If you’re one of the people who’ve lucked into an early Vita, it’s now possible to start downloading PSP games onto the device. You can’t just dump any PSP game from PlayStation Network onto a Vita.
On the PlayStation Blog, Sony has outlined a list of 275 games that are already capable of making the PSP-to-Vita transition, with “more” games being added to that list “in the coming weeks.”
Whether Sony is aiming for complete compatibility isn’t known, but I’ve asked for clarity on that.
The list is, uh, pretty big (and doesn't include PSP Minis, which are listed on the blog separately):
- 101-in-1 Megamix
- 300: March To Glory
- The 3rd Birthday
- The 3rd Birthday
- Ace Combat: Joint Assault
- Adventures To Go!
- Alpha Mission II
- Archer Maclean’s Mercury
- Armored Core 3 Portable
- Armored Core: Last Raven Portable
- Armored Core: Silent Line Portable
- Art of Fighting
- Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines
- Baseball Stars Professional
- Blade Dancer Lineage of Light
- BlazBlue Portable: Calamity Trigger
- BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II
- Blazing Souls Accelate
- Bomberman
- Bomberman ’94
- Bomberman Land
- Bomberman Legacy
- Chameleon
- ClaDun x2
- Cladun: This is an RPG!
- Class of Heroes
- Corpse Party
- Creature Defense
- Crimson Gem Saga
- Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower
- Daxter
- Dead or Alive Paradise
- Dirt 2
- Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days
- Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness
- Disgaea: Infinite
- Dissidia 012 [Duodecim] Prologus: Final Fantasy
- Dissidia 012 [Duodecim]: Final Fantasy
- Dissidia: Final Fantasy
- DJ Max Portable 3
- Dragon’s Lair
- Dragoneer’s Aria
- Dungeon Explorer
- Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Arts
- Dungeon Maker Hunting Ground
- Dynasty Warriors
- Dynasty Warriors Vol. 2
- Dynasty Warriors: Strike Force
- Eye of Judgment Legends
- Fading Shadows
- Fatal Fury
- Fate/Extra
- Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection
- Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
- Gladiator Begins
- God of War: Chains of Olympus
- God of War: Ghost of Sparta
- Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
- Half-Minute Hero
- Harvest Moon: Boy and Girl
- Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley
- Hoard
- Hot Brain
- IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey
- Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon
- Jikandia: The Timeless Land
- Justice League Heroes
- Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble
- The King of Fighters ’94
- The King of Fighters ’95
- Knights in the Nightmare
- Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend
- League Bowling
- Legend of Heroes, The: Trails in the Sky
- LEGO Batman: The Videogame
- LEGO Harry Potter Years 5-7
- LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean
- Lord of Arcana
- Lord of the Rings, The: Aragorn’s Quest
- Lunar: Silver Star Harmony
- Magician Lord
- Major League Baseball 2K11
- Mana Khemia: Student Alliance
- Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X
- Metal Slug
- Metal Slug 2
- Metal Slug Anthology
- Metal Slug XX
- Military History: Commander: Europe at War
- Mimana Iyar Chronicle
- Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
- MX vs. ATV: Reflex
- NBA 2K10
- NBA 2K11
- NBA 2K12
- NeoGeo Heroes: Ultimate Shooting
- Neutopia
- New Adventure Island
- No Heroes Allowed!
- Patapon 2
- Petz Dogz Family
- Petz Hamsterz Bunch
- Petz Saddle Club
- Phantom Brave: The Hermuda Triangle
- Pool Hall Pro
- Power Stone Collection
- Prince of Persia: Revelations
- Prince of Persia: Rival Swords
- Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
- Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood!
- Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?
- Puzzle Guzzle
- Ridge Racer
- Riviera: The Promised Land
- Samurai Shodown
- Samurai Shodown Anthology
- Samurai Warriors: State of War
- Shin Megami Tensei: Persona
- Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2: Innocent Sin
- Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable
- Shock Troopers
- SNK Arcade Classics Volume 1
- SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Tactical Strike
- Soldier Blade
- Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny
- Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max
- Super Sidekicks
- Super Star Soldier
- Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow
- Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together
- Tekken 6
- TNT Racers
- Tokobot
- Tom Clancy’s Endwar
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Predator
- Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Essentials
- Tron: Evolution: The Video Game
- UFC Undisputed 2010
- Ultimate Board Game Collection
- Ultimate Ghosts ‘n Goblins
- Valhalla Knights
- Vertigo
- Victory Run
- Warriors of the Lost Empire
- Warriors Orochi
- Warriors Orochi 2
- What Did I do to Deserve This My Lord?
- What Did I do to Deserve This My Lord? 2
- Wild Arms XF
- World Heroes
- World Sports Competition
- Worms: Battle Islands
- WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2011
- Yggdra Union
- Ys Seven
- Ys: The Oath in Felghana
- Z. H. P.: Unlosing Ranger Vs. Darkdeath Evilman