Console Games (Nintendo, Sony etc.) and Arcade Games/psp hardware

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Is there any way to play iso and cso games on my psp slim (2001) without downgrading or having to get ride of any of my current updates.  I am running psp firmware 3.93 and and loving it.  I use skype and other new updates all the time. Is there any way for me to play the iso/cso games without affecting my 3.93 firmware?

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Sadly, there isn't that I have seen. Maybe someone reading this who has mad connections in the PSP homebrew community can jump in and comment if they've seen any. I, too, am looking for ways to get homebrew apps and customized file formats without downgrading. I have a Japanese PSP that I've upgraded to the American latest firmware so I can use Skype. =) Even with a Pandora's Battery, I haven't seen any homebrew apps for the latest firmware that play iso/cso.

Please let me know if I can help you further or with anything else.

Best wishes,
Helen =)

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Helen Joan Casper

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Ever since I played "Pong" in the early 80's, I've been a video game aficionado. I can answer hardware & games questions about PSP (PlayStation Portable), all PlayStation (1,2,& 3), Wii, Wii Fit, GameCube, Nintendo DS, Nintendo (NES), Super Nintendo, Gameboy/Gameboy Advance, and antiquated systems (ColecoVision, Atari, Sega, etc). I can answer hardware questions about all systems (including PS1 - PS3, Wii, NES, SNES, PSP, DS, GBA, GB, Xbox and Xbox 360). I can also answer PC game questions, especially CounterStrike: Source, Vampire: Bloodlines, Half-Life 1&2, Portal, Team Fortress 2, and all Sims & Sims 2 questions. I am ESPECIALLY knowledgeable in Square-Enix (formerly SquareSoft) games such as ALL the Final Fantasy games (I can even tell you really obscure things about these games). If I haven't played the game yet I will research it and help you find the answer, renting the game if necessary. I can even answer questions dealing with the consoles themselves (hardware questions). I cannot answer questions about Action Replay. I cannot answer questions about football, basketball, or wrestling sports games. I also have very limited knowledge about Xbox & Xbox 360 games unless they are cross-platform. If it is an independent game that has not been widely published and/or a game only released in some countries, I may not be able to help with it either (sadly!)

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I currently am employed as a supervisor for a large, national video game retailer. I am also an expert here in games/roleplaying games, weddings, childbirth, and doulas. My husband is a computer programmer and one of the forefront coders for CounterStrike: Source scripts & mods. He has his own forums for coders/scripters at Mattie.Info. I have been an expert here since 2000 (under the name of Helen Chipman) and also volunteer on numerous other game-related websites and forums.

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