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Play your PS1 discs on your PSP via PS3's remote play photo

We heard the news from the PlayStation Boards, but we had to try it for ourselves.

It works! If you're sporting the latest firmware versions for your PS3 and PSP (2.10 and 3.80 respectively), you can pop a PS1 disc into your PS3 and play it on your PSP... wirelessly!

Owners of both systems already know the joys of having your video, audio, some gameplay, and PS3 internet in the palm of your hands, but now your classic PS1 favorites join in the fun.

Our test included several games, and we have to say that you're better off with RPG and strategy games than you are with action or fighting titles; the delay screws up the timing. I was able to boot up some old favorites like Wild Arms, Lunar, Xenogears and many more, and each played totally fine.

To do this, simply insert a PS1 game into your PS3 and start the Remote Play app. Now select Remote Play in your PSP to bring up the PS3's XMB. Simply select the PS1 disc in the XMB as you normally would on your PS3 and begin playing. 

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Grocerspride's Avatar
Grocerspride at 12/18/2007 19:24
Excellent! Tales of Destiny 2 will be played again!
Sirapak's Avatar
Sirapak at 12/18/2007 19:24
Thats awsome, Would love to Play Final Fantasy VII on it!
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 12/18/2007 19:27
That's awesome.
Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 12/18/2007 19:27
That's nice and all, but please explain to me WHY anyone would want to do this?
SpencersGifts's Avatar
SpencersGifts at 12/18/2007 19:30
ok someone let me know HOW this makes any freakin sense?

So in other words, i cant play the game while im what? taking a shit and away from the tv?! and the ps3 is still tied up streaming this to the psp? so i might as well play it on a 50" tv right?

Jesus how about instead of wasting time with gimicky crap like this, let the PSone die out, and make some decent games to the PS3. I have money to waste on a PS3, but why? theres nothing worth getting that I cant get on my 360.

Sony = Lagging
TONX's Avatar
TONX at 12/18/2007 19:30
To play PS1 games anywhere fool. its not that hard to figure out.

PS1 had some of the best RPG's ever made. Get Final Fantasy Chronicles in your PS3 and you could be playing Chrono Trigger in the palm of your hand anywhere.
SpencersGifts's Avatar
SpencersGifts at 12/18/2007 19:30
*Wedge

beat me to it haha
nagolttam's Avatar
nagolttam at 12/18/2007 19:33
Do you have to be near your PS3 to play them?
In other words, could I play them outside of my home?
SpencersGifts's Avatar
SpencersGifts at 12/18/2007 19:34
*TONX & Action

Ok you realize its within streaming distance. So what? a 100 feet? so AT MY HOUSE?!

I love some ps1 games, but fuck thats like me hooking up my n64 and actually WANTED to sit and play through games again. Might as well break out the 486 computer and play monkey island
The-Excel's Avatar
The-Excel at 12/18/2007 19:35
Sweet Jesus.
wilbo's Avatar
wilbo at 12/18/2007 19:36
ive been waiting for this now i can play ps1 games in bed without sitting at a wierd angle or moving console and tvs
Tino's Avatar
Tino at 12/18/2007 19:37
You can play them over wifi you freaks.


Right? Right?

Or is it within 100 feet, which is gay.

I really think it's over Wifi. I HOPE.
Y0j1mb0's Avatar
Y0j1mb0 at 12/18/2007 19:38
Folks..that means you can play anywhere that has Wifi and access your games on your PS3 from the PSP. That shit is cool. Where Spence got 100 ft is beyond me.
crizz's Avatar
crizz at 12/18/2007 19:38
How about making these games downloadable to the PSP? Then I could play them anywhere. I don't see the point in this at all.
SpencersGifts's Avatar
SpencersGifts at 12/18/2007 19:39
*Tino

if it was over wifi then that means I could just set up and ISP somewhere and steam PSone games for anyone to play?

