Gaming with a PSP in 2024 

If at least to satisfy some nostalgia, man the PSP really was amazing.

ken really does know how to attract project diva players

i see miku i click

I remember the PSP as the Official "Corn" Machine at my high school lol

Still got mine since it’s UK launch, it still works too. Great handheld.

Ngl PSP was ahead of it’s time considering the rise of switch and steamdeck which are all basically just supercharged bigger psps.

A few extra screws when you're all done makes you a Master Repair Tech!

Car dudes in Japan still used it as a GPS, very cool

LOL Seeing the interaction between you and him, Austin's a good dude. Trying to make a good decision business wise, but also help your boy out. Good Sh*t! Love to see it

Thx for making this video I was just considering this but couldn’t make my mind up

PSP is a great bit of hardware, has a really good handheld library, I really recommend Pilot Academy, a really addictive Pilot Wings inspired game, next good one is Retro Cave Flyer, which is like a spiritual sequel to the Mega Drive game Sub-Terrania, Blast Off is another gem of a game. The PSP had great media capabilities, including music that sounds incredible thanks to the high-quality audio DAC and headphone AMP.

Actually this one made me push to buy replenishment shells and buttons for my old psp2000 which was bundled with madden nfl game, ive fixed my psp go before hopefully this one's even easier Thanks for the inspiration ken!

ahhh the famous few extra screws lol ! Thanks YT for this as a suggestion ! Nice video man, +1 subs ! :)

The PSP brings so much nostalgia to me -- I had the phat 1000 model 18yrs ago and the UMD I had at the time was Burnout Legends. It was a perfect boredom killer for me at the time, until one of my bros discovered PSP modding 2-3yrs later and I thoroughly enjoyed playing NFS Most Wanted/Carbon Own the City, GTA Liberty/Vice City Stories, Naruto Ultimate Ninja Heroes and Tekken 😌

Amazing video! - wanted to shout out a few things. The GPS adventure is amazing and definitely impressed me and made me laugh! Secondly, it's wild to say - but the screen going half pixel dead save for a tiny half cm on the bottom is exactly what happened to mine! No idea what we both did! lol... Lastly - I went through five replacement screens off amazon, all of which were busted and or filled with torn and horrible dead pixels. It's a shock but everyone seems to have the same experience, and I'm curious once you get that replacement screen off amazon. I've ended up going with another PSP like you did. DEFECTUOSA! Lastly part two - first video I've seen on your channel and it was a blast. I'll be watching more!

Okay now I really need to play that project diva again. PSP is my og console in my teenage years, so much memories with it! Might buy one soon just for the nostalgia

You're a vibe. Glad to have found the channel!

I loved the PSP, I had one when it came out while I was in high school. I took that thing everywhere and was my mp3 player. I still remember when the first custom firmware came out and using the battery to unbrick someone elses psp. I still have my fat psp and works great.

Wonderful video. I love the psp so much. One of my favorite handhelds of a time

So much old memories from this video. Got the original PSP 1000 in the early 2000s with FF2. Left it in one of my table drawers 3 years later. Just took it out last week, charged it up and everything still works including the battery. The older PSP versions are bulkier, but that is fine for me. I put one of those clear Transformer Optimus Prime case when I first got it and it is still in original condition. Such a great system that Sony built.

You're so awesome! Love Your Video! Also At 34:58 while you were driving you passed one of my favorite malls in California which is called La Puente Hills Mall one of my favorite places to go because of the AMC 20 Theaters but Sadly "RIP Sears". Brings me so many memories of that mall and how it changed. How far is it from your Studios? Also on the topic of the video, you are so right that PSP was the best. Great videos and keep up the good work.

this was a dope video. a few years ago i modded my psp 1000. i added a qi charger. took me a bit to figure it out but it worked, had a bunch of roms on it lol because the qi charger was in the umd drive area. i used it all the time till i moved and lost it. now youre making me want a new onelol but i game on my galaxy s23 ultra with the razor kishi v2

Why not just get a Vita? You can just play all PSP games on there with a better screen (OLED) and better battery. And on top of the PSP compatibility, you get Vita games like Gravity Rush, Persona 4 Golden, Hotline Miami, Telltale's Walking Dead, Mortal Kombat, Final Fantasy X / X-2, Terraria, etc.

