Posted: 7/29/2005 5:58 PM
Post subject: How many of you guys own a PSP?
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krieg747
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The reason I ask is becuase I've been thinking of getting one lately. What I'm most curious about is it's ability to run homebrew applications (emulators). Have any of you gotten FCEU or Snes9x working on it? I've googled a lot of guides telling me what to do, but they don't do a very good job of being clear. It tells you to use files, but does not tell you where to find them, etc etc. If you have gotten FCEU / Snes9x / Gens / PJ64 / etc working on your psp, could you please tell me how difficult it was to get them running? All i know as of now is that your PSP must be below or equal to build 1.50, and you need 2 memory sticks for the "swap trick".
Posted: 7/29/2005 6:25 PM
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psp sux, get DS! i have a DS. its a lot cheaper, its battery actually lasts so you can call it a portable console, and it doesnt have "now loading" screens. Oh yea, and it works with emulators too. Close to all nes games work on it.
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Posted: 7/29/2005 6:46 PM
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hahaha... funny story... my ETHICS teacher told us all to buy PSPs because she invested stock in SONY... ...you had to be there i guess. either way, no.
Posted: 7/29/2005 7:39 PM
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FODA, please go on. exactly what is the process for playing nintendo games on a DS. I'm assuming you use roms. Exactly what can you play? NES and SNES? N64? GENS or VBA? Do you need to buy anything special like memory sticks, or will flash drives work? How does that work with 2 screens?
Posted: 7/29/2005 7:57 PM
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Its actually a flash card adapter which works on the GBA. So no n64. it has NES, master system, game gaer, turbografx-16, and some other. The snes emulator is being developed, its gonna be completed one day, currently it runs about 30 games. http://www.mercadolivre.com.br/jm/item?site=MLB&id=30287773 (in portuguese) It also do some other stuff such as playing divx mp3 etc. I haven't bought it yet, but i'm going to next month.
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Posted: 7/29/2005 8:11 PM
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hmmmm You've piqued my interest. so, so far it can play all nes / game gear / master system roms? Do you know if they run off of homebrew emulators or off of special DS emulators?
Posted: 7/29/2005 8:27 PM
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It's homebrew. Basically GBA-era hardware gone DS (flash linker+cart). Problem is, you have to fork over nigh $100 for the hardware. PSP homebrew = free.
Posted: 7/29/2005 8:34 PM
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GWing_02 wrote:
It's homebrew. Basically GBA-era hardware gone DS (flash linker+cart). Problem is, you have to fork over nigh $100 for the hardware. PSP homebrew = free.
Spending money is bad. Free stuff is good.
Posted: 7/29/2005 10:44 PM
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I know for certain that you can put snes9x on a PSP. However, I don't know how. But a new PSP will probably have already closed the hacking routes used in that particular install.
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Posted: 7/29/2005 10:50 PM
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I love how Sony is investing countless hours into making their product less useful, while the rest of the world is spending countless hours trying to unlock its potential. If Sony announced "The next shipment of PSPs will be 100% compatible with running homebrew applications and emulators", I would go out and buy two of them. Their loss. Thats 500 bucks.
Posted: 7/30/2005 4:49 PM
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: The fact that the PSP plays ITS COMPETITOR'S GAMES (Apparently really well, too) is commonly being touted as its best feature says more about the actual Sony offerings on the system than I ever could. Granting, "homebrew" as a whole is more than just NES and SNES emulators, but every time I see the PSP mentioned for actually doing something good, it's not some killer new game for it, it's "OMG L@@K IT R PLAYING NES GAMES1!111!".
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Posted: 7/30/2005 5:47 PM
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A nintendo DS + the kit to play the emulators is about the same price as a PSP. so what will you get? a videogame that has "now loading", low time battery and a single screen, no touch pad, or the DS?
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Posted: 7/30/2005 9:53 PM
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krieg747
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To be honest, I'd rather buy a low-end laptop at a pawn shop or a garage sale for like 100 and play nes / sega / gb / snes / and possibly n64 and PSX roms on it. But, I already own a nice laptop for school. I'ts like my psp, except its about 3 or 4 times bigger, uses firefox, has a 60 gig hd, and has a rechargable battery.
Posted: 7/31/2005 12:03 AM
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if laptops are so cheap there, go for it
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Posted: 7/31/2005 12:13 AM
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Sometimes you find crazy stuff at garage sales. Stupid people with cool stuff are your best friends. One time, I went to a garage sale, and some guy sold me the carts for Megaman, Megaman 2, and Megaman 4, all for 5 dollars. Damn, if that wasn't a deal.