PSP with a SNES Dpad - Makes fighters playable!

Check this out, I modded my PSP by putting a SNES D-pad in it. I used a razor blade to cut the center piece out of the case. I first tested it on my original faceplate before cutting my "Smooth as Silk" PSP face plate. I also used the razor blade to cut down the D-pad. Good thing it is rubberized plastic, which made it easy. Once it fit I curved the base of the D-pad so that the diagonals work better. I also filled in the cracks in the bottom of the D-pad with polymer clay and scotched taped over the clay. Then I tweaked the pad with layers of scotch tape on the directions to get it fine tuned. My PSP went from having the worst D-pad ever to being the probably the best ever. Maybe as good as those awesome Saturn D-pads.

Anyway check out the pictures -- Shoryuken!

Capcom PSP D-pad Fix

Ever since I got my PSP there have been a few things that I have wanted to fix. First, I updated the face with a liquid platinum face plate I bought from Lik-Sang. Then I ordered Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max from Capcom and got a bonus D-pad fix. Finally, I added an Naki Analog stick replacement.

Capcom's Dpad fix is pretty simple, it is justa piece of plastic that has double stick tap that you use to attach on top of the PSP's junk d-pad. Once installed there is a noticable improvement, and Darkstalkers is playable! Too bad I would have to upgrade to 2.55 frimware to play it! I will be staying with 1.5 for now. Thank you Sony!

You almost had me Sony

Well, if you read this blog you will recall just the other day I was ranting on Sony on preventing me from being able to play Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max on the PSP with out upgrading the firmware to 2.5.

Thanks to my friend Spoonman if have discovered that UMDloader can run it with a special config.

Of course I fear to share this kind of stuff on this board, but I am sure it is not that hard to find.

Why Sony dosen't get it.

Well, by this June I will have had my PSP for one year, and how may games have I bought for it?

Two. That's right, two games.

The reason for this, Sony's hostile actions against homebrew and emulators. Since the launch of the PSP they have updated the firmware multiple times, and to induce people to update they require it in order to play newer games.

If you do update, you lose the ability to run homebrew games, so what have many people choose to do? Not buy games, wow what a great idea! It was only last week when I decided to buy my third PSP game "Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max" so that I could bet the add on d-pad to that I could play emulators better. I figured that I was getting the game as a bonus, but no you need to update to firmware 2.55! Thanks Sony but no thanks Sony! I will not be buying anymore games from you.

This s why Sony will not be selling games in the future.