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I went down this rabbit hole last year. Modded PSP is/was great, but modded PS Vita is SO much better..and easier.
I keep my PSP in the drawer under my cash register in my shop, and play it from time to time when I have people who are looking with no intent to buy anything, but the screen is too small, and too low resolution for my old eyes to use for anything serious.
I have never owned a vita. Can they play PSP games?
They can indeed! Well, a modded one can. From my last rabbit hole dive I can tell ya that the Vita has the PSP hardware built in so it while I think it's technically "emulating" the PSP it runs it like native cuz..well it is.
So yeah, from the Vita you can launch the PSP emulator and it will run and function just like the PSP. Legit just running its own software so you'd almost never know you were on a Vita!
That is just... gorgeous 😍
So beautiful!
The new Anbernic RG Vita Pro! They sent me one to review, and I've been having such a wonderful time with it :)
Well first off, nice!! Secondly, what platform you on? I'll have to give your review a watch/read. How's it stack up against the OG Vita?
Thank you!!!
I'm just a written content gaming journalist, so I'm far removed from what is typical in the retro handheld scene! There's few of us now, and I'm proud that we don't have ads or click-bait nonsense compared to 99% of other sites.
You can check it out in a few days' time (Anbernic has sent me another unit because mine had a unique malfunction occur):
https://gardinerbryant.com/author/dash/
But I'll also share the link/some thoughts and a post here in this community on Lemmy!
If you're on Mastodon though, you can follow along with me there:
https://mastodon.social/@flwwhtrbt
And...thanks for wanting to! That's made me super happy!
As far as a comparison to Sony's PS Vita, it won't ever be able to play that full library. No handheld (or even the most powerful PC on the planet) is able to do that as far as the emulator goes right now. The emulator itself is far too immature, but things do improve over time! I've tried a bunch of games, but they vary with how well they run. MGS: Collection for example - MGS2 played perfectly and looked great, but then MGS3 aside from loading until I landed from the parachute sequence, refused to ever even boot to the menu after that! Again, its the emulator, not the hardware.
PSP on this is fantastic though. I've played SO many games upscaled nicely. It can even manage some light Switch games (very light), so it is a great all-rounder.
So many comments hate on it for the name without being able to play all of the Vita games. Conveniently forgetting none can. So many are hating on the price for the specs (I think they're forgetting the RAM crisis!).
You, good sir, are what I love to see in a space like this. I've got your site now and will be keeping an eye out for that review for sure 😄.
About the comparison, very good to know! I always figured when companies put out products like this they have the OG hardware that doesn't just emulate the old console like I've seen done with..I think it was a SNES or something?..either way, didn't realize it's still just running emulation software to get those results, makes sense though!
Cuz heck, even it can only really run PSP games (which is how they prolly should have marketed it) it looks to be a great piece of hardware for playing those on. Especially for those people who can't get their hands on an old PS Vita that hopefully works.
Side note too, I see your a gamer after my own heart with MGS being in your top suite of games to test. Love me some Hideo Kojima.