvement
2. There are still titles with an active fan base like Socom and Ratchet and Clank that are playable online via revival servers
Damn, that replacement screen made a huge difference. One reason I never bothered to use my PSP 1000 was the screen.
It's quite incredible this thing still offers such a good experience for retro games despite being almost 20 years old (oh god)
That seriously shocked me too. I don't trust myself enough to do the screen replacement though! I hope I can find someone who will sell one affordably. This looks awesome.
I can't afford a steam deck right now, but I honestly think I'd use my PSP more than a steamdeck if it looked this good!
psp with the ips is amazing, my original screen had horrific black blurring on edges, the new screen absolutely worth it.
Really cool that you made a video about the psp. I wanted to add some other cool things:
- there is a plugin that allows you to separate your games into folders (games, emulators, etc)
- there is another plugin that turns the music note key into a screenshot button (saves to the gallery in png format)
- there have been a LOT of new fan translations in these years
Never knew, do you have any links to these mods?
@@TalonNismoThe screenshot plugin is called prxshot and you can find it easily to this day 😃 It’s sooo useful!
hook a brother up man!
do you know where to find the PSP digimon fan translation?
the psps biggest downfall was a lack of a second thumbstick.
I imported my original PSP when they first launched in Japan, about a year or so before they were available here in the UK, from Sony's arch nemesis Lik Sang. Was an absolute game changer journeying to and from work on the bus! Strangely enough, the battery that came with it is still working whereas the battery that came with my 3000 model swelled up many, years ago.
yeah my US launch psp1k battery is still operational (though terrible capacity) whereas the 2k & 3k ones are long dead. i'm happy there is still a vibrant market for them so it's easy to get a replacement.
Me too, I used Lik Sang import to the UK early 2005
My launch battery is still going surprisingly strong almost 20 years later.
Lithium batteries can last forever if they’re charged and used at a regular interval without too much heat. When they sit unused they start to swell and decay.
Someone should make a video on the saga of how the Sony bullies forced Lik Sang to close shop. It's the main reason why I hacked all my Sony systems up to PS4 and pirate all games with no remorse.
I love this, and I’ve been enjoying the fact you can convert any PSOne game and use the PSP as an official PSOne emulator and it works wonderfully.
It made me return to the itch of playing RC de Go! and Gran Turismo ❤
Loved the PSP but I moved to Vita for the dual sticks and it does just as well with PSP games. Thanks for the info and the video MVG
then on vita there is that amazing plugin actually patching in dual analog controls for most of the games! :O makes me wonder if the dual analog controls were in these games to begin with, hidden anticipating revised psp with 2 sticks but dunno, just random guess
@@give_me_my_nick_backOh thats cool !
@@give_me_my_nick_back They weren't there in those games. For games that also had an identical PS2 port, possibly. But others, not really. So modders pretty much made those controls themselves at least to my knowledge.
@@ak-t7d6f its typically all cheat codes to manipulate camera or set button combinations to the stick
But you still keep your PSP?
I just recently got my psp a memory card adapter for 128gb. and was struggling to find current info to update it from its old 5.33 m33 firmware. I have a 100 with the motherboard numbers in the top corner, so I am afraid to touch it as it was decently hard to hack in the first place. This video was like a prayer being answered :P I remember standing at the store to buy mine new, and it came with ATV off road fury. I used it everyday at school as both a media player and games console. my friends remember me having it carabiner clipped to my waist for years.
Thank you very much for the resources, and I will absolutely be replacing the batteries in it. Will update it as well If I have the guts. That IPS screen looks insane.
Playing Peace Walker on the PSP back in the day was an incredible experience, easily one of my favorite gaming memories growing up
I love the PSP so much. It was the first system I ever modded back in 2020 I played so many retro games for the first time, downloaded a lot of ports. The PSP has such a special place in my heart.
2020 wasn't that long ago. if you owned one of these in 2006-2010 and were a teen back then, it is quite nostalgic indeed
@@LiquidSnakeSSJ4 I had a PSP for years before I hacked it. I used to play some UMDs on it
My UMD broke on my PSP 1000 around the time PSP 2000 was in stores.
