You guys should visit frank and sons. Prolly would be more of an Austin video cause of the Pokemon cards but there's something for everyone on the team. Could be a cool video.
If the previous laser was working just fine you just need to put some grease/oil (there are a number of posts about this online with info about where to put and which kind of grease/oil). This should fix the loud noise when reading the UMD
I just thought about how cool that psp is (had 1000 ver) and about buying one. Then i remembered i got psp go (custom fw) in the shelf. No umd problem lol
I dont think it was ahead they just didn't deem it profitable as there wasn't any competition and consoles were focused on. I hope they make it better and come back I don't like that the portal is a streaming handheld
@@thenoobreturnz8968 By not profitable do you mean the Vita? Because the PSP was 100% profitable with selling over 80 million units (#11 in best selling gaming consoles). The Vita did end up being an abject failure largely thanks to cuts in game development for the platform and the 3DS completely eclipsing them on all levels. The Nintendo DS released in 2004 while the PSP released in 2005, so there was also very much competition. The Vita released in Dec 2011 (Feb 2012 for NA) and the 3DS came out in Feb 2011 (March for NA). I do very much agree about the Portal, that was a huge disappointment.
@@thenoobreturnz8968 The psp was absolutely profitable. The Vita was barely profitable. Thats still considered profitable. Sony abandoned the PSVita as they thought Mobile phones were the future lol.
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.
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
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.
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
Great video Mr Denki, i would love to see a similar video on the psvita with a full teardown/mod, i modded mine like 4 years ago and it was a mission but now it can all be done on the system and takes like less than 10 minutes, easily one of my favourite handhelds
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!
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.
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 😌
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.
Especially with the white headphones and remote control on the PSP-1000 Value Pack, I remember wanting over an iPod because it could game, play music and also hit the web. Probably would have fully committed to it as my MP3 player in 2006 if flash storage was farther ahead. Memory Stick Duo was $$$$$ for not a lot of capacity - at least compared to HDD media players of the time... and I had a HUGE library I wanted to carry around.
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.
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!
Picked up a psp 3000 the other day, almost the same one I had from my childhood, I love it so much so many memories coming back👌🏻 what an awesome console
waiting on a Micro SD to Memory Stick Duo for the 3001 I recently aquired and sooooooo excited! In grade school my PSP was a smart phone before smart phones. I can remember playing with friends on the bus, using the browser, listening to music. Absolutely blew my mind when a friend introduced me to skype on it.
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 😁
PSP was literally my childhood. I loved the that handheld console so much. I grew up as a PC gamer, so regular console was irrelevant to me, but handheld devices spoke to me. I always wanted the freedom of gaming because my parents hated me when I was on my PC gaming. I tried nintendo DS and it was not easily hackable and hardware performance was very suboptimal. I saw my friend in high school playing PSP and I researched about it and it just talked to me. I loved how sleek the design was, how good the hardware was, and how versatile it was once the custom firmware was installed. That process was so much fun. Learning different certain versions of PSP 2000 was not eligible to install custom firmware so finding the right variant (at the time the easiest one was the Darth Vader Edition) was also really fun challenge. I loved homebrew apps that I ran for different purposes were really fascinating. I think if Sony did things slightly differently, they could have invented something like an iPhone before Apple did.
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!
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.
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!
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 just started playing my 2001 God of War edition PSP again recently. You can get ark4 installed painlessly and then I'm running a gba emulator on it. The GBA games are beautiful and the button mapping is pretty good. I'm still trying to get snes on it for my ripped carts but the first go wasn't too good. I can't believe the umd still works for the game discs on mine. Having the option of umd disc, PSP ROM, and GBA is really making it my favorite pocket device again.
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.
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.
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.
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 👍
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.
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.
I just bought Japan exclusive kingdom hearts psp and I plan on modding it to play all the games off the memory card and only use the UMD drive for the UMD movies I’m collecting. It’s basically gonna be a modern Walkman/DVD player that plays some of the best games ever
@@ZenSymphonia Rock on man, I do gotta agree there are some seriously good games that came to the PSP like FF7 Crisis Core, Final Fantasy Tactics, God of War games among others. I just personally hate UMDs, but like you mentioned, playing games off an SD card is an easy solution to that.
