From memory (my PSP hasn’t got any PSone games loaded on it at the moment) the square screen is the default for PSone games.

You can, I believe, perform a similar function on the PSP to that of many TV’s, where you can stretch/zoom the picture to fit, although this can distort the aspect ratio slightly.

You sound very much like me in regard to gaming – I don’t consider myself a hardcore gamer, more a casual gamer, and I prefer quality over quantity.

I believe the PSP has plenty to offer as a standard gaming device, without having to downgrade and/or use a custom firmware.

Downgrading and then using a custom firmware does give you more options, which is always nice, but not essential.

By the way, I’ve watched a video of Tekken 3 PSone on the PSP in YouTube. I’ve noticed the game screen is square, so it doesn’t utilize the whole PSP screen. Is this the case with all PSone games on the PSP?

If so,.. I quit!!

I think I’ll need to wait for the professional guys to create a standalone downgrader (though I’m still afraid I’d brick my PSP).

I still believe owning a few good games is much better than owning MANY games of which a lot you won’t be playing often.

Guys are downgrading their PSPs in order to be able to play homebrew and other emulators, and they stuff them up with ALL they can get no matter if they’er good or not. I guess it would be too much.

If you want to play PSone games on your PSP, and you want to do it officially, you need to buy a PS3, and then use the Sony store via the PS3 to download the games you want (which you have to pay for) and transfer them to the PSP.

If you want to play your own PSone games that you can rip to iso format quite easily, you need to use the custom firmware 3.03OE by Dark_AleX, which makes use of the official PSone emulator, but allows you to use your own PSone games without needing to download them via your PS3.

It really depends on whether you want to spend more money buying PSone games (and be limited to which games you can buy) or just want to play the ones you already own.

Sony appear to be quite slow in releasing PSone games via the online store, and the list of games you can download seems quite small at the moment.

I’ve personally played Gran Turismo 2 on my PSP for a about 10 minutes, but I’ve not bothered with any other PSone games – they don’t hold that much appeal to me, especially when I’ve got quite a few PSP games to play.

If you are a big fan of the PSone, and like playing a number of the games on it, the PSone emulator on the PSP is probably a great idea. If you are like me though, you may prefer to stick to proper PSP games. I’ve got a PSone and a PS2, and neither get used these days. In fact I’ve not turned my PS2 on at all since I got my PSP, over 15 months ago.

I actually don’t want to play homebrew. But I’m really interested in Sony’s official PSone emulator, but I’ve learned that owning a PS3 is a must; to download the games through it.

I’ve ordered a PSP-1004 with firmware 3.02 — I wonder if it will play PSone copies (downloaded from the internet) on the Memory card? or if I upgraded to 3.03? or is the PS3 thing has something special that makes it work?

Thanks!