Touchscreen PSP arrives courtesy of modder

Posted Aug 10th 2008 3:00PM by Alan Tsang
Filed under: Hacks

Don't want to wait for the touchscreen device SCEA possibly has installed for us? DCEmu's Pspzproject obviously didn't -- user jube808, a "professional electronic engineer," feels touchscreen should have been part of the PSP at launch and decided to mod a PSP to include the function. The touchscreen works with both a finger or a stylus, with the goal of eventually utilizing it for homebrew gaming. He also aims to add extra battery life and a redesigned control pad into the mix. Check it out in action in two videos after the jump.

[Via Engadget -- thanks, jimb and rockeranimefreak!]

Tags: psp, touchscreen

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

8-10-2008 @ 3:34PM

[email protected] said...

Than Sh*t Is Sick. Keep It Up.

8-10-2008 @ 4:02PM

gurbinder said...

Amazing. Suprises me how homebrew is always one step ahead of Sony.

If sony does make a psp touchscreen will screen protecters be supported? thats what i want to know, IMO, i would perfer not getting fingerprints on my psp's screen.

8-10-2008 @ 4:29PM

Hashbrown Hunter said...

I really wouldn't want a touchscreen PSP unless it were maybe a smartphone/gaming phone. Other than that it feels like a rip off of the DS.

8-10-2008 @ 5:05PM

gurbinder said...

thats kind of ineviatble in a way since all systems copy one another after a generation passes.

8-10-2008 @ 8:10PM

anarkhy said...

Just get and iphone if you want a touchscreen device.

8-11-2008 @ 1:39AM

andwhyisit said...

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8-10-2008 @ 4:42PM

gurbinder said...

kind of ineviatble though since all companies copy each other to improve their products. Not going to perfer a psp touch while gaming though since it will block the screen unless i touch it super fast or with a small pen thing like ds which i will still be annoyed with. Guaranteed to make a few scratches at the least.

8-10-2008 @ 5:10PM

Mr.U2 said...

Good job modders. It's because of you guys the world still exists.

8-10-2008 @ 5:18PM

pat1202003 said...

I knew someone was finally going to do this. I seen PSP touch screens on sell, but I never saw any use for them.

8-10-2008 @ 5:23PM

cafecito said...

What a remarkable job. Impressive indeed.

I wouldn't like a touchscreen, tho. Not my cup o tea. That's why I got a PSP and not a DS in the first place :)

8-11-2008 @ 3:20PM

Christopher said...

Well yeah, except the PSP has the wide format screen and has higher resolution as a result. I'd love a touch screen PSP. Besides, all games that would use touch screen controls would likely make them optional, just like most DS games can be controlled with standard control pads.

8-10-2008 @ 5:39PM

lonesomefolly said...

Yeah, as if it didn't pick up enough finger prints already.

8-10-2008 @ 6:32PM

Dr Haisook said...

I don't get as much satisfaction from tapping on the screen as mashing buttons. It just doesn't feel... right. So I can see Sony's move is correct. And I don't think they'd add a touchscreen in the future. This is not a PDA.

8-10-2008 @ 8:21PM

bryansurvive said...

maybe if the touch screen had an option to be turned off while in play mode or something simply. cus i wouldnt use it during gaming just the gps or online.

8-10-2008 @ 9:54PM

Smokey said...

pretty useless if you ask me... he did rip out the UMD reader...

8-10-2008 @ 9:56PM

Extinction said...

I disagree completely, and after using the games on an iPod touch, UMPC, Tapwave Zodiac Palm pilot, and the DS, I am VERY thankful the PSP does not have this feature.

8-11-2008 @ 2:22AM

Manuel said...

A touch screen PSP is uncalled for, especially with the DS already on top of that.
Homebrew is NOT onto of most things, they're like the Monday night review of the Sunday game.
Still a cool mod. I wouldn't want it, but it's an achievement none the less.

8-11-2008 @ 6:03AM

Kresnik said...

I don't really like touch screen, but if there's touch pad mod, I like it much better.

8-11-2008 @ 1:33PM

Brian said...

that's cool, it seem like everything is getting a touch screen so why not the psp, wonder if Sony is looking at this, oh an add in the motion sensor too.

8-11-2008 @ 2:37PM

farfisa said...

Very cool mod, but I agree that it wouldn't be much fun for gaming. And the xmb is pretty efficient for most other things. Actually typing's the only thing I can't get used to on a PSP, so since they're apparently never going to get around to introducing / supporting a keypad, this wouldn't be totally off the wall to consider in a future product.

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