PS Vita help

ishamy · 9 Jul 2017 at 21:21

Hi guys... I have been out of the loop on consoles for a long time and looking to get a Vita. I want to play my old PS1 Final Fantasy games, 7/8/9 in particular, I've read about remote play? I have a ps3 so would that work? Is there other ways? Really not sure so any help appreciated.

Faded · 9 Jul 2017 at 21:40

7, 8 and 9 are all available to play on the Vita from the PS1 store on PSN.

barmyllama · 10 Jul 2017 at 08:36

I believe remote playback on PS3 has or will be disabled.

ishamy · 10 Jul 2017 at 09:54

Ha sweet, didn't even think of checking there... Ive barely touched my ps3 for online stuff or store. Many thanks!

ishamy · 10 Jul 2017 at 09:55

barmyllama said:
I believe remote playback on PS3 has or will be disabled.

Ah balls... Well thats a shame as it would have been handy, I've got upward off 30ish ps1 games and I won't be buying them all digitally that's for sure

Spacedeck · 10 Jul 2017 at 10:00

Hasn't the vita also been discontinued over here? Could make it a little tricky getting a brand new one and even harder if you wanted the old screen.

barmyllama · 10 Jul 2017 at 10:30

ishamy said:
Ah balls... Well thats a shame as it would have been handy, I've got upward off 30ish ps1 games and I won't be buying them all digitally that's for sure

Sorry, it's PlayStation Now support that's ending. So remote playback may still be an option. Although it may well be a game specific option.

ishamy · 10 Jul 2017 at 12:07

Cool thanks lads. won't be buying new, 2nd hand unit and only plan on playing old ps1 remotly and maybe a few vita games from the store, so should hopefully be OK.

malachi · 10 Jul 2017 at 13:46

Spacedeck said:
Hasn't the vita also been discontinued over here? Could make it a little tricky getting a brand new one and even harder if you wanted the old screen.

Nah, its still in production. Plenty of the usual places sell it for new.

ishamy · 27 Jul 2017 at 10:40

To save opening a new post...

Should hopefully be getting a vita next week finally. Gotba few games in the store lined up, one I would like is Crash Bandicoot 1, only shows listed for ps3 and PSP... Read that its all licensing but read a few times that people get it in the shop and it does actually run on Vita... Anyone tried this? Don't want to buy it and end up not being able to play.

malachi · 27 Jul 2017 at 12:22

ishamy said:
To save opening a new post...

Should hopefully be getting a vita next week finally. Gotba few games in the store lined up, one I would like is Crash Bandicoot 1, only shows listed for ps3 and PSP... Read that its all licensing but read a few times that people get it in the shop and it does actually run on Vita... Anyone tried this? Don't want to buy it and end up not being able to play.

Yes it does. Vita plays all PSP and PS1 games on the PSN store. I have Crash 1,2 and 3 installed on mine.

ishamy · 27 Jul 2017 at 15:47

Nice one many thanks, will be one of my first installs along with FF7

ishamy · 27 Jul 2017 at 23:16

Would I get away with out using a men card to install a single game off the store (ps1 game that is)

malachi · 27 Jul 2017 at 23:47

ishamy said:
Would I get away with out using a men card to install a single game off the store (ps1 game that is)

I think the later models of the Vita came with 8GB onboard but my original Vita did not so purchased an 64GB mem card.