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Initial Slate of Vita-Compatible PSP Games Revealed

275 games are available right now, with more promised in the coming weeks.

If you only have a stack of UMDs, there's no way to take those bad boys over to a Vita in the US.
If you only have a stack of UMDs, there's no way to take those bad boys over to a Vita in the US.

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
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Does this list apply to Japan too, then? Because I'm not seeing the newest Monster Hunter on there.

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Sony's own Resistence: Retribution isn't even on there.... What?

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Have to say some games work that aren't on that list- including valkyria chronicles and gta vice city stories, I want news on burnout legends though, I'm still playing that game to this day

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@Ockman said:

Wait, the Metal Gear games are not on this list, but I've seen at least one of the Metal Gear games (Peace Walker I believe), being played on a Vita.

Because the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection is also on the vita

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well the worst game i have on psn manhunt is not compatible and i don't care but however no metal gear THIS SHALL NOT STAND

edit i just noticed that resistance retribution isn't on here ether what are they playing at thats there big property

@BlatantNinja23 said:

@Ockman said:

Wait, the Metal Gear games are not on this list, but I've seen at least one of the Metal Gear games (Peace Walker I believe), being played on a Vita.

Because the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection is also on the vita

the HD collection according to a screen shot released this week shows that its just mgs 2 and mgs 3 no peace walker

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No Persona games.
 
Fuck that.

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@nicky42 said:

is crisis core missing from this list or did i miss it?

Looks like it is, which is a shame because that was a really good game. Definitely one of the best spin-off games ever.

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I own Tactics Ogre and I've barely played Ghost of Sparta so I'll download both of those (Just picked up my 32gb Vita Memory Card today actually), but guess I'll have to wait on Persona 3 Portable and Peace Walker. I have Jeanne D'Arc on UMD but I will buy it again once that becomes available. Altogether not a terrible backwards compatible start.

Edit: Actually now I'm super curious if Sony has anything in place to transfer save files. I'm guessing not which is sad because I'm too far into P3P to start again (considering P3P was my 3rd attempt to finish that game).

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@Dan_CiTi said:

@nicky42 said:

is crisis core missing from this list or did i miss it?

Looks like it is, which is a shame because that was a really good game. Definitely one of the best spin-off games ever.

crisis core never came out on PSN
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@LordXavierBritish said:

No Persona games. F*** that.

Uh...what?

  • Shin Megami Tensei: Persona
  • Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2: Innocent Sin
  • Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable
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Its kinda funny that during the entire life span of the PSP people have been complaining it never had any games, yet now people complain that their favorit games aren't on this big ass list.

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@MormonWarrior: Okay, I was looking for Persona not SMT.
 
There is still so much shit missing from this list that it's not even worth considering getting a Vita at launch though.
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Wonder if I can transfer my save files.

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Persona 3 portable is all that matters

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No, Phantasy Star Portable 2?? UNACCEPT!!

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All the Metal Gear Solid PSP games don't have support?

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@MormonWarrior: Clearly he checked the P's and not the S'

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Fate/Extra and the Persona's Im satisfied, I hope VC 3 will be localised, though this is getting less and less likely

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@cbarnes86: Exactly. Stop jerking us consumers around and just make the library available to everyone with a PSN plus account. Would have me signed up for life...

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I sorta thought all PSP games and PSOne classics would be compatible out of the gate.... D'oh!

Is Sony working on adding support for these games or do the game devs have to do the work?

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Wait a few weeks and the pirates will have a more complete list of tested games.

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Wow you can have all 4 persona games on one device.

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Fuck, no KOF Orochi collection :(

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@Enigma777: Hopefully they will be in the coming weeks. I own quite a few of those games and more (bought on my PSP Go). I was hoping that I could just take all of the PSP games I bought and could put them on the Vita. Guess that isn't gonna happen, at least for now. Now I can delay that 32gb memory card until they put games I really want to play on the list.

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@Shun_Akiyama said:

Wow you can have all 4 persona games on one device.

Fuck, I think you just sold me a Vita.

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@Shun_Akiyama said:

@Dan_CiTi said:

@nicky42 said:

is crisis core missing from this list or did i miss it?

