PSP slim modded for dual analog sticks
By Ryan Block 
posted Mar 30th 2008 10:38PM
posted Mar 30th 2008 10:38PM
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Why not put the power switch on some other area?
Like... The "open" lever of the UMD? I think you will ditch the UMD for a mem stick anyway.
Make it into a reed switch and you're set.
Why not put in something useful, like a Tazer™. That way little kids can fend off potential thieves and keep their PSP's from being stolen?
somebody CSI that thumb print and run it through interpol.
I think I'll wait for the Pandora for my dual analog sticks.
http://openpandora.org
Ok, so you carry that ugly thing around. Others have a sense of Style and aesthetics.
atomicthumbs: Man I hope the Pandora delivers everything it promises! It will kick so much ass.
Abuzar: Okay, you can keep your stylish and aesthetically pleasing machine while us future Pandora users have a fully functional computer with gaming controls in the size of a slightly larger DS :)
Says the guy with a Zune avatar
it'll be the most powerful handheld ever made, and hopefully there will be some developers willing to make the most of that rather than just porting emulators
@JohnTitor: The first units (Mark 0.1, no case) are going to developers. They'll find any hardware bugs, and write a beginning suite of software (porting web browsiers, writing OS, libraries, etc).
Hey man, I'm all for Function over Style. That's why I use a Windows Mobile phone instead of an iPhone, but still that's taking it to a limit.
They should move the controls down and the keyboard up. It looks uncomfortable to use.
@Abuzar:
Here's a mockup of the bottom half (the half that matters for your hands, ignoring the touchscreen).
It won't be uncomfortable at all.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=alP_l62wPsU
I think the design is as good as it gets for the hardware. Game controls will probably will probably be more used than the keyboard so it should be on the top as it gives more room for the hands. PSP's nub should have been above the D-pad
What a waste of all that power. In the end, its just one of those idealistic open source failures that will never see the light of a good game like God of War or Tekken 5.
Quality gaming comes from commercialized milked for money sources. Fact.
No "gamer" will ever buy a Pandora. The only people who will buy it are those characters who are proud of installing 200000 homebrew applications on their handheld so that they can boast that it can do this and that and will never ever play a game on it.
I don't know what sony was thinking when they went with one analog stick, especially when they stuck it on the same side as the D pad, guaranteeing that it was impossible to use both at the same time.
I've pondered that same question (as most of us have) but keep in mind: not only did they drop the right analog stick (which doomed future FPS games) but they dropped L2 and R2 as well as the click action analog buttons L3 and R3.
I think the only reason Sony hasn't remodeled thePSP with a R.analog is because if they did, newer games would be nearly unplayable on older PSP's which would anger the PSP community.
I really wish they would throw in the Right analog stick. Then they could basically emulate any PS2 game. Perhaps they could cut the L and R buttons in half and make them two buttons. Then the PSP would be complete.
"then the PSP will be complete"
Don't forget the rumbling!
http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/26/mod-adds-rumble-to-psp/
That seems pretty useless.
unless some developer is like "hey! lets make a game that uses TWO analogue sticks for controls and blocks out 99.93% of PSP owners!"
i doubt he can really hold the psp while using both analogs, those sticks are way to low shawty.
You are right.
I think Sony actually claimed they wouldn't have 2 analog sticks because it would make the PSP hard to hold.
I think sony should have put dual sticks flanking the LCD screen near its centereline. This way you'd be holding the PSP like a controller and using your index fingers for actions while your thumbs controlled movement and aiming.
The PSP really wasn't a good design for 3d gaming. Its better for using the DPAD and the 4 face buttons.
Analog sticks are something no portable console has really had to deal with since older games were 2D. Sony took a good shot but got it wrong considering they were trying to produce PS2 quality games. Hopefully the next redesign of the PSP will get it all right.
@Flashpoint
I agree, I think that the analog stick on the psp is too low to use comfortably. I would much rather have it closer to the top where my thumb falls naturally.
How can it be analog if it mimics the action of 4 digital buttons?
Your 100 Percent right! Its not an Analog Nub, its digital Nub ON or OFF -VS- a Variable Rate.
AcidMods already has a working unreleased POC that converts the digital to analog wich we will release in the near future.
Also there are a number of SONY PSP FPS games that make use of this digital configuration as it stands today. The one used in the video is a good example. The Video can be found here = http://www.acidmods.com/forum/index.php?topic=17041.msg129796
As far as the ability to hold the PSP, it does take some getting used to (The Nub) at first but that only took me an hour or so.
This would work GREAT for the Syphon Filter games!
meh - people have too much time.
If he can do it.. why cant sony?!
my apologies, it would be like asking sony to support homebrew
which sony loves so much that it keeps it for itself.
Can it play blend?
Will it Doom?
Am I doing this right?
Not really... By adding "Am I doing this right?" to the end it makes your comment, at the least, slightly humorous, which is not the observed effect of doom/blending comments.
now this is a good idea. after controllers wtih 2 analog sticks started to come out (ps1 dualshock) n64 felt wack (and psp felt wacker being that it came out way later).
Nice! But I wondered why the Big M$ isn't taking this opportunity to out do the PSP with a handheld of their own, complete with everything the PSP is lacking (2nd analog stick and a copy of Halo 1 and 2).
I love my Slim but I would ditch it for a dual-analog platform that plays orignal xbox games (downloadable or copied to mem card plus it's own).
Hah! Microsoft doesn't do small and light...