Vita Update 1.80 Live, PS1 Classics Include FFVII, Syphon Filter
It's an ongoing process but the good news is that update v1.80 for your PlayStation Vita is now live and ready to go.
As you probably already know by now, this is the update that will deliver PS1 classics to Sony's new portable. First on that list, all of which should be available as of today, are the following titles:
- Arc the Lad
- Cool Boarders 2
- FINAL FANTASY VII
- Hot Shots Golf 2
- Jet Moto
- Syphon Filter
- Tomb Raider
- Twisted Metal 2
- Wild Arms
And as it says over at the PlayStation Blog:
"For those of you who have already purchased these titles, you will be able to re-download those games directly from your PS Store account or transfer them to your PS Vita directly from your PS3 at no extra charge."
You'll have to add the above confirmed list to what we heard would be coming from MonkeyPaw Games; those titles should also be available today, so check the Store and see what's what.
Tags: vita, playstation vita, vita update, vita update 1.80, ps1 classics on vita
8/28/2012 9:33:53 AM Ben Dutka
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Highlander
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 10:11:11 AM
gumbi
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 10:13:05 AM
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In any case, I'm glad to finally see some PS1 love on my Vita. It'll only get better.
telly
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 10:52:43 AM
PoopsMcGee
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 10:17:30 AM
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Jawknee
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 10:22:04 AM
telly
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 11:44:49 AM
Jed
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 9:10:49 PM
Hopefully Sony will have made good on more of the promises they have made about the vita by then, like having more PS1 games and other features available.
Jawknee
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 10:21:13 AM
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EDIT: Okay, about half of my PS1 classics were transferable. The ones I can list off the top of my head that are not on this list
FFVI
FFVIII
FFIX
Resident Evil Directors Cut
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3
Parasite Eve
Parasite Eve 2
Metal Gear Solid
Vagrant Story
Castlevania SoftN
Breath of Fire IV
Chrono Trigger
Last edited by Jawknee on 8/28/2012 10:56:02 AM
Highlander
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 10:28:08 AM
Jawknee
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 10:59:08 AM
Stabs88
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 @ 6:19:43 AM
Highlander
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 10:25:05 AM
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I mean, Sony you're the platform holder for PS1 games, it's YOUR legacy, and yet on your flagship mobile device that is capable of emulating the PSP in software you think it's acceptable to roll out a pitiful number of PS1 games as your big launch of PS1 compatibility?
What now? First of all, why wasn't this there from the beginning? It's software emulation of a decade and a half old system that you've emulated in software on PS2, PS3 and PSP. It's not like you lack the knowledge to create a working emulator. So why make everyone wait 9-10 months for a feature that should have been there since day 1? Secondly, 9 games in North America? Where are the 100 or so that the EU got? Why the difference? Is SCEA simply pathetic an SCEE is uber capable? No, of course not, the software is the same. This is because you folks in SCEA seem to think that it's acceptable to shaft your consumers left and right over stupid little things like this. Third, why is this even restricting the games that it can run? It's an emulator it should be capable of running every single PS1 game repackaged for PSN, the only possible reason for a restriction is that someone somewhere in Sony thought it was a neat idea to put a whitelist into the emulator to prevent it loading and running items not on the whitelist.
So now I have to wait for SCEA to get of their lazy behinds and add the PS1 classics I paid for years ago to their crappy little list? No Crash, no Spyro. thanks for screwing up what should have been an easy win Sony, you guys really know how to succeed at failing.
gumbi
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 10:34:21 AM
I have to agree with you though. Vita really, really should have been 100% PS1 capable right out of the box. No excuse.
Highlander
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 10:36:26 AM
It's software emulation. Sitting a white-list in between the customer and their purchased games is simply stupid. The emulation is 100% certain to be capable of running the games, but they won't transfer because their not on the white-list. So now I have to wait for SCEA to update the white-list? I know you understand my frustration, but this actually goes beyond the simple frustration over not being able to transfer the games I already have.
