/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.10087536]

Is a PSP 2000 the best device to play PSX games on the go? If not, what is?

[Anonymous No.10087542]

Not retro, but Steam Deck

[Anonymous No.10087553]

>>10087536
A $30 refurbished chinese phone with a bluetooth controller is.

[Anonymous No.10087608]

Yes. Not the shita, not the valve brick, and not the chinkshit handhelds. Never listen to shills.

[Anonymous No.10087618]

>>10087608
>Yes.
I have a PSP, Vita, however not a Steam Deck as that's just cringe. But the PSP lacks the buttons for L2/R2 and it's a paid. A decent phone or tablet with a bluetooth controller of your choice is the correct answer.

I had CFW on my PSP via the GTA hack and know the struggle all too well. Those were good days.

[Anonymous No.10087628]

>>10087536
Almost everything runs perfect. Analog drift is a problem with the PSP-2000.
The 3000 has a brighter screen and Vita has dual analog if either of those two options interest you. Idk about either. I still have the same PSP-2001 that I used a Pandora Battery to hack 15 years ago

[Anonymous No.10087635]

>>10087628
>Pandora Battery to hack
I still have the tool to turn the battery into a Pandora one with my PSP. When they discovered that it was over.

[Anonymous No.10087640]

>>10087536
in terms of battery life probably

[Anonymous No.10087663]

>>10087553
>bluetooth

[Anonymous No.10087668]

>>10087536
yes
especially if you can solder one them battery mods. but lack of R2 and L2 might be problem. like forget about ape escape or treasures of the deep, disruptor also very finger contorting to play properly as well

[Anonymous No.10087686]

>>10087663
Modern bluetooth controllers have very little lag.

[Anonymous No.10087694]

>>10087536
2000 is the worst psp

[Anonymous No.10087849]

>>10087686
this hill is ultimate latency test. unless it can make this jump perfectly, then i dont wanna hear about it

[Anonymous No.10087905]

>>10087536
Laptop computer, even an older one. I actually played PSP extensively for like 10 years, but it wasn't the greatest for the ps1 games. They ran correctly but the small screen sucked you had shitty scaling or made the image even smaller, the controls sucked, there was no good option for 2 player. A shitty laptop and some controllers is better, i played crash bash with 4 people with that setup all the time. if you need it to be HANDHELD probably the switch or some other tablet with controller.

[Anonymous No.10087907]

I have a vita and it's a slow device. Really not a great experience. It's okay I guess. No idea how psp would be any better but I'm all ears

[Anonymous No.10088263]

>>10087536
No, the Vita is better. It has no TV-out (which you are not interested in), but the screen is bigger, has double resolution, and is overall better, especially the OLED screen. Also, unlike the (non-Go) PSP, it has true analog input.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/any-way-to-get-real-analog-control-for-psx-games.127995/

[Anonymous No.10088265]

>>10088263
>especially the OLED screen
you gonna get massive burn in if you let ps1 games run on it because of that 4:3 rough cut off area for too long

[Anonymous No.10088274]

>>10088265
I've been playing PS1 and PSP games on mine (2012 model) for years with nothing like that. It does have mura effect blotches which are only visible on a black screen in complete darkness if you know where to look and that's it.

[Anonymous No.10088275]

>>10088265
burn in is a meme

[Anonymous No.10088289]

>>10088265
burn in is unlikely, however mura is guaranteed on the early oled panels the vita used. They looked amazing for the time, especially compared to the 3ds' washed out crappy screens, but modern IPS panels are much better in every way

[Anonymous No.10088291]

>tfw I only have street model

[Anonymous No.10088294]

>>10087686
But not chinktooth. There are USB-C chink phone controllers though.

[Anonymous No.10088304]

A PSP has good but not perfect compatibility through the official emulator but its biggest issue is the lack of analog input.

Mind blowing for a 2004 handheld but these days you're better off with basically any other emulation device.

[Anonymous No.10088328]

>>10087536
Just chiming in with some love for the original PSP. That little bastard got me through two deployments, and I sunk 400 hours into Disgaea out in the deserts of Iraq.

[Anonymous No.10088394]

This >>10088289 is a defective screen btw.
I have 2 OLED Vitas made in 2012 (date codes 2A and 2B) and mura on one of them looks like 2 fingerprints between center and top-right corner of the screen; the other one has nothing noticeable (probably hidden by the screen protector; this Vita has much lower max brightness vs. the one with mura and naked screen).

