PC Games on PSP??

[Jube]

I was wondering about having a PC Game converted to PSP form. Could it be done, what would it take?? The game in question would be Star Wars: Empire at War, if not the whole game, then why not a map or two of it? Would it require too much power? It's just a simple question of if it could be done, and how. Thanks in advance!

[DimensionT]

I love threads like this...

1. Way too many resources required to run that game.

2. No source code.

3. You don't just convert them, you port them using the source code. WAY harder then just running them through a converter and slapping it on your PSP.

[dark heart]

I was wondering about having a PC Game converted to PSP form. Could it be done, what would it take?? The game in question would be Star Wars: Empire at War, if not the whole game, then why not a map or two of it? Would it require too much power? It's just a simple question of if it could be done, and how. Thanks in advance!

yer, that request is a little ridicules.
there are other things you can play though that are on the pc. there are the 2d point and click pc games like broken sword, kings quest, or space quest that you can play with the scummvm emulator.
or theres also a dos emulator.
and there are ports like quake, quake 2 doom etc.
but it can be very difficult to port a pc game to the psp and as that guy stated, you need a source code.

so if you see a pc game that may run well on the psp like quake II, you need to find the source code, and you need to suggest the port in the porting suggestions forum.

[JPJunkie]

Imagine the Elder Scrolls Oblivion on PSP

Oh yeah it's coming out on PSP

[Jube]

yer, that request is a little ridicules.

It wasn't a request, it was more of a question, if it was possible, I wouldn't want someone else do have to do it, unless they wanted to. It couldn't be impossible, could it? Even if there are too many resources, I'm not talking about running the entire game, just a few maps, units would have to be limited though, and sound, and a lot of other stuff would have to be taken out. I don't think it's impossible, entirely, just hard, but how hard could it be?

[jxx2005]

It wasn't a request, it was more of a question, if it was possible, I wouldn't want someone else do have to do it, unless they wanted to. It couldn't be impossible, could it? Even if there are too many resources, I'm not talking about running the entire game, just a few maps, units would have to be limited though, and sound, and a lot of other stuff would have to be taken out. I don't think it's impossible, entirely, just hard, but how hard could it be?

yea...Star Wars: Empire at War requires 1ghz
psp only has 333mhz
and if you "took out" enough stuff to to lower the requirements to that low, the game would be no where near playable
seems you're a computer newbie as well as a PSP newbie

[Jube]

Actually..It is possible, it would just be too complex to do. 1GHZ is for the ENTIRE game, not a few maps. There isn't just one way of getting it to the PSP. I'm not stupid either, so don't go around calling people "newbie"s. I didn't call you an idiot, so I would appreciate it if you didn't call me a newbie.

[DimensionT]

Well, you obviously don't know what you're talking about. That constitutes as being a newbie in my book.

1GHz for the entire game? That's not the size of the game, it's what's required to run it. At any given time, you have to have 1GHz of CPU to be able to run that game. The PSP only has 333MHz, not gonna happen. Period...

[The EX]

Ok, first off, the PSP architecture is completely different from a computers. Also, a PC game, even if it didn't require mass amounts of processing power, will not run using 32MB RAM. To delve even further into the topic, to re-code and distribute a PC game for the PSP would not only be illegal, but nearly impossible. The PSP cannot support the drivers needed for a PC game, and so the PC game will not run.
I hope that answers your question.

[Cloudhunter]

Actually..It is possible, it would just be too complex to do. 1GHZ is for the ENTIRE game, not a few maps. There isn't just one way of getting it to the PSP. I'm not stupid either, so don't go around calling people "newbie"s. I didn't call you an idiot, so I would appreciate it if you didn't call me a newbie.

Besides. There's no source code - it may be possible to port maps over, but they won't be in the same engine, or look anything or play anything like it.

Memory is the main issue also, even if there was source code.

Cloudy

Edit: rofl at your sig The_Ex