Shortly after that! The wifi-toggle broke too.
Both of these were strange because I tend to keep my games and hardware in mint condition. I don't even throw away the plastic wrappings for controllers and cables for my consoles.
Anyway; this left me with an unusable device and this is what brought me into the world of modding. I still got years of enjoyment out of the device after I modded it and even thought I was bummed out about the broken device... I'm glad that it left me with an open mind to modding and homebrew.
Especially since I am a fan of jrpg's. Translations and undubs have been a blessing in the years since...
Neither of those ever broke for me but my first PSP had stick drift, slightly to the left, after heavy use. It was still playable, but after some annoyance I just ended up spending more time in the emulators.
throw the damn plastic wrappings away 😂
@@gutwallst6645 naw, I won't.
I love japanese game stores; they also have hardware with the plastic wrappings still in the boxes even with 40 year old hardware. Just as God intended
In philippines, during 2007-2009 psp is so big for us i remember that freedom unite, gow, tekken 5, dbz shin budokai another road, patapon were the most games ive seen that era
THANK YOU MVG! Huge PSP/Vita fan, even with a PSP go, a PS Vita I couldn't quite get the "full fat console experience" & ended up doing exactly what you did with a PSP 2000 a few months ago. Having a bigger screen over the go, ability to charge while using it hooked up to my TV, 64GB dedicated to it without the minor hassle of Adrenaline keeping them off the home screen. It is downright amazing to play, PS1 with all components to get running on a big screen in my pocket, PS2 adjacent AAA games, homebrew that looks incredible on any screen & DVD quality movies output to a hotel TV.
Sony could have called it the PS ONE as Microsoft did but actually mean it especially for the era. I love all my 3DS models a ton, features & functionality however leaves the PSP a generation ahead of even some modern systems. In terms of all encompassing entertainment, ease of use, ability to get everything out of the unit & so much more. The PSP cannot be beat & its versatility still rare amongst handhelds.
I take it you are unaware that Sony had already made a "PSone" console before the PSP came out, it released near the end of 2000 so that ship had long since sailed.
That’s why I said “PS One” & mentioned the Xbox One referencing what that console was market for in comparison to the PSP.
So to answer that, yes but sorry the comment was to broad for you.
PSP still holds up today, it can play PSP, PS1, GBA, GBC, GB, NES, SNES, GEN, MS, GG, MAME, Atari, etc...
Wow very nostalgic for me. My most beloved system of my childhood for sure. That IPS screen upgrade makes it look so much better, almost HD!
got a PSP 1000 model back in 2007 - never replaced the battery nor any of the other parts. still works absolutely fine. a complete marvel of hardware technology. planned obsolescence is a modern disgrace when it's so clear that tech can be built to last.
both the PSP and the Vita are absolutely beautiful pieces of hardware, and loading them with CFW is easy and unlocks a world of features. highly recommended to anyone who can get them cheaply.
also, just a quick fun fact about the Vita: the battery life defies all expectations. i bought mine secondhand (model 1000 OLED), and the battery life when in use is still pretty good, lasting around 3-6 hours (depending on brightness, etc). however, the standby time is absolutely absurd. i can be playing a game, put the Vita on standby for over SEVEN WEEKS, and come back to the same game. it can survive well over 50 days on standby and will boot you straight back to where you were. i don't even think my old Nokia could do that. unreal.
Another thing to mention is there you can play many classic games in ad hoc co-op with two PSPs. For example super Nintendo games like zombies ate my neighbors works very well. I remember that I used to play Neo Geo arcade games like metal slug in Multiplayer with my friends. Great times.
PSP is my favorite non-Nintendo handheld game system! Because when I was in college, the games were mind blowing like FF Crisis Core, KH, and a decent port of Prince of Persia! And it was the first system that I put Nintendo emulators, because the system was easy to mod! Too bad the Vita was so hard to mod and ended up failing due to lack of exclusive games. PSP was also a great multimedia device that I watched full length movies on the go!
