PSP 2000 and PSP 3000 Screen comparison

PSP3000 was release today!

In taiwan, today is the release of PSP 3000. One of the PSP 3000 owners posted a few photos showing the difference of PSP 2000 versus PSP3000:

One of the photos was showing the God of War (Chains of Olympus) on both PSP2000 and PSP3000.

PSP3000 with Dissidia: Final Fantasy (20th Anniversary Limited Pack)

PSP3000 with Dissidia: Final Fantasy (20th Anniversary Limited Pack) will be released on December 18, 2008. You can pre-order it from play-asia.com.

Square Enix was showing the Dissidia: Final Fantasy (20th Anniversary Limited Pack) in TGS2008 today. It bundles with PSP3000 pearl white model with special logo as shown below:

PSP3000 (PSP Lite version 2.0)

New model of PSP will be released soon. It's called PSP3000.

Countries: Released Date:
USA October 14, 2008
Taiwan October 14, 2008
Europe October 15, 2008
Japan October 16 ,2008


The USA versions seem like a better deal than others. i checked at amazon and found out there are 2 packages:



PSP 3000 Limited Edition Ratchet and Clank Entertainment Pack

• Contains a Mystic Silver PSP-3000 system, AC power cord, AC Adaptor, and Battery Pack
• 1 gb Memory Stick PRO Duo
• Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters Game
• PlayStation Network Voucher for Echochrome
• National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets UMD

PSP 3000 Limited Edition 4GB Memory Entertainment Pack

• PSP-3000 system (Piano Black)
• AC power cord and AC adaptor
• Battery pack
• 4 GB Memory Stick PRO Duo
• Everyday Shooter PLAYSTATION Network Voucher

The new features:
1) Better screen with faster respond time and increased color reproduction.
2) Built-in microphone

I hope the built quality is much more better than the psp slim 2000 model.

PSP Extended 2200MAH Battery

Got myself another PSP Extended 22ooMAH battery from www.play-asia.com. This battery can add another 83.33% battery life to my psp slim. Almost double play time of the original 1200MAH battery. It makes my psp 2000 (psp slim) a little bit bulky, but not that much. The most important thing is i got more than 10 hours battery life in just a single charge. It's a must have item when i am on long trips without access to a plug.

Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness for PSP (English Version)

Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness is a great strategy game. The PSP version supports multiplayer via adhoc wireless. Now, i can play it anywhere i want. You can get a copy for $14.90 at www.play-asia.com

CPS3 Emulator for PSP (FBA modded version)

Just noticed that there is a modded version of FBA (FBA-LB V9-4), it can run CPS3 game. I tried the Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike. It's too slow. About 10 to 15 fps. Hopefully the next version will be faster or an option to disable sound to get faster speed.
Btw, you must have the japanese rom, sfiiin.zip in order to successfully run this game.

FinalBurn Alpha (FBA) emulator for PSP released with sound support!

FinalBurn Alpha (FBA) emulator for Playstation Portable V8p2 was released with sound support! Now, you can play those good arcade games on your psp. Hopefully the author can add in the CPS3 games for PSP.

I just tested the FBA4PSP, looks good. Some of the games with almost perfect emulation, some games with sound cracking but is playable.

Tested Games :

GAIA Crusaders (almost perfect, with little cracking sound)
Guardians (almost perfect)
Knights of Valour (cracking sound, little slow but playable)
Knights of Valour Plus (cracking sound, little slow but playable)
Oriental Legend (cracking sound,little slow but playable)

This release will keep me busy today.

Samurai Dou Portable will be released on September

For those who like to play Samurai games, now here comes the Samurai Dou Portable for PSP. The graphic looks quite good.

Beware of cheap 16GB MS Pro Duo for PSP

In China, you can get a 16GB Sony Memory Stick Pro Duo (Mark 2 series) for less than $90, but beware, there will be some problems for certain so called 16GB capacity. It's not like the fake or modified MS Pro Duo, it's a combination of 2 units 8GB memory chips into a single MS Pro Duo Package.

The first chip is performing quite well at about 10MB/s Read and Write Speed, but the second chip is actually a real slow speed chip at 2MB/s Read/Write. Imagine the amount of time to copy a 1GB file, with the 2MB/s write speed, it takes 500 seconds or 8.33 minutes. To fill the 8GB fully, there is more than 1 hour.

Comparing this with the Real Sony 16GB MS Pro Duo price, you get what you pay for.

MicroSD to MS Pro Duo Adaptor Testing

Bought the MicroSD to MS Pro Duo Adaptor, the first test is the data transfer speed test using the BlackSpeed V2 software.

The 1G microSD card was from Kingston, its Read speed is 20MB/s and Write Speed is 11MB/s. Let's see what is the speed after using the adaptor.

it's about 6MB/s Read and 7.5MB/s Write. Not too bad, but it might be a bit slow when loading bigger files. Also, it's a bit tight when inserting the adaptor into the PSP. Might not be good for frequent insert/eject, hopefully it won't damage the PSP memory slot. Will it be the same built quality for the CR-5400 Photofast MS Pro Duo Adapter?

The MicroSD to MS Pro Duo adaptor definitely can't compare with the Lexar 4G Platinum II with Read speed 16.5MB/s and Write Speed 11.5MB/s.

CR-5400 Photofast MS Pro Duo adapter for PSP / PSP SLIM

There is a Taiwan company, called PhotoFast, announced a Memory Stick adaptor, which can support up to 2 units of micro-SD memory cards (a.k.a TF cards). I’m not so confident of this type of adaptor. There are 2 major issues:
1) The data transfer speed
2) Software Compatibility
The adaptor name is called CR-5400 Photofast MS Pro Duo adapter for PSP / PSP SLIM. I saw something similar at my place, it’s not from PhotoFast. I’m going to get one and do a simple speed test and compatibility test. If it’s really fast enough and with good software compatibility, then I will consider getting one and two units of TF-cards, making a 16GB storage for my psp.

Photofast CR-5400 is now available for sale at $19 only. You can buy it from Amazon .com CR-5400 Photofast store.

There is another SDHC to Memory Stick Pro Duo Adaptor from Photofast. It's Photofast CR3100. It can convert 16GB x 2 SDHC memory cards into a 32GB storage for PSP 2000 or PSP 3000. You can also order it now from Amazon.com .

PSP Gundam vs Gundam Game will be released in Nov!

For all Gundam fans there, i-gamer.com.hk has listed the PSP Gundam vs Gundam Game on their website, showing the release date on Nov 20, 2008. Can't wait to play this game on my psp.

psp-asia.net is up and running now!

I decided to register a domain mainly for sharing some Asia ways of playing psp. Example, some of the hacks, mods, applications, software, accessories , umd games , video clips, Japanese umd games, action figures and some of interesting psp accessories which are not yet being exported from Asia.