By I was playing around with the PSP and I wanted to play a multiplayer game with my friend. But because he did not have the game I was trying to figure out a way to play with only one copy. And I found out that it is actually pretty easy. I tested the game with Twisted Metal and it worked great. To play any multiplayer game on a Sony PSP with only one copy of a game, do the following:
- Place the game into the 1st PSP. Start the game. Start a Multiplayer Ad-Hoc game. (Set the time to unlimited because moving the game between the units takes a while.) Get everything ready, settings ect., except do not enter the game.
- Now remove the game from the unit. A message will appear asking whether you want to exit the game, say NO! The game should go back to the setting screen, where it is waiting for you to press start. (Don’t press start yet on PSP #1)
- Now take the game and place it into the 2nd PSP. Start the game. Now go to Ad-Hoc games and find the server that the other PSP has already started. Once you find the game enter it after choose your personal settings.
- Once the game is done loading on PSP #2 take it out and put it back into unit #1. And press start and it should load into the game!
- And now you are playing each other on two PSPs with only one copy of the game. And if you want to, you can do this with up to as many units as you wish. As long as the game supports that many players.
This works great, but I bet you Sony doesn’t like it. Also to be on the safe side I removed my memorystick to prevent any possible data loss if the unit freezes. Also when you want to exit the game it might freeze. And even trying to power off the unit might not work. To solve this problem just place the game into the frozen PSP and it will do some loading and then resume normally. Any more questions? Then make a comment and I will help you if I can.Update: There have been many comments saying that this does not work, but I tested it with Twisted Metal, Need for Speed, Tony Hawk, and a few others and they worked fine. I have made changes to the instructions above. If these still do not work as of (06/20/05) please post a comment below. Thank You!
Update: I tested them multiple times, but I actually found that it is working perfectly on the PSPs with FirmWare v1.50. But when I tried it with PSPs with FirmWare v1.52 it couldn’t connect both of the PSPs together. I have not tried v1.51 so please make a comment u have tried it with it. (07/08/05)
Update: (07/27/05) First I would like to say that the my Multiplayer PSP hack does in fact work with v1.52! There needs to be a few changes made to the procedure and it will work just fine! I am going to be posting the new set of instructions soon so check the main page of my blog. Also Sony announced some new FirmWare Updates for the PSP v2.0, which will work with Sonic Stage 3.2! – link
NEW – I’ve just created a new video that goes over this procedure. It is only a few minutes long and also has directions in the video. I have also re-written the instructions above for PSPs with new firmware so check out by clicking here: PSP Multiplayer Hack Video
can any one explain to me how to do it right with ridge racer cuz i tried and it didnt work thx
it doent work for MLB
do u need a link cable
do u need a link cable
no, because the PSP has WiFi.
ROFLMFAO…need a link cable??? That stuff is for babies with arcaic gameboys. ahhh, thanks for the laugh though. hehe.
i got twested metal to work but i could c my other friend and he couldnt c me. can any one tell me is it some thing i am doing wrong or does it not work online.
TWISTED METAL WITH 1 GAME on 2 PSP’s
ok im not sure if sahas’s way works, but either it doesnt or the way he explained it didnt work. i looked everywhere and modified what other people said and i finally got it to work. not complicated this is it…. ill try to be as descriptive as possible.
1. Person A loads up game, selects ad hoc, makes a game, selects car and all settings to server, loads game and is just sitting there.
2.take game out, a message will come up asking if you wish to leave game, say “NO”. give game to person B.
3. person B puts in game, goes to ad hoc, looks for A’s game, selects it, and joins server.
*pay attention to this part… not too difficult but confusing*
4. after selecting vehicle, go to join game, and when its loading, wait for it to get to the top of the loading bar, wait about 8 seconds, (at this point it should STILL be at the top of the loading screen), pop out game and give to person A (host) and they pop game in.
in a few seconds the second person will be in game. AT THIS POINT the HOST (A) should have the game in his PSP. NOT sure… but with this process im guessing you can do with up to 6 people, but we only have 2 psp’s here so we only tried 2.
