PSP L2 and R2 button mod ain't pretty, gets the job done

It seems a bit of a crime against the PSP's aesthetics, but apparently some folks out there really, really want to do PS1 emulation right. Acid Modder "Electro" managed to finagle L2 and R2 buttons onto his PSP. He rates his hack a 4 out of 5 difficulty level, which basically means we aren't going near this one, but if you know you way around a soldiering iron, his tutorial is fairly detailed. You'll end up with some pretty tiny buttons up top, but it sure beats mapping those L2 and R2 to the analog stick or something even more convoluted.

[Flashpoint @ Jun 14th 2008 1:57PM]

PSP doesn't need L2 and R2.

It needs two analog sticks. A video game system can't even be considered "3D" gaming unless it has some way to allow all axises of rotation.

And second of all, PSP games shouldn't merely be clones of PS2 games and should not require a PS2 controller built into the system's frame.

Someone at SONY shoulda been fired for designing the PSP without dual analog sticks - and then creating a new model still without dual analo sticks.

[required @ Jun 14th 2008 2:17PM]

you're wrong + double anal

[Khris @ Jun 14th 2008 2:56PM]

How much will it take for you to go away Flashpoint?

[redlukas @ Jun 14th 2008 3:17PM]

noone said anything bout ps2. theyre talking one generation older

[Benny @ Jun 14th 2008 8:06PM]

What are you talking about? This is so PS1 games can be emulated with some decent controls.

[Artie Lange @ Jun 14th 2008 2:07PM]

Where did the Stonebot2000 story go?

[Baba Booey @ Jun 14th 2008 7:33PM]

FIYYYAAA!!
sorry, I clearly had to crowbar that one in.

[Artie Lange @ Jun 14th 2008 10:38PM]

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BIG LIPS

GROSS TEETH

BAD BREATH

BOOEY!

Boff

[aaron @ Jun 14th 2008 2:10PM]

Kaaaaansas...

[phanbouy @ Jun 14th 2008 8:53PM]

i believe you meant KAAAAAAHN(sas)!!!

[Jason @ Jun 14th 2008 2:16PM]

this mod is pointless

[HMoth84 @ Jun 14th 2008 2:37PM]

How is this pointless? The PSP gains more functionality for PS1 emulation and doesn't hinder regular PSP games. A second analog stick would have been terrific...but oh well.

Just in time to play Metal Gear Solid properly, nice!

[SteveBirk @ Jun 14th 2008 4:40PM]

Hmoth you are totally right. and there was a second joystick mod awhile ago

[dslitemodder @ Jun 14th 2008 3:42PM]

This mod is like 2 years old, I should know I actually go to acidmods

[Drew @ Jun 14th 2008 4:14PM]

"but if you know you way around a soldiering iron,"
"know you way"
"you"

shouldn't it be your?

[Jim @ Jun 14th 2008 4:54PM]

Shouldn't it be solder?

[derX @ Jun 14th 2008 4:59PM]

Jim I think you mean:

"but if you know you way around a soldiering iron,"
"around a soldiering iron"
"soldiering"

[phanbouy @ Jun 14th 2008 5:55PM]

are you gonna go my way?

i just got to, got to know

[Taylor @ Jun 14th 2008 11:09PM]

when I saw "you" and "soldiering" next to eachother I couldn't help but think of Soulja Boy

and also couldn't help but think of this macro
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/696/solderboila9.jpg

[SteveBIRK @ Jun 14th 2008 4:38PM]

i really hope sony looks at all these mods like the extra anology stick mod and this mod and get the hint that we want 2 joysticks and 4 shoulder buttons

[derX @ Jun 14th 2008 4:58PM]

To be functional, to have four shoulder button, the PSP would have to be significantly thicker and I doubt that would appeal to the average consumer.

[Eddie @ Jun 14th 2008 9:32PM]

Why not make pop-out buttons? This wouldn't be hard to do, and would allow for the same thickness with full button capacity. It's rather hard to explain exactly what I mean, but basically this:

Push a button or move a slide, it makes the retracting L2 and R2 buttons rotate via a spring and lock into place slightly offset of the L1 and R1's. They lock into place, and can be closed by actuating the same slide again. This would allow for the same dimensions, but still have the added buttons. This would be a bit tricky to fit in, but I imagine it wouldn't be that difficult.

[ZeroCorpse @ Jun 14th 2008 9:17PM]

Pointless if you are only playing legal PSP games. But of course, I forget: All those "homebrew" people playing pirated ROMs need this to make the console useful.

It's unfortunate the damn thing is designed so poorly that nobody wants to play the games that are made for it. I've had a few of them (won two of them) and they have yet to impress me. They're cool, but they fall short of awesome.

Call me when the PSP2 is out, or when Microsoft makes a portable that has two analog sticks on it.

[Abuzar @ Jun 15th 2008 12:56AM]

PS1 games are available from Sony...

[Zoinks @ Jun 15th 2008 12:57AM]

Yeah because I totally can't take my PS1 games that I've had for years and rip an iso onto my computer to then use on my PSP. The only way to get stuff like that is piracy.

Oh wait...

I do agree that it's designed poorly though.

I don't see why they couldn't put buttons on the back of the system somehow. Perhaps they could work like mouse buttons with just a little click when pressed.

[ZeroCorpse @ Sep 11th 2008 6:55PM]

I wasn't aware of the Sony store making PS1 games available, so mea culpa.

Now that I've switched to PS3/PSP, I see what you mean. And yes, I guess this has some function after all--- But it's still ugly.

[1Lung @ Jun 14th 2008 9:56PM]

Wow, this is old news. This was on psp-hacks months ago and besides, its alot easier just to use a ps2 controller with the mods needed to plug in the psp anyhow. But seriously, this has been around for a while.

[Electro @ Jun 16th 2008 2:30AM]

WOW I didn't expect to have any of my mods showing up here. :D

I LOVE this site. :)

If I knew it was gonna hit these pages I would have updated this MOD and made it much more pretty. :D

And for those that think it's not that good U really should watch the youtube video, it works quite well :)