Yoo Project Diva! nice pick

Loved my PSP lol. I remember all the java games you could play in the browser along with an original iphone simulator.

Idk but without seeing your face you sound low key like Randomfrankp 😂😂😂. Love your video tho keep up the great work❤

The PSP was ahead of its time. that change from silver to green clear is a good custumization. great machine. im a fan of the psp.

with rumors of Sony releasing a new handheld in the near future, I'm torn on whether to wait for it or just get a PSP. I would be super down for them to release a modernized version of the PSP.

I've still got my OG PSP 1000 that I imported from Japan on day one and it still works perfectly (even the UMD drive works). I flashed it with CFW as I have the Datel Battery tool that converts genuine batteries in to service batteries 👍

lighting is top notch with this video; would look fantastic in HDR

Should have left the blue one untouched! Looked cooler than the green 😂one

PSP was essentially my first smart phone lol... Had music, movies, and games on it. Carried it everywhere.

Love my PSP, it’s still displayed with the other consoles, but the Vita is just superior in every way so that’s what I usually grab. Nice job on the mod though!

I loved my Jailbreaked psp i had downloaded Project diva 2nd and at that point i loved rhythm games especialy project diva games 👍👍👍

Relate a lot to this video, most of the games I had were racing ones, and NFS Underground Rivals was so much fun, and Midnight Club 3 still shocks me that it runs on a PSP. And ofc I still play on my PSP, it's just fun, light, and the original battery still lasts a loooong time!

I started playing my PSP 3000 lately with both Daxter & Motorstorm: Artic Edge have had a blast playing them. The 3000 model I have isn't my first PSP, my first one was the 1000 model which I ended up selling to my dad who really liked the system, it's games and also he wanted something to load music onto and listen to while working. I sold him everything the handheld came with plus two games though except for the demo disc, my memory stick duo and carrying case I bought. The PSP when loading a UMD sounds like an old man snoring, lol.

PSP is/was a fun console. Also, I love how it’s just randomly placed on a livetune CD at the start of the video 🤣, you truly want to keep Miku fans watching

I nmdded my psp 2000. Transport shell,added USB-C alongside the mini USB so you can use either one (still runs at USB2 speeds though) I also added Bluetooth. When I first got the psp the umd drive made a horrible noise so I ended up soaking the motor in WD40 and it runs like a dream ever since 😁

I have a vita 1k that is still running for my psp needs after the screen on my gow edition psp was broken. Either one is worth getting with cfw and patience. Good job.

Thank you for teaching me a new word "laborious" that shit hard.

The way you are playing project diva wants me to cry in horror 💀 YOU NEED TO USE TWO HANDS ONE ON THE DPAD AND ONE ON THE BUTTONS

I arrived here for Miku, dude's got taste. Didnt know the psp was a GPS too so thats new.

I still play my PS Vita and 3DS from time to time, best devices Sony and Nintendo have ever made, imo!

Can relate :)), braking PSP's while changing shells happen all the time, even if you're really carefull. Never owned one while I was a kid so I buy each one of them I see in fleamarkets.

I like this psp forever and I have enjoyed watching this youtube video ever.😀😃😄😁😆😅🙂😉😊😇🤓😎🥸😬🤗🤭

Definitely better than the PSP Go which came out way too early considering digital gaming wasn't as big then as it is now

I still have my PSP1001 model in great working condition. It was one of my big purchases back then.

That's so Therapeutic to watch, Great video.

