Over the past few months, I've spotted something a little odd and unexpected happening to Sony's old PlayStation Portable. There's been no corporate push, no announcement of the truly portable Sony handheld we used to hope for (sorry, Portal). Instead, through something far less predictable, considering it's 2026, people are
  • milagemayvary@mstdn.social
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    2 days ago

    @PerfectDark

    I had the PSP-1001 a few months after launch & felt like a huge tech upgrade over the DS at the time.

    I was wayyy into modifying it, (just going from memory) downgrading to firmware 1.50 & running games off of the magicgate pro duo to get faster load times & better battery life cuz that UMD drive sucked down juice fast.

    The modded in web browser was very cool, of course it was basic but neat. Typing was a pain.

    The custom firmwares were amazing.

    It was way ahead of its time.👍

    • PerfectDark@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      felt like a huge tech upgrade over the DS at the time

      There’s a post somewhere on the internet comparing a racing game available on the DS and PSP, and the gap is HUGE between what they were both capable of. What that game was escapes me now, but it was an interesting time!

      • milagemayvary@mstdn.social
        5·
        2 days ago

        @PerfectDark

        Absolutely.

        My battery bloated & was desposed at the time where I was still actively using the thing.

        I just dug mine out of the closet & it won’t fully boot into the xmb for some reason, but the custom M33 VSH Menu comes up.

        … I don’t remember how to work the custom firmware any more lol it’s been too long.

        The UMD drive no longer works either.

        Bleach Heat The Soul 3 & 4 I think was the last game I bought, but was crazy the pirated games could be played online.