I recently got a PSP at a game market here for £40. Can't wait to get an SD card and memory stick adapter and unleash the true potential of this console
I've found that Ive collected almost every console that you make videos on. Just pulled out my pink Japanese PSP-3000 for the first time in about 6 months. Thanks for always keeping my collection of consoles fresh. I'm quite interested in that 2TB microsd card firmware. Mighty take a look at that. My 64GB card is filled to the brim and I would love to be able to hold 2TB in my PSP. I find the most fun thing is taking a 4K Blu-Ray and compressing it down to a PSP formatted mp4 file.
This console always holds a special place in my heart. I was 12 when it came out, it just felt like magic. It was also the first time I had ever heard of home brew/ modding. Such an awesome piece of hardware.
I have the OG Japan 1000 model with it’s original battery still working and factory screen protector still installed. I love this thing
My old PSP got modded back in the day, with the battery and memory card mod. Still runs like a dream 10 + years on.
I just want to say I bought a psp 1003 right after seeing this video and it just arrived today. Put a new battery in it and played for a bit. I am amazed how well built old electronics were built and how great quality and standards manufacturers had. Given that smarphones these days are way overpowered compared to the psp and the fact that a 8 year old wouldn't probably work today and this does is amazing! I can't wait to homebrew it next week!
The PSP is an amazing handheld, you've been pimpin' up something great for this video. Amazing work!
I love my lovely little blossom pink PSP 2000, not only do I have games stored on my 128gb micro SD card but I still have my UMD movies and with my pico projector is great for camping. So with a PSP, USB solar panel, USB battery, 3 PSP batteries, duel PSP battery charger, pico projector and a kindle you are really never bored. And it takes up very little space in my bag to the point that everything fits perfectly in my handbag along with all the items only women really know in the bag of Mystery 😅.
It come in very handy when I was living on my boat as well as I had no power on board as the old system need to be replaced (my project boat/ home).
^ That was a beautiful sales pitch. The pink PSP is the Hannah Montanna one right? I'll give this for the PSP there was never a lack of great colours for the console.
@@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective No the blossom pink was really only ever sold in Japan, which makes a very nice shade of pink compared to the one with pink’s music UMD which was a 1000 model. Mine is the 2000 model I don’t know if Hannah Montana every had a Sony deal with the PSP. Sorry if you thought it was some kind of sale pitch, that isn’t what I meant. I just really love my PSP and though I share the way I used it as a idea of others in a world where the second something new comes out, bin the old.
I do the same with my MacBook Air and Pro, where I found a USB C to MagSafe 1 & 2. Now with a smaller battery and solar panel I can power my MacBook’s out and around camping or with the MacBook Air for a walk down the canal to find a quiet place to work. And the 2012 MacBook Pro 15” makes a really great Plex server with some upgrades. 16gb ram, two 2.5” SSD Samsung 8TB which you put I a RAID given a very nice portable server with 16TB, 16GB, twin graphics, intel Core i7 2.3GHz and you can use a Apple Remote with it.
And the main reason I do this with my tech is simply, I just like saving older technology while at the same time making sure that do have I cherish and making sure I have a more Mobile existence with as little as possible slowing my down. I want though a time of having very I owned stolen and then a different time where I lost everything due to a storm, so less is more and mobile. Sorry I do go on…🫠
At 3:56 please don't throw away official batteries. Depending on the system they are from the board inside them can be used to build Pandora batteries. Maybe its because of the connotation with piracy that it wasn't mentioned but more importantly they allow recovery of bricked PSP's so a very powerful tool.
actually, the battery and battery compartment were a source of problems for me for my original PSP. i think i had to make a foam shim to keep the battery in place, and I need to do some work on the UMD drive still.
ah yes, Pandora, thats how I modded mine, I remember it being called Jig Kick battery
too true i use a burnt out battery (as in doesnt hold a charge anymore) as a pandora, i just need to have a charge cord present and everything works fine for a hack
There was also a mod that allowed USB charging by soldering 1 wire. I absolutely loved this mod as it made charging super convenient
can’t you enable usb charging in the settings ? maybe it’s just for later models but i could swear i used to charge my psp with the mini usb port
@@ext274 no it did not support it. The mod made it pug and play, no settings involved. The PSP would think that you plugged in the DC barrel.
