PS Vita will begin making its way into gamers’ hands in just a few short days! Day one Vita owners will have many, many games to choose from, with 25 titles announced for launch on February 22nd. Actually, make that 26 — Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus is now a confirmed launch title as well.
If you’re being thorough, however, that number is off by a bit… like by 90%. Hundreds of classic PSP titles and minis will also be available to play on PS Vita on day one via the PlayStation Store. Even better, if you’ve already downloaded a compatible PSP title, you can download it directly onto your PS Vita at no extra cost (please note that some limitations do apply).
There are a couple of ways to get these PSP games onto your PS Vita:
- Purchase PSP games from PS Vita’s PlayStation Store and download via WiFi directly to your system. If you’ve already purchased a game via PSN from the list below, you can redownload it from the Download List.
- If you’ve already got one of these games sitting on your PS3 XMB (or have purchased from the PS3’s PlayStation Store), you can connect your PS Vita to the PS3 via the included USB cable, and transfer the game via PS Vita’s on-board Content Manager.
Here are the first 275 PSP titles ready to be downloaded onto PS Vita. Don’t worry if you don’t see your favorite title here now; more PSP titles will be made available for PS Vita play in the coming weeks. We’ll keep this list current and let you know when updates are made.
PSP Titles
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101-in-1 Megamix 300: March To Glory The 3rd Birthday Ace Combat: Joint Assault Adventures To Go! Alpha Mission II Archer Maclean’s Mercury Armored Core 3 Portable Armored Core: Last Raven Portable Armored Core: Silent Line Portable Art of Fighting Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines Baseball Stars Professional Blade Dancer Lineage of Light BlazBlue Portable: Calamity Trigger BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II Blazing Souls Accelate Bomberman Bomberman ’94 Bomberman Land Bomberman Legacy Chameleon ClaDun x2 Cladun: This is an RPG! Class of Heroes Corpse Party Creature Defense Crimson Gem Saga Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower Daxter Dead or Alive Paradise Dirt 2 Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness Disgaea: Infinite Dissidia 012 [Duodecim] Prologus: Final Fantasy Dissidia 012 [Duodecim]: Final Fantasy Dissidia: Final Fantasy DJ Max Portable 3 Dragon’s Lair Dragoneer’s Aria Dungeon Explorer Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Arts Dungeon Maker Hunting Ground Dynasty Warriors Dynasty Warriors Vol. 2 Dynasty Warriors: Strike Force Eye of Judgment Legends Fading Shadows Fatal Fury Fate/Extra Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions Gladiator Begins God of War: Chains of Olympus God of War: Ghost of Sparta Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus Half-Minute Hero Harvest Moon: Boy and Girl Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley Hoard Hot Brain IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon Jikandia: The Timeless Land Justice League Heroes Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble The King of Fighters ’94 The King of Fighters ’95 Knights in the Nightmare Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend League Bowling Legend of Heroes, The: Trails in the Sky LEGO Batman: The Videogame LEGO Harry Potter Years 5-7 LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean Lord of Arcana Lord of the Rings, The: Aragorn’s Quest |