Just soft mod it and use an SD card adapter like in the video. Best thing I ever did. Fast load times, no loud disc drive, AND better battery life because it isn't spinning a disc while you play.
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.
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.
Me my oldest brother and my dad had one when it was still popular ❤❤ thanks to emulation nowadays can go back and play the main ones i enjoyed growing up with a ps4 controller the ps vita 3 and all that are great in there own right miss the days when you could just start up a game and immediately start playing no long downloads or everything being locked behind extra money just to get all the good stuff this generation wouldn't know nothing about that 😂😂
i just wish somebody made a more up to date LCD screen for the PSP. i still play the PSP till this day. such a great library of games i manage to put LED lights in the triggers. and custom firmware
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
Just bought mine yesterday white 3000 modded with like 40 something of the best games for it plus emulators with hundreds of games. Beautiful portable console for 160
If at least to satisfy some nostalgia, man the PSP really was amazing.
You guys should visit frank and sons. Prolly would be more of an Austin video cause of the Pokemon cards but there's something for everyone on the team. Could be a cool video.
where is the teardown link
If the previous laser was working just fine you just need to put some grease/oil (there are a number of posts about this online with info about where to put and which kind of grease/oil). This should fix the loud noise when reading the UMD
always wanted one but never got one.
I just thought about how cool that psp is (had 1000 ver) and about buying one. Then i remembered i got psp go (custom fw) in the shelf. No umd problem lol
ken really does know how to attract project diva players
right?
Miki Miki Ni Shiite Ageru!~~~
Chad
what an awesome franchade btw
The only reason I’m watching is miku
Ngl PSP was ahead of it’s time considering the rise of switch and steamdeck which are all basically just supercharged bigger psps.
I dont think it was ahead they just didn't deem it profitable as there wasn't any competition and consoles were focused on. I hope they make it better and come back I don't like that the portal is a streaming handheld
@@thenoobreturnz8968 By not profitable do you mean the Vita? Because the PSP was 100% profitable with selling over 80 million units (#11 in best selling gaming consoles). The Vita did end up being an abject failure largely thanks to cuts in game development for the platform and the 3DS completely eclipsing them on all levels. The Nintendo DS released in 2004 while the PSP released in 2005, so there was also very much competition. The Vita released in Dec 2011 (Feb 2012 for NA) and the 3DS came out in Feb 2011 (March for NA). I do very much agree about the Portal, that was a huge disappointment.
@@LPcrazy_88bro confused af
@@thenoobreturnz8968 The psp was absolutely profitable. The Vita was barely profitable. Thats still considered profitable. Sony abandoned the PSVita as they thought Mobile phones were the future lol.
DID U GUYS KNOW THE PSP WAS AHEAD OF ITS TIME?>🤖
Still got mine since it’s UK launch, it still works too. Great handheld.
Same here
Same, i got one of the first shipment into the UK. Even the original battery is still working great
I remember the PSP as the Official "Corn" Machine at my high school lol
We were playing something alright 😏
Can confirm the same at my HS.
Can confirm there was a lot of shucking going on in my PSP.
i agree the best corn machine tbh and when the boys huddle up on the PSP you know what they are watching 😂😂😂
first time i got caught by my parents was when i was using my psp lmaoo
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.
Pilot Academy sounds like a vibe, thanks for the rec!
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
the downside was for Ken to buy a brand new crystal blue PSP haha
Car dudes in Japan still used it as a GPS, very cool
@@DanganYankee bro what how???
Bro what how??
@@06paladin99 the satellite they use is still up in space and active for the GPS to work
@@MusicHackersOfficialDon't you need service for that?
@@MusicHackersOfficialI wanna use one as a gps but don't you need service for it to work?
A few extra screws when you're all done makes you a Master Repair Tech!
Just means you can put it together more efficiently :)
PSP was essentially my first smart phone lol... Had music, movies, and games on it. Carried it everywhere.
You look like Peter Parker's best friend
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.
PSP can be had for less than 50 bucks all day every day. You are lucky to get vita for less than 100.
for some games, they feel nicer to play on the PSP.
especially on games like Project DIVA
This guy said " get a vita"
Price
Vita sucks, and did NOT fall in price. mint psp is less than 50. a bit damaged but still completely usable is less than 30.
