PS1 support finally arrives.
Once you have downloaded the firmware update for Vita, you can download a bunch of PS1 classics via Vita’s PSN or transfer through the PS3. If you don’t own a PS3 you will miss out on a lot of vital games, so I know it’s a bit unfair, but you should really own a PS3 at this stage.
Sony has released a video showing all the improvements in firmware 1.8 and also a list of all the compatible titles that you can download on August 29th, which is tomorrow.
“For those of you who have already purchased these titles, you will be able to re-download those games directly from your PS Store account or transfer them to your PS Vita directly from your PS3,” reads the PS Blog.
There are a lot of PS1 games that need to be tested to find out whether they are working on the Vita or not, but the fine folks at NeoGAF and Reddit are doing that as we speak, so go to those places to get a constantly updated list of titles.
Here’s the Japanese list which features over 600 titles.
Meanwhile check out the ones Sony posted below:
- Cool Boarders
- Cool Boarders 2
- Crash Bandicoot
- Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
- Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped
- CTR: Crash Team Racing
- Destruction Derby
- Everybody’s Golf 2
- G-Police
- Jet Rider
- Jet Rider 2
- Jumping Flash
- Kula World
- Kurushi Final
- MediEvil
- Motor Toon Grand Prix 2
- Rally Cross
- Syphon Filter
- Syphon Filter 3
- Twisted Metal
- Wild Arms
- WipEout
- 40 Wink
- A Bug’s Life
- A Bugs Life and Monsters Inc bundle
- Abe’s Exoddus
- Abe’s Oddworld Oddysee
- Airboat
- All-Star Boxing
- Arc Arena: Monster Tournament
- Arc the Lad
- Arc the Lad II
- Arc the Lad III
- Arcade Hits: Shienryu
- Arcade Hits: Sonic Wings Special
- Atari Anniversary Edition
- Atlantis
- Atlantis and Hercules Bundle
- Bishi Bashi Special
- Blockids
- Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
- Bugriders
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
- Centipede
- Cho Aniki
- Constructor SYSTEM 3 SOFTWARE
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- Disney’s Action Game ft. Hercules
- Dodgeball
- Driver
- Eagle One: Harrier Attack
- Fear Effect
- Fear Effect: Retro Helix
- Fighting Force
- Fighting Force 2
- Final Fantasy VIII
- Final Fantasy IX
- Final Fantasy V
- Final Fantasy VI
- Final Fantasy VII
- Front Mission 3
- Gaiaseed
- Galaxy Fight
- Gex
- Gex 3: Deep Under Cover
- Gex 3D: Enter the Gecko
- Grandia
- Gubble
- Guilty Gear
- Gunship
- Hardcore 4X4
- International Track & Field
- Jigsaw Madness
- Judge Dredd
- Junior League Soccer PS1
- Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
- Lilo & Stitch
- Little Mermaid 2
- Little Mermaid 2 and Winnie The Pooh bundle
- Metal Gear Solid
- Mickey’s Wild Adventure
- Miracle Quad Racer
- Miracle Space Race
- Missile Command
- Monsters Inc
- Motorhead
- N20
- Namco Heritage bundle
- Pandemonium
- Pandemonium 2
- Parasite Eve 2
- Peter Pan
- Pong
- Pooh’s Party Game
- Rageball
- Rainbow Six
- Rascal Racers
- Rayman
- Rayman 2: The Great Escape
- Reel Fishing
- Re-loaded
- Resident Evil 2
- Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
- Resident Evil: Director’s Cut
- Ridge Racer Type 4
- Sheep
- Silent Hill
- Snowboard Racer
- Sorcerer’s Maze
- Spin Jam
- Sports Superbike
- Streak
- Street Fighter 2 Alpha
- Super Star Dance Club
- Tarzan
- Tekken
- Tekken 2
- Tomb Raider
- Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
- Tomb Raider Chronicles
- Tomb Raider 2
- Tomb Raider 3
- Toy Story 2
- Toy Story Racer
- Toy Story Racer and Toy Story 2: Woody and Buzz bundle
- Vagrant Story
- Alundra
- Urban Chaos