*i have not tried this with THUG… but i SWEAR this works with twisted metal. BOTH PEOPLE CAN SEE EACH OTHER AND BOTH CAN PLAY WITH EACH OTHER.
ive been frustrated seeing this above way (not my way, above that) all over the internet… MY WAY (not really my way but just the way that works) WORKS… 1 game can be used to play with 2 psp’s together.
BTW: i have version 1.5 psp… so not sure if its different with other versions.
i tried this and it did not work 4 me. it said connection lost for twisted metal & need 4 speed….
TWISTED METAL WITH 1 GAME on 2 PSP’s
does work i repeate it does work. but i dont think it works for 3 psps. and one more thing can any one tell me if it works for nba street showdown and wipeout pl and it does how to work it. ok c u guys
i have tried it once with my friend using NFSR, and when you chose head to head and then swap,it didnt work. it just showed searching for player on both on our screens…
Anyone tried Coded Arms yet????
please some one try it with coded arms
hey yeh btw NFS:Rivals doesn’t work, he’s right! me and a friend of mine tried it as well and we had no luck, just the same problem as the other guy above :(
does this work with psp v 152 playin agenst a v 150?? and does it even work on 152 i kno alot of stupid stuff i cant do coz i updated it wata mug i cant do emulators now hopfully they bring new hack soon :D
Thanks on the info on how to make the game Twisted Metal work I couldn’t get it for a while but when I did get it it worked like a charm. Thank You!
Sorry to interrupt your forum but I have a PSP 1.50 the system got left on for a couple hours with no activity. anyways I came back to a dead battery after i charged it up games won’t load anymore it sucks I don’t know what to do. a little circle thing shows up in the bottom right corner but the game doesn’t show up
I have a version 1.50, and my friend has a version 1.51, we are trying to connect Twisted Metal, multiplayer with one disc. when i waited 8 seconds and removed the disc and put it back in my friends psp the host. My game just kept loading forever….does different versions work?
hey needadvice u can fix that i did the same thing well let a friend use he said he turned it off and well he didnt just put it in tge foam case all u have to do u back up ur game saves then put ur psp back to default setting and format the memcard a few times on times is good but i did it a few times to be safe the let the bat charge up put the game in and the saves back in and it booted up
i also buy broken psp’s that are 1.50 firmware my aim name is mykr0@mac.com if u have a broken one and want to get rid of it hit me up member the system is used and broken so prive will vary depending on whats wrong with it or i may beaboe to help u fix it ciao
WipeoutPure
You CAN play wipeout pure multiplayer with one disk on two psp’s by disabling all the music tracks in wipeout options (for both players). This way the screen on the player without the disk will not freeze.
Shame, as the the soundtrack is so phat
Will CODED ARMS work by doing this procedure? Just asking Thanks in advance.
sony’s games has been cracked! Because I know how to play thug2 remix multiplayer with 1 game on 2 psp’s.(also with 2.00 firmware!!!)
step 1: start up a multiplayergame. So host a new game and enter it.
step 2: switch the umd to the other psp and start up the multiplayer mode.(sony ask if you want to end the game: say no!)
Now you’ll see the hosted game by player one. Don’t enter it!!
step 3: Switch the game again, to player one(the host).(sony ask if you want to end the game: say no!)
step 4: On the second psp(the joiner): join the player number ones game, so press join.
NOW HURRY:
step 5: On the psp of player number one appears a message that player two is joining the game. If the message disappears please immediately switch the player number ones umd disc to psp number two. (sony ask if you want to end the game: say no!)
step 6: Now the game will also be loaded on the second psp.
step 7: ENJOY!!
I’ll hope I helped some people with this problem.
CU! Sebastian..
Do You Suppose This Hack Will Work With Soccer Games That Will Be Coming Out For The PSP????
my psp wont load any of my games please help
ive done what mykro said about restoring the default settings and formatting my memory stick but ity still dont work
This is why Sony sucks!
I should be able to play anyone in multiplayer mode.
Geez Nintendo seems to get it right! Wow what a money grubbing Hor of a company!