Keepin' it real fake: ultimate PSP extravaganza edition

Sure, we've seen plenty of PSP fakes in our time, but we can't say we've ever seen this many fakeries in one convenient place before. So if you were on the lookout for a PSP look-alike with, say, an SD card slot, or a bundled NES emulator, check out the many many -- and we do mean many -- options after the break.

[Thanks, Logan J.]

PSP Player

MP4 Player

Super Multiple Function PSP with Hi-Fi Sound

PSP Shape Game Player (JK-DR540)

Digital MP4/PSP

Game MP4 Player with SD Card

PSP Game Player

PSP Shape Game Player (JK-D538)

PSP Game Players

[Johnnyg0 @ Aug 25th 2006 8:27AM]

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.

[601210 @ Oct 21st 2007 6:33AM]

Weren't those "old cheap portable LCD games" first made by Nintendo, though?

[Pokoleo @ Dec 26th 2008 4:22PM]

fakes? how about how the psp is modelled after the gameboy advanced? Remember that?

Google it...

[dhruv @ Aug 25th 2006 8:36AM]

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.

[Jon @ Aug 25th 2006 8:44AM]

Wait so will any of these play UMD or PSP games? Are they legal?

[DC @ Aug 25th 2006 5:29PM]

Johnnyg0-
The old old LCD Games were made by Nintendo

[dre @ Aug 25th 2006 9:29AM]

i cannot believe you just asked that...

[Jon @ Aug 25th 2006 9:33AM]

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.

[J @ Aug 25th 2006 10:05AM]

Jon,

You silly twat.
They're
F
A
K
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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.

[Jon @ Aug 25th 2006 10:08AM]

Thanks jackass.

[Jon @ Aug 25th 2006 10:12AM]

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!

[shirizaki @ Aug 25th 2006 10:16AM]

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?

[Pal @ Aug 25th 2006 11:12AM]

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.

[Jon @ Aug 25th 2006 11:23AM]

you are the man, thanks so much.

[unimental @ Aug 25th 2006 12:30PM]

What's the point, again?

I skipped lunch for this?

[Rohan @ Aug 25th 2006 2:15PM]

Where is it possible to BUY those from? I actually want one of the portable MP4 / NES emulators.

[stevo @ Aug 25th 2006 5:08PM]

haha, that Jon kid is a moron

[Matt E. @ Aug 26th 2006 2:47AM]

Found this one on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/MP4-Nintendo-movie-player-ALL-IN-ONE-GREAT-gift_W0QQitemZ230022533804QQihZ013QQcategoryZ73839QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Kaneda Jones @ Aug 28th 2006 4:45PM]

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.

[Jon @ Aug 27th 2006 10:40AM]

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

[game.mp4 @ Aug 29th 2006 10:16AM]

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.

[Jon's mom @ Aug 30th 2006 12:51PM]

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......

[spir @ Aug 30th 2006 11:34AM]

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.

[HAha @ Aug 30th 2006 12:54PM]

I've heard jon's mom works at a 99p store. And she's for sale

[AtariJunkie @ Oct 30th 2006 3:11AM]

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.

[damasta @ Dec 5th 2007 5:56PM]

they play psp games, if psp games means nes roms with the extention replaced by .psp