PSP Star Soldier.

[bloodhokuto]

Ok, I got this game today.

I have a Jap unit and am on 1.0 firmware.

Believe me I am dying to play this game which is sitting and scowling at me now, but I am embarrassed to admit that I am enjoying my neo cd collection too much on it.

I only use my own cd's and whilst I cant seem to get the music playing on games (I can't rip one of the audio/data files in the music folder), that said it still feels awesome playing real bout / pulstar etc on the great screen.

So, ok the question that I need answered is ... does Star Soldier force a firmware update?

Is there a list somewhere of games that do?

Either way, I will update at some point in the future, just not when I am having so much fun with my handheld neo geo

 

[subbie]

You could posibly sell your 1.0, make some cash and get a unit that has 1.5 on it.

Star Soldier should only require 1.5.0 firmware. You can still play emulators on a 1.5.0 firmware (note 2.0, 1.5.2, & 1.5.1 will not run emulators, only 1.0 & 1.5).

Truthfuly tho 1.0 is still better then 1.5. I more recomend buying a 2nd psp.

 

[Dean]

Truthfuly tho 1.0 is still better then 1.5. I more recomend buying a 2nd psp.

And that right there makes it completely unattractive to buy a second PSP. The main selling point is the ability to also do emulation and if you need two units it ruins the whole thing.

 

[johnno15]

Just bang it in it will tell you if it requires a update and if it does it asks you to upgrade it DOESNT do it automatically

 

[Howdoin]

Just got it myself and it does require firmware upgrade to 1.50.

The game itself is cool - maybe a little easy (at least till level 5 which I 1CC and then died and used 4 continues... )

Playing while holding the PSP vertical is a little weird at first but easy to get used to once you have set the correct button layout.

 

[OmegaSaber]

Still waiting for mine to get here from Play-Asia. Also waiting on Sengoku Cannon...

 

[Buro Destruct]

I thought PSPHacker was hosting a little app that gets around firmware updates.

 

[subbie]

And that right there makes it completely unattractive to buy a second PSP. The main selling point is the ability to also do emulation and if you need two units it ruins the whole thing.

Well it's different for me. I'm a code monkey so I have no problem keeping my 1.0 for programming and trying out homebrew software, and also owning another psp for playing newer games on.

I thought PSPHacker was hosting a little app that gets around firmware updates.

Nope it was a load of crap but there has been a recent breakthough with a piece of software. They got 2 1.5 games running on a 1.0 unit.

 

[Diggerman]

Ok, I got this game today.

I have a Jap unit and am on 1.0 firmware.

Believe me I am dying to play this game which is sitting and scowling at me now, but I am embarrassed to admit that I am enjoying my neo cd collection too much on it.

I only use my own cd's and whilst I cant seem to get the music playing on games (I can't rip one of the audio/data files in the music folder), that said it still feels awesome playing real bout / pulstar etc on the great screen.

I have CD games working great with the music. Real Bout Special and Pulstar for example. Maybe I can help you - what exactly isn't working? And did you put the ripped MP3's in a folder names neocd.mp3 INSIDE the game's folder, kinda like this

-PSP
--Game
---NeoCD
----Pulstar
-----neocd.mp3

 

[bloodhokuto]

Thanks for the replies chaps, I guess I 'may' sacrifice the 1.0 firmware to play the game, although I must say buying another psp did cross my mind

Oh and @ Diggerman, I think I know what the problem is - I am using a mac and can just dump the data contents folder from my neo cd's into an appropriate folder that I then dump in to the psp 'GAME' folder.

However, I cannot access the first file on the music folder - I can extract all the tracks 2 - end and rip to mp3, but it's the first file that I cannot seem to replicate or rip.

I tried getting an ISO extractor app and now I have the whole music folder but cannot open the ISO file to get at the hidden file ... doh :oS

 

[Electroman]

Star Soldier PSP... 4th ship?

Sorry to bump an older thread but it beats starting a new one for one silly question. Searched high and low, couldn't find anything. So...

Anybody here know how to get the 4th ship? I've beaten easy, norm, and hard, unlocked 2/3 of the items... what am I missing?

 

[Shawn Carr2o]

The PSP has to be upgraded with the firmware 1.5 to play newer US, UK and Japan games.?.

 

[Electroman]

The PSP has to be upgraded with the firmware 1.5 to play newer US, UK and Japan games.?.

Wish I had an answer for you, I updated mine to 2.5, not really caring about emulator stuff. I was always under the impression that PSP could play all regions regardless.