Brand New PSP Go with 10 Games - ?79.99 instore @Game

[Bort]

Should have probably asked earlier, but I'm assuming the ten free titles apply even if you have a current PSN account?

http://uk.playstation.com/pspgopromotion/

[MrKirov]

I don't actually want any of the free games, probably won't bother!

[nakamura]

I'd like to know that too actually! Think it's just so long as yours is the first account the unit logs in as?

BTW this thing is a dream for SNES emulation. Just tried about 8 different games and virtually no slowdown on any (Starfox needs some tweaking and I lost the music but still played fine).

PS1 games are looking sweet too.

How is this possible? On a 1000 and 2000 they do not run perfectly. How is a go better?

[Escape-To-88]

Cheers Bort
Just picked up the last GO from Aldershot - the town made me feel dirty but it was worth it
Apparently most stores only have a handful, with the smaller stores having 1-2 GO's as they have achieved poor sales figures in GAME stores according to the nice chap at the Aldershot store.

[Brad]

Right. If my Go is on official firmware 6.38 Can I put custom firmware on it to run emulators?

[MrKirov]

You can, but you'll have to upgrade to 6.39 first, then you can install 6.39 PRO-B8, that's what I've done!

[koopatroopa90]

How is this possible? On a 1000 and 2000 they do not run perfectly. How is a go better?

I've no idea tbh. I am using the euphoria version as escape-to-88 mentioned, so don't know if it's just much improved over the previous version?
The games I played for sure had only incredibly slight slowdown, most notable because the sound would go funny for a split second. I played NBA jam, micro machines, sf2t, star fox, smash tv, super mario kart and a couple others. Some games actually only had slowdown during the menus, although a couple have graphical glitches like your current position not displaying in mario kart (I'm sure it's usually a White number on the bottom/map part of the screen?)- tried to sort it but nothing worked.

That said it is definately better than when I used to play them on my psp 1000 years ago, I remember crap and buggy sound and lots of slowdown in smash tv when the screen got busy - no problem for the go!

[Brad]

You can, but you'll have to upgrade to 6.39 first, then you can install 6.39 PRO-B8, that's what I've done!

Sweet. Any chance of a link to some directions? PM me if the linked site also includes anything advocating piracy.

[speedlolita]

How is this possible? On a 1000 and 2000 they do not run perfectly. How is a go better?

Maybe you're using a bad emulator? Also, hit select for VSH and force your CPU clock in XMB and in Game to 333MHz.

I'm using Snes9xTYLO.4.2mecm :P

HuE for PSP 0.70 for PC Engine
PicoDrive for Mega Drive
UO gpSP kai 3.2 user 64M test 02 for GBA
Homer's RIN for GBC

I also shoved Tekken 3 on my PSP last night, good stuff!

Hardware wise the PSP Go, 3000 and 2000 are the same. Only difference to the 1000 is that they have double the RAM - which can be utilised by certain homebrew..

[MrKirov]

Sweet. Any chance of a link to some directions? PM me if the linked site also includes anything advocating piracy.

Search YouTube for "how to install 6.39 PRO-B8" by Roxas6662.

All the links to the downloads, and a written and video step by step are all there

[Escape-To-88]

Did Mr K's way as well, for the exact search try "UPDATED* HOW TO: Install 6.39 PRO-B8 CFW on ANY PSP!!!" - Enjoy

There are a few versions of the Snes Emu that perform differently even though they seemingly have similar revision numbers and titles, weirdly back in the day when I had a PSP1000 on fw 1.5 my black model ran the snes emu slightly slower than the EXACT same emu on my white model? Bizarre!? Different m/board revision maybe - shouldn't affect speed though surely?

Also you don't have to update the f/ware as there are revisions for your earlier f/ware Bloke, but if you're updating anyway makes sense to update to OFW 6.39 then use the youtube vid

[nakamura]

Maybe you're using a bad emulator? Also, hit select for VSH and force your CPU clock in XMB and in Game to 333MHz.

I'm using Snes9xTYLO.4.2mecm :P

HuE for PSP 0.70 for PC Engine
PicoDrive for Mega Drive
UO gpSP kai 3.2 user 64M test 02 for GBA
Homer's RIN for GBC

I also shoved Tekken 3 on my PSP last night, good stuff!

Hardware wise the PSP Go, 3000 and 2000 are the same. Only difference to the 1000 is that they have double the RAM - which can be utilised by certain homebrew..

Doing all that and using all of those.

[speedlolita]

Hmm, any games in particular that lag?

[Escape-To-88]

I'm using same build as speedlolita and everything runs pretty much perfect 60hz with vsync on, 333mhz and 0 f/skip. I have to put f/skip on 1 for Mario Kart but everything else is great. It runs better than the PSP-2000 I had, although that could just be becuase it's a newer build of the emu.

[koopatroopa90]

Goddamit! Just realised I have to update if I want them there free games...

Mr 88 - do you know if the semi-permenant CFW I am using will work on the latest official firmware?