Great video...
But...
The price of PSP consoles will now go up.
And yes, alot are already softmodded because the umd drive sucked the power out of the battery like crazy! It was insane how much it affected the time you could use it.
I am really glad the men card now has a converter, those original Sony memory cards were super expensive. I bought an original 32gb card for $250+ as i recall.
Just glad you did this video... My favourite hand held console.
It's crazy how cheap it is now for an SD card Memory duo adapter.
Battery charging circuits can be salvaged, remove them from the old batteries. Solder the leads onto any cellphone battery you want.
I removed my UMD drive and cut the plastic into the battery compartment, fit a battery in there that gets 16+ hours a change😁
The Tiny form factor of the PSPGo Is amazing for pocket travel.
Not sure if it was mentioned but the 2000 & 3000 models have double the RAM which can be unlocked in the CFW menu. Also there's different format of PSP games, I prefer CSO so I can squeeze more games on the micro SD card
There are anecdote reports that CSO files can cause slow frame rates in games.
@@KoopaMedia64I didn't know that, yeah I would prefer speed if that's the case
Was about to go to sleep after an all-nighter, but a new MVG video takes precedence 😂
I loved my PSP! I picked up a Vita to do the exact same stuff with emulators and the PS library. It can still rock and roll with the Switch
The psp got me through high school. I had all my music on it, watched movies and TV shows on it, and even browsed the internet with it. Of course, it also introduced me to the legendary series of silent hill. That's just the stuff you could do without modding, which is crazy to think these days. I had a slew of NES/SNES/GBA games on there too. I remember playing Mario 3 during school assemblies I didn't care about, and that's how I eventually was able to beat the game after all those years. Good times, one hell of a portable.
You ever turn the school TVs on and off with the PSP' iR blaster like I did? 😅
@@GoTeamScotch NO! that's hilarious though lol xD
Still my favorite handheld of all time, especially once homebrew was unlocked. It was already a swiss army knife before, but adding homebrew turned it into a real powerhouse.
The Steam Deck is the true heir to the PSP and Vita imo. Loved the PSP back then though and still do now, PS1 Eboots were the best.
Is it, though? I'd say the switch is more of one. The PSP and Vita were portable units, low power processors aimed at battery life and games targeted at them. The Steam Deck is just a re-packaged laptop and as such, it just plays normal games you'd play on a laptop.
@@MrSlowestD16psp and vita gave you a lot more control over your games, media and apps, a lot less of the nintendo big brother paranoia which disables basic features like themes or battery replacement, and bloats your switch with drm
steam deck basically is the true successor to the sony handhelds even if it is just a repackaged pc as it's a lot more customizable and power focused
@@MrSlowestD16 The Switch isn't pushing the boundaries of what handheld hardware can currently achieve, nor is it capable of playing Sony exclusives like the Deck is.
@@chemergencyyes but you can't really put the steam deck in your pocket :)
@@chemergency What boundaries is the steam deck pushing? It's a generic APU-based laptop re-packaged without a hinge with a built-in controller. Neither one of them are pushing boundaries.
But secondly, you have double standards here. The steam deck is comparable to a regular Ryzen laptop, which would mean in its era the PSP would have been comparable to Pentium D or a Pentium 4 of the time - and it simply wasn't - it wasn't even close to that. It was considerably less powerful than a laptop in the name of power savings, portability, and size. Handhelds have traditionally been very low power devices making the most out of a tiny amount of resources, and that's what the PSP was - it only had like a 300Mhz processor - very low resources. And the TX1 in the Switch was very comparable in terms of power/watt and max consumption. A Steam Deck doesn't target the same thing, it's not a highly constrained system, it uses mainstream laptop components. There's a reason the Steam Deck can get down to 1h of battery life. You could never do that with a PSP.
