14 DAY TRIAL // If you are sick and tired of waiting for Sony to release classic PlayStation games for the PSP, this might be the perfect thing for you. Some guys came up with a PSP hack meant to allow you to play PS1 games on your Sony handheld.
This hack comes in the form of a PSP firmware alteration, Dark Alex's Open Edition firmware 3.02-B to be exact. This may sound complicated, but it's not. Once you install this firmware, you can play ripped PS1 isos from your PSP's memory stick. This report comes via pspnews, and according to them, classic PlayStation games run smooth and without glitches once you install the new firmware.
For all of you tech-freaks out there, the firmware's readme goes like this:
"This is the update from OE-A to OE-B.
Place the folder OEB_UPDATE inside /PSP/GAME150 and run it.
The update will take a very little time, since it only updates the files needed.
The new addition of this update is the ability of playing your own psx games, using the provided tool (popstation) to convert them.
Although, a feature that was in OE-A and i forgot to comment:
You can use plugins in psx games. Just create a file called pops.txt inside seplugins, with the path of your modules."
I guess this is the perfect Christmas gift for all hacker wannabes, and most of all, this allows you to play PS1 games on the PSP without having to download them from the PlayStation network. Besides, you don't have to use the PS3 to transfer them onto your handheld.
Some of you may wonder about the legality of this firmware altering, but I'm almost certain that it steps into the boundaries of the law, as long as the PS1 isos are ripped from games already owned. If I'm wrong, please let me know.