The PS Vita Is Better Than Ever 

Man I remember when I would turn on my ps4 with remote play and shut off my tv so I can stay up at night and play games on my vita and not get in trouble, Good times man

Still holds up perfectly in '23. Easy to mod, endless library, great performance, functionality, battery life and portability.

I'm still surprised you can even play Fallout 2 on this thing. I got it as an improved PSP, and to play XCOM EU, later modded it to play Tactics Ogre One Vision, but seeing the incredible MGS2-3 ports, San Andreas, and even friggin DOS games playing on this thing always blows my mind. It's so dang good, my Switch ends up warming the bench most of the time.

Watching the Vita modding scene grow and fight against Sonys patches throughout the years has been incredible. Back then you had to buy certain types of the vita if you wanted to mod it because they would pre install updates to beat modders. Now we all chill and play psp ISOs and gta San Andreas on the go

I almost sold my Vita in 2014. Glad the sale didn't happen because Henkaku Enso and RetroArch have given it a new life. There's so much to do on it now. Too much to do actually. It's an amazing device with a beautiful community behind it. For me, it's almost like living the PSP hacking days all over again. Great times!

I've been modding the Vita since it was possible. And seeing now that it's as easy as the PSP back then, it's a real mindblow. I had stored away my Vita and just got it out once I heard the news and updated everything to the latest CFW. Everything without a PC. It's great. I even have the first gen SD2Vita adapter (the red, raw PCB looking one) and I ordered a current gen adapter!

GOAT Handheld 🐐 Love My vita 1000

My PS Vita addiction started in 2021, I was already using a PSP Go as my every day emulator pocket console. When I got my first PS Vita (2000 Model) it became my PSP Go's replacement for everywhere I went, playing all my retro games and PS Vita games I've never played and loved! Then after spending some time overseas, I got my hands on a PS Vita (1000 Model) and just loved the OLED Screen that it's now my main system when I want to kill time. I've been playing a lot of GTA China wars (because I love GTA but never played that title) and a ton of PS1 games that I never played full but remembered playing in my childhood. I hope Sony makes another handheld some day.

I've always had a thing for the handheld devices, once you have it jailbreak or modded with homebrew, you're set!! Emulators, arcade, etc... 🔥

VitaDev is someone I follow from time to time whenever I get back into my random Vita craze. Dude is literally making a mini warzone for Vita players which I completely find amazing. Love the modding/homebrew scene so much.

My granparents bought my cousin, my brother, and I all ps vitas when it came out. Fast-forward til about a month ago, i pulled out the old vita and found out there is a massive community still playing on the Vita. I modded it, and have been trying to convince my cousin and brother to mod theirs. Ive even offered to do it for them lol I happen to stumble across your channel today while looking for an explanation on a pluggin. Its very nice seeing people still talk about the vita. I really wish sony would come out with something along the lines of a Vita 3k or Vita 2. I would definately get one. Anyway, you earned my sub most definately. The mention of the Raspberry Pi was the icing on the cake!

Great video. I've modded several Vitas over the past few years and your video has inspired me to get back to it! The Vita Dock via Raspberry Pi is a MUST for Vita fans (a Pi 3b is enough) and there's great 3D printed Vita Dock stands out there to make it official looking. Looking forward to continued mod support!

The ps vita will always be one of my favorite consoles in general. I got the 1000 series back in 2012 or 2013, and I still have it.

This is a go to experience if you are a teen or an adult in work or somewhere and its good to see vita coming back to 2023 as a model of bunch of good classics like cod and borderlands

i love this thing so much. i use it more for mobile retro emulation with real buttons than playing original vita games. just wish someone would finally figure out a way to play PSP games in native Vita resolution with maybe an FPS boost. some of the PSP titles really haven't aged as well as i my memories with them.

I see you got that YS Memories of Celcetta on there!!! That has to be one of my favorite games on the system as well as just one of my favorite games of all time as I did not stop playing it when I first started back in 2014 until I got the platinum!!

Well said! I too have a first gen Vita with the beautiful OLED screen and love it! I have a huge library of Vita games but I am now finally trying to take advantage of the streaming capability from my PS3. For the longest time I did not really realize this was a thing and I have a lot of PS3 games I have downloaded on my 1 TB PS3 hard drive over the years. Keep up the great work. Hopefully Sony itself realizes how special the Vita is.

Got a 1000 model a few months ago. Its amazing, the battery holds up perfectly even after all these years

Every word is true :) Didn't get my Vita until a couple of years ago so I'm still working my way through the official library with a sprinkle of emulation (and a Micro SD card) on the side. I've picked up some official titles dirt cheap through Cross-Buy when the PS4 versions go on sale.