Me thinks not. 100 feet, max
SpencersGifts's Avatar
SpencersGifts at 12/18/2007 19:40
I meant a 100 as a general. I cant go down the block and use my router to go on the web. The stream distance varies ofcourse.
pooper's Avatar
pooper at 12/18/2007 19:45
You got this totally wrong spence, it DOES use WIFI. you have to sign in with your psnetwork id on your psp. You can be halfway around the world and use your psp to turn on your ps3, stream your music, videos, and now play psone games. or you could start downloading a new ps3 demo so its ready when you get home.
Kismet's Avatar
Kismet at 12/18/2007 19:45
This is great for roommates or couples. For example, while my fiancee is hogging the tv playing something on his XB360, I can fire up the PS3 and play a PS1 game with the PSP. Not a bad idea at all!
SpencersGifts's Avatar
SpencersGifts at 12/18/2007 19:46
*Action

I would love the believe that, but honestly. Do you think Sony would be up to basically allowing access to whoever wants they're games for free? as long as you knew where to connect? and with SONY basically suppling the portal?

But then again wouldn't be the first time they did some back ass thing
Y0j1mb0's Avatar
Y0j1mb0 at 12/18/2007 19:46
Spence again..that means ANYWHERE with wifi you can access what you have on the PS3 with your PSP. Example..while I'm at work I can access my Lunar from my PS3 to mny PSP.While I'm at it I get the added benefit of scaring my wife at home while doing this.

Easy.
Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 12/18/2007 19:47
The point is, this is retarded when you could just run a PS1 game off your memory stick.
cjpkiller's Avatar
cjpkiller at 12/18/2007 19:48
...
spencer shut the fuck up.

you can play your ps1 games streaming to your ps3 via ANY WIRELESS HOTSPOT
that doesnt mean 100 feet
that doesnt mean 50 feet.
it means if you were in hongkong, and your ps3 was in japan, and you wanted to play a ps1 game on your psp, it is possible. added to this remote turn on via wifi, and you got it made.

waiting for cracked equivalent of 3.80 now...
TONX's Avatar
TONX at 12/18/2007 19:48
[i]"if it was over wifi then that means I could just set up and ISP somewhere and steam PSone games for anyone to play?

Me thinks not. 100 feet, max"[/i]

*Slaps forehead* man some people here need to read up before posting.

Anywhere you can access a WIFI connection, you can access your PS3 through your PSP. Now with this new feature you can play your PS1 games remotely.

I've tried this out today, its a fact that it works.
cjpkiller's Avatar
cjpkiller at 12/18/2007 19:50
personally I find the windows live streaming to my xbox to be a total waste of shit but I'm not complaining, right?
TONX's Avatar
TONX at 12/18/2007 19:52
and wedge, its not retarded. i have around 15 PS1 games and none of them are on the PS STORE yet. So if i wanna play them when im on the go then i just put it in the PS3. Seriously guys, you are trying toooo hard to spin this.
flaming burrito's Avatar
flaming burrito at 12/18/2007 19:53
or, you can always just... you know, get some homebrew action going
Dhaos's Avatar
Dhaos at 12/18/2007 19:55
Remote play is not new spence the only new thing here is the ps1 playability. PSP owners can already do cool things like this with the PS3 and was a bullet point in several confrences. this just adds too an already cool feature. I don't have a PSP or PS3 but the cool shit you can do with the 2 in my eyes is the only "next gen" thing they have done with there new systems. I like it but till they get some more games on ps3 I can't justifiy the cost..
Y0j1mb0's Avatar
Y0j1mb0 at 12/18/2007 19:56
@Action Bastard: I dont think Spence even has a PS3 or a PSP.


lol.
Psywolf's Avatar
Psywolf at 12/18/2007 20:01
ok so your psp turns on the ps3 and turns it off when your done?

thats awsome I' have been wanting to play beyond the beyond again and I'm looking to get a psp when crisis core is release (I think this would be in march)
Takeshi's Avatar
Takeshi at 12/18/2007 20:03
I just don't get it. People with a PS3 and a PSP should know this. It's as stupid as the people who didn't knew they could play blu-rays on their PS3 or DVD's on their PS2's.
cjpkiller's Avatar
cjpkiller at 12/18/2007 20:04
yes you can turn a ps3 on and off remotely using the psp over wifi.
wardrox's Avatar
wardrox at 12/18/2007 20:11
lag?

