Today we are going to focus specifically on the emulators for PSP. A most interesting portable console to emulate on mobile devices. On the one hand, it has quite a significant graphic power, but at the same time, it is “light” enough so that practically any decent average smartphone can run most of its games without being thrown on the road.
The 5 best emulators for PSP
That said, let’s see what are the best emulators for PSP that Android currently has to imitate the hardware of Sony’s PlayStation Portable. If you are fans of the world of retro video games, surely it sounds more than one. Let’s go to the nougat!
PPSSPP
PPSSPP is by far the best PSP emulator for Android that exists. Easy to use and with a high degree of compatibility, as well as offering simply excellent performance. We could say that the rest of the PSP emulators on the market are mere variants of this, so it is always better to go to the original source.
The application has 2 versions: one free and with ads, and another premium version (PPSSPP Gold) that we can obtain through a single payment of $4.69. IF we are going to put it to good use, it is certainly worth it.
- Developer: Henrik Rydgård
- Price: Free
Rocket PSP Emulator
Excellent PSP emulator for Android developed by Emul World Limited. Perfect for running our PSP game backups on mobile devices. An emulator that adapts to both low-end and high-end smartphones and tablets to always offer good performance and improved image quality. It supports ROMs in ISO and CSO format, in addition to having a well-worked interface and sound effects.
- Developer: Emul World Ltd
- Price: Free
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RetroArch
A unique emulator. It is not only free and open-source, but it is also capable of emulating several systems simultaneously. The tool works through the Libreto system, which basically means that emulators are managed through plugins that we add or remove from the system. Therefore, yes, we can emulate PSP but also SNES or Megadrive games, to give a couple of examples.
The emulator for PSP in particular performs at a good level, although we can find a few other errors from time to time. Being a complex tool, it requires a certain learning curve, but its possibilities are much more extensive than most emulators available on Android.
- Developer: Libretro
- Price: Free
Rapid PSP Emulator
Here we are faced with a PPSSPP reskin although with some small modifications. Rapid is tuned to run better on low-end Android phones, which consequently makes it go much faster on more powerful terminals without much complication. The application also has gamepad support, a save function and other usual paraphernalia.
Apart from this, there is not much more to scratch: PPSSPP supports a greater number of games, although with Rapid we have a 100% free emulator without in-app purchases that can come in handy if we have an inexpensive mobile with slightly low specifications.
- Developer: Capital Apps Development
- Price: Free
Sunshine Emulator for PSP
Sunshine is another one of those PSP emulators based on the PPSSPP source code that works reasonably well. It has everything we can expect in an emulator of this type, such as game-saving, network games, a good FPS ratio and a fairly high list of compatible games.
Otherwise, it has the same strengths and weaknesses as the other PPSSPP emulators. A free solution that is more than acceptable to play the classic Sony laptop on your mobile or tablet (although it does have integrated ads).
- Developer: ExpertArts Studio
- Price: Free
Finally, I would like to make a mention of the PSP Emulator Pro. The emulator for PSP is very popular and it has more than half a million downloads on Google Play, probably due to the screenshots that accompany the app’s installation tab where it is suggested that It also emulates PS2, PS3 and PS4 games. If we install it we will see that it is a pure and hard fork of PPSSPP and that therefore it only serves to emulate games from the Sony portable console. Take this into account before adding it to your app drawer.
Eleena Timmons