PSP beats PS3 at PSone games

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Superior in almost every way. Here's why

Gamers logging on to PlayStation network will find that they are offered achance to download and replay severalclassic PSone games.Of the games currently available to download and play on PSPs, WipEout, Jumping Flash and Crash Bandicoot are the three that we took a look at recently.

More good news is that the games are playable on PS3 too, so you can enjoy them on your normal TV, with all the buttons the games used to have, before you copy them to your memory stick and take them out with you. But while PS3 runs them exactly like PSone would have ,the PSP play is superior in our eyes. Here's why:

The games look better
Something about the smaller screen and bright LCD make the games look magnificent. Crash Bandicoot looks almost as good as a full-price PSP game, with solid graphics and bright colors. It's testament to Naughty Dog's programming prowess that a 12-year-old game can still look great, but Crash really does. On PS3, however, even through an HDMI connection, the game looks a little fuzzy. It's a pixel-perfect version, but the smaller screen of PSP hides the ragged edges a little.

Justin Towell
Justin Towell
Freelance Writer

Justin was a GamesRadar+ staffer for 10 years but is now a freelance writer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.