"But this body certainly has seen better days" the same could be said about me. 😂

I love how even though Denki and Austin are close, he still refers to Austin as Boss man and is nervous to get austin's approval for the screen ツ

Bro, I’m literally just about to buy a psp so ty

Inspired me to get my psp’s out. Took out my robots movie umd and gave it a try. Pure nostalgia. Let’s see a video on the psp street😂

On one hand, I'm glad I had a DS (not being able to afford both systems), and I had my fair share of soul-changing experiences on the handheld, but, shoot, PSP was so cool, and had at least a handful of games I really wanted to play, and never really had the chance, until I met my wife, who had a PSP she took overseas with her, so... I have that now. It feels so dang good in the hands (pretty much the perfect form factor - PS Vita supporters need a reality check on that thing), and absolutely has a library of games worth having/exploring/owning. I need to get around to figuring out if the issue with it is just the battery (that I've taken out/disposed of, because I'm not going to wait for it to start its transformation into a spicy pillow), or if there's a bigger problem. Would be nice to pop a new battery in/get a new charger and start collecting for the system/playing some stuff. I've still got an old WRT-54G router connected to the network that outputs a 802.11b WiFi signal, which the PSP (and original DS models) need for connecting. I should mess around with that. Anyway, this video was especially painful to watch. Thanks.

I replaced the screen on mine, and Im impressed with it. I got back to playing Persona 1.

I have 3 psps one white star wars edition and stock black both 2000 and my favorite a black psp go with 16 gb stick old but hard to get for a good price good collection stuff and i also played NFS Underground Rivals for days especially now that i want to play older stuff again!!

Psp is not only my favorite handheld ever, but one of my all time favorite consoles in general. Very ahead of its time.

PSP was my jam in 2005. It went with me everywhere. Then it was the Vita. Now its the steam deck!

I got a psp only usin it to watch movies it’s awsome a lot of great movies were released on psp

The UMD reading infinitely is because of a button inside the UMD drive that looks like a small pogo stick. It just needs to be pressed by the UMD door properly.

did u bought the new screen for the other psp?? anyways, love your video kinda want to buy back my psp

And another great thing is if you got a couple of them you can play against each other which is super fun and it works perfect

Man I miss my little Miku game machine

1) Use round tip tweezers if you don't want to damage flex pcbs (cables). I doubt that iFixIt kit doesn't have one. 2) Probably there is some dirt on display flex pcb from fingers which is preventing from good contact, try to use eraser to clean contact pads. 3) Dont wiggle flex pcbs when they are in connector, last thing that you want to do is to rip apart the traces or damage the connector itself. 4) If you want to check the connectivity, there is diode mode on multimeters. In this mode the multimeter will beep if you have contact between probes. Touch connector pin with a multimeter probe and with other probe touch the destination point. 5) When you are soldering, use flux, because soldering process will be so much easier and have a better looking. 6) Don't "play" with components with power/battery connected, you could literally short components on the motherboard and fry it.

what a coincidence! i've started fixing my psp too!

Just reminded me to buy a new PSP battery. Cheers Ken! 🔥❤

I had the PSP back in my teens when the Vita was out, was the 1000 model and paid $60 for it, played it for hours and hours, one day stopped working, this week i ordered a PSP 3000 along with a Vita 2000, excited to finally be getting a PSP again, never owned the Vita before tho

The Nostalgia for me is that the PSP was the first ever handheld I ever bought with my own money. It was $70 from Gamestop and It was like...damn I think late middle school early high school with the PSP. I think High School since my brother was in college at the time. I didn't realize it needed a memory stick so for like 1 night I had to play Birth By Sleep without Saving. I got it modded and cleaned out in 2020 and I loved it even after all of these years. I even put some music on it for the 2006 vibes.

You have to get the UMD drive working. It's basically a MiniDisc, and we need as many functioning MiniDisc and MiniDisc-adjacent things in the world as possible.

I got my psp few days ago I LOVE that thing i have emulators on it and personally i love gta liberty city stories

Since I never owned one yeah I say worth getting one still

lol i had no idea you had a channel, i saw a PSP video and clicked it while i was working on the cabling under the desk and was like...hold a sec i know this voice.

