Thinking about buying a PSP Go

[xelement5x]

(2) using a Sony PS3 3D display as the monitor. I use the latter as it's a nice monitor that I got cheap.

I'm not a fan of it at all.  It's got around 2 frames of input lag.  The most important thing in a gaming display and Sony absolutely dropped the ball with their Playstation brand monitor.

I had heard that they were really unreliable; even that many were DOA.
is this true?

I heard the same thing, the advice of the day when Best Buy was clearancing them is buy it for $99, and get the extended warranty since you'd need it within a year.  Despite the negatives I'd drop the $100 for 3D and PSP scaling, they were just sold out near me

[Flare65]

Just picked up a new PSP Go off ebay and and would love to know how to do the following:

Convert my existing PSP games to files so I can load them on my PSP Go

Play Sega, NES, SNES, Turbo Duo &Neo Geo games on it.

Most of the forums that I have looked up on the net seem to be dead on the PSP.  Is there some place in particular that I should go to figure out how to do all this?  Can someone point me in the right direction?

[SmaMan]

I don't think there is a way (legally) to turn your physical UMDs into files to play on the Go. When the Go first came out I remember that being an issue many people were ticked off about.

As far as all those other games, I think you need to install a custom OS or something and then load the emu of your choice. I believe there's actually a few links to that in this very thread.

[Mzo]

You'd need a system with a UMD drive in order to convert UMDs into data files.

What you're looking for is CFW (custom firmware) 6.60.  Now that you know what it's called, information should be very easy to find.  It's literally one program to download and run; installing CFW on the PSP is ridiculously easy.  The best part is that you can very easily go back and forth between the CFW and the official firmware, giving you access to everything ever.

[Flare65]

Got the 6.60 software downloaded and have a PSP slim to download it on and a link to a Youtube video that shows how to do it.  Now I need to know where to get the emulators for each system.....and some games.

[bartre]

iirc, 6.60 won't be permanent on a go.
i think mine's on 6.20, the last one that would simply boot into CFW.

flare:
TORRENTS

[Flare65]

iirc, 6.60 won't be permanent on a go.
i think mine's on 6.20, the last one that would simply boot into CFW.

flare:
TORRENTS

Can't do any torrents.  I kinda ran into some legal trouble with some downloads that required hiring a lawyer to clear up.  No joke.  I'm done with torrents.  Now if anyone is going to Octoberfest has a bunch of Roms they would let me leech a copy of, I'll bring my laptop and a external HD drive.  I'd even kick in a few bucks to make it worth while to anyone who would help me out.  I'd only be interested in specific titles that I actually own.

[xelement5x]

iirc, 6.60 won't be permanent on a go.
i think mine's on 6.20, the last one that would simply boot into CFW.

flare:
TORRENTS

Can't do any torrents.  I kinda ran into some legal trouble with some downloads that required hiring a lawyer to clear up.  No joke.  I'm done with torrents.  Now if anyone is going to Octoberfest has a bunch of Roms they would let me leech a copy of, I'll bring my laptop and a external HD drive.  I'd even kick in a few bucks to make it worth while to anyone who would help me out.  I'd only be interested in specific titles that I actually own.

I don't use torrents either, but if you're still willing to download stuff off the interwebs there is emuparadise, or sites like rapidshare.  If there is a game I want to play I normally search "GAME NAME iso download" or something similar and hunt out the rapidshare/mediaupload/etc links and use those.  There's also always IRC if you're devoted.