I love my vita. The fact I could play the full versions of dynasty warriors 8 and samurai warriors 4 and transfer my data to the console and pick up where I left off was incredible. I thought too many games went gimmick heavy using the touch controls in forced ways that slowed down game play that turned away users

I remember my parents got this for me on Launch…. Had to wait a few more weeks to actually be able to play a game since the memory cards were so expensive… I believe it was like $40 for a 4gb card? Which was ridiculous

Here's two useful things: Adrenaline Bubble Manager. You can take your PSP isos and PSX eboots that you've tossed on your Vita to use with Adrenaline, and turn each game into it's own individual bubble that'll appear on the Vita's home screen. You can even customize the bubbles with different images, different splash screens, and rename them to shorten 'em or remove extra stuff. Mix that, with the HexFlow Launcher, that acts as a replacement home screen, and you've got yourself a super nice setup. Don't get me wrong, the bubbles aren't a bad way to go, but when you have an SD2Vita, and tons of games, the bubbles can be a bit of a hassle to search through. In my case, between Vita, PSP, PSX, Homebrew ports, and Homebrew apps, I actually have more bubbles than the Vita home screen allows. So I have to throw everything into folders, and it's kind of a mess of having to scroll through bubble folders to find what I want. HexFlow has 5 categories it sorts games into (and you can manually change the category for something if need-be). Vita, PSP, PSX, Homebrew, and ALL. It gives you a nice big left to right scrolling list of all your games, with 3D box art instead of bubble icons. You can also use an autoboot plugin to force a specific app (like HexFlow) to launch automatically when you turn the Vita on, which is nifty. There's also apps for custom Vita themes. There's PKGj, which, while questionable, lets you download Vita/PSP/PSX games for free straight from the Vita itself, there's stuff like the Apollo Save Tool that lets you backup your game saves (great for if you delete a game, but don't wanna lose your save), TrackPlug to keep track of your play time on each game, VitaGrafix that lets you upscale and unlock framerate for certain games, there's a few different apps and plugins to let you overclock your Vita to make things run better, an app called Bubble Recall that can save your home screen bubble layouts (in case you need to re-do your bubbles). There's a plugin that keeps track of your volume level between speakers and headphones and auto-adjusts to whatever the last volume was for it. There's a couple different plugins that lets you remap your entire controller layout, including the touch screen and back touch pad (you can even set buttons to a touch point, in case you want a jump button on the back pad or something). As for Homebrew game ports, I personally have Grand Theft Auto 3, GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, Max Payne 1, Bully, Fallout 1, Fallout 2, Chocolate Doom, PrBoom Plus (also Doom), and Mario 64. I also have Sonic Time Twisted, a whole custom Sonic Homebrew game. But I know there's also ports of Dead Space 1 mobile, and some Mass Effect mobile game, as well as a bunch of other things. And, mind you. You have Adrenaline. It's essentially an ENTIRE PSP on the Vita. As in, you can even run Homebrew PSP stuff, and use PSP plugins for PSP games. Even adhoc works between a normal PSP and the Vita. Like, there is a LOT of stuff you can do on/with the Vita, and people are still actively making ports of games, and new apps and plugins, as well as updating the already existing stuff.

I love my vita. It's the one handheld I never sold or traded in.

Retroarch has breathed a new life on my Vita. Hundreds of Retro games in the palm of my hand was a dream of mine years ago.

Some of my favorite things to do on vita were tear away, little big planet, and toros friend network

Yesterday I hooked up my vita to my computer monitor and PS4 controller and played Tomb Raider 3 in Adrenaline. It was just like playing the original PlayStation version back in 1998.

Cool vid batka. I recently modded my Vita and love having all the storage space. I downloaded a ton of games off the PSN that I purchased over the years, and still have over 100gb of space to do whatever with. Haven't messed with roms yet, but I wouldn't mind getting the Dragon Quest series playable on there to go along with my collection of FF 1 through 10.

Nice!! I might pick one up, didn't know I could use it to play SOR4 on the hand held through my PS4.

pop filter for your mic would help you so much for those "puff sounds"

The Dreamcast of handhelds, we're getting a steady stream of releases unofficially now. It can definately see the Vita remaining the go-to platform for those types of experimental indie games.

I had a PSVita around the time it was new. I had a few games for it like Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, Dead Or Alive 5+, I even had Street Fighter X Tekken. That game came with a voucher to unlock the DLC characters on the PS3 version which I also had. I should have kept it knowing what I know now.