Looks like it is, which is a shame because that was a really good game. Definitely one of the best spin-off games ever.

crisis core never came out on PSN

Yet another tragedy strikes.

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Every PSP game I want is on the list so I'm pretty happy.

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Guys, I have personally tested a whole bunch of PSP games on the Vita tonight that are NOT on that list. That list is just games that can be downloaded directly to the Vita. If you are copying them across from a PS3 or PC then pretty much every game seems to work.

All of the following games not on the list, from the US PSN store, work on my Vita:

Valkyria Chronicles II.

GUN: Showdown

GTA: Chinatown Wars

GTA: Vice City Stories

Killzone Liberation

LittleBigPlanet

Puzzle Quest Challenge of the Warlords.

Relax guys, the games all work, it's just how you get them onto the device that currently matters.

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No Gran Turismo :(

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@014 No offense but that is completely wrong, NO psn titles are playable on vita
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@Lashe said:

@Shun_Akiyama said:

Wow you can have all 4 persona games on one device.

Fuck, I think you just sold me a Vita.

If they actually make P2: Eternal Punishment Vita, I'll seriously go buy it day one.

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Well, every single PSP game I have bought is on this list. I guess I'm good.

Tactics Ogre, ZHP, Half Minute Hero, and FFT. Yup all my strategy game goodness is on here.

I guess its a mixed blessing that I didn't get around to Valkyria Chronicles 2...

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whatever im still keeping my psp, and disk games... but i admit it would be nice to have ALL my hard copies as DL copies as well so i dont have to have both the vita AND the psp to lug along if i want to play alittle both

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No Grand Theft Auto games. The digital versions of Liberty and Vice City Stories have framerate problems on regular PSP. I was planning to see if a transition to Vita's PSP emulation would alleviate the problem. I was also hoping to play Chinatown Wars as well. Dang. Here's hoping the list gets updated as fast as possible.

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Whaaaa, Armored Core? I need to buy myself a PlayStation Vita.

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Weird. I thought Sony had a working PSP emulator. Are they requiring developers to recompile the code or something? Seems like all titles should be working.

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All I see on that list is Persona, Persona, Persona!

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@coribald Lumi is a launch Vita title so I don't see too much of a problem there.
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Im really disappointed with this list. None of the games that ill be continuing to play are on it (Chinatown Wars, VC 2, Metal Gear).

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@Starclopsofish Most, if not all PSP games work in the emulator. As I understand it, this is just a list of games that can take advantage of the Vita's unique features like the second analog stick.
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Cladun and Persona 3 are there, that's all I needed to know :D

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@Parkingtigers said:

Guys, I have personally tested a whole bunch of PSP games on the Vita tonight that are NOT on that list. That list is just games that can be downloaded directly to the Vita. If you are copying them across from a PS3 or PC then pretty much every game seems to work.

All of the following games not on the list, from the US PSN store, work on my Vita:

Valkyria Chronicles II.

GUN: Showdown

GTA: Chinatown Wars

GTA: Vice City Stories

Killzone Liberation

LittleBigPlanet

Puzzle Quest Challenge of the Warlords.

Relax guys, the games all work, it's just how you get them onto the device that currently matters.

Okay that is great news then :D

I can just take all my PSPGo games from Mediago and dump them onto my vita if/when I get one.

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So 3 of the 20+ PSP titles I own are compatible? Well zero really, those 3 games are on UMD.

Success.

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They scared me by listing persona down in the S'es >_>;;;;

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@Tamaster92: None?

Q: Can I download the games I got for the PSPgo/PSP on the Vita?

Yes you can. Just put in your PlayStation Network account information and access all your old downloaded games through the PlayStation Store. Users can play the games which compatible with PS Vita.

http://community.us.playstation.com/message/36467944#36467944

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@Dan_CiTi said:

@Shun_Akiyama said:

@Dan_CiTi said:

@nicky42 said:

is crisis core missing from this list or did i miss it?

Looks like it is, which is a shame because that was a really good game. Definitely one of the best spin-off games ever.

crisis core never came out on PSN

Yet another tragedy strikes.

Thats a shame...  Probably one of my favourite PSP games of all time
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Seeing as I couldn't find my PSP at the time, I missed playing my free copy of LittleBigPlanet. Now I can't do that? Boo.

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ZHP! Woo!