Sony says PS3 now supports downloaded PSOne games (again)

[MarioMark]

http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/03/sony-says-ps3-now-supports-downloaded-psone-games-again/

I'm just downloading a PSOne game now that I've already purchased before for the PSP, it's downloading and should work, if you've already bought a game then it won't show up on the store, you have to click on the 'downloaded' section in the top right hand corner of the main store dashboard.

[Soulja]

How do you add money to an american wallet though? i hear you can't use any visa cards to do it

also when will they be released in the UK store?

[MarioMark]

How do you add money to an american wallet though? i hear you can't use visas to do it

Have a look in this section, I think there are threads about that.

[MarioMark]

Yep it's playing on my PS3 (not going to admit which game it is)!

The graphics don't look as dated as I thought and it plays in pro scan!

[kernow]

I take it you have to redownload the game, and you can't just use pre-purchased psp-ps1 games?

[MarioMark]

I take it you have to redownload the game, and you can't just use pre-purchased psp-ps1 games?

Yeah, redownloaded a game that I've already purchased as a PSP download, I didn't have to pay twice.

Been testing it out some more, it runs great, full screen, 480p but there is overscan which is about as big as you'd get on a PS2 game.

Edit: If you're playing it on a HDTV I'd advise that you don't sit too close to it, with the correct viewing distance it can look really well.

[johnno15]

So you can now download the psone psp games aswell as the psone ps3 games?

[MarioMark]

So you can now download the psone psp games aswell as the psone ps3 games?

You can download PSone games and play them on either PSP or PS3.
I've already found a major grim flaw with it! I've just saved data on my downloaded PSone game and it's deleted all my PSone saves for the games I own on original PSone discs! I was right at the end of Klonoa too!

Before anyone else makes the same mistake, go into the Memory Card Utility setting on your PS3 dash and make another virtual PSone Memory Card. In future if you play a downloaded PSone game, save that to one virtual PSone memory card, and use another virtual PSone memory card for your actual optical PSone games that you physically own. Just make sure you assign the correct memory card to it's respective slot, depending on what games you play.

If it sounds confusing, just play about with your PS3 settings on the Memory Card Utility option, once you get to grips with it, the above will make sense.

[J0e Musashi]

Didn't work for me. I tried to D/L Biohazard and it said to connect a PSP.

[MarioMark]

BTW I did all this on the US server, maybe they haven't set it up for the JP or HK account yet?

[J0e Musashi]

I tried out Everybody's Golf 2 on the USA store and I got the same message.

[shumy]

the psx game from usa and jap store can be playable on a pal ps3?

[Number45]

Bah! They've released MediEvil (Which I had a demo for and loved, but never bought) and I can't buy it. I really wish they'd hurry up with the payment cards.

[watusi]

the psx game from usa and jap store can be playable on a pal ps3?

yeah, just bought medieval from the us store and it works fine on my uk ps3

[Ajay1986]

How did you buy it!?! What type of card did you use to be able to get stuff off the US store.