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The PSP Go is a 3.8 inch 30:17 Proprietary handheld that plays everything up to PSP well, made by Sony. It came out in October 2009. Inside is the Allegrex with 64 MB of RAM.
PSP Go videos
What it plays
Plays up to: PSP. Chip: Allegrex.
Scores out of 100. 100 means the system runs at full speed with no known issues on this device. 80 or more plays well (green), 50 to 79 plays partly (yellow).
What owners say
“I love the screen/size ratio of my psp go, and the flat sticks are genius.”
“I think the biggest downside, and why I don't use my PSP Go more, is the controls.”
“I have a couple of PSPGo's and honestly they are overrated: Handcramping, shallow buttons, awful dpad. The screen was great at the time but it has long been surpassed.”
What the specs mean
Same chip as 4 other handhelds
The Allegrex also powers the PSP Street, PSP-1000, PSP-2000, PSP-3000. The same chip means similar speed, though memory and cooling can differ.
Based on: Our handheld database (chip field)
Rating
Original consoles get no RETROPULSE score: it rates handhelds made for emulation.
Good
- Plays everything up to PSP well
- Video out to a TV
Not so good
- N64 games can struggle
- TFT screen, not IPS or OLED
- Small 930 mAh battery
Specs
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Chip | Allegrex |
| CPU | MIPS R4000 |
| Cores | Dual |
| Clock speed | 333 MHz |
| GPU | Custom Rendering Engine + Surface Engine |
| RAM | 64 MB |
| Cooling | No |
| Screen | |
| Size | 3.8" |
| Type | TFT |
| Resolution | 480 x 272 |
| Pixel density | 145 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 30:17 |
| Dual screen | No |
| Controls | |
| D-pad | Separated Cross, Lower placement |
| Analog sticks | Yes |
| Stick layout | Single, bottom |
| Shoulder buttons | No L2/R2 |
| Rumble | No |
| Gyroscope | No |
| Connectivity | |
| Storage | 16 GB |
| SD card | Yes |
| Wi-Fi | Yes (?) |
| Bluetooth | Yes (2.0) |
| USB-C | No |
| Video out | Yes |
| Headphone jack | Yes |
| Build | |
| Form factor | Horizontal |
| Dimensions | 128 x 69 x 16.5 mm |
| Weight | 158 g |
| Battery | 930 mAh |
| Shell | Plastic |
| Speakers | Front |
| Software | |
| Operating system | Proprietary |
Questions
Can the PSP Go play PS2 games?
Not well. PS2 scores 0 out of 100. It plays everything up to PSP well.
Does it have a headphone jack?
Yes.
How big is the battery?
930 mAh. The middle Linux and other handheld in our database has 3,000 mAh.
Can it connect to a TV?
Yes, it has video out.
Price and newer models
Launch price unknown
Similar handhelds
Specs and emulation scores from the retrocatalog.com handheld database. The score out of 10 is our own.