People often say I excuse Sony's failures like a true fanboy. I've always pointed out that's not true. When Sony screw up I am always asking why and pointing out where they screw up. This is a perfect example of screw up. It's a perfect example because it's so pointless and unnecessary. Sony are literally screwing themselves.
What's really confusing about this is the apparent difference between SCEE and SCEA. SCEA really does seem to be the lazy end of Sony these days. Ever since Kaz Hirai went on to bigger and better things in SCE, SCEA has just performed very poorly. But that difference between SCEE and SCEA; as well as the stupidity of preventing the Vita Content Manager from even transferring games not on the white list just hurts Sony.
Last edited by Highlander on 8/28/2012 10:42:57 AM
Highlander
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 11:31:09 AM
Gumbi, I sort of agree with you. The list of officially supported PSP games is missing several key games that actually do work.
That should of course read;
Gumbi, I sort of agree with you. The list of officially supported **PS1** games is missing several key games that actually do work. However the problem I have here is simple.
Highlander
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 11:57:02 AM
Jawknee
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 1:31:12 PM
telly
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 3:16:06 PM
CrusaderForever
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 10:50:01 AM
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Metal Gear Solid
Legends of Dragoon
Syphon Filter
Castlevania SotN
Castlevania Chronicles
Silent Hill
You have to have the install files on the PS3 to download them as installed PS1 games do not show up in Content Manager. The Playstation Blog is on fire with many gamers putting up lists that are working.
Here is a few that are working and there is many more:
Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy Origins, 6, 7, 8, 9 & Tactics
Klonoa
Fighting Force
Vagrant Story
Gex
Gex 3
Blood Omen:Legacy Of Kain
Legacy Of Kain:Soul Reaver
Rayman 2
Rally Cross
Street Fighter Alpha2
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Um Jammer Lammy
Warhawk
Wild Arms 1 & 2
Syphon Filter 1, 2 & 3
Destruction Derby
Dino Crisis 1 and 2
Hot Shots Golf 2
International Field and track
Jet Moto
Medievil
Parasite Eve 1 & 2
Resident Evil Directors Cut, 2 & 3
More to come I am sure! It's a great day to be a Vita owner!
Last edited by CrusaderForever on 8/28/2012 10:53:18 AM
StopTheWorldNow
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 10:55:16 AM
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But I don't think Sony should do this weekly roll-out of the games, they should know by now that us Vita owners have waited long enough for this simple Vita feature.
LoneRanger1975
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 10:58:26 AM
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Highlander
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 11:35:42 AM
Highlander
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 1:36:53 PM
Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 11:04:02 AM
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B/C is great but this is new hardware designed for new purposes. If I want to play PS1 games...I can play them. Been able to do that for fifteen years. :)
CrusaderForever
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 11:09:02 AM
By the way Legend of Dragoon looks great on the Vita! I am already into the game however I am going to stop now because P3P is calling my name.
Last edited by CrusaderForever on 8/28/2012 11:09:25 AM
Jawknee
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 11:10:58 AM
CrusaderForever
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 11:28:36 AM
Highlander
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 11:32:58 AM
Either way, this is something that is a very easy win for Sony that they are not winning.
Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 1:41:01 PM
And as time goes on, as is the case with all b/c, it will be less and less important to gamers.
Highlander
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 1:52:53 PM
Last edited by Highlander on 8/28/2012 1:53:02 PM
Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 2:55:01 PM
I'm just saying I don't think it's a very high priority for them and in truth, looking at the current trends of gaming and this new generation that really doesn't give a fig about anything from the PS1 era, I'm not sure they're incorrect in that prioritizing.
Last edited by Ben Dutka PSXE on 8/28/2012 2:55:38 PM
WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 11:13:10 AM
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Jawknee
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 11:25:49 AM
Killa Tequilla
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 11:31:25 AM
WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 12:35:55 PM
telly
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 11:48:36 AM
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CrusaderForever
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 12:18:19 PM
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Again, you have to have the install (Bubble) files on your PS3 as installed PS1 games will not show up in Content Manager.
