Sony’s PlayStation Portal hacked, can now emulate PSP games

The PS5 'Portal' companion device can now do more than just remote play, thanks to a new hack that sees PSP emulation running on the handheld.

Well, that didn’t take too long. Sony’s remote-play PlayStation Portal handheld has been hacked — meaning it can now be used for emulation, perfect for playing back your PSP collection perhaps?

The $200, Android-powered companion device was first launched in November of last year, and since then folks have been curious as to what the device could do beyond its oddly limited PS5 streaming capabilities.

Long-time PlayStation hacker Andy Nguyen is one of a handful of enthusiasts who has been working hard on efforts to bring popular PSP emulator PPSSPP to the device — and now, following a month long effort, the PlayStation Portal can do more than just stream whatever is playing on your PS5.

The PlayStaton Portal running a PSP game via the PPSSPP emulator

Yep, according to Nguyen the Portal can now run the PPSSPP emulator, meaning you can theoretically spin up Lumines or some Vice City Stories on the curious handheld.

Currently the trio behind this hack state that "there's no release planned in the near future" adding that there is still "much more work to be done". Whether we can easily replicate this or not, it’s good to know it's possible all the same.

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