Five PSP minis already PS3-compatible

By Tom Bramwell Published 14 December, 2009

The rest to be ready by Thursday.

Although Sony had previously said it would be 17th December before PSP minis were ported for use on the PS3's new emulator, the official blog reveals that five are compatible as of now.

They are: Dynogems (£2.49 / €2.99), Heracles Chariot Racing (£3.49 / €3.99), Let's Golf! (£3.99 / €4.99), Telegraph Crosswords (£3.49 / €3.99) and Beat 'Em Up (£2.49 / €2.99). We'll be taking a look at the emulation soon.

(Update: My bad. Eurogamer's resident Blacksmith of the Future, Digital Foundry's Rich Leadbetter, says that three are three others available now too: Echoes, Stand o' Food and Breakquest.)

Sony hopes to have all the existing PSP minis available for the PS3 by Thursday. In the meantime, why not read our PSP minis roundup, where many of them are reviewed?

PSP minis are Sony's answer to the Apple iTunes App Store, or Nintendo DSiWare, offering cheap and cheerful downloadable handheld games made by indie developers. The platform holder decided to open them up for use on PS3 last month and the latest optional PS3 firmware, 3.15, introduces baseline compatibility.

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Comments (11) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Widge #1 2 years ago

    Be aware that they run at a slightly lower resolution with no AA on the PS3

  • TheNinkyNonk #2 2 years ago

    Could this emulator run standard psp titles?

  • Cyclone #3 2 years ago

    Eventually maybe. It isn't difficult to believe that Sony would like to one day be able to sell digital versions of PSP software to home console users the same way it currently sells PSOne titles. Though it likely wouldn't do this until the launch of a PSP2 so as not to cannibalise potential PSP sales.

  • Widge #4 2 years ago

    If I could play PSP games at home and take the games on the go, that would be awesome. Auto-syncing of save games would be a nice feature for that too.

  • Toothball #5 2 years ago

    @Widge

    You can pretty much do that now with a TV cable if your PSP is 2000 or later. If you want to go the whole hog you get hold of a PSP Go and hook that up to a PS3 controller, giving you the big screen and proper controls. Not exactly a cheap combination but I've been enjoying the ability to play games on the TV at home and then on the move.

  • xentar #6 2 years ago

    i hope pinball dreams will be made compatible as I tool bought the game on weekend to be welcomed by "copy to your psp" prompt... Not that i would mind the 5 pounds but i really want to play this classic game i spent so much time with on my amiga 500 light years ago

  • Widge #7 2 years ago

    Oh yeah, I forget about that, but I have a 1000 and don't really want to fork out for new hardware.

  • Akuma #8 2 years ago

    "three are three"

    Good typo. :D

  • betahoven #9 2 years ago

    Post deleted at 09:36:16 17-12-2011

  • KennySim #10 2 years ago

    "My bad."? Appalling writing yet again. Will someone tell my why I still read this crap?

  • wayn3h #11 2 years ago

    Go elsewhere then. It's not difficult.