PS1 disks on PSP with new PS3/PSP firmware

[mailman187666]

ok so I'm sure some of you have tried out the new firmaware for both systems and have tried putting in a PS1 game into your PS3 for remote play on the PSP. Well I tried this last night and I gotta say it barely works at all. I don't know if maybe I was too far from the system or what it was but it was pretty much unplayable. It would start the games but there was a lot of skipping and a game like Dragon Warrior 7 The text boxes would blink. I tried a couple different games and nothing worked well enough for me to use it. Has anybody else had better experiences with it?

[Joker T]

Let me see if I have this correct, you need to have the physical PS1 disk in your PS3, connect your PSP to the PS3 with Remote Play and than you can play it?

Custom firmware handled PS1 games so much easier.

[mailman187666]

Let me see if I have this correct, you need to have the physical PS1 disk in your PS3, connect your PSP to the PS3 with Remote Play and than you can play it?

Custom firmware handled PS1 games so much easier.

yes, Ps1 disk in the PS3, then remote play it on the PSP. I'm sure custom firmware would be way better from what I hear. Modding and stuff like that just isn't something I'm into. I was just seeing if anybody else has used this feature with any more success than I have gotten out of it. Just way to much delay in the controls and in the game itself.

[LiquidPolicenaut]

I tried it out also and, sadly, had the same results. Even when I change the settings, its still very laggy. I tried a good deal of different games like SOTN, Lunar, Bust A Groove and MGS. All were laggy :(

[segagamer4life]

if there is Lag, I would almost say, "hacking/modding" is the better way to go. I did my old PSP before I sold it, and that worked great, you could play any ps1 game you ripped of course you need a generous sized mem stick but they are dirt cheap now a days.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

While "custom firmware" is an overall better option for putting ISOs of PS1 games onto a memory stick and having them run perfectly, I haven't had as much difficulty with the new PS3/PSP gameplay as you have...

...granted, I don't have Dragon Warrior to test out specifically.

Of course, going into a situation like playing a game streamed on a system over a Wi-Fi network - one should expect even With the communication speed settings in the optimal positions, you're still going to run into some minor lag.

Unfortunately, that's the case...but if you set up the graphics to -2 and the communication speed to +2 the lag is about 1/4 of a second ... which, still can be frustrating in anything that depends heavily on timing-based actions.

I wouldn't attempt a game of Parappa the Rappa or Dance Dance Revolution ...

I tried a game of Vigilante 8 and a game of Capcom Vs. SNK Pro ... and both were audio/visually very playable (but sadly just a biiiiit laggy in the controller response) ...

... but this shouldn't be much of an issue for traditional non-timing-based RPG players, no?

On a high speed connection there shouldn't be any stuttering in the video or audio ... and the micro lag shouldn't really affect selecting "attack/run/cast spell" where timing isn't an issue.

I guess the reality is that this first run is more of a technical experiment from Sony ... but I still welcome it as a functional proof of concept. If they can manage to crank out a bit more memory or processing power from both the PSP and the PS3 they could probably eliminate what little lag is there.

[G-Boobie]

I guess the reality is that this first run is more of a technical experiment from Sony ... but I still welcome it as a functional proof of concept. If they can manage to crank out a bit more memory or processing power from both the PSP and the PS3 they could probably eliminate what little lag is there.

Yeah, that's pretty much the truth right there.

This is the first iteration of firmware to sport this functionality. I'm sure in the next firmware releases, they'll tune everything to work more smoothly.

It's still a great feature in theory; I was playing Strider 2 at Starbucks yesterday;I felt like Buck Rogers, and nevermind the lag :)

Interestingly, while I can get my slim, unhacked PSP to connect to my PS3, I can't get my totally hacked, PSPhat to connect for remote play at all. Anyone else have this problem?

[mailman187666]

yeah I was only running the PS3's wi-fi direct to my PS3. I tried turn based RPGs but they all either skipped a lot or barely ran the game at all. Maybe I just need to be in a better location or something. It would run a little bit but end up freezing for about 20 seconds, then start running again. I would say it is a good idea but definately needs a bit of fine tuning. I can't wait to get it to work because it does seem like a pretty good feature. I never had problems with either the slim or the phat PSPs for remote play.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

yeah I was only running the PS3's wi-fi direct to my PS3. I tried turn based RPGs but they all either skipped a lot or barely ran the game at all. Maybe I just need to be in a better location or something. It would run a little bit but end up freezing for about 20 seconds, then start running again. I would say it is a good idea but definately needs a bit of fine tuning. I can't wait to get it to work because it does seem like a pretty good feature. I never had problems with either the slim or the phat PSPs for remote play.

Oooh...20 second lags with in-room remote play?

I only tried via internet with my wireless router ... so the signal technically is going all the way to my cable company's servers, to my PS3 and then back again ending on my PSP ... and I didn't have more than a second of lag ...

sounds like you've got some type of interference going on maybe.