Not quite the PlayStation Portable: The portable PlayStation 2

We're still not exactly sure whether the PlayStation Portable will arrive on time or not, but if you can't wait until next year, Ben Heckendorn has a step-by-step guide to portabilizing your PlayStation 2 (the funny part is that at the end of the how-to he admits he only owns two games for the PS2). Should keep you busy at least until the real one comes out.

[Via hackaday]

[josh @ Dec 19th 2005 12:07AM]

This guy has an impressive collection of portables. It's amazing that he came up with a functional (and sweet looking!) portable ps2 before Sony.

[mike @ Dec 19th 2005 12:07AM]

at least this PSP won't cause Sony to get sued by Apple...

Who can count the times Sony gets "unoriginal" with it.. (nah nah nah nah n-nah)..

I count the scrollwheel-esque music controls, the white cord, the actual box the thing comes in, and the back of the device..

luckily, the UI hasn't been ripped off; it's fully 100% Sony retardation...

and the iPod gets 15 hrs of battery life (on the iPod photo) this thing gets about 3 hrs.

[Drew @ Dec 19th 2005 12:07AM]

Let's not muddy the waters here -- the "Playstation Portable" (PSP) is NOT a portable PS2. It has similar hardware, but only Ben's creation can play actual PS2 discs.

[Albaan Lucci @ Dec 19th 2005 12:07AM]

Man - I would buy one of these in a heartbeat. I wonder what are the chances of hooking one up with a chip and selling it on ebay...? hm - my e-mail address is ... ;

[Chris @ Dec 19th 2005 12:07AM]

I have a revision 5 Atari 2600 portable that I bought from Ben a few years ago, and it still works great! Runs on a standard Sony Li-Ion camcorder battery, uses all of the old 2600 carts, plus has a 3" TFT screen, runs for 5-6 hours, etc.

This guy does amazing work with these portables...mine has gotten so many "oohs and aahs" from everyone who has seen it...after seeing this PSX portable, I may have to see if Ben has a trade-in program...hehehe :-)

[AJ @ Dec 19th 2005 12:07AM]

Hi,

I would like to know if there are regional restrictions for the Sony Playstation 2 Portable or not. If not, then that means any kind of Playstation disc can work with a P2P anywhere in the world. Thanks, hope to hear a response from you soon.