Lunar: Silver Star Harmony Magician Lord Major League Baseball 2K11 Mana Khemia: Student Alliance Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X Metal Slug Metal Slug 2 Metal Slug Anthology Metal Slug XX Military History: Commander: Europe at War Mimana Iyar Chronicle Monster Hunter Freedom Unite MX vs. ATV: Reflex NBA 2K10 NBA 2K11 NBA 2K12 NeoGeo Heroes: Ultimate Shooting Neutopia New Adventure Island No Heroes Allowed! Patapon 2 Petz Dogz Family Petz Hamsterz Bunch Petz Saddle Club Phantom Brave: The Hermuda Triangle Pool Hall Pro Power Stone Collection Prince of Persia: Revelations Prince of Persia: Rival Swords Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood! Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? Puzzle Guzzle Ridge Racer Riviera: The Promised Land Samurai Shodown Samurai Shodown Anthology Samurai Warriors: State of War Shin Megami Tensei: Persona Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2: Innocent Sin Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable Shock Troopers SNK Arcade Classics Volume 1 SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Tactical Strike Soldier Blade Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max Super Sidekicks Super Star Soldier Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together Tekken 6 TNT Racers Tokobot Tom Clancy’s Endwar Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Predator Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Essentials Tron: Evolution: The Video Game UFC Undisputed 2010 Ultimate Board Game Collection Ultimate Ghosts ‘n Goblins Valhalla Knights Vertigo Victory Run Warriors of the Lost Empire Warriors Orochi Warriors Orochi 2 What Did I do to Deserve This My Lord? What Did I do to Deserve This My Lord? 2 Wild Arms XF World Heroes World Sports Competition Worms: Battle Islands WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2011 Yggdra Union Ys Seven Ys: The Oath in Felghana Z. H. P.: Unlosing Ranger Vs. Darkdeath Evilman |
PlayStation Minis
| 3, 2, 1…SuperCrash! 4×4 Jam 5 in 1 Arcade Hits Ace Armstrong Vs. The Alien Scumbags! Actual Crimes: Jack The Ripper Aero Racer Age of Hammer Wars Age of Zombies Alien Havoc Alien Zombie Death Alpha Mission Ancient Game Treasures: Mill Apache Overkill Aquattack! Arcade Darts Arcade Essentials Arcade Essentials Evolution Archibald’s Adventures Arctic Adventures Athena Babel: The King of the Blocks Bashi Blocks Beam ‘Em Up Blast Off Blimp: The Flying Adventures Block Cascade Fusion Boom Beats BreakQuest Brick Breaker Bubble Trubble Bunny Dodge Burnin’ Rubber Busy Sweets Factory Car Jack Streets Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter Caterpillar Charge! Tank Squad! Circles Coconut Dodge Cubixx D-Cube Planet Deflector Digi-Tiles Doodle Fit Dr. MiniGames Dynogems Earthshield Echoes Express Raider Flick Fishing Flying Hamster Fort Commander II: Counterattack Fort Commander: King’s Gambit Fortix Freekscape: Escape From Hell Funky Punch Gold Fever Hello Flowerz Heracles Chariot Racing |
HISTORY: Egypt Engineering an Empire HISTORY: Ice Road Truckers Hot Shots Shorties: Blue Pack Hot Shots Shorties: Green Pack Hot Shots Shorties: Red Pack Hot Shots Shorties: Yellow Pack Hysteria Project I Must Run! Influence Jane’s Hotel JellyCar 2 Jewel Keepers: Easter Islands Kahoots Legend of Kunoichi Let’s Golf Lock ‘n’ Chase Love Cupid Mahjong Solitaire Me Monster: Hear Me Roar! Mighty Flip Champs! DX MiniSquadron Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess N.O.V.A. Normal Tanks One Two Boat Racing Pallurikio Panda Craze Pinball Dreams Pinball Fantasies Quiz Animania Ramen Heaven Reef Aquarium Retro Cave Flyer Robin Hood: The Return of Richard Rocks N’ Rockets Route 66 Shapo Sheep Defense Shogi Smash Break Space Shooter for 2 Bucks!, A Spaceball: Revolution Spot the Differences! Stellar Attack Sweet Reversi Tehra: Dark Warrior Telegraph Crosswords Telegraph Sudoku & Kakuro Urbanix Vempire Vibes VT Tennis Who’s That Flying?! Widget’s Odyssey 2 Widgets Odyssey Young Thor Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam Zenonia Zombie Tycoon |
Yay!
Now they just have to let us download PS1 classics to our Vita, I really wish that was available from the get go but what can ya do. Thanks Jeff, keep up the great work as always!
OOH Now I want to get a Vita soon! Monster Hunter FTW!
How do I add my UMD PSP games to Vita?
Oh, and 3rd Birthday is listed twice. Just lettin’ ya know.
We just like it that much. *removing*
Good thing the last year or so, I’ve been buying PSP games digitally when possible. And hopefully PS1 and PS2 games will be compatible soon.
