Video, Computer & Internet Games

The PSP was not designed to be able to emulate other game consoles. Enthusiasts have found way to modify the PSP's operating system so that it can download and run programs not sanctioned by Sony....

The Sims is the best selling franchise in PC history and has produced a few console versions, including The Sims: Bustin' Out for the PS2, GameCube and Xbox. The biggest difference between the PC...

The Sony memory stick is used to store data that can be read by a PS3, but while all PS3s can read the data, only the first two models came with a built-in memory stick storage slot. To use a...

Sony's PSP video game console has built in WiFi that allows it to access the Internet. It can also download games from the Sony Playstation store once a free account has been set up. Getting...

At its core, Sony's PlayStation Portable console is a hand-held video game system. But it's also a very solid portable media player, capable also of video, photo and music playback. You can attach...

The Sony PSP is a portable video game device capable of not only playing games but playing music and movies. Although most movies come on a small disc, it is possible to upload videos onto the...

Sony's PlayStation Portable uses a memory stick as its main storage source. You can connect the PSP to a computer using a USB cable, or by inserting the memory stick directly into the computer's...

More than just a gaming device, the PSP is able to connect to the Internet, display photos and videos, and can even sync up to a PS3. The PSP uses Sony's custom memory stick as the main storage...

TThe Sony PSP was released in North America on March 24, 2005. It has become a very popular handheld gaming system, due largely in part to its flexibility in terms of the media that it can play....

The Xbox 360 was released on November 22, 2005. Since then, hundreds of games have been developed and made available to the general public. Additionally, the console offers users the options of...

In "War of the Monsters" for the PS2, players take control of giant monsters and do battle in different cities and environments, generally wreaking havoc. The game supports up to four players for...

In this how-to article you will learn how to install custom firmware on a PSP. Once custom firmware is installed on your PSP, you can play free games, use homebrew applications (emulators are...

Chipping a PSP is actually pretty simple with a Pandora battery and magic memory stick. This process has come under fire recently because it installs new PSP software that runs the PSP itself....

This How-To article will teach you how to downgrade a PSP (fat) from firmware 2.00 to firmware 1.50. This is just one method of downgrading.

The PSP portable video game console is actually a multipurpose computer that you can hold in your hand. It can control a TV set like a remote because it has a built-in infrared sensor at the top....

When Sony released the PlayStation Portable, it was an idea no one had yet thought of. Sony created a portable gaming device that would end up being a portable entertainment device, using it not...

Putting images or video files onto your Playstation Portable (PSP) is simple once you have the right hardware and software. Everything you need is either standard for the PSP or available for free...

Sony's PSP is a powerful gaming system capable of playing a wide range of music files and formats. However, the PSP lacks flash memory or an internal hard drive; therefore, restricting the ability...

The ability to run user-created CSO games on your PSP is another added benefit of the portable console. The process of placing those games onto a PSP and playing them is actually quite simple and...

Modifying or "moding" an Xbox video game console lets it do things that Microsoft didn't build into the operating system. Many gamers open up the Xbox and physically add a chip to do this,...

Nintendo GameCube memory cards come in a variety of sizes, but with so many games to play, it is easy to fill one up. Memory cards are needed to save your game progress on nearly all Nintendo...

Not only can you play games on your Wii, but the gaming console also plays music. There is no way to store music directly on your Wii. For that reason, you'll need to purchase an Secure Digital...

The popularity of the PlayStation Portable game console has led owners to find ways to modify it to do things that Sony does not officially sanction. This is called "modding" the PSP, and the...

The popularity of the PlayStation Portable console has led many people to modify its operating system so that it can do things not envisioned by Sony. A negative side effect is that the operating...

An R4 card allows Nintendo DS owners to play homebrew games-ones they created or downloaded-and run emulators on their Nintendo DS. They can even be used to watch downloaded video files. Fairly...

The Xbox video game console was not designed to be able to share its contents with a Windows-based computer. This has caused gamers to modify the Xbox to allow for these functions to be possible....

The PSP portable game console is very popular among game enthusiasts, but it is difficult to enter long sentences on its onscreen keyboard. Although Sony has made no keyboard accessory available,...

Owners of the Sony Portable PlayStation (PSP) system are given the ability to play games, movies, music and even surf the Internet on a portable device the size of a cell phone. What is even...

If your PlayStation 2 memory card is filled with old game saves and you'd like to use it again, sell it or give it away, you can easily format the card so it's just like new. Once the card is...

RAR files are a compressed grouping of files, much like the ZIP file. They consist of any number of files, and can split one file into many parts that take up less space. Often you can compress a...

The Sony PSP is very popular among enthusiasts who like to modify game consoles. The use of a Magic Memory Card (or "Magic Memory Stick") allows a person to create an operating system on the PSP...

In addition to playing the hundreds of video game titles available for the system, the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) can also connect to your computer and act as a flash drive for file storage....

You can modify your Sony PSP console to run programs and processes not licensed by Sony. This requires a Magic Memory Stick, which is a memory stick containing special files. A number of programs...

The Sony PSP can run a variety of homebrew applications, such as third-party games, programs and utilities. To run homebrew applications on your PSP, you must replace the official Sony firmware...

The Nintendo Wii is a popular video gaming system that stands out due to its unique remotes. You play many Wii games by actually moving the remote with your body. It also has WiFi, photo and music...

The PSP is a popular portable game console from Sony. Many users have adapted the console to do things that Sony never intended it to do by using a Pandora battery. The Pandora battery, which can...

The Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a popular handheld gaming system that features many of the games and technologies of the normal PlayStation system. The handheld PSP device allows users to...

The Sony Playstation Portable, or PSP, is a mobile gaming system. Rather than using internal memory for the storage of saved game files, music, games or any other information, it uses a separate...

The Sony PlayStation Portable, or PSP, is a mobile gaming device that has a number of other functions in addition to its gaming capabilities. One of these added features is its ability to store...

The Sony PlayStation Portable has a preloaded music-player program. Music files you download to a PSP memory stick are stored in the PSP/MUSIC folder. You can install the program PSPtunes onto...

Installing homebrew games onto your PSP is a great to bring many games with you instead of lugging around ten or twenty PSP discs. Installing homebrew games is also completely legal, as is...

The ability to play homebrew games is actually very easy and not illegal at all, and Sony is starting to reach out to its independent software developers asking them to create games for the PSP...

The PlayStation 2 memory card can save up to 8MB (megabytes) of data, in addition to having MagicGate encryption. The PlayStation 2 memory device saves vital gaming information, such as game...

When Sony introduced its first portable gaming device, the PSP, it offered a lot more than just games. The ability to play videos on the PSP is just one of the added advantages. Transferring...

The PSP portable game console is popular among enthusiasts who enjoy writing their own programs to run on it. Because Sony doesn't actively support this, the PSP must first be modified or "modded"...

Video gamers lucky enough to own a PlayStation 3 that is backward-compatible with the PlayStation 2 need a way to back up PS2 games to the PS3. The PS3 provides no port for older PS2 memory cards,...

The Playstation 2 was the successor to Sony's hit Playstation console and utilized memory cards along with an external hard drive to store data such as save files and in-game creations. It is...

The PSP is a popular handheld gaming console. This has led many people to create unofficial programs to run on the PSP. But in order to use these programs, the PSP must first be hacked. But if a...

The Xbox 360 is the successor to the Xbox and the second gaming console produced by Microsoft. It is currently available in two different packages, Elite and Arcade, that come with their own sets...

Sony releases updates to their PSP's firmware, which adds functionality to the console. For gamers looking to expand the functionality of their PSP beyond Sony's limits, there is custom firmware....