Emulators allow your device to act like a console system impeccably imitating the hardware needed to play a variety of classic games. Just like DraStic DS Emulator is the perfect emulator for Nintendo DS, PPSSPP is the emulator of choice for Sony PSP.
PPSSPP Overview
An emulator is a bit of equipment that tries to “copy” (or impersonate) another bit of equipment. Although emulators are able to duplicate most of the abilities of the copied equipment, there are some minor errors too like sound problems or timing issues. PPSSPP emultator is quite good in replicating the Sony PSP on your Android device to the teeth without performance issues. The only problems found using PPSSPP is on older Android devices: some games can not run at full speed.
The app lets you customize on-screen touch controls to meet your needs. However if you are not satisfied with touch controls you can use an external controller or even a keyboard.
PPSSPP Games
With PPSSPP you are able to play a lot of games designed for Sony PSP, but the app itself does not come with any games of its own. So you need either to play your already purchased PSP games or free homebrew online games. The games must be in either .ISO or .CSO format and must be stored in /PSP/GAME on your SD card / USB storage in order for PPSSPP to recognize them. An interesting feature is the ability to save and restore game data anytime, anywhere. Further more PPSSPP lets you load even the old saves from your Sony PSP console.
Some of the games PPSSPP include, but not limited to: Persona 2, Persona 3 Portable, Dragon Ball Z,
Little Big Planet, Burnout Legends, Burnout Dominator, Final Fantasy : Crisis Core, Final Fantasy : Type-0, Monster Hunter 2 Unite and 3: HD Remake, Soul Calibur, Tekken: Dark Resurrection, Tekken 6, Grand Theft Auto LCS / VCS, Lumines, Worms, Wipeout.
Pros
- able to play most of the classic Sony PSP games
- support high definition games with extra features
- can customize on-screen touch controls
- ability to use an external controller or keyboard
Cons
- can not run games at full speed on older devices
- various music glitches
- graphical errors that lead to crashes