Will MediaGo be updated to support the Vita?
When will PS3 remote play be enabled? I will buy a PSV but only if it will allow me to play games from my PS3 library.
Come on now… Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker needs to be on that list ASAP, Jeff!
Just to be clear – this is the initial list. It is by no means final. So for you (and others below) clamoring for X title, you should not think that just because you don’t see it here today doesn’t mean it’s not going to be here soon.
Some of the prices are rediculous. Some are still full price dispite having been out for several years.
As an example, MAG for ps3 is 10$ in stores, and 30$ digital.
I got them on my PC in Media Go. Do I have to download them again? Also any new psp games coming on the vita launch?
no ogre battle?????
no joan ark??????
valkyria 2??????
phantasy star 2?????
No MGS: Portable Ops or Valkyria Chronicles 2?
Feels like a heart attack right now! :'(
Looking forward to PS1 support eventually. I bought FFVI especially for that.
@ XBLRamstein: you can’t
I would also like to continue playing my copy of FFVII on my PS Vita :)
Will the right analog stick be functional with these games? Much like how you’re able to re-map the controls of PSone classics on the PSP?
I could have sworn I saw Dylan Cuthbert playing PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe on his Vita
Neither of the Metal Gear titles?! No Valkyria Chronicles? Really? That’s extremely disappointing, especially since people have demoed Peace Walker all over the place, and it’s available in other regions. While it’s understandable you could not offer a UMD passport program over here, this is NOT understandable at all – these are some of the PSP’s most popular titles, not some niche games that most people won’t miss.
@18 I am guessing that Japan had a different list of games supported at launch.
So… no Killzone Liberation or Mod Nation Racers?? but!…but! those are the only digital PSP titles i have dood!
I love that image.. PS Vita can spit out PSPs! :D
2 questions.
1. why is Angry Birds not compatible?
2. what about PSOne classics?
No Patchwork Heroes either :(
@NIGHTRAVEN3: Why not? There are MANY people who supported a relatively unknown product(the first Sony handheld) by buying the PSP in the first place and now we get slapped in the face like this? You just lost a purchase, $ony.
Jeanne d’Arc?! :-(
There’s no Final Fantasy: Crisis Core :'(,,,,,, I’m specting that one
“will be made available for PS Vita[ and Xperia] play in the coming weeks”
There fixed :P
@25 You can still keep your PSP and play your UMD games there. and use the PS Vita for PS Vita games. It kinda makes sense, right!?
@Kchow23 it would if my PSP still worked. I was waiting until the Vita to buy another Sony handheld. I know I’m not alone in thinking that the exclusion of UMD support is a grave mistake.
Can I download and play Minis that I have previously received for free using PlayStation Plus?
Glad Age of Zombies is there. I love me some Barry Steakfries. 6 days to go!!!
Awesome all the digital psp titles I have won’t even work yet. Well that just really disappoints me. It also really sucks that PS1 games will not work. Will this be fixed in the future because I would sure love to play my RPGs on it.
Looks like a decent start. Whats the PS3 to PS Vita copy speeds? Any word on PSClassics?
I have a Vita (yes, be jealous) and I can confirm that both Valkyria Chronicles II and Jeanne d,Arc both work fine. I haven’t had a chance to check Killzone Liberation or LittleBigPlanet yet, but those first two titles can both be added to this list.
Also, the first thing everyone should do when playing PSP games on a Vita is touch and hold the screen to bring up the customisation menu. You will want to turn on bilinear filtering. It is off by default, but turn it on and it makes the graphics of the PSP games look much better. Without it, they are a grainy and blurry mess, but flip that option on and they are really nice looking and only have a slight softness to the picture. Just trust me on this, you’ll thank me later.
One of the main reasons I was getting a Vita was to play games like Valk 2. I even pre purchased it. I didn’t realize the system would be so limited. I even got the DLC.
I am tempted to cancel my Vita order and just wait.