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
Great video Mr Denki, i would love to see a similar video on the psvita with a full teardown/mod, i modded mine like 4 years ago and it was a mission but now it can all be done on the system and takes like less than 10 minutes, easily one of my favourite handhelds
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!
Were you able to fix it?
i see miku i click
same
Yuh
Let's All Love Miku.
Least based Shiori fan
:3
Bro only showed gaming for 2 mins....
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.
Get the psp, it's so worth it, they are dirt cheap anyways
I would love something along the lines of the psp go but just with modern tech and games. Wow that would be amazing since I love my psp go
@@H_tudor pspdisp kinda does that, by streaming a windows pc thru usb, so you could technically hook up a mini pc
@@JohnWardButOn420people don't have time for that.
@@tn420animations9 worth a shot ig
Man I got a PSP to get started in installing homebrew firmware and so glad it sparked that in me. Love your videos
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 😌
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.
Especially with the white headphones and remote control on the PSP-1000 Value Pack, I remember wanting over an iPod because it could game, play music and also hit the web.
Probably would have fully committed to it as my MP3 player in 2006 if flash storage was farther ahead. Memory Stick Duo was $$$$$ for not a lot of capacity - at least compared to HDD media players of the time... and I had a HUGE library I wanted to carry around.
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.
Thx for making this video I was just considering this but couldn’t make my mind up
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!
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
Nag you just have slow fingers. Skill issue
Honestly that screen looks way better than I remember in high school… think I need it again😮
I got my PSP 1000 since February 2005. Still works until now and still playing with it now. Just keep maintaining it. Battery still works too.
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
looool used to see austin's videos on old iphones dude, its crazy to see how much the proyect has grown, i'm just amazed
Picked up a psp 3000 the other day, almost the same one I had from my childhood, I love it so much so many memories coming back👌🏻 what an awesome console
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!
waiting on a Micro SD to Memory Stick Duo for the 3001 I recently aquired and sooooooo excited! In grade school my PSP was a smart phone before smart phones. I can remember playing with friends on the bus, using the browser, listening to music. Absolutely blew my mind when a friend introduced me to skype on it.
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 am a sucker for things that conceptually were great but ahead of their time and technically flawed, loved the psp go and the 12 inch MacBook
Damn I love the emerald green with the white buttons! Looks freakin' sweet! 😍
Should have left the blue one untouched! Looked cooler than the green 😂one
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 😁
PSP was literally my childhood. I loved the that handheld console so much. I grew up as a PC gamer, so regular console was irrelevant to me, but handheld devices spoke to me. I always wanted the freedom of gaming because my parents hated me when I was on my PC gaming. I tried nintendo DS and it was not easily hackable and hardware performance was very suboptimal. I saw my friend in high school playing PSP and I researched about it and it just talked to me. I loved how sleek the design was, how good the hardware was, and how versatile it was once the custom firmware was installed. That process was so much fun. Learning different certain versions of PSP 2000 was not eligible to install custom firmware so finding the right variant (at the time the easiest one was the Darth Vader Edition) was also really fun challenge. I loved homebrew apps that I ran for different purposes were really fascinating. I think if Sony did things slightly differently, they could have invented something like an iPhone before Apple did.
I'll never forget about how blown away I was when I first got my PSP. It seemed like such a MASSIVE leap for handheld performance.
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!
Bro, I’m literally just about to buy a psp so ty
Since I never owned one yeah I say worth getting one still
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.
Fun fact: Sony still uses the XMB on the PS5/PS4. It's that top menu that lets you change the mic, etc.
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.
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 never had Midnight Club 3 on PSP, but maaaaan I spent days of my life in that game on PS2 adding spinning rims to EVERYTHING 😂
@@Denki that's the vibe!!! XD
lighting is top notch with this video; would look fantastic in HDR
kind of poetic that you're using a PSP for navigation in avehicle platform that has also lasted like 15 years. 4runner x PSP goated
That's so Therapeutic to watch, Great video.
I replaced the screen on mine, and Im impressed with it. I got back to playing Persona 1.
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 like this psp forever and I have enjoyed watching this youtube video ever.😀😃😄😁😆😅🙂😉😊😇🤓😎🥸😬🤗🤭
Really nice merch behind there, that MGO tapestry is so cool
You're a vibe. Glad to have found the channel!
