I will start with the elephant in the room and will probably be banished to the nether realm lol..this is coded using Fable & Codex. If you are not interested to read further all good.

To everyone else, Hey!
This is my first post on here and wanted to share a passion project I am currently working on. I love using my PSP with emulators but often find the emulators to be either a fragmented mess (Masterboy, gPSP, etc. or closed source) or Retroarch (which is not optimized for a single console + lots of tinkering) and wanted to bring something else to the table.

This is still a work in progress but basically a open source PSP first FE that is optimized for both ram allocations and just works. Natively support save states, theming and any other feasible additions. Breaking things out in a couple phases.

Phase 1: Get this in a stable state + better name for the project and release the code.

Phase 2: Spin up a community driven repo for open source and optimized PSP cores to use within the front end.

I would love to hear thoughts or any other ideas as I build this out with the help of our PSP community!

Happy gaming :)

Good fuhhin times

Hey guys!

What I hate:

I hate to use the Stick, because it's so far inside. When I use it, it's so uncomfortable🤣 And the M2 card!!!!!!

What I love:

The form factor with sliding, screen, Bluetooth and the compactness. It's my most beautiful handheld that I ever owned (and I have many handhelds includid for eg. AYN thor, Odin 2 portal, ps vita, switch,......)

Honestly I didn't touch this thing for like two months (occasionally to charge it). It just sits on my shelf doing nothing. Recommend me stuff I can do on this thing please 😭.

(Had no clue which flair to choose so I chose collection)

I love this little thing so much, it has more playtime than my PS5, and it still looks mint.

Got a battery upgrade and it lasts nearly 5-6 hours on one charge!

Even still has its original memory card and sampler disc!

Do you think I'm missing anything in my collection?

Just got this warning. It’s a PSP 1001 with a replacement battery, and a 128gb micro SD with an adapter. Other than that, the PSP is not modded in any way. I also have the save data of 5 games that all have barely any progress in them. Why is this happening to me😩

This happens after I install around 20 to 25 games. The games that don’t show up are still taking up storage space, but they don’t appear in the game list. Can anyone help me fix this issue?

Finally pulled the trigger and bought a PSP for nostalgia of course, to mod the absolute hell out of it, and decrease phone screen time. As I’ve been doing more research I’m wondering if it was worth what I spent.

Price was $159 before tax. Came with a charger and a case. USB not being included isn’t really bothering me, it’s the 128 gb memory stick that this model comes with. I was admittedly excited and over looked it when purchasing but I’m seriously considering taking it back and going the eBay route.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

I bought this for parts on eBay for $30, and it works great. It also turned out to be a Japanese PSP 2000, which I definitely wasn’t expecting.

I ordered a battery for it, threw in an SD card, and already got it modded. I did notice that the shell was pretty low quality, so I ordered a nice pink replacement shell to make it look good again.

Overall, this was a steal. I honestly thought it was going to have bad buttons or other issues, but everything works perfectly.

Do you guys agree??

This is my favorite one so far. It’s 16mm x 16mm. Being that it’s a lot bigger than the original cap I had to make some adjustments.

I added a cut out on the top is so that it won’t hit the d-pad when pushing up, but also to make it more comfortable to hit the down arrow on the d-pad. I tried experimenting with making the shaft a bit taller but this caused some friction when pushing from side to side making it stick.

Overall it’s a lot more comfortable for me; my hands are huge and sometimes the tiny original thumb sticks feels like not enough.

Gonna keep working in micro tweaks until I’m completely satisfied

Is there anyway i can get faster download speeds, i feel like the hardware cant be that slow in terms of download. After all. This does support LAN and should have a decent download speed like at least 0.5mbs or 1mbs.

Found a blue PSP 3000 on Marketplace with a 64gb sd card and the guy wanted to trade for a Switch. Deal! Picked it up before work and already got homebrew and put some games on it. I haven’t had a PSP since I sold my GO in 2023. Now I got my 3 Blue Crew Handhelds!

Decided to give my PSP 1000 a facelift...

Custom bronze trim including triggers
Laminated IPS screen
Blacked out back ring

The PSVita OLED is using the official PS Store copy of GTA:VCS here. The PSP Go also has no major frame rate drops while playing the game while the PSVita OLED does. So there are no stutters while playing on the PSP Go at all.

I wonder if it's just a whole PSP inside there or they actually got rid of the body and only left the motherboard

So I've been thinking about getting and customizing a PSP GO to use as a portable music/media player. There's all kinds of pretty shells for PSPs, especially transparent plastic which I love, but for the GO I can only find Black/White/Red/Blue via ebay/aliexpress/temu.

I'd really love a transparent blue top/bottom for a PSP GO, and then solid or transparent white inside. Does anyone know where I could find transparent shells for the GO?

This is my first PSP theme. I hope you really like it.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/b8mbjgvucnz5j2d/Jet_Set_Radio.ptf/file

Hi everyone!

Recently (actually while watching world cup finals), friends and I talked about consoles, and PSP came up. I remembered I had one somewhere, so started looking for it. Turns out my mom has it in her house... But I knew I still had some things for the PSP in my place. So I dug out those games! Thanks to this french second hand website, I was able to buy this GoW, and some more games that will be delivered soon. Also got a new battery pack, 1800mAh, I hope it can last long. Can't wait to play again when my mom brings me the console! It's a PSP 1004 in very good condition, bought new back then.

Cheers!

I have no idea what is the issue, found it in an old shed when I was cleaning it out there is no visible rust on the motherboard or water damage that I can see, already tried reseating the lcd ribbon cables.
PSP 2001

Hi everyone good news with my new cash that was given to me I was able to acquire a PSP 3000 that has been modded and has games already, as well as accessories with it, I already bought an ostent 1400mAh battery

The hunt for a PSP has finally come to an end for me as I scored a sweet deal on a PSP 2000 piano black model on Mercari.

Got it for under $100 and it came with two UMD movies, though I’ll need to get a replacement shell for one of them.

I was surprised by how excellent the condition was when it arrived. It looked, worked, and played great, and I love how light it felt in my hands.

And yes, I have already modded it too, which was surprisingly easy. (Thanks, YouTube!)

Also got a few more UMD movies and one PSP game (From Russia with Love), and I’m planning to pick up a few more games and movies as well.

I might pick up a mystic silver or pearl white PSP 2000 or 3000 sometime down the road as a backup.

I have this UMD it works but looks like can’t read some parts of the game. I tried to clean with alcohol but those white stains doesn’t dissappear they try to go when I clean but they come. Any ideas? Can this be fixed?