Vita videos and reviews are still coming and i love it, keep it up bro! I love my vita slim so much 🔥

great video! i freaking love my vita! still working through my massive backlog but am going to jump into emulation so i can play all my old games on the go

Great video. Just starting using my vita again, thanks to you.

I remember those Vita Movie disc. Wish I would of gotten those back in the day at game stop.

Have 2 older OLED models and I'm amazed about using a raspberry Pi to use it as a dock. (Thought that the SDcard adaptor was already crazy)

moonlight game streaming from my PC is the best use i have for my vita that you didn't mention. you can map the rear touchpad for l3/r3 and the triggers for full button support on PC.

Metroid Fusion and Zero Mission via GBA emulator were a ton of fun of this device.

I've followed the Vita and its capabilities for years and you still managed to give me information that was news to me. Nice Job!

I am getting one today! So excited to get it!!

Vita is pretty useful for me. I have an RGH, hacked Xbox 360 and the Vita is a good replacement for a PS3. It has nearly full PS1 backwards compatibility and I'm able to play some PS3 exclusives that had Vita ports such as Sly Cooper Thieves in Time, Tokyo Jungle or the Atelier Dusk Trilogy. I was also happy to discover that the Vita has PSP hardware inside which allows me to play the entire PSP library so my SD card is pratically full at this point with PS1, PSP and Vita games.

I didn't know about the dock made from raspberry pi, awesome!

3:14 hes back babyyyyyy

I was pleased to download Odin Sphere on PS5 and see my old Vita save still accessible through cross-save 😁

finally found one yesterday at my local retro store

There was a program being developed that let you play remote play from your PS5 but seems it hasn't had an update it a while so it has a lot of bugs. Such a shame since sometimes I just want to lay in bed and play and not have to get up and go sit in from of the tv to use my PS5

Best handheld I have and modding it takes it to that whole new level. The dock idea is what I personally do with the PS4 controller and just connect my Bose Bluetooth speaker

Recently got back into it and it so great finding hidden gems. Russia subway dogs is one of the last games made for vita and it so much fun!

My Vita 2000 is awesome it's years old now, I'm using remote play with my ps4 slim.

My vita is used for mostly trying to get platinums. With a 256gb micro sd, you really can have all the games you want in your pocket and get as many platinums as you want while being able to play some good ol gameboy or gba games. Its an amazing piece of hardware to have if you like playstation games and old handheld games.

I loved the Soul Sacrifice Games we got on the vita. I'm getting bored of battle royales so, I think it's time to revisit my Vita!

Loved how well made this vid was, deserve way more subs. Earned one from me

The only thing I find difficult with the vita is the shoulder buttons. Any game that requires the use of those ruins my hands because of the lack of shoulder grips. Is there a good set of grips you could recommend?

i still need to get a screen protector for mine cause after awhile mine has a problem that after awhile the touch screen starts freaking out lol

Very interested in the rasberry pi as a dock bit. Where exactly could i get more info on this?

A tutorial on how to make that dock for tv would be awesome

I absolutely love the PlayStation vita and I loved it from the moment it came out until now!!! It still holds up over 10 years later!!

7000 subs!!! Congrats!

I have a tv and a 2000. I didn't expect this amazing news. I just finished modding my tv. Going to have to get a sd2vita now. I'm so excited.

I have the slim and last month I bought the fat white color, great console and the community is so active. I bought for $150 on aliexpress and dude, the console has no scratch, it’s refurbished and it looks like a brand new one

Do you have a video on what one and version is best to buy of sites like eBay?

Great video! I found an old psp phat 1001 in my closet and I set it up to play homebrew. I am using a 128 gb micro sd card with some emulators on it and a ton of games. Sadly found out that I can’t connect the 1000 phat version to my tv. Do you know if I can use my micro sd card in my current psp 1000, on a ps vita? Thanks

Is there a good guide available how to get videooutput working?

I bought myself a vita from ebay. Cannot for it to arrive, hopefully it’ll in good shape

Dude just talked about somthing i made at school when i was younger around when the switch was new it was a ps5 concept witch was bassicly a ps switch

Those who know, know. Vita is a marvel, a literal masterpiece.