On a side note of the SD card adapters: It can hold a lot of storage but at a certain point the PSP isn't really designed to efficiently handle that much.
My old PSP had one that allowed two micro SDs at once. I used 2 128GB cards for a total of 256GB. When filled up it would take over a minute to load when the PSP was booting up and extra loading when I went into a folder. Also there would be a pause when it had to save to the card.
It'd be best to stick with smaller storage like 32 or 64GB. Keep your entire library on your PC and then just switch out the games when you want to play them.
You can overclock the CPU via CFW. It helps a bit for N64 emulation
It does it default too.
Another thing to consider, is the RAM situation better get a PSP 2000 or later because they come with more RAM (32MB vs 64MB).
@@ahmedp8009 the ram actually doesn't help much with Daedalus. We only use it for storing the ROM on the slim models. One of the previous Daedalus devs here.
@@zz2442 Which would reduce random stuttering, wouldn't it? Unless stuttering is not a performance metrics, doesn't that mean what I said still stands?
Beside the more RAM (which will help in other tasks and "future proof" the PSP), you also get upgraded display and other stuff, I'm not sure why go with inferior model?
With that said, PSP was nice at the time, however nowadays there are plenty of alternatives that are multiple leagues beyond it, I can see someone getting it for nostalgia reasons, but that's about.
@@ahmedp8009No, the rom files are so small that they can be read on the fly no problem. The form factor is great and its quality is better than the tons of garbage pushed out what seems daily. Though I do agree there are better options.
Love to see the PSP scene chugging along after all these years. I got a PSP for Christmas when it was fairly new, hoping for an Xbox 360 and my disappointment at the time unfortunately showed... I had no idea what I was in for once I would discover the homebrew scene. That console was blown wide open in no time and became my all-in-one entertainment and productivity device, loaded with music, movies, homebrew games so polished that a few actually got picked up for official release, nearly flawless 8- and 16-bit emulators, UI customization that kicked off my love of graphic design, even DAWs I used to make music after my computer went kaput.
By the time my PSP got wet and bricked, smartphones were commonplace and I was able to migrate most of my habits there, but looking back, the phone I'm typing on now is the first device I've had to rival the raw power and versatility the PSP put in my hands nearly 20 years ago.
The 1st PSP was a tour de force of engineering. A portable PS2.
I dunno about that. I think the PS Vita would probably fit that description much better. The PSP was much more like a somewhat more powerful PS1.
PSP was somewhere between PS1 and PS2. Likewise, Vita was somewhere between PS2 and PS3
@@franciscocampos8857 PS Vita matches the Gamecube or OG Xbox performance, very distant to PS3.
@@isaquenewton9525 I know how superior home systems were in contrast to handhelds. What I meant is that, visually, the graphics a Vita produces are better than those of a PS2 but clearly not as good as the ones of a PS 3, thus considering it somewhere in between in that regard
@@isaquenewton9525These two consoles were WAY more powerful than the PS2 though
Just bought a PSP (aliexpress, modded and under $70 shipped) after selling mine over a decade ago. I still appreciate the speed of the UI and it still manages to look (somewhat) modern. Great video as always. I'm going to need to reshell mine, that blue looks great.
I'm almost tempted to get a PSP, Almost. But these days it's so easy to Emulate the PSP on your phone where it will look a million times better and has better framerates and its even more convenient. What nearly convinces me to get it probably comes from Nostalgia, modding the hell out of the PSP was so much fun and there is/was a large community discovering all the things it could do, you really could customise it to no limits.
Get one, nothing to lose.
better now than in 10 years when they're prohibitively expensive
@@TalonNismo apart from £50+ to do exactly what my phone can do better?
You can never beat original hardware
I recently modded my psp about a month ago and I’ve been absolutely loving having all my favorite psp and ps1 games on the go. I plan to hopefully mod my vita soon!