Arc the Lad
Arc the Lad II
Arc the Lad III
Arcade Hits: Shienryu (Japanese Import)
Arcade Hits: Sonic Wings Special (Japanese Import)
Alundra
Breath of Fire IV
Castlevania Chronicles
Castlevania: Symphony of The Night
Cho Aniki (Japanese Import)
Chrono Trigger
Command & Conquer
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Command & Conquer: Red Alert Retaliation
Cool Boarders
Cool Boarders 2
Cool Boarders 3
Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness (Japanese Import)
Darkstalkers
Darkstalkers 3
Destruction Derby
Dezaemon Plus! (Japanese Import)
Dino Crisis
Dino Crisis 2
Disney-Pixar A Bug's Life
Disney-Pixar Monsters, Inc.
Disney-Pixar Toy Story Racer
Disney-Pixar Toy Story 2
Final Fantasy Origins
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy Tactics
Front Mission 3
GaiaSeed (Japanese Import)
Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
Harvest Moon: Back to Nature
Hot Shots Golf 2
International Track & Field
Jet Moto
Jet Moto 2
Jumping Flash!
Jumping Flash! 2
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
Legend of Dragoon
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
MediEvil
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Slug X
Mega Man (Japanese Import)
Mega Man 2 (Japanese Import)
Mega Man 3 (Japanese Import)
Mega Man 4 (Japanese Import)
Money Idol Exchanger (Japanese Import)
Pandemonium!
Parasite Eve
Parasite Eve II
Rally Cross
Rapid Angel (Japanese Import)
Rayman
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Resident Evil: Director's Cut
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Ridge Racer 4
Saiyuki: Journey West
Silent Hill
Street Fighter Alpha
Street Fighter Alpha 2
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Suikoden
Syphon Filter
Syphon Filter 2
Syphon Filter 3
Tekken
Tekken 2
Ten Pin Alley
Threads of Fate
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider II
Tomb Raider III
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Toy Story
Twisted Metal 2
Um Jammer Lammy
Vagrant Story
Vanguard Bandits
Warhawk
Wild Arms
Wild Arms 2
WipEout
Xenogears
2 Xtreme
Happy gaming! The Vita is now truly a much desired hard core gaming portable console! I mean it was already for me but a lot of gamers wanted their older RPGs and the like too.
Highlander
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 1:53:52 PM
CrusaderForever
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 4:57:55 PM
I007spectre
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 4:29:49 PM
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CrusaderForever
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 4:45:07 PM
Last edited by CrusaderForever on 8/28/2012 4:48:26 PM
Dancemachine55
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 8:26:18 PM
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Hopefully by the time Christmas rolls around, the Vita will have more PS1 games supported for it. At least FF VII was first on the list. My favourite game of all time!!
cadpig
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 9:23:28 PM
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I think it's nice to revisit older games on newer hardware. Why is it that nintendo seems to be the only company that understands this?
I never got to finish Final Fantasy VII, Front mission 3 and Vagrant Story. I can't wait..
___________
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 @ 5:24:25 AM
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shocked, for once $ony is giving the US the finger!
faints!
now i can stop wasting the battery life on my S3.
man i regret switching to android, my useless phone cant last 3 days without needing a charge!
even when you put it in flight mode and have as much closed as possible, i dont ring anyone, i dont play games on it, and it still only lasts 3 days!
my iphone which i use to play games on it every morning for the hour train ride use to last 5-7 days!
one thing i hate about this industry.
everything is 2 steps forward 2 steps back.
android is so much better because its more open, but its so much harder to use, less available apps, apps are worse every game i buy crashes never had a problem with my 4.
not to mention the battery life.
for once why cant manufactures compete with superior products, and not inferior ones?
they wonder why apple is kicking the market clean, but then they come and compete with this!
if your going to bring a b grade footballer to a a grade game of course your going to get your a$$ kicked!

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telly
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @ 9:54:43 AM