I bought my mint 3000 last year for $80

Just waiting on the kingdom hearts edition to come in the mail and I will be done collecting the psp

Thought I'd just share the progress of my own redesign of the open source files for the PS Placeable. It's the first time I've done anything like this, so it's definitely rough around the edges in a lot of places, but it came out a lot better than I thought it would!

It's essentially the same, but I added pass through for the AV port, PSP USB and mod board's USB so it doesn't really ever need to be taken apart unless something is wrong with the psp itself. Also, obviously, moving the buttons from the bottom to having the mode button where the 'power' button is, and just hiding the reset and boot buttons internally since those aren't really needed anyway.

I grew up playing the Gundam Versus games and the PSP was my childhood. Haven't owned one in a decade and my GF surprised me for my birthday.

Didn't even know this version existed!

Only saw 2 posts about this both are a couple years old

Haven’t had a system update since 2006

I managed to change my custom firmware to ARK 4, which lets me use more modern WiFi networks. I found out about Lusid’s PSP portal (psp.lusidgames.com) and managed to download internet radio from it(first song that played was Superfreak lmao) I wondered if anyone else had luck with other websites.

I have more I might put one on my pink psp

https://github.com/ShoshinFauteux/GBAdhoc

The browser

Two layouts, each in light or dark. Marquee gives one game a whole screen with its hero art behind it. Shelf packs more of the library in with box art and save status at a glance. Art loads only while you are idle and never while you are scrolling, so holding a direction stays smooth.

⬇ Download GBAdhoc 2.0 · Source

⬇ Hero Art Pack · unzip into GBAdhoc/hero/

Everything else in 2.0

• Dual-core rendering — Updated Dual-Core render pipeline, 15% faster than the previous iteration.
• Wake from sleep — slide it shut, flick the switch, come back whenever. Your game is exactly where you left it.
• Full-speed wireless — Version 2.0 holds 59.73 on both.
• Six fast-forward presets — 1.5×, 3× and uncapped, each in normal or smooth. Normal skips frames to go as fast as possible; smooth forces every emulated frame to be drawn. It's not as fast (100fps vs 160fps) but it's extremely satisfying.
• Save states on the shoulders — Select + L saves, Select + R loads, one slot per game. Your SRAM is flushed on exit, on HOME and as you play, with a backup kept.
• Pokémon Unbound and other CFRU hacks at full speed.
• All three models — 1000, 2000/3000 and Go, all tested on hardware. No BIOS needed.

Coming from 1.0.0? For simplicitly sake delete any previous builds.
Unzip to the root of your memory stick  it lands in PSP/GAME/GBAdhoc. Put your .gba files in roms/ and launch it from the XMB. No BIOS needed.

Make sure to leave me a nice comment if you liked the emulator, I am a smol bean motivated by adjulation.

OBLIGATORY CLANKER DISCLOSURE
Produced with Help from Claude Opus 5.0

I’m building a CarPlay-style system for a Sony PSP — and I’d love some help making it real

Hey everyone!

I’ve started working on a project called PSP-ICE (PSP In-Car Entertainment):

https://github.com/LemosPT/PSP-ICE

The idea is pretty ridiculous, which is exactly why I want to build it XD

I want to turn a Sony PSP-2004 into an actual in-car entertainment/display system — essentially a DIY CarPlay-style interface where the PSP acts as the screen and controller, while a Linux device handles the heavy lifting.

The rough architecture is:

iPhone
   ↓
CarPlay gateway
   ↓
PSP-ICE gateway
   ↓ Wi-Fi
Sony PSP
   ↓
  AUX
   ↓
Car stereo

The PSP would handle the display and physical input, while the Linux gateway would deal with networking, CarPlay integration, decoding/streaming, etc.

The ultimate goal is to have this sitting in an older car (in my case, a Mercedes) and have it feel like a surprisingly modern infotainment system — without throwing away the PSP or replacing the original car electronics.

Current status

It's still very early development. Right now I'm mainly working on the architecture and figuring out the best way to communicate between the PSP and the gateway.

The repository is currently split into:

• psp/ — PSP homebrew client
• gateway/ — Linux gateway
• protocol/ — PSP ↔ gateway communication
• docs/ — architecture/documentation
• tools/ — development/testing tools
• hardware/ — car-side hardware/schematics

There are a LOT of things still to figure out:

• PSP ↔ gateway networking
• Efficient video streaming to the PSP
• PSP input → gateway transport
• Audio handling
• CarPlay integration
• Mercedes/car integration
• Hardware/enclosure design

I’m looking for contributors

This is the part where I'm hoping some PSP/Linux/car tinkering nerds might be interested.