I remember borrowing and playing it on my cousins PSP. Its a great handheld before getting the NDS, love playing Tekken 6 on that good machine
Having a TRD Pro 4Runner as a company vehicle is so badass 😛
PSP was my jam in 2005. It went with me everywhere. Then it was the Vita. Now its the steam deck!
Loved my PSP lol. I remember all the java games you could play in the browser along with an original iphone simulator.
Just reminded me to buy a new PSP battery. Cheers Ken! 🔥❤
Can we still buy a PSP!?!?! I really regret giving away mine to some random kid back then.
@@notme6753 eBay is a great option!
@@notme6753there’s tons in ebay and other similar sites but you can also try to find a refurbished model from a retro gaming site
Ken’s work ethic is suboptimal.
Idk but without seeing your face you sound low key like Randomfrankp 😂😂😂. Love your video tho keep up the great work❤
Having PSP back in the days is equal to having PS5 handle console today 🤯🤯🤯thats just crazy
The PSP at the time of its launched was far beyond advance in technology.
I just started playing my 2001 God of War edition PSP again recently. You can get ark4 installed painlessly and then I'm running a gba emulator on it. The GBA games are beautiful and the button mapping is pretty good. I'm still trying to get snes on it for my ripped carts but the first go wasn't too good. I can't believe the umd still works for the game discs on mine. Having the option of umd disc, PSP ROM, and GBA is really making it my favorite pocket device again.
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.
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.
It was basically a portable PS2! Incredible!
And yes, I bought my first PSP a week ago at the flea market!
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.
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 👍
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.
Man I miss my little Miku game machine
Thank you for teaching me a new word "laborious" that shit hard.
Nostalgic for sure
I can't believe the PSP will be 20 years old next year.
I still have my PSP1001 model in great working condition. It was one of my big purchases back then.
Wonderful video. I love the psp so much. One of my favorite handhelds of a time
Cool vid. Possible to turn down/off your security settings in your WIFI network to connect, it works fine.
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.
I just bought Japan exclusive kingdom hearts psp and I plan on modding it to play all the games off the memory card and only use the UMD drive for the UMD movies I’m collecting. It’s basically gonna be a modern Walkman/DVD player that plays some of the best games ever
@@ZenSymphonia Rock on man, I do gotta agree there are some seriously good games that came to the PSP like FF7 Crisis Core, Final Fantasy Tactics, God of War games among others. I just personally hate UMDs, but like you mentioned, playing games off an SD card is an easy solution to that.
Just soft mod it and use an SD card adapter like in the video. Best thing I ever did. Fast load times, no loud disc drive, AND better battery life because it isn't spinning a disc while you play.
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.
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😂
I have a jailbroken Playstation 3 that lets me play psp games, timeless classics, love them!
what a coincidence! i've started fixing my psp too!
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 😂
Who else thinks Ken's YuruCamp tshrit looks so dope. I really want one now!
Yoo Project Diva! nice pick
I loved my Jailbreaked psp i had downloaded Project diva 2nd and at that point i loved rhythm games especialy project diva games 👍👍👍
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.
its my first time watching your video,
i notice Pekora in the background, peko
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 👀👀
respect to the miku gaming, thats where it started my obsession with miku.
Me my oldest brother and my dad had one when it was still popular ❤❤ thanks to emulation nowadays can go back and play the main ones i enjoyed growing up with a ps4 controller the ps vita 3 and all that are great in there own right miss the days when you could just start up a game and immediately start playing no long downloads or everything being locked behind extra money just to get all the good stuff this generation wouldn't know nothing about that 😂😂
Austin kinda reminds me of an old boss of mine and it's creeping me out 🤣
i just wish somebody made a more up to date LCD screen for the PSP.
i still play the PSP till this day. such a great library of games
i manage to put LED lights in the triggers. and custom firmware
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
PSP and PSVITA were wonderful! I regret selling mine.
Just bought mine yesterday white 3000 modded with like 40 something of the best games for it plus emulators with hundreds of games. Beautiful portable console for 160
Project Diva Let's Go!
Bit late to the party, but I love my PSP, it's still running, the GPS thing was neat!