Just ordered mine, didn't get the chance to get mine at the time it launched All my friends had one but I'm excited to get mine finally

What are some premiere/top tier games that I can download? Like what classic games

Actually.... My $85.00 Black PS-Vita (2000)Slim...I bought from a PawnShop in mid 2019...3 months later...fully modded...with a Sammy 512gb MicroSD-Card Evo and Sd2vita adapter... Now...2022 it is my current Home and Handheld... just hook it up with any Android base Smart-TV... Google Chrome Tv... Samsung Tab-S7 or Tab-S8 as a Second Screen attached to a dongle with HDMI output...USB-C'S...using the USB-Camera app...PS-VITA/ Switch...You can use any Wireless Xbox...PS4..PS5 Controller... 🫠🙃🤓

I wish there was a memory card adapter for an SD card that actually went into the memory card slot

I been having too much fun on my dad's old psp so I'm hoping later to maybe upgrade and move all my stuff into the vita if that's possible (still annoying to have to buy a dedicated memory card adapter for it)

They should just do a crowd funding campaign so they can assure the sales before fully comitting. they did that with Marvel Legends Sentinel figure. I bought 5 that were made to order and resold for more lol.

I imported mine from Japan. Luckily it reached me before Xmas. Sadly i could not find the 1000 model brand new sealed.. so i bought the 2000.

Soul Sacrifice Delta will always have a place in my heart

As a former psp owner, I naturally bought my vita launch model in white. The design was so outstanding from the standard back then. Unfortunately, more than 5 years ago, it was in my stored luggage in a hotel in California that it got robbed, along with a dozen games. So I don’t really wanna think about it again. And one day I checked and saw some activity updates from my vita account from my ps3 so clearly someone bought it second hand. As I’m right now satisfied with my ps4, switch and soon later ps5, vita will forever be in my memory thinking it was the most cutting- edge thing in the world. (Maybe someday I might buy another one I don’t know. I still have the cases on the shelf for my vita games but not a single game in them. )

I've had a Vita since a week before it officially launched (special preorder bundle) and I play it all the time, I actually didnt hack it for years but Sony really made it a no brainer to do so I now have a 1TB SD card in it

Hacked mine about 5 years ago to use it while traveling.. haven’t used it much lately. Wish I could do more with it tho

Great man thanks

if only someone would release a plug and play battery upgrade

I held onto my slim black vita. Modded it a few years back. It currently has NES, SNES, GBA nearly a full library of games. And I used a vpn on it to get access to EU PSN store for titles that we didn't have over here in the US. Such as Pacman World(PS1) , Classic Spyro 1/2/3. As well as CTR and The Crash Bandicoot Trilogy. I did this while I was 17yr old. Was very proud of the modded vita. Altering the resolutions of certain GBA games was amazing. Metroid Zero Mission on the vita? I'm sold

Freedom Wars is a classic for me. Wish we would have got a full console sequel

If you already have a modded Switch is there any additional incentive to mod your Vita?

thanks for reminding me about child of light, i never beat it. time to redownload

Where can I download those games? I need all lol. Which video is the best for downloading it? Also where to download PS1,PSP and N64 games? I hope we will get q lot of PS2 games in the future maybe even PS3

I got a sapphire blue ps vita 1000. It's beautiful. Rich blue with sparkly goodness. It's modded so I got a lot of games and emulators on it. It really is a great machine you can use to play many types of games. I'm very satisfied with it.

Even after super heavy usage, I can still play with my psvita for several hours and it was bought on 2013. The battery is really good. Although it is kind of dirty now coz it is the white version and the custom Hatsune Miku decals adhesive is coming out that it collects dirt.

I absolutely love what I'm able to do with my Vita 1000! I am still puzzled on how to get PS1 and Arcade roms on the device.

i remember playing technika tune with my psvita1000,, might pick one up again. coz of mods.

only a question, if modding my psvita, can i still used the trophies and see them on the app and the other consoles? i love the fact i can see all my trophies of all console in one place.

Sonic all stars transformed on vita with headphones was amazing

Kill zone mercenary was soooo goated

How can I add tony hawk underground 2, and wwe smackdown vs raw 2006? I don’t see it on pkgj so what do I do?

Still have my 2013 OLED, playing Unit 13, best game ever

Can you also remote play from ps5? And if so, only ps4 titles or also ps5?

the Vita's DPAD is grossly underrated. Extremely fluid in almost every fighting game on the system. I just hope future controllers adapt it.

I just got myself a Retroid Pocket 3+ while still owning a Vita. Anyone who also got both, with advice on which one to keep or even keeping both, and why?

i absolutely love playing hatsune miku games and Jrpgs on this little thing sure they don't run at 60fps but they're still great muramasa rebirth and odin sphere are great aswell

Thanks for the great video. PS Vita is so amazing. I have a Steam deck and GPD Win Max 2 but it is the Vita that I bring outside most because it is so light and has nice graphics (but I also love the Steam Deck which is also terrific).

I've been looking for the NHL 07 for ages but can't seem to find it to download it to Vita.

how do you modify the sensitivity of the analogue sticks? i tried the plugin but it doesn't seem to activate. it is crucial as mgs2 movement is very sensitive.