Spare a thought for Andrew Gosden, who would've recently turned 30. Can't think of the PSP without imagining whatever happened to him. Will he ever be found? 😔
who was he?
Teenager who went missing and there hasn't been any sight of him since. He caught a train with his psp and hasn't been seen since. I truly hope his family has closure someday.
I’m getting RDR2 vibes from this comment. GAAAAV. GAVIN?
Got my PSP-3000 in 2010. It still works with the original battery. I also have the original 32GB ProDuo memstick. Love the PSP to this day.
I'm always surprised by how small the PSP feels in my hands whenever I grab it after a long time compared to the Ps Vita which I'm used to playing. It's a great machine in it's own way, smaller and easier to carry.
Now pick it up after using the switch or steam deck 😂 my vita feels tiny in comparison. No longer have my PSP, but thinking about picking one up for nostalgia, even tho my vita can do everything the PSP can do.
@@launchermonkey201 I'll see you and raise you the Gameboy Advance SP with an Everdrive.
PSP feels like a Gameboy Micro after being used to Switch.
I picked up a psp1000 2 years ago and it’s quickly become my favourite handheld. The high quality look and feel with the capabilities and games is so impressive. The stock battery still
Holds a decent charge but will replace it and think about doing the screen. I got it running games copied onto the memory card already
Oh man... I LOVE the PSP! Such a great little system with some absolute classic games. I loved the umd discs at the time, I thought they were so much cooler and more "mature" than the competing ds carts lol
this is the best video I could've found right now, yesterday my cousin gave me his old PSP for my birthday. And honestly I'm beyond happy
The PSP was the first system that I had ever performed a mod on. It wasn't too hard to get the custom firmware and emulators up and running, but I was so afraid of bricking my system. It is a little expensive these days, but I would love to find a PSPGo to add to my collection.
The early image exploit was the scariest for me, exploiting some .tiff image file to kickstart the hack. But some updates in the middle and near the end of PSP life were simply put the file on your memory card, let it update. I don't know whether to tell people it was the easiest thing to do or the scariest, I guess it depends on what year. I only know I hated the temporary exploits you had redo every reboot with a fiery passion and was thankful once stable releases became standard.
Wow this takes me back... I got a 3000 series in summer of 2009. First game I ever played on it was midnight club 3 and I was instantly amazed at the capability of the hardware. I remember playing Test Drive Unlimited a few years later and being amazed yet again that such a game existed for a handheld decide.
The psp was ahead of its time for a handheld
Waite I THOUGHT it came out in 2006 it came out in 04. Makes it even more impressive knowing the kinds of games it can play.
first released in Japan on December 12, 2004, in North America on March 24, 2005, and in PAL regions on September 1, 2005
3:56 Do not throw the old battery out, they can be fixed by changing the cell. Also replacement batteries usually suck and last less than 2 hours and might have other issues. Best solution is to solder a new battery to the original battery board if you got the time and skills. If you don't care about the umd then a big battery can be throw in there and give you 10-12h of battery life. I usually used old not bloated samsung batteries that I had laying around.
who's gonna do that lol pointless
"I usually used old not bloated samsung batteries that I had laying around." ... link to howto?
um, you shouldnt be soldering batteries. heat generated from the soldering iron can destabilize and damage the battery, causing it to bulge, hiss, leak, catch fire, and even explode.
When replacing the battery kids recycle it don’t just throw it away. 😊
I have never been into handhelds (I did play the Gameboy and Game Gear that friends had, but never owned one myself), but Sony really did a lot right with the PSP and the Vita back in the day.
Yeah except when they came out they were more expensive than Nintendo's offerings, and the memory formats they used where also more expensive, and in the case of the Vita even hard to find them on store shelves for a long time. Then about a year after the PS Vita came out Nintendo launched the 2DS at 130 bucks, so if a parent had 2 kids to buy for, they could get 2 Nintendo 2DS units for for 10 bucks more that also included a 4GB SD card, and later on even an included game, where the PS Vita did not. So while Sony had great handhelds, they really botched it in the price, support and marketing department on the Vita.
after doing some research i took the plunge and i found that it was so easy to get hardware and software mods etc.
i had the psp from day release back in the day and yeah the thing blew my mind with so much power in your hands, i now carry it around with me, with 128gb card it holds a fair bit of stuff to entertain myself with.