Just an FYI... if you look at the screen before you did the tear down, it had a line going across it. I am pretty sure that screen was jacked up from the get go.

Austin kinda reminds me of an old boss of mine and it's creeping me out 🤣

I miss my 3000. Still have an earlier version I need to work on but keep putting off. 😅

Bro i fucking love the psp i had multi hand helds (not a actually console because my family was not that rich) and the first hand held i had was the orginal Nintendo ds aswell as the psp i could say in my whole entire life ive had a dsi or so, a ds 2, 3ds, ds lite, 2 psps, and now a Nintendo switch lite.

I remember back in the day they only had black psp 3000 and no other color so I changed housing to white and ended up breaking screen similarly like Ken did and had a few black lines across the screen

The PSP at the time of its launched was far beyond advance in technology.

Is the replacement analogue stick comfortable and comparable to oem?

I still have mine and love it. I do want to find another one though as mine has seen better days.

I have a jailbroken Playstation 3 that lets me play psp games, timeless classics, love them!

Fun fact: Sony still uses the XMB on the PS5/PS4. It's that top menu that lets you change the mic, etc.

PSP and PS3 was nice combination , whole lots of ps3 port was on psp which played exactly the same

Can you do a PSP vs PSP Vita and let us know which is the preferred emulator between the two? I know the Vita has a bigger and better screen but from what I've read the PSP regulars are more in demand? I could definitely be wrong.

Project Diva Let's Go!

For the old loud drive, I would have attempted to grease the gears first instead of fully replacing the drive. At least he somewhat acknowledged that in the post mortem section.

I kinda wish the UMD were a bigger hit than they turned out to be. Even in the age of streaming and digital downloads, having a tangible copy if a great game, movie, or album is amazing.

my PSP GO still going strong

How did u manage to get this worked? Is your shield on Android 9 or something? I have downloaded and installed/replaced folders etc.. done everything but doesnt seem to work on my shield. When i click hyperspin the screen flashes little and nothing comes up

There's a black PSP (I don't know which version unfortunately) at a local thrift store for $40. It's got a cracked front faceplate (thankfully the screen at least looks fine. It's also missing the battery cover, battery, and charger. I'm thinking about getting it to restore it with a clear shell if it is the final revision.

I started going down memory lane with buying older consoles again last year and the PSP was one of the many I bought. My nostalgia glasses clouded so much of that original PSP experience, omg. UMD games are just painful to play nowadays, from the load times being almost unbearable to the noises this thing can make, it just does not hold up today imo. Especially when you compare the experience you can get with the 3DS. They are both comparable if you put custom firmware, but man I finally get why the DS and 3DS were so popular back in the day.

This happened too, when I first frankesteined my old PSP. I carefully pulled out the lcd screen with the ribbon cable and when I put it back in its origianl housing, green lines came poppin out of nowhere. Ruined the flex ribbon cable and just had to get another screen. So ur're not alone in this world where we accidentally ruin these fragile ribbon cables from Sony lol

i regret not owning a PSP, grant it i won a psvita 2000 which is basically a supercharged psp but man the psp was the GOAT

Hilarious how Ken does the research to find a reputable guide, then proceeds to hardly use it and forgot to take screws out straight away 😂

It was basically a portable PS2! Incredible! And yes, I bought my first PSP a week ago at the flea market!

I need to get a PSP/VITA A$AP. Been dying to get one FOR YEARS. Think now may be the time to get one if not both 👀👀

do you think its possible to minimize the psp components and remove teh screen and in place have a spot to put in a phone. so itll be like the kishi v2 but with a umd drive and psp buttons. so you have a phone and you slide it into were the psp screen goes

if you want to connect to wifi you gotta turn the security to an older type or turn the security off on your wifi OR hot spot from your phone

Where'd you get the blue shell? So pretty!

I never owned a PSP myself but I did enjoy it the times I used one. The menu OS was fantastic like the PS3. Why'd they have to change it with the PS4 onwards?

Your 'donor' console looked nicer than your 'refurbished' console!! XD