[Anonymous No.10088509]

>>10088394
It's a design flaw, they'll all look like that eventually. It doesn't look that bad unless you're specifically trying to show it like in that pic, but the bigger spots are very noticeable during regular use. Mine has them too, and for what its worth, my psp3k's screen is showing vignetting too so neither are great these days

[Anonymous No.10088528]

The Vita is an upgrade in literally every way imaginable, but pic related is the best PSP model.

[Anonymous No.10089348]

>>10087542
fpbp (neither is the PSP by that standard)

[Anonymous No.10089397]

>>10088291
it just works and can run infinity so be positive

[Anonymous No.10089443]

>>10087536
I'm pretty sure someone made this exact thread like a month ago

[Anonymous No.10089741]

>>10089397
I mean I really like the NOT piano black finish but man those buttons under the screen sucks

[Anonymous No.10089970]

>>10088528
Is that the Go or the Street? Both of those seem way gayer than the original, especially ergonomically. Why is the original worse than your pic?

[Anonymous No.10089990]

Vita ps1 emulation is ass, you're limited to a single version of the pspemu and it doesn't have full coverage. You wouldn't be able to play DQ7 for example. Ps1 via emulation on the Vita is horrid too, just play it on the phone and pick a good usb-c controller. I got a. Sub $300 phone and I can even emulate ps2 for what's worth.

[Anonymous No.10089995]

>>10088528
The Go is dog shit it is tiny, the shoulder buttons are fucked, start and select are fucked, the analogue stick is way over there, the screen is going to have a non-zero amount of wobble or rotation, and you can't even get an exact battery percentage
>>10089970
If you don't want to hook it up to a TV then the Street is the best due to the screen. It doesn't have wifi though but who cares, the only other downside is that it has one speaker but you can just plug in headphones

[Anonymous No.10090101]

>>10089995
>you can't even get an exact battery percentage
ah yes. this is expected if you ever installed battery mod on any psp. use voltage meter in one of the homebrews that stat battery. it seems to be accurate because i measured it right after i soldered battery with multimeter and homebrew matched my reading

[Anonymous No.10090131]

>>10088328
based, the PSP is the best console I've ever owned. everyone who enjoys a smartphone today just doesn't know.

[Anonymous No.10090271]

>>10089990
This was fixed via patches: https://gbatemp.net/threads/new-mode-to-fix-ps1-games-for-psp-and-psvita.607286/page-4#post-9753536

[Anonymous No.10091103]

>to play on the go
>people suggestion steam decks, phones with controllers or even laptops

[Anonymous No.10091136]

>>10091103
Deck is the closest thing I can get to a Sony handheld, sadly. Plus, it plays 6th gen console games flawlessly, right?

[Anonymous No.10091235]

>>10087618
>I had CFW on my PSP via the GTA hack and know the struggle all too well.

Reminded of when I tried to hack my PSP with my uncle's copy of GTA and ended up bricking it for a year (right before Pandora's Battery was announced).

[Anonymous No.10091252]

>>10089990
you're an idiot. this just goes to show that retards who talk shit about the vita don't even know what they're talking about

the vita is kino for ps1 games, dont listen to this retard

[Anonymous No.10091262]

>>10091103
What do you think "on the go" means? Literally walking around and gaming at the same time?

[Anonymous No.10091495]

>>10091262
>"on the loo"

[Anonymous No.10091840]

>>10091235
>bricking his psp
how did you fix that situation of yours anon? backup file?

[Anonymous No.10092090]

>>10089970
The Go. I mostly kept mine docked so idk what this guy >>10089995 is on about, but it’s compact and sturdy enough that you can slip it into your pocket with the same ease and comfort as a cell phone. I hated always feeling like my PSP-1000 was always going to get dirty or scuffed up if I pocketed it, but the Go doesn’t have that problem at all.

[Anonymous No.10092116]

>>10091235
weren't Pandora batteries capable of unbricking in some situations? i think i still have mine

[Anonymous No.10092484]

>>10091840
he mentioned it in his post, a pandora battery. If you were around in the 3.03 OE cfw days it was big news since it could be used to downgrade to 1.50 firmware and update to a cfw if you couldn't use any of the UMD hack entry points

>>10092116
he bricked his psp before pandora released

[Anonymous No.10092791]

>>10087849
You're retarded, you would adjust for timing without even thinking about it. Think about Castlevania on the NES, theres a built in delay to the whip, but people learn the timing and forget about it. What you've shown there is not a latency test, it's a timing test.