Thats great, i bought all Digital anyway. Will MGS Peace Walker also be coming?
Ok Doods! i just noticed this one
“Here are the first 275 PSP titles ready to be downloaded onto PS Vita. Don’t worry if you don’t see your favorite title here now; more PSP titles will be made available for PS Vita play in the coming weeks. We’ll keep this list current and let you know when updates are made.”
problem solved? maybe?
No Peacewalker?!?!?! Whaaat
@30 Yeah, I have GBA games that I wish my 3DS could play… not that I don’t agree that it would’ve been awesome if the UMD Passport made it over, but I knew that it wouldn’t since it didn’t happen when the PSP Go launched. Possible solutions would be to trade/sell your UMD games for PSN cards and then buy them again over PSN or buy a cheap PSP and use your PS Vita for PS Vita games.
Oh for MrHeroSlayer, copy speeds to and from PS3 are very good, the same as you would expect for any USB connection moving files to and from flash media.
I checked the list again, and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories isn’t on there, but I’m playing that right now so you can add that on too. Also, GUN: Showdown works, and that is a great game for showing off the remapping of the face buttons to the right analogue stick. I played the original on Xbox 360, and rebought the game on PSP. Face buttons instead of a second stick was very awkward, but on the Vita with the remapping it plays EXACTLY like the big console version. I’m very impressed with that.
I bought Gods Eater: Burst and Valkyria Chronicles 2 SPECIFICALLY to play upscaled (and with second analog support) on the Vita.
Why was every piece of press leading up to the release harping on about how you can play “all PSP games downloaded from the PSN” when that is blatantly NOT the reality of the situation? That’s $60 worth of utterly useless software sitting on my PS3 now.
Not impressed. I thought I’d give Sony another shot after my decade long history with them and their repeated egg on face moments last year, but already I’m regretting that decision. Won’t be recommending the Vita to anyone at this rate.
Looks like a solid start would be nice to play Jeanne d’Arc and Valkyria Chronicles 2 someday. Any update on the OSX Manager? It will be available next week?!? Would be nice if I could download everything to my work computer so I could sync up when the Vita comes and not wait until I get home.
Interesting, I wasn’t aware that the “Hot Shots Shorties” games were considered “Minis”. And I hope that Valkyria Chronicles 2, Ys I & II and Hot Shots Tennis are added soon!
Here are the first 275 PSP titles ready to be downloaded onto PS Vita. Don’t worry if you don’t see your favorite title here now; more PSP titles will be made available for PS Vita play in the coming weeks. We’ll keep this list current and let you know when updates are made. [They still have about a week to get more games up on the list for people who are buying the First Edition Bundle and more so when the PS Vita officially launches on the 22nd.]
No mod nation/LBP?
Those were the free games in the welcome back program! the most downloaded ones!!!
and all of them cost too much!
@Fifthcore The OSX Manager is out, I have it installed on my Macbook Pro.
@ Above, I see that VS 2 does work (according to some ppl posting here).
Has anyone tried Gods Eater: Burst? That’s the game I was most excited to play on the Vita.
Just because it makes perfect sense, i’m gonna post what they said… again!
“Here are the first 275 PSP titles ready to be downloaded onto PS Vita. Don’t worry if you don’t see your favorite title here now; more PSP titles will be made available for PS Vita play in the coming weeks. We’ll keep this list current and let you know when updates are made.”
problem solved?? maybe?? someone??
@ 29 UMD is finished. Move forward in life. At some point not everything is going to be backwards compatible. Are you hacked you can’t play NES cartridges in the Wii? Oh Sony my Walkman won’t interface with my PS3, you just lost a BUNCH of cassette purchases!!!! Get real, sir. And yes I realize it’s only one generation, but if your PSP is no longer working, and it’s that important to you, go pick up a used one for $60 and don’t buy Vita. You’re obviously either not ready to let go or you just want something to complain about. Or better yet DO buy the Vita and trade in your UMDs before launch so you’ll have $$ to buy digital copies.
Love,
Done with UMDs