The psp 1000 is the best❤ I just love the weight of it and quality of materials, the other versions definitely feel cheaper!
The best replacement batteries currently being sold are the Ostent 2200 for PSP-1000 and Ostent 1400 for PSP-2000/3000. Most of the 2400 and 3600 ones are junk but you might get lucky.
If part of the fun is doing things as cheaply as possible then a PSP is a good route, but otherwise it's really much better to do all your PSP stuff on a hacked PSVita. I do like the PSP's interlaced output for CRTs though and it's cool that you showed it (I wonder if you were passing it through your new RT4X prototype lol).
I’ve had my PSP-1001 since shortly after launch and it’s still one of my favorite consoles! Always good to see coverage of the awesome mod and homebrew scene around it.
I would be very interested in seeing you test that 2TB limit. I remember back in the day getting an adapter that let you use two Micro SD cards, it'd format them to work as a single Memory Stick Duo. But I also remember it being fragile and when I took it out the thing was falling apart. Still worked if I put it back in, but I wouldn't trust it after that. Wonder if those have gotten any better since then?
I have 128gb sdcard. It takes like 10+ sec for PSP to read
@@TheLowDeeit depends on how many files and folders you have
PSP is my all time favourite handhelds ever. The exclusives that it have and the amount of fun it brought to me since childhood. I just wish Sony continue the handheld system.
I just bought and modded a Vita, and I've gotta say the price difference between the two devices pushes me to recommend a Vita instead of a PSP for almost everybody. $50 extra gets you a far more attractive and functional handheld that can play all the same games/homebrew and so much more!
Haven't played mine in a few years, but the PSP really was a cool system with a pretty solid little library of games. Some of them definitely suffered from not having a 2nd analogue stick, and (for me personally) my hands tended to cramp when I played for longer than an hour, compared to the DS where I could easily play for longer. But there's lots of stuff well worth playing on there today that either isn't elsewhere available, or not easily accessible
Isn't the doubled ram in the slim versions (64mb vs 32mb) a thing to consider when evaluating which psp to buy, especially for homebrews?
Bruh, my PSP 2000 has double the ram? Didn't know that. 🤔
The title of your video deserves an award
All I want for Christmas is a PSP
This was the height of homebrew and modding communities, for me. Every week has something new and amazing coming out and it was a magical time for technology.
Tech was just advanced enough to not get into the dystopian nightmare of always online, obligatory product as a service, and personal information leeching.
One of the console I had played the most! It was my first hacked console, played a ton of games, it also played PS1 games in the go was fantastic at the time and without any issues as it was perfectly emulated by Sony himself. So much memories! Thanks for the video I’ll definitely grab one of those memory card adapter
This video came just the right time for me, I've dug mine out after not touching it for ten years and see how far ahead it was.
The PSP was the first system i ever modded as a teenager back in 2005. It was such an amazing device, especially when modded. A lot of my first impressions playing certain retro games was done on the PSP. Seeing how useful it can become when modded was like a magic trick. I had a reputation at my school for being the guy who could hack your PSP and made a friends that way. 😄
The homebrew scene was damn incredible. I was about 9 years old when an older cousin hacked my PSP for me. It was like unlocking heaven. I didn't play Pokemon on the GBA, my fancy ass had all those memories with the GBA emulator. Probably did another 500 hours on Harvest Moon too. I even managed to get Mario 64 working. It was more than just all that though I was using Paint, hiding files, working the radio, making my own themes, even tried to get it working as a remote for the television.
I'm convinced most of my PC skills were borne out of trying to do zany shit on the PSP as a little kid.
This video unlocked a torrent of memories for me. I think I'll buy one just to do it all again.