DS emulator on a PSP, just because

by Kyle Orland { Aug 13th 2007 at 3:55PM }

Sometimes it feels like hackers do things just to prove that they can rather than for any actual useful purpose. Case in point, Japanese homebrew developer SofiyaCat has set up a minimally-functional DS emulator on a hacked PSP. The compatibility is reportedly spotty and the emulation runs extremely slowly, but you can count on the community to improve these problems in due time.

It might seem pointless to emulate the DS on a system that only has a single, non-touch screen but ... well actually it is pretty pointless. But it is possible, and that's all that matters sometimes.

[Via DSFanboy]

Tags: ds, emulation, hack, psp

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Captain Jody Anthony XVIII @ Aug 13th 2007 4:00PM

practical? no. awesome? yes.

Almack64 @ Aug 13th 2007 4:30PM

For Good or For Awesome.

I sir chooose awesome.

d-pad @ Aug 13th 2007 4:02PM

Imitation is the highest form of flattery.

Erwos @ Aug 13th 2007 4:02PM

It's probably more practical than you'd think. Quite a number of DS games make no real use of the touchscreen. Getting the display to fit properly on a PSP screen would be a trick, but there are a number of games where the controls would work just fine.

Truepatriot @ Aug 13th 2007 4:04PM

yup contra,the new mario i want to play those 2 most.

Admiral_Mike @ Aug 13th 2007 4:21PM

Yeah, but look how you have to hold it. It'd be damn near impossible to use the buttons in the right way.

Word of the street. @ Aug 13th 2007 5:12PM

But there was a mod that added Touchscreen to the PSP.
Wow PSP Hombrew community is always in the works.I wonde rif Sony is going to patch this.

The timing is excellent,I just got my DSL :(.My PSP and DSL are still awesome tho'.

FrankTheCrank @ Aug 13th 2007 4:04PM

Nice. But seriously, DS's are so cheap and there are so many games. Plus you lose the touch screen functionality, that's a huge loss right there.

I don't think I could be bothered. But A+ for effort.

deaftly @ Aug 13th 2007 4:07PM

i sold my ds for a psp just because i was bored with the ds, this would be pretty funny if i could have both. hell, the best ds games to me were ones that didnt even use the touch screen

mr nimblewick @ Aug 13th 2007 4:14PM

You do your icon proud.

deaftly @ Aug 13th 2007 4:44PM

There goes my nipples again!

BPM @ Aug 13th 2007 5:31PM

Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass uses the Touch Screen extensively, and is easily one of the best games on the system.
(Yes, I have played the Japanese version)

PhrawzT @ Aug 13th 2007 4:30PM

One could display the screens at the same time if your turned the psp sideways. A mouse pointer could be used with the thumbnub to emulate the touch screen.

This emulator could be more practical then people are giving it credit for.

I will just stick with my DS and writable flash card. I like my PSP as well, but I'm not about to bother with this.

Captain Jody Anthony XVIII @ Aug 13th 2007 4:31PM

controls MIGHT be possible but it will never be able to be full speed

Nick Simpson @ Aug 13th 2007 4:35PM

I really doubt speed is gonna improve. DS emulators on the midrange computers are still running at 50% speed or so, and I haven't seen any improvement after maybe a year.

NintendoFanbot @ Aug 13th 2007 4:46PM

+2 hearts to the man who photoshops the pic with Shiggy and Iwata going "DS prints money!" to them holding PSP saying "It plays Nintendo games!"

...

I'll try it myself.

James @ Aug 13th 2007 4:51PM

Living up to the old saying that the PSP is only good for playing (old) Nintendo games.

pmasterfunk @ Aug 13th 2007 4:53PM

i think this is amazing.. i just need to find out where to get it

i heard something about someone working on this about a year ago

NintendoFanbot @ Aug 13th 2007 4:59PM

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9770/thepspsoneusent9.gif

Maybe I should animate it.

hvnlysoldr @ Aug 13th 2007 5:12PM

lawl indeed

Word of the street. @ Aug 13th 2007 5:09PM

Just when I got my DS.....

James @ Aug 13th 2007 5:21PM

... it remains the only playable platform for DS games.

;)

BananaBoat @ Aug 13th 2007 6:20PM

I think the PSP could have been the ultimate emulator handheld, but the lack of proper work on it eventually made it what it is today. Everyone keeps stopping their emulator development at little more than proof of concept, and even the most likely candidates (like the SNES) are still poorly emulated. Then again, like every time it comes up, some noob will soon be along to contest that SNES games run perfectly, citing no examples (like how Ruka's version of the emulator just a week or so ago, got updated to finally support Link to the Past and Super Mario World running with nearly no framerate drops). I want my NBA Jam and Shaq Fu running on mah PSP dagnabbit!

Faisal @ Aug 13th 2007 6:26PM

the can probably integrate a way to use the PSP's analog stick as a "virtual" stylus for the "touch screen" for the DS emulator on the PSP

spunkyMP4 @ Aug 13th 2007 6:39PM

This could never run 100 percent of the DS's library.

Adv2k1 @ Aug 13th 2007 6:47PM

How about they do something useful with emulation. Making DS games work on iPhone.

THAT WOULD BE USEFUL, THIS IS STUPID

mr nimblewick @ Aug 13th 2007 7:45PM

THAT IS USEFUL, THIS IS STUPID, WHERE IS MY LOLLIPOP!

propanol @ Aug 13th 2007 8:51PM

This does not deserve any attention whatsoever. It's a copy and paste port of a DS emulator that doesn't even run full speed on its platform of origin (i.e. the PC). It doesn't even have a solid implementation of the controls. The PSP struggles at emulating the GBA for christ's sake, and that's much less powerful than the DS.

rokubungi @ Aug 13th 2007 10:05PM

ya do know it is technically possible to run PSP games on the DS also

idiots will say it's not possible..

but it would probably run at less than 1fpm (frame per minute) due to massive dldi memory swapping and the gap between processor power

useful? no and neither is this. it takes minutes just to get to a title screen that takes 2 seconds on a real ds.

Solid Snake @ Aug 13th 2007 10:18PM

LMFAO

You have emulated your rival. again.
PSP: -20 for unoriginality and uselessness. Rank decreased: YOU R TEH WIN OF MASTER NOOB CUP OMG LOL

Whats the PSP gonna emulate next?
the N-GAYGE?? ROFLMAO!!!!

...that made my night. thnx.

ackmondual @ Aug 14th 2007 2:27AM

Sounds as pointless as making a Wii emu, but having keyboard and mouse to act as a wiimote before one is able to plug the wiimote receiver into a converter and that converter into a USB port.

ON related news, they have PS1 emu for PPCs (Pocket PCs). Saw a vid of someone playing FF7 on it. Of course it was < 10fps, no sound, and all the FMV cutscenes had to be removed to keep the game down to a more manageable 200 to 300MB or so. Not practical, but again, proof of concept is neat to show how far tech has come a long ways