I still see this as silly, isn't the PSP meant to be able to play PS1 games anyway?
adam locked's Avatar
adam locked at 12/18/2007 20:11
... Doesn't anyone else realize that PSP owners have been saving and playing PlayStation One games on their PSP off the memory stick, since like, this summer? Custom Firmware has had people playing PSOne games on PSP for a long time now.
Orionsaint's Avatar
Orionsaint at 12/18/2007 20:13
This is almost as hot as Jessica Chobot stapling her face!
Scape's Avatar
Scape at 12/18/2007 20:19
This is sweet. I'm looking forwards to trying this out.
Netrat33's Avatar
Netrat33 at 12/18/2007 20:20
can the 40gig PS3 even play PS1 games? Or did they just remove the PS2 capabilities.
BluDesign's Avatar
BluDesign at 12/18/2007 20:24
Christ. You can play YOUR PS3 through the PSP. If your system isn't registered against a PSP, it won't work. If you'd ever used Remote Play, you'd know that this is how it works. It's just a new feature through the PSP and Remote Play. It's quite nice, since I can be someplace away from the PS3, say at my parents house, and now play FFVI or ChronoTrigger through that WITHOUT emulation.

I have copies of both games for the PSX, so I don't see much point in emulation, especially now.
TONX's Avatar
TONX at 12/18/2007 20:26
@ Netrat33:

Yes, all PS3's are BC with PS1.
jackdoe's Avatar
jackdoe at 12/18/2007 20:30
There is some lag according to reports but doesn't make it any less cool than it already is.
ShadowXOR's Avatar
ShadowXOR at 12/18/2007 20:33
1. The lag makes it a pointless feature in my opinion.
2. You have to be on the internet or close by the system. Free internet is available FAR from everywhere.
3. SpencersGifts made a complete ass of himself.
4. Just get custom firmware and you can play all the games you want with lower load times, no lag, and have access to all PSX games instead of just the ones Sony wants to sell you.
amalgamut00's Avatar
amalgamut00 at 12/18/2007 20:39
Vandal Hearts 2
SpencersGifts's Avatar
SpencersGifts at 12/18/2007 20:47
ass how? because i think its a waste?

Its a feature that has a lot of bells and whistles, but from what it looks like, is un needed.

Wouldn't the psone game have to be in the CD tray? or could u rip it to the ps3 hard drive?

BTW, I'm pretty sure with the 40gig ps3, the lack of wifi built in means you'd have to have it hard lined.
Scape's Avatar
Scape at 12/18/2007 20:48
While emulation may be a "better" option when it comes to actually playing the games without lag. I would say that the majority of gamers don't have the knowledge to run emulators on their PSP or they don't want to deal with messing with their firmware and running emulators. (Not sure if they have them at full speed yet, but I think they do for most systems). Also not everyone has memory sticks large enough for game ROMS.

While it's not perfect, this is just a cool thing that Sony is doing for gamers. Not everyone is going to take advantage of it but it's cool that it is there.
Rpg_Worshiper's Avatar
Rpg_Worshiper at 12/18/2007 20:57
I AM FREAKING OUT OVER THIS! This is exactly what Sony needed to do (among other things). I cannot wait to play FF VIII for the first time on my PSP!. GAH!
ShadowXOR's Avatar
ShadowXOR at 12/18/2007 21:09
@SpencersGifts:

I agree that it's a useless feature but you made an ass out of yourself by claiming it couldn't be played over the internet multiple times. It was flat out wrong and you looked like a complete douche bag.
big filth's Avatar
big filth at 12/18/2007 21:21
um, I dont know, and I might be alone on this one, but why in the hell would you want to play a ps1 game anyway? I dont have a PSP but is the selection that bad??

I cant even get myself to play some of the older 360 games I have let alone the dusty PS2 games I have sitting around.

I mean, I loved my ps1 and lots of games for it, but I dont think i could waste 10 minutes with them now.

ok, enough shit talk, Im off to play madden 01 on my game boy advance.
Tino's Avatar
Tino at 12/18/2007 21:54
@Spence:

Okay, lets completely take away the feature then. That will make the people that wanted to use this feature really happy.

Stop being a doucebag.

As for the people saying "Just emulate it with homebrew on a PSP"

Keep stealing. Thanks. You're making the world a better place by pirating everything.

If you're actually using legit backups, then no worries. Keep on it.
IvoryShipping's Avatar
IvoryShipping at 12/18/2007 21:56
Once I get a PS3 I will use this for sure.
JonDarkwood's Avatar
JonDarkwood at 12/18/2007 22:02
omg I could remoat play RPG Maker!!
EternalDeathSlayer's Avatar
EternalDeathSlayer at 12/18/2007 22:10
Already played FFVII on it while the wife played Halo 3, it was fucking great. Sony is Win today.
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