Play Station Portable (PSP) was a very popular portable console made by Sony. The total estimated sales of PSP ranged from about 80 million to 82 million units. It had some very good games too, which were loved by a lot of people. If you were also a PSP fan then it might interest you to know that there is a way for you to 'go back in time' and enjoy your beloved PSP titles.
What is PPSSPP?
You might have heard of the popular software named 'Bluestacks'. Bluestacks is the most popular android emulator for PC, which lets you run android apps on your Windows PC. Similarly, PPSSPP is a PSP emulator developed for PC as well as many other platforms. The platforms which can run PPSSPP are Windows, Linux, Android, iOS, macOS, switch, Blackberry, and a couple of other platforms.
PPSSPP is a very stable and performance-oriented PSP emulator. It is one of the best in terms of support and performance.
How to download and install PPSSPP?
To download PPSSPP, go to their official download page https://www.ppsspp.org/downloads.html. After that select your platform and select the respective file to download. After that, you would need to install PPSSPP on your platform just like any other software. Alternatively, you can also download PPSSPP for android directly from the Play Store by Clicking Here. You can also use your GUI software center or the terminal to download and install PPSSPP on your Linux platform. After you have successfully downloaded and installed PPSSPP, you should be able to open the app which should look something like this -
How to install games in PPSSPP?
Let us now take a look at how to play games on PPSSPP. For this, you need the ROMs of the PSP games to run them on PPSSPP. You could download the ISOs from a couple of websites, but it is not recommended as it would be piracy. We highly recommend using only the official copies of PSP games which you own and have purchased by turning them into ISOs or CSOs (compressed ISOs).
Once you have the ISO, open up the PPSSPP app. Then navigate to your ISO file from the browsing menu and select the ISO. Your game will start after doing that.
So that's all you need to do to get the fun and nostalgia of PSP on almost any device you have. If you want an in-depth blog on the controls and UI of PPSSPP, please do inform us on our social media handles. We would be more than happy to help you out!
Links -
Official website of PPSSPP - Click Here
Download page of PPSSPP - Click Here
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