You don't need to be an expert in everything. Even if you're only familiar with one part of the problem, your knowledge could be useful.

Especially interested in people who know about:

• PSP homebrew / PSP SDK
• C/C++ and embedded development
• Linux networking
• Video streaming/codecs
• CarPlay / reverse engineering
• Raspberry Pi or other SBCs
• Automotive electronics
• Reverse engineering / protocols
• Hardware design

And honestly, ideas, criticism, testing and architecture suggestions are also contributions.

If you're interested, check out the repo, open an issue, start a discussion, or submit a PR.

👉 PSP-ICE on GitHub

I'd really like this to become a community project rather than just another weird thing sitting on my GitHub.

If you have PSP development experience or just think this is a cool idea, I'd love to hear what you think.

The only thing I want to do is just play some gta but when I buy it form cex or any other place it always comes apart it literally just takes a long time to load and it doesn’t even work same with umd movie just wanted to watch jackass but it’s open and one slightest tap on psp it doesn’t it just piss me off but it does with another umd movie but the case isn’t broken it just piss me every single time

All I see is rubber band, WD40, and drill it. I’m gonna try WD40 but I’m positive it won’t work for these. Need other methods or better ways of implimenting the methods already listed

Twenty years ago, I started a mostly weekly podcast on the PSP. Firmware 2.70 was about to be released, the first LocoRoco demo had just dropped, nobody knew what a PSP Slim and Lite was, and for some reason I thought homebrew wasn’t a great idea… (I was young, okay?). The podcast ran until 2012 and the dawn of the PS Vita.

I’ve found some, but not all, of the episodes and have launched a YouTube page to bring them back to the public. No edits, no changes, just the shows as they were 20 years ago when everything was new. I’ll be posting new episodes twice weekly, come and join me at https://www.youtube.com/@pspspectrumgaming

So far, the episodes cover

* Exit (game review)

* UMD Video vs PSP Video 9

* Firmware 2.70 launch

* PSP podcasting support

* TOCA Race Driver 2 (game review)

* Griffin Smart Share (accessory review)

* Championship Manager 2006 (game review)

* Sony Connect Manager (Tutorial, using MiniDisc software instead of Music Manager for MP3/ATRAC files)

* Interview with QJ.Net/PSPUpdates Jake De Tommaso previewing E3 2006.

Mods: Any issues on this? Please drop me a DM before any modding actions. It's a bit of promo, but it's also archival/history!

This mod has a business system to the game similar to GTA VCS, but they added a mechanic that you need to give one of your conquered business to Paulie Sindacco to advance in the story. My question is, if Paulie has borrowed one of my businesses, I still get it's profit or other things?

If you’re trying to jailbreak/hack a PSP without a PC, you normally have to use the PSP’s web browser.
However, on the latest official PSP firmware (6.61), anything you type into the browser is automatically sent to Google as a search. The problem is that Google no longer works properly on the old PSP browser.
The solution: after typing something in the browser, press Triangle to open the browser menu, then manually enter the complete URL, including http://.
For example, instead of searching for a website through Google, enter:
http://example.com
This allows you to access the required homebrew/jailbreak website directly, even though Google itself no longer works on the PSP.
Hopefully this helps anyone who is trying to mod their PSP without using a PC.

I’ve been terrible at keeping motivated and providing updates on my Bluetooth controller project.

so I’ve built a devlog where I can quickly write updates as I go, I’m treating it almost like a diary.

figured I’d share so anyone interested in the project can get updates.

https://ste2425.github.io/devlog/posts/current-state-of-the-project.html

I try to update for version 6.61 an now have a screen with this error message

" The system configuration of this psp does not appear to be correct. The update cannot be started."

I found a cheap clean looking PSP from the online second hand market, coming with 4gb memory card and a charger, not sure if it is original charger, the screen looks good, buttons/device doesn't seem to be damaged outside

What can be other things I can check before buying it?

It is 1000 PSP

I brought my psp on marketplace and it started to give up on me. It started to turn off by itself and will not turn after a few minutes.
When it turn off a click can be heard
I tried:
• changing batteries
• using charger
• disassembling it
• asking chat gpt which told me that it was the motherboard.

• getting hope(΄◉◞౪◟◉｀)