TV Add-ons For PSP and Other Handhelds

 

Fallout 1 on PSP

 Original Reddit Post here

How to do it:

Disable ALL your GAME plugins through the PSP Recovery Menu, else the PSP won't have enough available RAM to run DOSBox + the game (it will need as much as it can have).

Install Fallout on Windows or DOS wherever you want. Go for the latest version if you have it (GOG), and use Max install.

Copy the Fallout folder to somewhere in your PSP memory stick (I have it like root:\DOSBox_C\Fallout).

Download this ZIP (v5).

Inside "For the Fallout folder", choose the correct folder (PSP 100X (Fat) vs any other PSP type) and copy everything inside that chosen folder into the Fallout folder.

If by chance you don't have the DOS executable file, get it from Fallout Fixt mod (tick the option to include the MS-DOS executable file) or from TeamX patch 1.2. In Fixt it's called FALLOUTD, in TeamX's patch it's FALLOUT.

Use DOS/32A instead of DOS4GW if you'd like - it's an improvement and it's faster. For that, just download it from https://sourceforge.net/projects/dos32a, rename it to dos4gw, and delete or rename the old one.

Copy the DOSBox 0.72 folder (a HUGE thanks to u/captchalove for updating DOSBox for PSP) to PSP\GAME and configure the path to your Fallout *DOS* file on dosbox.conf if you didn't use DOSBox_C\Fallout\FALLOUT.EXE as the file path like I did (the same that comes in the dosbox.conf file I give).

Download the F1DP mod, install it (read its README to know how to install it), and configure it. Use Ctrl+F to search "delay" and set all delays to 0 (CombatPanelAnimDelay, DialogPanelAnimDelay, and PipboyTimeAnimDelay). Also set FADE_TIME_MODIFIER to 0 and SkipOpeningMovies to 1. This will get the game as fast as it can be when it starts up, and hopefully too when playing (because of the animation delays).

NOTE for the PSP 100X: is has only 32 MB of RAM compared to the 64 MB of all the others. That means DOSBox can only have 14 MB to work (thank you u/ClassyTheCooller for the testing). Fallout's minimum requirements are 16 MB of RAM... So to do magic, one not-so-cool thing had to be done: fully disable the sound ahah. That's apparently what it takes to run it on the Fat.

Fallout Fixt also works on the DOS version. If you'd like to use it, check here: https://www.reddit.com/r/classicfallout/comments/sjpw0s. Note though: I never tested Fixt on the PSP. It may or may not have enough memory to run it, especially the Fat (or maybe no additional memory is required. No idea. If anyone tries and wants to say, feel free and I'll update this).

The PSP did VR first and yes, of course there was porn for it

 So here’s a weird bit of forgotten gaming history I stumbled across. Back in 2006, the PSP had what was basically its own VR headset. It was called the Solid Eye and came bundled with Metal Gear Acid 2. It wasn’t some high-tech headset like we know today, more like a chunky pair of plastic 3D goggles that clipped directly onto the PSP. But get this, it actually worked. The game rendered two slightly offset images and the lenses in the Solid Eye created a stereoscopic 3D effect. It was surprisingly effective for such a low-tech setup.

This came out five years before the Nintendo 3DS and long before mobile VR was even a thing. In a strange way, it might have been the first real attempt at handheld VR or at least 3D gaming in a portable format. And since it was developed by Kojima’s team, you know it was going to be quirky and experimental. The wildest part is that it was only used for one game. Metal Gear Acid 2 was the only title officially compatible with it. They built this whole accessory just for that one experience. Total mad scientist energy.

But here’s where it gets even crazier. Apparently there were also UMD videos released in Japan that used the Solid Eye. And not just any videos—we’re talking 3D porn. Yeah. People were literally watching adult content in stereoscopic 3D on their PSPs. So while some of us were grinding turn-based battles with Snake, others were getting fully immersed in very different kinds of content. Sony really made a device that had something for everyone.

To top it all off, the Solid Eye makes a comeback in Metal Gear Solid 4 as a high-tech eyepiece gadget. Just classic Kojima turning a forgotten peripheral into in-game canon. Anyway, I thought it was wild that the PSP had this kind of pseudo VR setup almost twenty years ago and no one ever brings it up. Did anyone else ever mess with the Solid Eye or even know this existed?

Download Page Maybe Gone But....

 I have had a Download page on this blog almost since I started. Then I got flagged and was forced to take it down. 

If your looking for downloads go to here https://furrytimes.net/retro-gaming-downloads/ 

Hello Kitty / Monster Hunter Themes Found

 Both Original and alternative

LInk to where it can be found DOWNLOAD

There is also a plugin you need to download 

Hot Shots Golf / Everybody's Golf is going Multi Platform

 I am currently playing Hot Shots Golf 2 on my PSP, and let me tell you I am extremely excited that it's getting essentially a modern reboot of the series. Which made it's debut all the way back in 1997 on the PS1. This one is on my too buy list. I am so happy.

And now...

Patapon is Going Multi Platform

 Patapon debut on the PSP way back on Dec 20, 2007. I was excited recently when I saw a more modern version available on multi platforms.

Patapon fans look what modern gameplay can do