Keepin' it real fake: ultimate PSP extravaganza edition
By Paul Miller 
posted Aug 25th 2006 7:54AM
posted Aug 25th 2006 7:54AM
[Thanks, Logan J.]
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If everything that has a screen with buttons on the side of it is to beconsidered a "PSP fake", then maybe the Game Gear should be trown in that list?? .. I mean seriously, the majority of these don't look like the PSP at all besides the button/screen configuration, which the PSP stole from the Game Gear, which the GG stole from the first Nintendo controller, which stole from some old cheap LCD portable games.
Althought some of ARE shaped like a PSP.
Weren't those "old cheap portable LCD games" first made by Nintendo, though?
fakes? how about how the psp is modelled after the gameboy advanced? Remember that?
Google it...
u gotta admit it johny that some of these r almost exact replicas of the psp. and the funny thin is that they have named their product after the psp eg:- PSP Game Player.
now where r the ds fakes , i wonder.
Wait so will any of these play UMD or PSP games? Are they legal?
Johnnyg0-
The old old LCD Games were made by Nintendo
i cannot believe you just asked that...
All im asking is. Are these companys that have totally copied the PSP and made a unit that plays PSP games and UMD movies, OR are they just PSP styled portable video players that can also run like NES emulators and stuff.
Jon,
You silly twat.
They're
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and hideous, I might add.
So sure Jon, they play Blueray discs and even play LaserDiscs from 1991. They're able to play your vinyl collection so if you're a DJ these are the devices for you. Unfortunately, they won't play UMD's but you can run Nintendo DS games on it via emulation. One last feature each of the devices implements is that much-desired Commodore 64 emulation.
Thanks jackass.
Fake as in not made by sony. I understood that. I didnt understand what they were capable of playing, if they were just plastic shells and didnt do anything or whatever. But thanks for clearing that up for me!
Weren't these things from before the PSP's release? Like when it was announced but no hardware specs or photos?
Slow news day?
bologna?
Poor Jon. In any case, here's a normal person's answer to your question.
These are look-alikes, not clones. They do not play or even accept UMDs. Some will carry the option for memory expansion via SD cards and the like. Some will have a few games built-in (nothing fancy - keep in mind the Tiger handhelds).
As for DS look-alikes, there was one that played two different games, one game on each screen. Not too creative, especially since you probably won't play both games at once, but it exists for your pleasure.
you are the man, thanks so much.
What's the point, again?
I skipped lunch for this?
Where is it possible to BUY those from? I actually want one of the portable MP4 / NES emulators.
haha, that Jon kid is a moron
Found this one on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/MP4-Nintendo-movie-player-ALL-IN-ONE-GREAT-gift_W0QQitemZ230022533804QQihZ013QQcategoryZ73839QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
well obviously they DO somthing, so unlike Jon I clicked on them to find out that aparently their is alota nes/snes emu chips doing the fake portable market.. now if only I could find just the chip!
aaaah snes watch goodness.
But wait a sec guys I don't realy get it. Someone wrote to my e-mail that these have GPS Wi-Fi and vista built in, I belive him, but do they relay have freekin laserbeems built in? Cause I mean thats a pritty good deal concidering the price of 5 bucks. Or accualy that depends on if he meens real bucks or dollars, It wasn't very clear in the e-mail, so if who ever sent me that email could you please send me another one with additional information?
Your Pal,
Jon
None of them play UMD discs or PSP games for that matter, but they do have built in memory that PSP lacks and some of the have cameras and accept SD cards that are 2x cheaper than Sony memory sticks - so as media players they are better than PSP.
I wonder if you all can stop bullying Jon he's not taking it very well:(. He's been so depressed since his hamster died and now this poor kid. You know he's not that old only 34......
Actually, taken feature by feature, some of these items are superior to the Sony PSP in terms of built-in functions....having cam, video cam, multiple Windows compatible video format viewing capability, text and/or other document viewing and writing, mapping options and so on. The big question on the higher end devices is where a buyer would find the optional add-on hardware needed to augment the systems. In that area, the big boys like Sony have the distribution networks locked in.
Before though anyone totally slams all shown here, take a look at the product descriptions and imagine how sweet it'd be if Sony PSP was capable of doing all the above without having to hack the existing proprietary limitations, be forced to downgrade or not upgrade or to find work-arounds and alternative methods of using the PSP to its hardware potential.
And last, there is no such thing as a stupid question - if the question is sincere. Ignorance isn't a crime, just a temporary remediable affliction.
I've heard jon's mom works at a 99p store. And she's for sale
I just came across this site researching these pirate PSP knockoffs... I don't understand why people in blogs/message boards/newsgroups are always assholes.
Some of you guys are real pricks... it clearly states on all the current auctions that sell these knock offs that they play PSP games (little research shows its obvious they don't though)... so its not a stupid question to ask....
Its quite amazing that eBay is allowing them to be posted.
I think pirate knock offs are neat... I would rather invest in those than the real thing.
they play psp games, if psp games means nes roms with the extention replaced by .psp