Wow! I updated my PS3, but haven’t done the PSP, yet. It’s ironic that the patch that just came out does this for me, because I only just tried connecting them for Remote Play on Tuesday.
New firmware enables PS1 games on PSP through Remote Play – Joystiq:
by Christopher Grant Dec 18th 2007 1:45PMDivX for the PS3 and internet radio for the PSP weren’t the only treats buried in this morning’s latest Sony firmware updates. Nope, they’ve got a little something special for those of you rocking both of Sony’s latest consoles: PS1 games are now playable via Remote Play. What does that mean to you, Joe Gamer? You can download PS1 games on your PS3 through the PSN Store but, instead of swapping games on and off your no doubt ballooning Memory Stick, you can stream them straight from the PS3. You can also leave your favorite PS1 game in the drive and Remote Play that, if digitally distributed media ain’t your thing.
Coupled with the PS3’s recently acquired Remote Start capability and the PSP’s internet-enabled Remote Play functionality, you can tap into that library of PS1 games at home from anywhere in the world. That’s a pretty exciting feature … but, there is one shortcoming: when’s that library of PS1 games coming?
After I made the connection between the two devices, I tooled around the PS3’s cross media bar (XMB) to see what was available and mostly started some game demo downloads (why are Sony’s downloads so unbearably slow?). Once I was satisfied w/ that, I figured I’d try downloading and playing one of the games from PSN. Much to my dismay, the game only worked on PS3, but this new update means I can access quite a few games I have for PS1 now :D