An actual latency test would be rhythm games, but especially the rhythm combos on Mother 3.

[Anonymous No.10092915]

Honestly a chink handheld is your best bet for PS1, unless you don't intend to play games that make use of all four shoulders at once.
Source: I went through all of Gen1 Armored Core on an Anbernic RG351MP, and it was pretty good (though I'd say get a slightly newer device if you can help it, as PCSX-ReARMed still has dumb issues like menu SFX mangling for Xenogears)

[Anonymous No.10094643]

>>10092915
>chink handheld
>unergonomic
>paying over 200 for playing fucking ps1 games, still job at select games like FF

[Anonymous No.10095673]

>>10094643
psp won. especially if you battery mod it

[Anonymous No.10095679]

>>10089995
Every complaint you listed is fixed by pairing the Go with a DS3. You can't even do that with the other models because no Bluetooth.
>hurr lag
You can cry about it once you try it yourself, realise you're full of shit, and promptly choose not to cry about it because you were enlightened to the facts: The Go is the best PSP model.

[Anonymous No.10095689]

>>10095679
go's annoying to mod not only battery, but the fucking storage sd card

[Anonymous No.10095693]

>>10095679
>>10095689
https://www.dbwbp.com/index.php/10-electronic-projects/7-psp-go-micro-sd-modification
you literally have to solder about 9 tiny connectors 2 times on both ends to get this mod. meanwhile battery mod only takes 2 big connectors on one end. so if you wanna make use of psp go with bigger than 16gbs of internal storage, you have to work for it more so than battery mods

[Anonymous No.10095694]

>>10095679
>fixed by pairing the Go with a DS3
Which hand will I hold the PSP in then, my ass?

[Anonymous No.10095716]

>>10095689
>>10095693
Ta-Da. No soldering skills required, perfect for you.
>>10095694
A table, a stand, a clip, or you can skip all that and attach it to the brim of a hat or whatever. You need to be more creative than assplay, anon.

[Anonymous No.10095721]

>>10095716
Or I can hold a more ergonomic PSP in my hands

[Anonymous No.10095745]

>>10087553
Kind of true, if you have no lag

Laptop is probably best though

[Anonymous No.10095761]

>>10095721
Nobody but other gamers care how you look playing games in public and if you respect the opinions of random gamers you deserve to get made fun of by them. Phone clips sell because controllers are more ergonomic than portables alone. Just look at how many accessories are made with the express purpose of making systems more ergonomic and in turn more bulky.

[Anonymous No.10095764]

>>10095761
this meme is the reason i play jrpgs on phone with one hand. no one suspects a thing

[Anonymous No.10095767]

>>10095761
I don't care what people think; a regular PSP starts up in my hand with a splendid distribution of mass. I can hold the PSP up to my face when I'm tucked underneath blankets

[Anonymous No.10095769]

>>10095764
Poe

[Anonymous No.10095775]

>>10095769
it's comfy. this also leaves my other hand to do other things like drink and eat while i seduce monsters in smt. how cool is that

[Anonymous No.10095792]

>>10095767
You can also drop your devices on your face if your wrists are that limp, so you're probably better off without. Seriously though, I wonder if anyone has stuck a Go motherboard inside a 2000 case, that sounds ideal for you.

[Anonymous No.10095802]

>>10095775
Feeding into insecurities because you cannot enjoy your hobby without shame or guilt is cool in the sense that consoles also had one handed controllers, so there's that at least.

[Anonymous No.10095967]

>>10092484
>the 3.03 OE cfw days
ha. i remember when the gta lcs black label exploit was found and the game's price skyrocketed. OFW 2.81 was a major chokepoint for a long time
lumines was another big exploit game for a bit. maybe after gta

[Anonymous No.10095983]

>>10088265
Early OLED displays didn't really suffer from burn in. The Vita display specifically has two main issues: smudges and losing colors
Smudges were a problem from day one. If you look at a fully black screen on the Vita it looks awful. Nothing you can do about it.
Losing color is due to it being an early OLED. Due to being Organic material the pixels on the OLED display slowly lose their color accuracy over time. Blue is usually the first color to go, this is also an issue on other early OLED displays like the Samsung Galaxy S2.